1995 Ford Explorer Interior & seats Problems

95 FORD EXPLORER PARKED IN CARPORT WITH ENGINE SHUT OFF FOR 5 MIN WHILE CARRIED GROCERIES UP STAIRS - I HAD LEFT DOG IN CRATE TIL FINISHED UNLOADING BUT WHEN I CAME DOWN NOTICED ELECTRICAL SMELL, GOT OUT LOOKED AROUND CAR BUT DID NOT NOTICE ANY BURNING, GOT DOG OUT AND RETURNED IN THREE MINUTES TO FIND KEY NO LONGER UNLOCKED DOOR AND COULD NOT SEE THROUGH WINDOWS - WHEN DOOR WAS OPENED SMOKE BELLOWED OUT, INTERIOR WAS COVERED WITH BLACK SOOT, A HOLE BIGGER THAN A BASKETBALL WAS BURNT OUT OF SEAT AND BACK OF DRIVER'S SEAT WAS PARCHED - HAD I NOT HAD THE WINDOWS COMPLETELY UP IT MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUED TO BURN. *TR

NHTSA ID

10705229

Incident

Apr 10, 2015

Mileage

159,370 mi

SOME ELECTRICAL COMPONENT UNDER THE FRONT DRIVERS SEAT CAUGHT FIRE, CONSUMING THE SEAT PORTION OF THE ASSEMBLY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10676209

Incident

Dec 31, 2014

Mileage

23,500 mi

VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND ENGINE HAD BEEN OFF FOR 30 MINUTES. DRIVER WAS SITTING IN VEHICLE MAKING PHONE CALLS WHEN HE SMELLED SMOKE AND SAW FLAMING WIRE UNDER DRIVER'S SEAT. DRIVER ESCAPED UNHARMED AND WAS ABLE TO REMOVE SOME CONTENTS BUT VEHICLE WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAME WITHIN A FEW MINUTES, DESTROYING VEHICLE ENTIRELY, MELTING PAVEMENT, BURNING NEARBY GRASS AND TREES, AND MELTING BUMPER AND PAINT ON A NEARBY PARKED VEHICLE. FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH VEHICLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10468967

Incident

Jul 26, 2012

Mileage

143,000 mi

1995 FORD EXPLORER. CONSUMER STATES SEAT BACK FAILURE IN REAR -END COLLISION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT, HE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 30 MPH. UPON IMPACT HIS VEHICLE WAS PROPELLED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS THROWN BACKWARD, AFTER THE IMPACT, THE CONSUMER REALIZED HE WAS OUT OF HIS SEAT BELT, LYING ACROSS THE SECOND SEAT. THE FRONT SEAT WAS AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND HAD BROKEN BRACKETS ON BOTH SIDES. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED A SERIOUS BACK INJURY. *JB

NHTSA ID

10387968

Incident

May 8, 1996

1995 FORD EXPLORER REAR HATCH WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE HINGE THE SPOT WELDS BROKE. WENT TO 3 FORD DEALER THEY SAY THIS IS BEEN A PROBLEM READ HATCH TO HEAVY WELDS WEAK . THEY SAID TO CONTACT FORD. CALLED FORD SAID NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. TOLD THEN REAR HATCH IS GOING TO FALL OFF. MADE A COMPLAINT . TO SEE IF A RECALL OF FIX PROBLEM. THEY SAID MY PROBLEM. MY FIX.. I TOLD THEM YOUR DEALERS SAID THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM AND FORD WILL NOT FIX IT. I NEED FORD TO FIX MY REAR HATCH BE FORE IT FALLS OFF. NEED YOUR HELP THIS IS BEEN GOING G ON FOR A YEAR. I GIVE UP! *TR

NHTSA ID

10314940

Incident

Mar 10, 2009

REAR HATCHBACK HINGES ARE BUCKLED, PREVENTING THE HATCHBACK FROM CLOSING. WATER GETS INSIDE BECAUSE OF THE 1 1/2 INCH GAP IN THE REAR HATCHBACK. ALSO, EXHAUST FUMES ARE COMING FROM THE REAR HATCHBACK. *AK

NHTSA ID

10082006

Incident

Jul 14, 2004

Mileage

86,000 mi

HOOD LATCH FAILURE AT APPROX.40MPH CAUSING HOOD TO RELEASE AND COMPLETELY COVER WINDSHEILD... TOTALLY BLOCKING FORWARD VISION.RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO HOOD AND LOWER WINSHIELD AREA.($1000.00 +)IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE CHANCE FOR SERIOUS INJURY WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT!!!!!FORTUNATELY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AT TIME OF INCIDENT(APPROX 6PM ON SUNDAY EVENING) . *AK

NHTSA ID

10068352

Incident

Apr 11, 2004

Mileage

106,150 mi

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SEAT AUTOMATICALLY RECLINED, LAYING THE BACK OF THE SEAT COMPLETELY DOWN. THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS. HOWEVER, THERE WAS RECALL 03V281000 ON THIS ISSUE. *AK

NHTSA ID

10063430

DOME LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY TO THE DRIVER WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE LIGHT TURNED OFF BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP THE LIGHT TURNED BACK ON AND WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. *AK

NHTSA ID

10061280

Mileage

72,000 mi

ON OUR 1995 FORD EXPLORER 4 DOOR XLT, THE MAIN VERTICAL SUPPORT OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK BROKE UNDER NORMAL STRESS (LEANING BACK). A SIMILAR PROBLEM WAS ADDRESSED BY FORD RECALL #03504 (NHTSA 03V281000) FOR MODEL YEARS 1998-2002. FORD IS SAYING THAT THERE IS NO RECALL IN EFFECT FOR OUR MODEL YEAR AND IS PROVIDING NO HELP. *CB

NHTSA ID

10054253

Incident

Jan 5, 2004

Mileage

122,050 mi

DRIVER'S SEAT RECLINER BOLT BROKE, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND HIT THE SIDE OF A RESIDENCE. *AK

NHTSA ID

10051650

Incident

Dec 15, 2003

Mileage

141,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK

NHTSA ID

10037943

Incident

Aug 23, 2003

THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BOLT ON MY VEHICLE BROKE, WHILE I WAS DRIVING ACROSS A SCHOOL PARKING LOT. THIS CAUSED MY SEAT TO QUICKLY FALL BACK TO THE RECLICED POSITION. I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROLL BY PULLING MYSELF BACK TO THE UPRIGHT POSITION. THIS IS A SCARY SITUATION. THANKFULLY I WAS NOT TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND NO ONE WAS HURT.*AK

NHTSA ID

10031156

Incident

Aug 7, 2003

Mileage

137,315 mi

FAILURE OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT RECLINER MECHANISM IN A CRASH. *AK

NHTSA ID

10030785

Incident

Aug 25, 2003

Mileage

98,200 mi

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, WHICH STARTED UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE CONSUMER SUPPLIED A FIRE REPORT. *SCC *JB

NHTSA ID

10024529

Incident

Jun 15, 2003

Mileage

136,000 mi

EACH OF THE 4 DOOR LOCK MECHANISMS (PASSENGER & DRIVER) HAVE BROKEN AT ONE TIME AFTER 100,000 MILES, PREVENTING THE OCCUPANT OF THAT SEAT FROM OPENING THE CAR DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. DOORS COULD BE OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE (BY ROLLING THE WINDOW DOWN AND OPENING IT USING THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE). THE DRIVER'S DOOR LOCK IS CURRENTLY BROKEN - IF THE DRIVER IS INSIDE WITHOUT KEYS (KEYS ARE NECESSARY TO TURN ON POWER SO THE DOOR WINDOW CAN BE ROLLED DOWN), HE MUST THEN CLIMB OVER THE CENTER CONSOLE TO EXIT THROUGH THE PASSENGER DOOR. AS MENTIONED, THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCK IS CURRENTLY NON-OPENABLE FROM THE INSIDE, BUT ALL OTHER DOORS HAVE HAD THE SAME DEFECT. THERE IS A NEOPRENE DOOR LOCK PART THAT BREAKS AFTER 100,000 MILES OR SO (I WOULD GUESS), WHICH CAUSES THIS PROBLEM. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10016531

Incident

Aug 1, 2002

Mileage

100,000 mi

THE RECLINER ON THE DRIVERS SEAT BROKE, WHICH CAUSED THE SEAT TO RECLINE BACKWARDS, THE DEALER REPLACED THE BOLT. *JB

NHTSA ID

10015145

Incident

Apr 1, 2003

ON THE 1995 FORD EXPLORER, THERE EXISTS A PROBLEM WHEREAS AN INDIVIDUALS COULD BE TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE DURING AN EMERGENCY, DUE TO THE LOCK MECHANISMS HIGH RATE OF FAILURE (POOR QUALITY MATERIAL) ON THE REAR PASSENGER DOORS. TO DATE, THE DOORS CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE, DUE TO THE (APPARENT) LOCK LINKAGE BREAKING ON EACH DOOR.

NHTSA ID

10000683

Incident

Feb 1, 1998

DRIVERS SEAT COLLAPSED WHILE PULLING OVER TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER STATED WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE DRIVER SEAT SUDDENLY SNAPPED. HE WAS PROPELLED BACKWARDS INTO THE REAR SEAT, AS THE BACK OF THE SEAT BROKE. PASSENGERS WERE IN THE VEHICLE, AND COULD HAVE BEEN HURT. ALSO CONSUMER WAS ABOUT THREE SPACES FROM HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE DESIGN SHOULD BE CORRECTED, AND CONCLUDES THAT IF HE WERE GOING ANY FASTER, THIS INCIDENT WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AND POSSIBLY A FATALITY. (THE CHAIR IS SECURED W/ONLY ONE SCREW, WHICH WAS A TOR-X HEAD SCREW: FORD PART#805885-558) *SCC

NHTSA ID

8010160

Incident

May 18, 2002

HOOD FLEW OPEN WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8006069

Incident

Feb 28, 2002

THE DRIVE GEAR IN THE TRANSFER CASE FAILED AND WAS REPLACED, 27K MILES LATER THE PROBLEM REOCCURED, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT AN INCORRECT COMPONENT WAS INSTALLED, THEREFORE CAUSING IT TO FAIL AGAIN, WHILE THIS WAS BEING REPAIRED THE DEALER TORE THE DOOR MOLDING AND THE DASH LIGHTS BECAME INOPERATIVE. *NLM

NHTSA ID

561982

Incident

Jun 7, 2000

AT 5,000 MILES A POPPING SOUND IS COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED STEERING COLUMN ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. BUT, PROBLEM IS STILL REOCCURRING. *AK CLIP FOR UPPER BEARING WAS OUT, DEALER REPLACED AND ALSO RETORQUED BOLTS FOR LOWER SHAFT BEARINGS, UPPER AND LOWER STEERING SHAFTS WERE REPLACED, LOWER WAS REPLACED TWICE , CONSUMER STATES THERE IS STILL PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING. POPPING NOISE IN RIGHT FRONT SEAT. RADIO INOPERABLE, DEALER REPLACED, RADIO FAILED AGAIN, DEALER REPLACED AND REPOSITIONED WIRING. CONSOLE ASSEMBLY REPLACED. *SLC

NHTSA ID

891193

Incident

Oct 25, 1995

CONSUMER JUST STARTED TO DRIVE WHEN DRIVER'S SEATBACK FELL BACK, LATCH ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

NHTSA ID

889682

Incident

Apr 6, 2001

DOME LIGHTS STAY ON. CONSUMER IS WORRIED IT MAY CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE.*AK

NHTSA ID

886085

Incident

Mar 26, 2001

LATCHES ON BOTH REAR DOORS ARE BROKEN. *AK

NHTSA ID

877300

Incident

Aug 15, 2000