| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004263404 | Incident Date: Dec, 31 2003 |
| Consumer's City: LYNCHBURG | Consumer's State: VA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: EXPLORER | Model Year: 1996 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:manual transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMDU34X7TU | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 07 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 28 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I currently own a 1996 ford explorer xlt, 4x4, 5-speed manual transmission. one thing i have noticed with this vehicle is when i am either stopping moderately hard/fast or making sharp right turns, the engine tends to stall. this only happens when the transmission is in neutral or i have the clutch in. the main reason this is a problem is because when the vehicle is stalled, the power steering is off. most of my problems have been on off ramps where i'm traveling realitively fast and a right turn. towards the end of the ramp i start to straigten out the wheel and realize i can't move it. generally i am forced to slam on the breaks before running into something or if i have enough time, i will quickly attempt to start it. there was no specific incident date. this did not start to happen until after my 30-day warranty was up at from the dealer so i have not had anything done to attempt to fix it. i have found on the internet that several explorers have had this problem. some people blamed it on a valve. below are listed websites where people have submitted to forums. these are people in similar situations as myself. thanks http://www.carconsumers.com/ford_explorer.html http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/04/13/national/main285613.shtml http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/10/10/national/main240067.shtml http://www.cartrackers.com/forums/live/gremlins/191.html http://www.thecomplaintstation.com/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi/forum/subtopic/topicid=0351/subtopicid=0000857 7/firstrecord=0/finalrecord=14/ http://forums.vmag.com/pm-1001/messages/3445.html. *ak |
