1992 Ford Explorer: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed Sep 22, 2000 · Body · GA

Paint is coming off in areas and it is only 8 y/o, and also every inside door handle has broken off in the same manner atleast a year or two ago, so says the previous owner. Both problems were obvious when vehicle was purchased and the previous owner took very well care of it, I honestly believe the door handles were a bad make in the first place it is obvious they would break with time or the first pull of the handle. The paint should not be doing what it is doing at this point in time, thank you for any help you may give. Suzanne brantley, cepa

Filed Aug 8, 2000 · Body · MD

Ihave been looking for interior door panels for about 2 yrs.the problem is with the portion of the interior door panel where you are supposed to grab the door to close it.all the salvage yards say the same thing"idont have to look that up, I know we dont have any, there all broken". My children have scratched their arms on the broken plastic that is left behind after the door pull/armrest breaks off.since I have been unsucssful in tring to locate a replacement I can only conclude that this is a big problem. It makes shutting the front doors difficult as there is no place to grab the door to close it. This is a real hassle when parked on a hill or it is windy, as the only thing to grab is the door handle half the time the door dosent latch fully making in nessessary to open the window and grab the top of the window to shut the door fully, creating a second hazard by opening up the possibilities of breaking the window. My children as I mentioned have been scratched badly enough to draw blood on several occasions,and my wife has ruined a couple of sweaters by getting them snagged on the jagged plastic. Ford wants over 100.00 per door to replace them(I need all four) and frankly icant afford it and dont think I should have to. Thank you.

Filed Jan 1, 2000 · Body · FL

All four door handles cracked due to defective plastic used in manufacturing. Yh

Filed Jan 28, 1999 · Locks, Seat belts · CA

Driver's side seat belt would not latch properly; intermittently it would unlatch itself or would not latch at all. Also both rear doors would not open from the inside; nothing wrong with the handles, door would not unlatch from the inside. Dealer notified and informed consumer repairs would only be made at consumer's cost. Needs help in this matter.

Filed Aug 29, 1998 · Body · NC

Driver's side interior door handle malfunctioned. Also,center console padded arm restmount failed.

Filed Feb 9, 1998 · Electrical · CA

Wiring to the mirrors and door locks shorted and smoke was visible from the dashboard and a strong odor was present.

Filed Jul 25, 1997 · Body · AL

All four door handles are broken.

Filed Feb 20, 1997 · Body · FL

Interior door handles cracked.

Filed Dec 21, 1995 · Body · CT

Rear passenger automatic door lock will not disengage.

Filed Nov 16, 1995 · Body · FL

The rear door was warped out of shape so the door would not close properly. Please describe. Tt

Filed Oct 31, 1995 · Body · NY

While closing driver/passenger side doors, door handles broke off; very difficult closing doors properly; have to open/close doors from outside of windows. Tt