Tl*the contact owns a 2003 ford explorer. The contact stated that the vehicle's bottom rear liftgate has cracked. He stated that there is a safety recall on the hinges for the liftgate. The contact believes that the liftgate falls repeatedly and caused the liftgate window to crack. The engine size was unknown. The current mileage is 64,370 and failure mileage was 55,000.
2003 Ford Explorer locks complaints
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While driving the vehicle, the hood released. Fortunately, the safety latch prevented the hood from completely releasing. This has occurred several times since. 2003 ford explorer.
Tl* - the contact called about the 2003 ford explorer xlt. The contact stated that the air bag light stayed on, and when it was on, the airbag deactivated which was a safety problem. It happened all the time. The fuses have been changed under warranty, and now that it was not under warranty, it was no longer repaired free of charge. The contact stated that she was told by one service station that it was standard for the fuses to blow because of the fuse box location. Another service station told the contact that this was not true that the fuse box was to high in the car for pebbles to be able to get into the fuse box. Also, the windshield wipers won't turn off by them selves, even when the keys were out of the ignition. The contact stated that the airbag light and the door ajar light were consistently on. Moreover, the electronic seat would not move forward or backward. She had the seat repaired twice and it failed again. Finally, contact stated that the vehicle was making a knocking noise in the front and rear of the vehicle's undercarriage. The vehicle clanked stopping, turning to go forward, or just sitting still. The first time the contact took the vehicle for repair she was told by the repair shop that it was the driver's seat that was causing the clanking noise, and the second time she was told that the noise was not something they could identify because during diagnostic testing it did not show a specific failure code. The current and failure mileage were both 114000.
On three separate occasions the gate lift of my explorer opened on it's own. This happened when the vehicle was quite new. I reported it to ford and they could not find the problem. They said that unless it malfunctioned while they were in possession of it, they could not remedy the problem. I now tie down the gate when carrying precious cargo, my dogs.
Structure,body, hatchback/liftgate,hinge and attachments. I was closing my hatch on my 2003 ford explorer VIN#[xxx] when the left hinge broke free from the body of the vehicle. *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)
On several occasions, the liftback on the vehicle unlatched itself. In all but one occurance, this was not noticed until after the vehicle was in a parked position. The most recent occurence was march 9, 2004.
Ford explorer, 4-door, 200 window on rear tailgate door "pops" open on rough roads. Happened 4 times with new vehicle with under 5,000 miles.
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