Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / EXPLORER / 2001

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006080448 Incident Date: Sep, 25 2006
Consumer's City: AUBURN Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: EXPLORER Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Suspension:front:control arm:lower ball joint
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMZU77E21U Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 27 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 09 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: At 37,741 miles,my 2001 ford vehicle had to have its lower right and left ball joints replaced because they were in dangerous condition according to the ford repair shop. it seems to me they had to be defective from day one in order to both fail at this low mileage. jeep liberty also dodge durango vehicles had similar failures. ford told me they are backing up their product as normal failure while the garage foreman has said he has had many similar cases. *jb