1995 Ford Explorer Suspension

THE VEHICLE BEGAN EXPERIENCING HANDLING PROBLEMS DUE TO BROKEN SWAY BARS WHICH FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-402 AND CAUSED THE TIRES TO WEAR, THE CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

RECALL 00V402000/ STABILIZER BAR LINK STUD; HAD MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR 25 JANUARY, 2001 ON 2 JANUARY 2001, AT 6 PM. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED RECALL WAS NOT DONE DUE TO NO PARTS. LEFT VEHICLE UNTIL JANUARY 26, 2001, STILL NO PARTS. DEALER THEN TOLD CONSUMER SHE COULD LEAVE VEHICLE FOR A WEEK IN CASE PARTS CAME IN. SHE THEN CALLED FORD COMPANY WHERE SHE WAS TOLD THAT SHE WOULD JUST HAVE TO WAIT. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00S47 FOR SWAY BAR LINK. CONTACTED DEALER, MATHIEW FORD IN WINCHENDON, MA TELE#9782970001, DEALER REFUSED TO DO RECALL REPAIRS BECAUSE VEHICLE HAD A SALVAGE TITLE. CONSUMER WAS STILL DRIVING VEHICLE. DEALER CLAIMED HE WAS BEING TOLD BY FORD MANUFACTURER NOT TO PERFORM RECALL. *AK CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS. *SLC

THE SWAY BRACE HAS TWO BROKEN STUDS, WHICH ALLOWS THE BAR TO ROTATE FORWARD AND THEN THE TWO STUDS PROTRUDE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THIS REQUIRES US TO MANUALLY ROTATE THE BAR BACK TO REST ON THE "ATTACHMENT" POINTS. *AK

LEFT SIDE SWAY BAR BROKE CAUSING STEERING PROBLEMS. NLM

THE ACTUAL DATE AND MILEAGE IS UNKNOWN. I JUST DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM LAST WEEK. BOTH LINK PINS THAT CONNECT THE FRONT SWAY BAR TO THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WERE MISSING. WITH THE SWAY BAR DISCONNECTED, THE CAR SWAYS SEVERLY IN CORNERING OR HARD MANUEVERS. I HAD THE PINS REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY HAD ISSUED A CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION ON 6 NOV 2000 #00M11 THAT IDENTIFIED THE (LINK PINS BREAKING)PROBLEM FOR 1996-1997 FORD EXPLORERS. HOWEVER, THE LIMIT FOR MILEAGE FOR FORD TO REPLACE THE PARTS WAS 100,000. I HAD AT THE TIME OF DISCOVERY 102500 MILES ON THE CAR. THIS PROBLEM, I BELIEVE, OCCURED BACK IN THE SUMMER BECAUSE I STARTED GETTING A LOT SWAY ON CORNERING. I FIGURED THAT THE SHOCKS WERE BAD DO HAD THEM REPLACED IN ABOUT SEPTEMBER 2000. THIS DIDN'T SOLVE THE SWAY PROBLEM. LAST WEEK I WAS CHANGING MY OIL AND NOTICED THAT THE SWAY BAR WAS LOOSE. AFTER REPLACING THE LINK PINS MY SWAY PROBLEM WENT AWAY. I CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS, MELLANIE HALL, AND RELAYED MY PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT FORD WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIRS SINCE MY CAR WAS 2500 MILES PAST THEIR LIMIT. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND MAY HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING PROBLEM TO THE TIRE PROBLEM CAUSING ROLL OVERS. THIS CAR, WITH OUT THE SWAY BAR ATTACHED, WOULD DEFINITELY BE UNSTABLE IN HARD TURNS AND I AM CONVINCED THAT IT COULD LEAD TO A ROLL OVER. MELLANIE HALL FOR FORD, DID NOT AGREE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS TIME OF FAILURE SHOULD BE ADDED TO YOUR INVESTIGATION ON TIRES AND ROLL OVERS. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOULD BE SAFETY RECALL AND NOT BE LIMITED TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MILES, CONSEQUENTLY I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED.

LINK THAT GOES TO STABILIZER BAR AND LOWER CONTROL ARM BROKE WHICH MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. LINKS ARE NOW PRODUCED LARGER AND BIGGER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FRONT SUSPENSION STABLILIZER BAR LINK BROKE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM, AND MECHANIC HAS SOLVED THE PROBLEM. *AK

FLIPPED 1995 LIMITED EXPLORER 5 TIMES IT IS TOTALED

WHILE DRIVING COULD FEEL A STRONG MOVEMENT SIDE TO SIDE. FOUND OUT THAT FRONT SWAY BAR WAS BROKEN, AND VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND REPAIRED. *AK

PE 00 039/FRONT SUSPENSION STABILIZER BAR LINK: VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A SLUMP WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN OUT OF SERVICE STATION. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED BOTH FRONT STABILIZER BAR DUE TO A RUSTED/BROKEN BOLT. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

SWAY BAR LOSS CAUSED UNEVEN TREADWEAR ON TWO FRONT TIRES - HAD TO REPLACE THEM (TIRESIZE: 235 PF15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235 PF15 )

THE RIGHT STABILIZER LINK BROKE ON THE VEHICLE, WHEN ORDERING THE REPLACEMENT PART, OWNER DISCOVERED THAT THE PART HAD BEEN MODIFIED DUE TO PROBLEMS THAT WERE BEING EXPERIENCED WITH THIS PARTICULAR PART (STABILIZER LINK BOLT). *MJS

PE 00 038/FRONT SUSPENSION STABILIZER BAR (ANTI-SWAY BAR) LINK FAILURE: VEHICLE BEING REPORTED WITH STABILZING PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH OR MORE. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK

BOTH THE FRONT LEFT AND FRONT RIGHT SWAY BAR LINKS HAVE FAILED ON THIS VEHICLE. THE LINKS HAVE SIMPLY FALLEN OFF OF THE VEHICLE. I SAW AN ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT NHTSA WAS INVESTIGATING THIS COMPONENT ON THE 1995 EXPLORER AND WISHED TO PROVIDE MY INFORMATION AS WELL. *AK

INITIAL FAILURE DUE TO VERY MINOR DIP IN I-80 FROM BRIDGE TO ASPAULT TRANSITION. FAILURE RESULTED IN UNCONTROLLABLE VEHICLE OSCILLATION AND SUBSEQUENT SPIN-OUT INCLUDING TIRE, BUMPER AND MINOR INJURIES FROM SPIN. VEHICLE WAS UNSTABLE AND WOULD START OSCILLATIONS ABOVE 30 MPH. A SECOND SPIN-OUT OCCURRED WHEN TAKING VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION AT AROUND 35 MPH - NO DAMAGE FROM ACCIDENT. REPLACEMENT OF FRONT STABILIZER LINK RESOLVED STABILITY PROBLEMS.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 )

WHILE DRIVING ON 93 SOUTH, A MAJOR MASSACHUSETTS HIGHWAY, AT 55 MILES AN HOUR ON 11-1998, I SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING A CAR THAT WAS GOING TO COME INTO MY LANE.MY SUV FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO TIP OVER ON ITS SIDE.IT FELT LIKE I WAS RIDING ON TWO WHEELS.HAD I NOT BEEN CALM AND STEERED CORRECTLY, THE SUV WOULD HAVE TIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE.THE SECOND TIME, 8-2000 WAS ON 95 SOUTH, IN MASSACHUSETTS.UPON GETTING OFF THE EXIT RAMP, MY SUV AGAIN FELT LIKE IT WOULD TIP OVER. I WAS GOING ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.BOTH TIMES THE SWAY BAR LINKS HAD TO BE REPLACED.I WAS CHARGED FOR THE FIRST REPAIR.I HAVE REPLACED THE FIVE ORIGINAL TIRES WHICH WERE PART OF THE RECENT RECALL, WITH THE SAME TYPE OF TIRE ABOUT A YEAR AGO.THE CID SENSOR IS A PART THAT SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE SUV, ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC THAT WORKED ON IT.IT HAD TO BE REPLACED ON MY SUV.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75/15 )

STABILIZER BAR COMPONENT BROKE AND LITERALLY DISINTEGRATED/DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY. NOTHING WAS LEFT BUT THE GAPING HOLE WHERE IT USED TO BE. SHOCK FAILED EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER COMPONENT FAILURE - NOT SURE WHICH OCCURRED FIRST.

THIS FAILURE CAUSES A "SERIOUS" DUTCH ROLL (LATERIAL ROLL) PROBLEM AT CRUISE WHEN A BUMP IS ENCOUNTERED.

NO SUMNARY

PE00 020; CONSUMERT WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 75MPH ON HIGHWAY AND FELT HEAVY VIBRATION INSIDE OF VEHICLE . HE WENT TO PULL OVER ONTO THE SHOULDERS. AND VEHICLE TOOK A 270 DEGREE SPINN OUT. THEN, VEHICLE HIT A ROAD SIGN, AND IT FLIPPED INTO A DITCH. THERE WERE MINOR SKRATCHES. *AK

PREMATURE WEAR OF BALL JOINTS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO MAKE A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND THEY HEARD A LOUD THUMPING NOISE, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE. PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND CHANGED THE TIRE. *AK

ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS WHEN PURCHASED, CAR PULLED RIGHT,ROTATE TO BACK FIXED PULL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

CONCERNS ABOUT THE SWAY BAR PROBLEM, EXPLORER HAS VERY STIFF HANDLING. *CJ