1996 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

PE00-020, FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE TREAD SEPARATION; WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 70-75 MPH TREAD ON THE REAR TIRE ON DRIVER'S SIDE CAME OFF, WHICH CAUSED A CRASH. EXPLORER WAS TOTALLED IN THE CRASH. DRIVER WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO SUSTAINED A SHOULDER INJURY. FIRESTONE ATX TIRES WERE ON THE TRUCK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

LINING ON LEFT REAR EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOE SEPARATED FROM SHOE, CAUSING LEFT REAR WHEEL TO LOCK UP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND SEAT BELT IS FASTENED, WHEN MOVING AROUND,SEAT BELT WILL COME UNDONE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THREE (3) TIRES HAVE SEPARATED FROM THE BELTS. ONE LEFT-REAR TIRE SEPARATED ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH. THE CAR STARTED SHIMMING, THEN A THUMP, AND YOU COULD HEAR FLAPPING. THE TREAD HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE BELTS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

WHILE POSITIONING MY SUV WITH INTENTION TO BACK UP, AS SOON AS I SHIFT LEVER IN GOT THE THE REVERSE MODE, THE SUV ACCELLERATED WILDLY, AND PLUNGED AHEAD UNTROLLABLE UNTIL IT SMASHED INTO A BACK OF THE CLOCK STORE BACK LOADING AREA, AND PULLED DOWN A WALL, AND CEILING AND SMASHED ITS SELF UNTIL IT WAS STOPPED BY THE ENORMOUS IMPACT.. IT DESTROVED MUCH OF THE BUILDING, AND ANTIQUE GRANDFATHER CLOCKS, AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO ANOTHER OLD PRISTINE LASALLE AUTOMOBILE.... SEATS WERE FLATTENED IN THE SUV, AND GLASS WAS BROKEN EVERY WHERE. *AK

OXYGEN SENSOR FAILURE NO.1 AT 10300 MILES ON 12 NOV 1996, COVERED UNDER VEHICLE WARRANTY. OXYGEN SENSOR FAILURE NO. 2 AT 46200 MILES ON 4 MAY 1999. OXYGEN SENSOR FAILURE NO. 3 AT 64600 MILES ON 18 JUL 2000.

LEFT REAR TIRE SIDEWALLS CAME TO RIBBONS. TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE WILDERNESS, UNSURE IF IT WAS THE ORIGINAL TIRES. VEHICLE WAS DRIVING APPROX 60 MPH. TIRE SIZE P255/70R16. THE TIRE WAS GIVEN TO DEALER.*AK CUSTOMER WAS WAITING FOR RECALL TO REPLACE THE TIRES BUT WOULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE ON INTERSTATE UNTIL TIRE SAFETY IS ASSURED. *YH

TREAD ON FIRESTONE ATX TIRES WAS SEPARATING FROM INSIDE. TIRE SIZE P235/75R15. TIRES WERE THE ORIGINAL ONES BOUGHT WITH VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS GOING ABOUT 40 MPH. IT WAS THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. DEALER HAS ADVISED CONSUMER THAT ALL FOUR TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 70MPH AND THEN SHE FELT VIBRATION, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN TREAD CAME OFF OF THE TIRES AND DAMAGED VEHICLE. ALSO, TAIL LIGHT WAS BROKEN, AS WELL AS FENDER WELL AND THE BUMPER. THE ORIGINAL ATW TIRES WERE ON THIS VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD THEM REPLACED. *AK

GAS PEDAL PIVOT FRAME BECAME DETACHED FROM FLOORBOARD/FIREWALL WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH. PEDAL WAS HELD WITH 3 FLIMSY SPOT WELDS. REPAIRED BY DEALER BY BOLTING THROUGH BRACKET AND TRUCK BODY. CONTACTED FORD, AND THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING. I NOTED A COUPLE OF INSTANCES OF SAME PROBLEM IN YOUR DATABASE. VERY FORTUNATE THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON THE BELTWAY, WHERE RESULTS WOULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS, IF NOT DEADLY.*AK