Ford Explorer Sport wipers problems

Filed Apr 5, 2013 · Electrical · 155,637 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 ford explorer sport. The contact stated that the windshield wipers, the interior lights, and the sound for the door stopped working. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the contact was told that the generic electronic module needed to be replaced but the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency recall campaign id number: 00v072000 (electrical system). The failure mileage was 155,637 and the current mileage was 158,000.

Filed Mar 28, 2013 · Body · 120,000 miles · TX

Rear lift gate panel cracked while vehicle was parked. Concerns with unstable rear glass, ability of hatch to remain closed and operation of rear wiper. Glass instability a concern while driving and when using liftgate. Prior injuries have been reported.

Filed Jan 6, 2012 · Body, Electrical · 75,000 miles · IL

Front windshield wiper failure:front windshield wipers fail to work consistently. Wipers come on even though it is set to the off position. Sometimes wipers do not come on when they are turned to the on position. In order for wipers to work consistently they would have to be manually engage with hand and hand has to be kept on the wiper control switch switching it on and off to move the wiper blades. Wipers would come on intermittently while driving. Wipers would act erratically and fail to operate properly 90% of the time. Wipers sometimes would come on after vehicle has warmed up. Wipers can come on anytime while driving. Faulty hood/weak hydraulic arms: the hood cannot safely stay up because the hydraulic arm supports are too weak to hold the weight of the hood. The hood support does not lock into place so that the hood would stay up safely. No safety bar was installed on this vehicle to safely hold up/prop up the hood in case of hydraulic arm/support failure. If the vehicle gets bumped while the hood is up the hood would fall and close shut. Because the hood will not stay up it requires two people when checking under the hood. One person to hold the hood while other is under it. Extreme rust & rust through interior running boards/step up: both driver and passenger side interior running boards/step up have extreme rust and rusted holes through the frame in many spots.when the driver or passenger side doors are open all rust can be seen.some rust and rusted holes through the frame in many spots is visible from the exterior even when driver or passenger side doors are closed.

Filed Jan 5, 2012 · Electrical, Visibility · 76,500 miles · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 1999 ford explorer sport. The contact was driving approximately 35 MPH in rainy weather conditions and the windshield wipers failed to operate during activation. The windshield wipers would operate whenever the windshield washer control device was engaged. Also, the windshield wipers operated when manually turning the control lever. On numerous occasions, the windshield wipers activated while in the off mode. In addition, the hood support arm would not remain in an upward position. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 76,500. Updated 02/22/12*lj the consumer stated the wipers would activate, when the defroster was on. Updated 03/01/12

Filed Jan 19, 2011 · Electrical · 84,000 miles · NE

Tl* the contact owns a 1999 ford explorer. The contact stated that the windshield wipers would engage independently and the doors would lock and unlock without engagement. In addition, the interior lights were also defective. The manufacturer was called and advised the contact that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 00v072000 (electrical system: fuses and circuit breakers). The vehicle was neither diagnosed for the failure or repaired. The failure and current mileage was 84,000.

Filed Sep 29, 2010 · Electrical · 110,000 miles · MI

Windshield wipers stop working,power windows not working, dome light not working, fog lights not working and 4 wheel drive and auto not working.

Filed Oct 28, 2008 · Visibility · 70,000 miles · IA

My husband and I own a 2002 ford explorer sport. Friday, oct. 24th, 2008 we had traveled out of town about 2 hours away from our home. We were on our way home and we were completely stopped at a red light. All of a sudden we heard a huge boom and the rear liftgate glass shattered. We did have the police come out and inspect the vehicle for any indications as to what may have caused the glass to shatter. They did not find anything that would have caused the problem. When my husband and I got home we did some research online to find out if there was a recall on this type of problem. We did find that in 2001 ford recalled thousands of ford explorers for a similar issue. We contacted ford and were told that our vehicle was not part of that recall. They directed us to the federal safety agency to file a complaint due to our issue being almost identical to this recall. We feel that this is a manufacturer defect and that our vehicle should have been included in this recall. We have the vehicle in the shop right now and at this time we believe that the glass, hinges, rear windshield wiper mechanism, struts and any other parts affected are being replaced. We have a $500 deductible and our insurance is covering the balance of the cost at this time, which is over $1000. We would like to file a complaint at this time because we do feel that our vehicle exhibited the same malfunctions as the 2001 recall.

Filed Oct 9, 2007 · Electrical · 36,000 miles · AL

Tl*contact owns a 1999 ford explorer. Contact stated he found recall number 00v072000 on the federal safety agency website which is for the electrical system: fuses and circuit breakers. Contact stated that the power mirror and the power window along with the windshield wipers don't work on the vehicle. The contact called the manufacturer and they stated that the vehicle was not covered under the recall. The dealer information is not available. Current mileage is 36,700 miles and failure mileage was at 36,000 miles. The consumer occurred at purchase this issue is identical to a recall listed on 1999 ford explorer 4wd vehicles, unfortunately ford did not include the consumer's vehicle. Updated 10/31/07

Filed Apr 25, 2007 · Visibility · 116,000 miles · NY

Tl*the contact owns a 1997 ford explorer sport. The windshield wipers at any speed other than high didn't operate normally. When the rain was heavy or light the windshield wipers only operated on higher speeds. The failure mileage was 116000 ,and the current mileage was 126000.

Filed Jan 24, 2007 · Electrical · 100,000 miles · PA

I lost my windshield wipers, dome lights and chimes, windows, radio, 4x4. After diagnostic tests, I was told I need a new gem module. After doing a web search, I found ford did a recall on my same vehicle starting with the year after my vehicle was made. I am having the same problems, and after talking to many other people, this is not an uncommon problem for my year of vehicle. But my vehicle was not included in the recall.