Engine has excessive vibration when accelerating from a stop. Vibration is at its worst at around 2500 RPM.
2000 Ford Explorer suspension complaints
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After heavy snow the vehicle began making a loud clunking noise, the consumer inspected the vehicle and found that the lower left rear leaf spring was hitting a bracket on the differential. Nlm
A loud clanking noise originating from front right suspension area,due to a loose control arm. Cj
The hinge on the sway bar was replaced.
Consumer complains of the suspension causing steering and riding problems.
While driving on highway at 45mph vehicle started veering to left into oncoming traffic. Consumer had no control of steering or brakes, eventually consumer was able to get over, and went into a ditch. Took to dealer, and they could not duplicate the problem. *ak
The vehicle has a vibration / shimmy that appears to be comming from the front end at all speeds on both rough and relatively smooth road surfaces. When going over relatively small routine bumps, such as joints in a roads surface, the entire vehicle shakes. When going over slightly rougher surfaces such as a man-hole cover the front wheel vibration continues for 5-10 seconds after, and is extremely hard to control. Navigating some of the larger pot holes/rough roads in the area is extremely hazardous as maintaining control is all but impossible. I have brought the vehicle into the dealers for service on 5 seperate occassions, the first three times I was told that it was normal operations, the last two times, they tried adjusting the tire pressure, and suspension but have not fixed the problem.
Vehicle flipped over.
Car rolled over, do to uneven wear of the tires in front and in rear and possiable defect in suspension system (tiresize: 255/70r/16)( dot number: tire size: 255/70r/16 )
When driving at highway speeds, vehicle sways and pulls to the right, vehicle also vibrates or loses it's integrity causing the mirrors to vibrate, possible steering or suspension related problems.
Consumer lost control of vehicle and was rolled 3 times possibly because of the firestone wilderness at tires(p235 75 r15), at the time of the accident, consumer was not aware of firestone recall and now feels the accident occurred because of the tires, consumer was injured and is requesting reimbursement, possibly related to the suspension of the vehicle.
Vehicle hydroplanes constantly in the rain making steering near to impossible. Vehicle was inspected by ford dealership and no mechanical defects were found. Tires were inspected by ford and firestone and both reported no defects in tires. *ak( dot number: tire size: p235/75r15 )
Consumer has gone through the board from the lemon law to try & confirm there is a problem with the stability of the vehicle. Board disagreed with the consumer. When traveling 65-70mph, consumer stated that it was very hard to maintain control of vehicle. Serviceman from dealership test drove vehicle & found that there could be a problem, but didn't confirm it. They were refusing to give money back for the unwanted vehicle. Consumer said it was swaying & wondered when going around curves. *ak problem could also be related to faulty firestone wilderness 16" tires.
Question the safety of the vehicle - vehicle turned over during a right-hand turn.
Drivers side steering rack leaking heavily. Nlm consumer states when driving experiencing stability problems, consumer states does not feel like she has good contact with the road, when consumer applied the brakes to avoid hitting a cat, while traveling at 35 MPH the vehicle fishtailed for several moments consumer also replaced all four tires for safety precaution even though tires were not included in the recall and is requesting reimbursement.
While driving, vehicle experiences vibration, causing the seats in the passenger compartment to shake, tires are firestone wilderness at p255/70r15, dealer has balanced tires twice, however vehicle still vibrates.
While driving about any speed vehicle started vibrating.tires are firestone wilderness.
Heard loud pop around tire, car steered uncontrollably, causing it to rollover. Had seat belt on but came lose it crash and ended up in back seat. *ak( dot number: tire size: p255/70r16 )
Consumer was traveling about 45mph on the highway and steering wheel started vibrating. Also, they heard a popping noise coming from the back. Right rear tire was flat. Consumer pulled over to the shoulder to change the flat tire, and car went out control, and whipped into four lanes on the highway. Car was turned the opposite way of the traffic.
Unsafe rear suspension, it does not have springs only a one leave bar, the truck bounce up and down then sway side to side when towing the boat
Front tires are experiencing excessive wear. Vehicle been in / out of dealer shop on four occasions, and problem is still occurring. Feel free to provide further details.
While turning right / left the vehicle vibrates in the rear of the vehicle. Dealer says it's normal. Also, while test driving vehicle dealer claimed it acted like the clutches in the position unit were grabbing. So they added a friction modifier to rear differential and transfer case. Problem somewhat diminished, but not entirely solved.
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