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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005079680 | Incident Date: Sep, 14 2005 |
| Consumer's City: KAUFMAN | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: EXPLORER | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Suspension:front:wheel bearing |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMZU63K83U | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 20 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 28 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Ford has defective hub assemblies on the 2003 explorers. leading up to the defective hubs going out, there is a very loud roaring noise coming from what ever wheel the bearing is going out on. no accident was involved but it was defective and waiting to happen. wheels do come off of vehicles when the bearings go bad. ford is aware of this problem they have. i replaced both front hubs 9-15-05 with 41,000 miles on them. have just had to replace the left front hub again this week with unfortunately 15,000 miles on it which they only warrant it to 12,000 miles. i have corrected the problem at a big expense to me. at this time, i just cringe waiting to hear another one start roaring and going out. i do have all three wheel hubs that the bearing has gone out. *nm |
