Owner-reported complaints naming the other system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above. 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. 26 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 26, in the owner's own words
I WAS TRAVELING DOWN HIGHWAY AND THE SPARE TIRE CABLE BROKE AND THE WHEEL FELL OUT AND GOT JAMMED UNDER THE EXPLORER. LUCKILY I SOME HOW WAS ABLE TO GET PULLED OVER BEFORE THEIR WAS AN ACCIDENT. AFTER THAT HAD HAPPEN I FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD A RECALL ON THE CABLES DUE TO THEM BREAKING. *TR
MECHANISM THAT HOLDS SPARE TIRE RUSTED AND SPARE TIRE FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING.*AK
WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, CABLE BROKE AND SPARE TIRE FELL FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK JLG
SPARE TIRE JUST FELL OUT OF THE HOLDING ARE FOR IT WHEN I SLOWED DOWN TO HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD, ROAD IS UNDER CONSTRUCION SO BUMP COULD NOT BE AVOIDED.
EA 00 012/SPARE TIRE WINCH CABLE: VEHICLE LOST SPARE TIRE WHILE DRIVING. NOTICED SPARE CABLE HAD BROKEN. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *YH
THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT OF THIS KIND SINCE I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN 9/1998. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED IN 2/99. I DID NOT REPORT THAT ONE, BECAUSE I WASN'T AWARE THAT I COULD. IN BOTH INSTANCES, I WAS DRIVING AND NOTICED THAT MY CAR WAS ACTING STANGE, DRIVING ROUGH LIKE A FLAT TIRE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BOTH TIMES (GUARDIAN ANGEL MUST HAVE BEEN WATCHING OUT FOR ME). I LOOKED FOR A FLAT, AND DID NOT SEE ONE, SO I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE AWAY, WHEN THE NOISE WAS MUCH LOUDER (METAL AGAINST METAL). WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL (SAME WHEEL BOTH TIMES) WAS ON A DIAGONAL. ALL OF THE LUG NUTS WERE SEVERED OFF AND THE WHEEL CAME OFF WITH JUST A PULL. THE SECOND TIME THIS OCCURRED (2/11/2002) I DID REPORT IT TO FORD AND TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS NOT HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE, WHO MAY NOT BE AS LUCKY AS I WAS. WHENEVER I HAVE MY CAR SERVICED ON A REGULAR BASIS. I HAD NEW BRAKES INSTALLED IN 7/2002, AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME THAT MY WHEEL HAD BEEN WORKED ON. I HAD MY WHEELS CHECKED AFTER A FEW DAYS, AS I HAVE ALUMINUM RIMS. EVERYTHING WAS FINE, NOT TOO TIGHT, ETC. HAS THIS ISSUE EVER BEEN BROUGHT UP TO YOU?? THANK YOU FOR ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE IN THIS REGARD! I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE IN 9/1998. *AK
THE CABLE BROKE AND THEN THE SPARE TIRE WAS RUN OVER BY A TRUCK.*AK
SIDE HUB HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE OTHER SIDE IS DEFECTIVE ALSO
WHILE CONSUMER WAS UNDER VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT SPARE TIRE WAS MISSING. SPARE TIRE ASSEMBLY CABLE HAD SNAPPED, ALLOWING TIRE AND OTHER COMPONENTS TO DISCONNECT FROM VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE TIME, PLACE, OR SPEED OF CABLE FAILURE IS UNKNOWN. *SLC
PART # F77Z-1A480-AB / LFT & GR ASY-S. THE SPARE TIRE IS UNDER THE CAR IN THE REAR. THE TIRE IS ATTACHED TO A CABLE WIRE AND CRANKED UP UNDER THE CAR. THE CABLE BROKE, AND THE TIRE FELL OFF THE CAR, WHEN I DROVE OVER A RAILROAD CROSSING. THERE WAS A MODERATE BUMP. I WAS DRIVING APPROX 35 MPH.
CABLE HOLDING THE SPARE TIRE BROKE AND TIRE FELL OFF, CABLE WAS FRAYED. ALSO THE FRONT LOCKING HUB OF THE WHEEL DRIVE ENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING, TRUCK PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT, FORCING THE TRUCK OFF THE ROAD.
THE CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE IN PLACE UNDER THE REAR OF MY 1992 FORD EXPLORER SNAPPED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING. THIS CAUSED THE FULLY INFLATED, FULL SIZE TRUCK TIRE TO DROP TO THE HIGHWAY IN TRAFFIC. IT BOUNCED UPRIGHT AND BEGAN ROLLING INTO THE TRAFFIC FOLLOWING MY VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE CABLE, IT APPEARS TO HAVE RUSTED TO THE POINT IT COULD NO LONGER HOLD THE WEIGHT OF THE TIRE. THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT THE CABLE WAS ABOUT TO SNAP.
THE SPARE TIRE LIFT ATTACHMENT CABLE SNAPPED WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE SPARE TIRE TO FALL OFF THE CAR. NLM
SPARE TIRE ASSEMBLY (CABLE) RUSTED OUT CAUSING TIRE TO FALL ONTO HIGHWAY
EA00012, SPARE TIRE CABLE; SPARE TIRE CABLE RUSTED THROUGH, CAUSING THE SPARE TIRE TO FALL OFF. OWNER DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE TIRE FELL OFF. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT HAS NOT PROVIDED ANY ASSISTANCE. *AK *ML
WHEN DRIVING AT 30 MPH LEFT REAR WHEELS SHEARED OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES AND STEERING CONTROL. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 15-20 MPH AND UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A GRAUDAL STOP, RIGHT REAR WHEELS SHEARED OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND LOSS OF BRAKES. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS. *AK
THE CABLE HOLDING SPARE TIRE BROKE RESULTING IN LOSS OF SPARE TIRE. YH
CABLE HOLDING SPARE TIRE FAILED WILL DRIVING ON HIGHWAY THANK GOD THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY THIS. *AK
THE SPARE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE DUE TO CABLE HOLDING THE TIRE BROKE OFF. OWNER DOES NOT KNOW WHERE THE TIRE FELL OFF AT. OWNER NO LONGER HAS TIRE. *AK
THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WIT WHEEL HUB. THE CONSUMER VEHICLE MAKES A HUMMNG AND CLONKING SOUND. THE HUB CAME LOOSE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AT HIGHWAYS SPEEDS IS CAUSED BY ALIGNMENT OF WHEELS.
WHILE DRIVING THROUGH PARKING LOT AT APPROX. 3MPH, SPARE TIRE CABLE WHICH SUSPENDS TIRE FROM UNDERNEATH REAR END BROKE DUE TO CORROSION, CAUSING TIRE TO FALL OFF VEHICLE. *AK
SPARE TIRE CABLE BROKE WHILE DRIVING , CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE ITS EXHAUST SYSTEM, *AK
LUG NUT STEMS BROKE, CAUSING TIRE/RIM TO FALL OFF.
WHILE DRIVING, ONE LUG NUT CAME OFF, REMAING BOLTS BROKE, CAUSING TIRE TO COME OFF; SPEED 55 MPH. *AK
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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