Consumer states that the 4 wheel drive froze up and broke, causing the front tire to blow, consumer lost control of the vehicle and it flipped over.
1991 Ford Explorer transmission complaints
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While driving at 55 MPH consumer smelled smoke. Consumer pulled over, and saw transmission fluid all over the ground, and bottom of vehicle was on fire. Please provide any further information.
The consumer stated that when the vehicle turned either right or left the sway bar did not come back to the center.
Black goo oozes out from around the lacing of steering wheel. Constantly have the wipe wheel & hands. Driver's seat broke and went backwards while driving. I only weight 185 lbs. So weight should not be a problem. There had been no rear-end collision either. Front wheel hubs failed due to engineering defect. Dealer tried to make me pay the first $55. I refused and won. The transmission problem was a shaft that snapped. Valve gaskets are inferior material. Have been tightened, but still leak.
Transmission was noisy and causing a vibration during operation of vehicle. A private mechanic examined vehicle and determined that lower end shaft bearings went, and has replaced transmission for a temporary fix. Please provide any additional information/attachments.
Starter failed. *slc radius arm needed replaced. Air conditioner needed replaced. Hydraulic control unit needed replaced.
Bearings were loose, consumer was able to pull front wheels back and fowards, consumer fears that wheels may fall off.
Periodically, when beginning to contact the clutch pedal and if the explorer operator's left foot is too high, the top of the foot will come in contact with the fuse box lever (between the parking brake lever and the hood release lever) underneath the steering column. This will disengage the fuse box from its secure position and lower the fuse box. On the next attempt to contact the clutch pedal, the foot will come in contact with the fuse box, hindering and possibly preventing the operator's ability to contact the clutch pedal and effectively operate the clutch.
Transfer case lock up low speed, 0-7mph mad.
Confirmation info...columes doesn't my info....but to add transmission was replace, was informed vehicle was repainted by aaa, brakes went out, replaced cable wires to battrery- wired coat hanger pieces in with cable wires...
When traveling on highway at 65 MPH and upon exiting the highway when coming to a graudal stop, consumer noticed rear of vehicle shaking. Also, a grinding noise. Consumer proceeded traveling at 15 MPH when the right rear axle separated from the vehicle. Contacted the dealer. Dealer indicated that horse clip broke into several pieces, causing axle to separate. Horse clip replaced. A couple weeks later when traveling, the same axle once again detached from vehicle.
While vehicle was on and in the "park" position, transmission jumped into reverse gear, causing the vehicle to roll over and a crash. There was recall 91v189000 under which this vehicle was subject to, according to the manufacturer, but dealer never made the repairs. Please provide further information.
Ongoing / intermittent problem with vehicle shifting itself into forward drive or low gear. Dealer notified and unable to locate problem.
I bought the truck from a respectable dealership in new jersey in oct. 1995. The clutch failed me in may 1997. It was repaired for approx. 600.00. It then failed me again in aug. 1998. It was repaired again but this time it costed me 1200.00. I was amazed the price doubled. The company that fixed it said the other company failed to do it the correct way. Now once again it has failed me on sept. 1999. I am very disturbed about this. I cannot take my truck back to the previous company because they were replaced by midas. Does this seem right?
Apparently the mazda std 5 spd sold in these trucks is destined to fail. It has so I'm told (recently saw when I was forced to get rebuilt do to dealer refusing to act on my complaint)three rubber plugs that are designed to fail. Why they are there is beyond me. After a time they start to seep and cause transmission fliud to slowly leak out only when vehicle is running ie in gear. As the fluid drips out moving down road you don't notice it. Once it gets low enough it causes tranny to overheat. I brought vehicle in the first time this tell tale sign of no clutch occurred. Transmission shop told me that dealer should have at least test drove vehicle when I brought it in. Of course when I got there it was working properly because it had cooled down, both outside temp & vehicle since it was parked while in lawyers office. I pointed out it looked like it was leaking something & they shrugged it off as probaly an oil leak. Since they wouldn't even make an appointment for me to bring in @ a later date I took it to mean, since they're the experts that I didn't have a serious problem. Well apparently I did because after about a month the input shaft was severed while I was driving on highway driving beside a 18 wheeler. Luckily nothing happened to vehicle but woody anderson put my life in danger unnecessarily by ignoring my problem. I found out later the service mgr was aware of the problem w/ these transmissions but neglected to train his staff on it. Their general mgr ki. Harris said to me on 12/15 that he was in business to service vehicles & he would do what would make me happy. Well now it's me against the big dealership, for he has gone ack on his word. I need additional data to support my position from your data banks to show this is one a poor desigh & two a known problem was not conveyed to customer which could have resulted in serious injury if I lost power passing on a one lane road or similar situation where I could not avoid an accident .
Original transmission failed 1/97, approx. 60000 miles. Rebuilt by transmission shop. Took back 4 times before they considered correct. Still not right. Clunked when slowing.. 2nd transmission failed 12/98. Driving 65 MPH...just quit...RPM's started revving...barely got to side of road...have been told by every transmission shop I'm dealing with that the original transmission put into these explorers are very poor quality, plus almost impossible to rebuild correctly...all transmission shops, including ford only give 12,000/12 month guarentee...that's ridiculous...you assume a tranny should outlast the car...they all say the transmission is unreliable to match to original ford tranny put in...I am now out $1875 for first transmission and one year later am looking at another transmission repair ($1400-1600)...I feel ford should back their products and at least offer a rebuilt tranny in their own shops that is guarenteed for more than 12 months....this is what gives our american cars a very bad reputation....
Jumps out of over drive on cold days while moving, will not engage part time 4-wheel drive.
Transmission failed.
Wrong material used in automatic hubs, causing premature failure.
While driving the transmission failed, causing the vehicle to go out of gear. The dealer is repairing the vehicle.
4-wheel drive is inoperative because hubs will not lock and vehicle will get stuck. Because of no warranty, dealer will not fix problem.
Transmission failed.
Four-wheel drive failed.
Overdrive failed.
While driving about 70 MPH the input shaft on the transmission broke . The vehicle is at the dealer for repair.
Automatic locking hubs for 4 wheel drive failed twice.
Consumer was driving and stopped at a light vehicle stopped working; took to dealer and it was the torque converter that went out . Please describe .
A/c condenser unit failed.
Four wheel drive unit failed.
Man-tran: while driving on freeway, transmission froze up in 4th gear, gears jammed, driver unable to shift gears.
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