Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / EXPLORER / 1999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005023746 Incident Date: Jun, 01 2005
Consumer's City: CANTON Consumer's State: MI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: EXPLORER Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMZU34E6XZ Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 23 2005 Complaint Type: LETR
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 31 1998
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: the contact owns a 1999 ford explorer. he states that while driving he noticed smoke was coming from steering column. this did happened three or four times. took vehicle to the dealer, and they replaced the multi-function switch (turn signals, windshield wiper, and headlight dimmer module). he has found complaints for this problem on the nhtsa website.*ak the multi-function switch burnt and was replaced. *tt *nm