1997 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

CONSUMERS TIRES WERE REPLACED BECAUSE THE TREAD WAS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE (DOT CODE W2HL), CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

CONSUMER NOTICED GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT-S TIRES MAKING AN ODD NOISE, REPLACED TIRES DUE TO TIRES BEGINNING TO SPLIT, TIRE SIZE P235/75R15, DOT M6HLTB1R286. *SLC

WE HAVE HAD THREE INSTANCES OF THE FRONT TIRES GOING FLAT OVERNIGHT. THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT LAST NIGHT AND UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE TREAD IS SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 6". NO ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED TO THIS POINT BUT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT BE DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY AND WILL RECEIVE VERY LIMITED USE (UNTIL THESE TIRES ARE REPLACED) IN VIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH OTHER FIRESTONE TIRES.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2UUIPO217 TIRESIZE: P225/70R15)

ALL FOUR TIRES HAD VISIBLE CRACKS AT THE TREAD SIDEWALL, CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES AND THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE SEPARATED CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHICH QUICKLY VEERED UNCONTROLLABLY FROM THE LEFT LANE ACROSS THE RIGHT LANE AND ROLLED OVER 5 TIMES DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, THE DRIVER SUSTAINED CRACKED COLLARBONE, INJURIES TO HIS CHEST AND NECK AND HEADACHES, THE FRONT PASSENGER WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS DURING THE ACCIDENT AND SUFFERED INJURIES TO HER CHEST, ARMS AND LEGS, THE REAR PASSENGER SUFFERED THE MOST INJURIES, SHE LOST THE USE OF HER RIGHT ARM AND HAND PERMANENTLY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIRING HER QUALITY OF LIFE, THE DOCTORS HAVE RECOMMENDED AMPUTATION ABOVE THE ELBOW SINCE IT IS NONFUNCTIONAL. NLM

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL ENGINE PROBLEMS, CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE NO OIL WAS IN IT WHEN STARTED, DEALER HAS REPLACED GASKETS, UPPER INTAKE CAM TENSIONER THREE TIMES, AND THERE WAS A COOLANT LEAK. LEFT FRONT DOOR HINGE REPLACED, IT WAS MAKING NOISE. POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED, IT WAS NOISY WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL. VANITY MIRROR ON DRIVER'S SIDE WOULD NOT CLOSE ALL THE WAY AND POPPED WHEN OPENED, DEALER REPLACED IT. THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOWER THAN THE LEFT FRONT. BRAKES WERE SQUEAKY, DEALER REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS AND TURNED ROTORS. A TAP NOISE WAS HEARD WHILE PLAYING CD'S. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, WHILE GOING OVER BUMPS AND RAILROAD TRACKS, TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, DEALER INTALLED OVERHAUL KIT BECAUSE THE CLUTCH HAD BURNED. 4 WHEEL DRIVE WAS INOPERABLE AND MADE A RUBBING/GROAN NOISE, WHEN REVERSING AND PUTTING INTOR DRIVE, CONSUMER HEARD POPPING NOISE, DEALER REPLACED REAR TRANSFER CASE FLANGE AND REMOVED DRIVESHAFT. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, IT WOULD TURN OVER, DEALER FOUND THE PCM WAS NOT WIRING, DEALER REPLACED PCM. *SLC

HAD JUST LEFT JOB SITE AND NOTICED TIRE WAS GETTING LOW. PULLED INTO A TIRE RETAILER & TIRE WAS CHECKED. WAS INFORMED THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS BAD. WAS SEPARATING WHERE TREAD MET SIDWALL. STEEL BELT WAS SHOWING. STILL HAS TIRE. GOODYEAR, WRANGLER RT/S, 0235/75R15 WITH 60,000 MILES. *AK

LIGHT SWITCH ASSEMBLY ON T CRUISE CONTROL ON THE STEERING COLUMN HAS FAILED TWICE IN LESS THAN 12 MONTHS. DO NOT BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE HAPPENING & COULD CAUSE PROBLEM WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH SWITCH TO USE.--*AK (TIRESIZE: 235/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75R15 )

IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE HAS FAILED TWICE , ONLY LASTED ABOUT 20,000 MILES.THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL WHEN APPLYING ACCELERATOR PEDAL. *AK

THE REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P 235/75R15 TIRE TREAD DISINTEGRATED, TIRE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *MJS