Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / EXPLORER / 1994

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0 Injured
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007123230 Incident Date: Sep, 26 2007
Consumer's City: OAK HARBOR Consumer's State: WA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: EXPLORER Model Year: 1994
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Suspension
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMDU34X7RU Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 16 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 26 2007
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I was browsing for a used car and came on an add selling cars i had no vehicle i asked if they can pick me up on the other side of the clinton ferry. they said yes they will pick me up. so checked out their inventory. i picked a 1994 ford explorer little damage to the body, tires needed changing, the front windshield has damage, and rear view mirror was gone. i accepted these and asked for a test ride proceeded off the lot there was no gas making a test drive short. it was as if they rushed me through the deal nothing was said about the problems. returning home is when i began running into problems that were safety issues. the rpms had gone to the limits of safe operation exceeding 6,000 rpms and not shifting to a hire gear making the motor screen nearly exploding the motor this is consistent every time you operate. so drove home with this problem. i accelerated and then let off the gas and it then shifted up. i gave it the gas it screamed and i let off the gas and it shifted into the higher gear i also have steering problems it pulls to the left pulling me into on going traffic, shimmies and the tie rods connected to the steering had some play in them. so when i turned left or right i had no steering until it got to certain point where it steered. the vehicle floats like a boat a strut problem. now when i went to estimates for the repairs its parts and labor came too about the same amount i paid for the truck approximately 4,400.00. so now i have this truck i refuse to drive. i told them to come and get it and no way was i going to drive an unsafe truck so it sits in my driveway. i refuse to pay them any money. they haven't called me, nor made any deal.