1994 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*MR WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE IN HIS REAR VIEW MIRROR. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER, EXITED THE VEHICLE, LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE ENGINE. A PASSER BY AND A SAFETY CREW ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CONSUMER REMOVED PERSONAL BELONGINGS FROM THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT BECAME TOTALLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. *PH *NM

I ALREADY SENT A LETTER ABOUT THIS TO FORD WITH A CC: TO YOU FOLKS. MY COMPLAINT IS REGARDING THE ACCELORATION CABLE ON MY FORD EXPLORER AND YOU SHOULD HAVE THE LETTER ON FILE FROM NOVEMBER 7TH. FORD DID RESPOND (A MONTH LATER) BUT ARE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION ON IT.

CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT EFFORTS WERE BEING MADE TO GET FORD/ FIRESTONE TIRE, AND RUBBER MANUFACTURER'S TO ISSUE REIMBURSEMENTS TO CONSUMERS WHO HAD TO PAY FOR REPLACED TIRES. MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO HONOR NHTSA RECALL # 00T005000. *AK

1994 FORD EXPLORER EXPERIENCED RAPID ACCELERATION AND LOST OF BRAKING ABILITY. *MR THE ACCELERATOR CABLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE SECOND TIME AND THE MECHANIC PLACED A WIRE TIE ON IT TO HOLD IT IN PLACE. *SCC *JB

MY DRIVER-SIDE, REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. (SEMPERIT BRAND P235/75R15 (THIS BRAND IS NOT ON YOUR DROP DOWN MENU!)) ON MY 1994 FORD EXPLORER CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY CAR (NAMELY THE REAR QUARTER PANEL.) I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR AND THUS NOT HIT ANYTHING ELSE. THE TIRES HAD 24,000 MILES ON THEM. THIS HAPPENED DURING THE FORD/FIRESTONE NEWS. FORD WOULD NOT PAY TO REPLACE THE TIRES AND THE COMPANY SEMPERIT IN NOWHERE TO BE FOUND IN THE US. *AK

1994 FORD EXPLORER CAUGHT ON FIRE, JUST AFTER WIFE AND BABY GOT OUT OF VEHICLE. IT BURNED THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR, AND PART OF THE DASH. NHTSA CAMPAIGN #97V083000, I THINK IS RELEVANT, AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ACCIDENT. I NOTIFED FORD OVER 3 WEEKS AGO, AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME CONSUMER AFFAIRS WILL CALL, BUT THEY NEVER HAVE YET. *LA

CONSUMER STATED WHILE ADJUSTING THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT THE "SEAT BACK" BOLT SHEARED OFF AND CAUSED THE SEAT TO COLLAPSE BACKWARD. MR. THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THIS ISSUE, HOWEVER, HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

RECALL 03V281000 CONCERNING VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH HIGH BACK SEATS. DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR BECAUSE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH DRIVER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND FOUND OUT THAT THE RIMS LOST FOUR OF IT'S FIVE STUDS.*AK

I HAVE A 1994 FORD EXPLORER XLT. WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON, I PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT DISENGAGE. THE ENGINE, OR RPM'S, DOES NOT REV UP, BUT AS SOON AS I LET OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE CAR RESUMES SPEED TO THE PREVIOUS SPEED SETTING. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS REPLACED A FEW YEARS AGO, AND NEEDS REPLACING AGAIN, BUT COULD NEW CABLES HAVE BEEN PUT IN, WHICH WOULD BE RELATED TO THE RECALL NO. 03S03? THIS CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEM IS CONTINUING. I HAVE TO PRESS THE CRUISE CONTROL "OFF" BUTTON WHEN THERE IS A NEED TO BRAKE.*AK