Tl* the contact owns a 1992 ford explorer. While at a stop sign smoke ascended from underneath the hood, and contact could smell something burning. After all passengers exited the vehicle flames ignited from the hood. There were no injuries. The fire department punctured the hood due to the flames. However, they opened the hood and extinguished the fire. There were no warning indicator lights present prior to the failure. On april 16, 2007 the oil was changed and the fluids were at normal levels. The fire department diagnosed the failure as the cruise control, and stated that this was a known occurrence for ford vehicles. The current and failure mileages were 111,130.
1992 Ford Explorer: adaptive cruise control problems
5 of the 633 complaints about the 1992 Ford Explorer describe adaptive cruise control problems.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Adaptive cruise control problems by model year
What owners say
While traveling with cruise control @ 72mph, right rear tread separated completely from tire which cased my explorer to turn 180 degrees following which I hit the grass median and rolled 21/2 times. These were firestone atx tires. Vehicle was totalled and I was sent to the er. Please keep me informed of the proceedings.*ak( dot number: )
Was driving on the freeway with the cruise control, and when driverturned cruise control off the vehcle stalled, forcing consumer to pull side of the road, where vehicle was towed to the nearest service shop. The flywheel was replaced because the one on the vehicle was broken.
Cruise control failed and could not be disengaged, causing near accident due to loss of control.
Cruise control was engaged, and would not disengage, to stop vehicle put the vehicle in neutral, pulled away and kept applying brakes , vehicle was in a high idle position. *ak
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1992 Ford Explorer adaptive cruise
Is adaptive cruise control problems a common problem on the 1992 Ford Explorer?
5 of 633 owner complaints about the 1992 Ford Explorer (1%) mention adaptive cruise control problems. The model year with the most reports is 1998.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1992 Ford Explorer?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1992 Ford Explorer
Tire blowout 54Fire or smoke 43Transmission failure 21ABS 20Brake failure 18Seat belt 17Door locks 11Stalling 10Grinding brakes 6Loss of power 6Jerking 5Power steering loss 5Pulling 5
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