Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 Ford Explorer submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 32 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 32, in the owner's own words
1992 FORD EXPLORER(EDDIE BAUER ED) CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM UNDER DASHBOARD AND CCAUGHT FIRE AND DESTROYED VEHICLE BEFORE FIREMEN COULD SAVE IT. FORD MOTOR CO HAS DENIED LIABILITY, EVEN THOUGH THIS MODEL WAS UNDER RECALL. FIRE STATRED IN THE CIRCUITRY SYSTEM.
DRIVER SIDE HIGH BACK SEAT EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL 03 V 281 000 ; BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER CONTINUED TO DRIVE. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR 5 MINUTES VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK
CONSUMER STATED THAT THE RECLINING HANDLE SNAP WHEN RECLINING THE DRIVER SEAT. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS
CAR IN PARKING LOT -FIRE IN DRIVER SEAT FROM FAULTY MOTOR UNDER SEAT. *AK
DRIVERS SEATBACK BOLT FAILED, AND THE DRIVERS SEATBACK LOST VERTICAL SUPPORT PIVOTING TO THE REAR. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY AT 60MPH THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BACK BROKE AND FELL BACK INTO THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER. THE DEALER CLAIMS THEY CANNOT OBTAIN NEW PART TO REPLACE SEAT FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY BECAUSE PART IS DISCONTINUED. THEY WOULD NOT SUGGEST ALTERNATIVE REPAIR. CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THEY COULD ONLY SUGGEST THREE PHONE NUMBERSOF COMPANIES THAT DEAL IN DISCONTINUED PARTS. NONE OF THOSE PLACES HAVE THE PART EITHER. APPARENTLY FORD ISN'T INTERESTED IN REPAIRING OR PROVIDING A PART TO FIX THIS VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE ALSO HAS THE FAILING FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES...CAN'T FIND A DEALER WHO HAS REPLACEMENT TIRES YET EITHER. I HAVE HEARD OF SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH SEATS BREAKING IN EXPLORERS...IN FACT I THINK FORD HAS ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN COVERING REPAIRS OF THIS NATURE. THEY ARE AWARE THAT THESE SEAT BACKS DO NOT HOLD UP.
VEHICLE WAS PARKED, AND IN MIDDLE OF NIGHT CAUGHT ON FIRE, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK
THE DRIVERS SEAT RUNNER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEAT WAS BROKEN, THE METAL AT THE BASE WAS RIPPED CAUSING THE SEAT TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE AND TO TILT BACKWARDS. NLM
WHILE GETTING INTO THE SEAT LEANED BACK AND HEARD A SNAP AND SEAT WENT BACK. WHEN DRIVING THERE WAS NO SUPPORT. DEALER SAID SEAT FRAME SNAPPED AND ONE OF THE HINGES BROKE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. *AK
SEAT BELT BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE SEAT BELT TO THE SEAT BROKE. YH
WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT DRIVER'S SEAT FELL BACKWARD DUE TO A BOLT PREMATURLY BREAKING. CONSUMER ALMOST LOSS CONTROL OF VEHICLE. NHTSA NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. *AK
WHEN RETURNING TO SUV AFTER A CAR WASH, GOT INTO THE FRONT SEAT WHICH THEN FELL INTO THE BACK SEAT. REPLACED A HARDEN BOLT IN THE SEAT. VEN "SPO, PART "N805885S58.
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT LATCH PROPERLY; INTERMITTENTLY IT WOULD UNLATCH ITSELF OR WOULD NOT LATCH AT ALL. ALSO BOTH REAR DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE; NOTHING WRONG WITH THE HANDLES, DOOR WOULD NOT UNLATCH FROM THE INSIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER REPAIRS WOULD ONLY BE MADE AT CONSUMER'S COST. NEEDS HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK
WHEN VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED AT A STAND STILL WHILE MERGING IN TRAFFIC, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK COLLAPSED. CAUSING INJURIES TO THE DRIVER'S HEAD/ BACK/NECK AND KNEES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK
SUN ROOF FLEW OFF OF VEHICLE, RECALL ON SAME MODEL YEAR HOWEVER CONSUMERS VEHICLE DID NOT MEET THE RECALL QUALIFICATIONS.
WIRING TO THE MIRRORS AND DOOR LOCKS SHORTED AND SMOKE WAS VISIBLE FROM THE DASHBOARD AND A STRONG ODOR WAS PRESENT.
DRIVER'S SEATBACK BOLT FAILED, AND THE DRIVER'S SEATBACK LOST VERTICAL SUPPORT, PIVOTING FLAT TO THE REAR. *AK
ELECTRICAL: STARTED VEHICLE AND WENT DOWN THE STREET ABOUT 500 FEET AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE VENT. TURNED VEHICLE OFF, AND FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME TOWED VEHICLE TO DEALER. VEHICLE DID NOT CATCH FIRE, BUT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM PANEL. *AK
ARM REST PIVOT ASSEMBLY FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE SUN ROOF WAS NOT OPENED AND FLEW OFF THE VEHICLE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE METAL FRAME THAT HOLDS THE SEAT TOGETHER BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO FALL BACK WHILE THE DRIVER IS DRIVING. THAT COULD OF CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK
CAR SEAT NOT COMPATIBLE WITH CENTURY CHILD SEAT, ALLOWING SEAT TO MOVE FROM SIDE TO SIDE.
LIFTGATE BROKE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.
ENGINE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHEN TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 35 DEGREES. *DH
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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