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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006071959 | Incident Date: Mar, 09 2006 |
| Consumer's City: FRIENDSWOOD | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: EXPLORER | Model Year: 2004 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMZU65W84Z | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 18 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Oct, 22 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Auto goes into fail safe mode while being driven. has happened 5 times since mar. 10, 2006. i have had it in the shop on mar. 14, april 22, april 27, may 25, and june 12, all for the same concern. the engine bogs down to 4 cylinders and loses power. the first 3 times it happened while driving at around 35 mph the last two times it has happened while merging into traffic on the highway coming off a feeder road. i'm am afraid i will end up in a serious accident. i put it in the shop on june 12, 2006 and just picked it up yesterday on july 17,2006. it was in the shop for over a month. as i was feeding into traffic yesterday evening of july 17, the engine again downshifted into fail safe mode causing me to bog down. i have lost all faith in this vehicle and do not want it anymore. i have owned fords for the last 35 years and have never had this kind of problem before with a ford. *nm |
