1995 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

AC STAY ON, CANNOT DEFROST. I SUSPECT BLEND DOOR, ACCORDING TO INTERNET FORUMS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT LATCH IS DEFECTIVE. IT IS DIFFICULT TO LATCH (LIKE IT HAS A BROKEN SPRING INSIDE) AND IT REPEATEDLY UNLATCHES DURING USE. I HAVE BOUGHT A REPLACEMENT PART, BUT HAVE NOT INSTALLED IT YET.

DRIVER SEAT BELT LATCH UNLATCHES WHILE DRIVING. NO CONSEQUENCES. REPLACING ASAP.

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WILL NO LONGER STAY IN LATCHED POSITION. I SUSPECT A SPRING OR SPRING-LIKE MECHANISM THAT HOLDS THE SEAT-BELT RELEASE BUTTON IN THE LATCHED POSITION HAS FAILED.

MY 1995 EXPLORER WAS SITTING AND AT 12:30AM, WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED. THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD, AND THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE EVENING MARCH 23. THIS WAS THE SAME EVENING THAT FORD RECALLED THE EXPEDITION FOR THIS VERY SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM, A COLD VEHICLE CATCHES FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THIS WAS WHAT OUR EXPLORER DID AS WELL. HOWEVER WHEN WE CALLED FORD THEY SAID THAT THE EXPLORER WAS NOT ON THE RECALL.*AK

CONSUMER STATED CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED. CONSUMER STATED THAT BRAKE FLUID LEAKED ONTO THE CRUISE CONTROL TERMINAL. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE WILL CATCH ON FIRE. *AK THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO BUY A REPLACEMENT PART FROM THE DEALER, HOWEVER, HE WAS TOLD THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. *JB

I PRESSES THE THROTLE VERY HARD TO ACCELERATE AND THE PEDAL FROZE FULL THROTLE IT TOOL ABOUT 50 YARDS TO STOP THE ENGINE REMAINED FULL THROTLE IT FINALLY CHANGED AFTER I SWITCHED TO PARK GEAR,BUT ONLY AFTER THE ENGINE RACED HIGHER FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS.*AK

ONE YEAR AGO I NOTICED THE OVERDIRVE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING ON MY 1995 FORD EXPLORER. I WAS TOLD BY A LOCAL MECHANIC THAT MY TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT. WE SPENT $1000 ON THE REPAIRS. NOW, ONE YEAR LATER, THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT IS FLASHING AGAIN AND I'M TOLD THAT ALL THAT IS REQUIRED IS TO CLEAR THE CODE BECAUSE EXPLORERS DO THIS ALL THE TIME. I'M HEARING FROM SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS OF EXPLORERS THAT THESE VEHICLES HAVE VERY FREQUENT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WHICH WOULD INDICATE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT-BELT LATCH SEEMS TO HAVE FAILED DUE TO THE SPRING MECHANISM. FIRST, THE BELT WOULD DETACH WITHOUT WARNING (WHILE DRIVING) AND THEN DIFFICULT TO LATCH AT ALL. SEEMS TO BE SIMILAR TO OTHER COMPLAINTS FOUND ON YOUR WEB VRTC-DCD2038 (EA02-011) I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE (WORTHLESS - BUT THEY DID CONFIRM MY CAR WAS MANF. IN APRIL 1995 WHICH SEEMS TO TRACK WITH THE BATCH OF SPRINGS WHICH HAVE FAILED IN OTHER COMPLAINTS.) MY ISSUE IS THAT, EVEN THOUGH THE SEAT BELT NOW IS UNLATCHABLE, BEFORE IT HAD SPURIOUS "UNLATCHINGS" WHILE DRIVING, LEADING ONE TO SUSPECT MAYBE I DIDN'T LATCH IT COMPLETELY - SO IN AN ACCIDENT, NOT KNOWING THIS IS A POTENTIAL DEFECT OF THIS YEAR OF THIS COMPONENT AT TIME OF MANF., IN AN ACCIDENT, THE FAILURE COULD HAVE CATASTROPHIC EFFECTS OF DEATH AND INJURY DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THIS PRIMARY SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEM. IT SEEMS A KNOWN POTENTIAL ISSUE WITH THESE SPECIFIC DATE/COMPONENTS. WHY WOULDN'T FORD AT LEAST INSPECT THEM AND AVOID THIS???? *NM

THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO WORK WHEN TRYING TO SET THE SPEED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK