2000 FORD EXPLORER SPORT Complaints

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITION OR WITHOUT INADVERTENT MOVEMENT, WITH SEATS OCCUPIED, ALL 4 SEAT BELTS WOULD TIGHTEN. CONSUMER HAS TO UNFASTEN BELT BUCKLE TO RELEASE HOLD. THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIX PROBLEM, CAUSE THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE IT. TS

TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY FAILURE. INFORMED BY DEALER THAT FORD REDESIGNED IT AND AM GETTING THE REDESIGNED UNIT. REQUIRED ME TO PAY FOR HALF OF REPAIR ($400) EVEN THOUGH IT IS THEIR DESIGN FLAW. NOT TO MENTION THAT IT WAS JUST PAST THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, FATALITIES OR AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. MR

CONSUMER STATES WHEN LEFT TURN SIGNAL IS USED, SMOKE BEGINS TO COME OUT OF THE OPENING WHERE THE EMERGENCY LIGHT BUTTON IS LOCATED, RESULTING IN THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL TO BE INOPERATIVE. *AK *TT

VIBRATION FROM CENTER OF THE OF THE EXPLORER, THE PROBLEM GETS WORSE EVERY DAY . MY CONSERN IS THAT I DRIVE A LOT AND NIGHT VISION AFTER WATCHING THE REAR VIEW, SIDE VIEW MIRRORS AFTER A WHILE CREATES A VISUAL ADJUSTMENT PERIOD WHEN LOOKING BACK AT THE ROAD AT NIGHT IT IS A VERY BIG PROBLEM, THE DEALER TO DATE HAS NOT TAKEN IT OUT AT NIGHT AND AT THIS POINT THE FACTORY REP SAID IT WAS NORMAL. I HAVE DRIVEN THREE OTHER EXPLORERS AND ONE OF THEM ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT THEY DO NO DRIVE HIGHWAY , SO THEY ARE JUST LIVING WITH IT. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE SHORT FRAME VEHICLES ARE NOTED FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE FACTORY REP SAID IT IT JUST THE WAY IT IS. NLM

VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN, THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES, TWICE WITH CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED. CONSUMER THINKS IT MAY HAVE TO DO WITH THE RECALL ON POWERTRAIN CALIBRATION THAT WAS DONE IN APRIL. PRIOR TO RECALL REPAIRS VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES, COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM.*AK CUSTOMER STATES THAT THERE WAS A SQUEAKING NOISE IN THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL INTERMITTENTLY AT LOW SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE HAD AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE SURGING, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *TT

THERE SEEMS TO BE A ROD KNOCKING IN THE VEHICLE. BUERGE FORD HAS SERVICED IT FOR THE NOISE BUT IT STILL KNOCKS. CONSUMER BELIEVES THEY WERE SOLD A FAULTY VEHICLE AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING NHTSA CAN DO.

WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN OVER BUMPS IN ROAD REAR END BECOMES EXTREMELY UNSTABLE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION 00T005, CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A TIRE BLOW OUT, THE TIRES EXPLODED WHEN CONSUMER EXITED THE PAVEMENT AND RETURNED TO LEVEL PAVEMENT, THE FORCE OF THE TIRES EXPLODING CAUSED VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER, NOSE OVER FIRST. *JB

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A HORRENDOUS BLOWOUT, RIGHT REAR (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P255/70R16) TIRE EXPLODED, FORCING VEHICLE OUT OF CONTROL AND ALMOST CAUSING A MAJOR COLLISION. *JB

TACHOMETER AND SPEEDOMETER RACED AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED WHILE IN TRAFFIC, ALMOST CAUSING A COLLISION.