1993 Ford Explorer: pulls to one side

Filed Jul 11, 2004 · Brakes · 180,300 miles · CA

Intermitent - anti lock brakes failure. Pedal drops down and noise (growl) occurs, followed by vehical pulling to one side with long stopping distance. Recent incident required extreme braking and the brakes locked up and the vehicle slid out of control.

Filed Aug 30, 2000 · Tires · NV

On 8/15/97 we were travelling west on I-40 between winslow, az and flagstaff, az when our rear passenger tread came flying off our tire. Fortunately, my husband was able to safely control the vehicle, reduce our speed and pull off the highway. We examined the damage, there was some small amount of body damage, but the tire, still inflated, had no tread. We removed the tire, replaced it with the spare and made our way slowly to flagstaff where we found a discount tire co. And had the damaged tire replaced, not with firestone tire, and we continued on our way to las vegas the next day. In november we took our vehicle to discount tire to have the other 3 tires replace and were told that they all showed tread separation and we were lucky. Currently, we have one of those firestone tires as a spare as it showed the least to no separation. The dot # I provided is from the spare. I do not have the number off of the actual defective tire. No reports filed since there was, thankfully, no serious accident. I have receipts from both tire purchases and one from ford stating that we didn't have matching tires since we'd replaced the one, so they couldn't do the alignment requested that we thought was why the SUV pulled to the right so drastically. We were told, by discount tire co. Rep., that it could have been due to the separation the other tires were experiencing. We feel very fortunate after learning of the recall. We had never heard of that type of tire separation before and the tires appeared to be in great shape! They weren't all that old nor worn. This was our first trip in this vehicle. It was frighening but we chalked it up to a blowout type of incident and did not report it. The slight body damage has since been taken care of too.( dot number: w2hl1m0083 tire size: p235/75r15 )

Filed Aug 18, 2000 · Tires · AZ · crash · 1 injury

Tread peeled on highway, most likely wrapping axel. Caused sudden pull to left. Vehicle rolled 1 1/2 times. Injuries limited to soft tissue. Passenger seat fortunately empty - rider there would not have survived.( dot number: tire size: ?15 )

Filed Sep 4, 1996 · Brakes · NM

In dry weather when applying the ABS brakes the rear end pulls to the right . Please describe .

Filed Jul 1, 1996 · Brakes · NJ

6094655600:rose fox: ABS: brakes lock up, truck pulls hard to right when braking high speed, no warning.

Filed Apr 16, 1996 · Brakes · NY

Abs brakes; when applying the brakes in wet weather, vehicle pulls to the right.

Filed Mar 22, 1996 · Brakes · CO

Abs system failure, when applying the brakes, the vehicle will pull to the right.

Filed Jan 22, 1996 · Suspension, Visibility · TX

The front end pulls to the right and water leaks from the front window. Tt

Filed Nov 20, 1995 · Suspension · SC

The vehicle pulling to the right side can not find the the problem. Tt

Filed Sep 18, 1995 · Brakes · OK · crash · 3 injuries

Right rear wheel pulled to right, due to failed brakes, causing accident/injuries.

Filed Feb 15, 1995 · Brakes, Suspension · CA

Repeated brake problems,pulling to the left very violently.front wheel bearings failed. Tt