Consumer Safety Complaints

Incident date: Mar 2, 1998

IN A SUDDEN STOP WHEN BRAKING THE VEHICLE SWAYS TO THE LEFT SIDE, ALMOST RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DLR REPLACED SHIMS/ FRONT BRAKE PADS/ ROTOR AND CONTROL ARM, ETC. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

Incident date: Jan 4, 1996

VEHICLE VIBRATES THROUGH OUT AND NO CAUSE CAN BE FOUND.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AROUND SHARP TURNS AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. VEHICLE IS HARD TO CONTROL. *AK

TWO PIVOT BOLTS LOOSENED AND FELL OFF, CAUSING SUSPENSION SYTEM NOT TO HOLD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

AT 75MPH VEHICLE BECOMES UNSTABLE. STEERING WHEEL FEELS LIGHT. DEALERS NOTED CHANGING TIRES ON VEHICLE WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

Incident date: May 15, 1998

VAN AWAYS PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHEN DRIVING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER SAID NO PROBLEM FOUND IN VAN. *AK

DEALER UNABLE TO CORRECT ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS.

Incident date: Jul 1, 1998

THE VEHICLE'S SUSPENSION MAKES A DULL CLUNKING SOUND WHEN DRIVEN ON GRAVEL ROAD SURFACES. WHEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALER, OTHER NEW SUNBIRDS WERE TESTED AND SAME PROBLEM WAS FOUND.

Incident date: Jan 19, 1998

STRUT FAILURE.

Incident date: Jul 11, 1998

VEHICLE HAD FAULTY RIGHT SIDE RACK SEAL AND INNER TIE ROD CAUSING STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEMS.

Incident date: Apr 9, 1998

WHILE TRAVELING AT A SAFE SPEED AND UNDER SAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE SWERVED TO THE LEFT AND THEN SPUN 180 DEGREES.

WHEN DRIVING 65 MPH ON SMOOTH PAVEMENT THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY. THIS OCCURRED DUE TO THE AXLE SHAFT MALFUNCTIONING. IT WAS REPLACED, BUT DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Incident date: Jan 31, 1998

CONSUMER WAS ENTERING ONTO THE HIGHWAY, TRAVELING ABOUT 40-50 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER THREE TIMES. OCCUPANTS WERE TRAPPED IN VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, AND OCCUPANTS INHALED CHEMICALS ESCAPING FROM AIR BAGS, CAUSING OCCUPANTS TO CHOKE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK POWER STEERING FAILED. *SLC

Crash 4 injured

Incident date: Jan 25, 1996

CONSUMER HAVE BEEN CONTINUALLY EXPRIENCING SUSPENSION PROBLEMS. REPLACED TIRE EVERY 3000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED, BUT MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO ALLOW DEALER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM FOR UNKNOWN REASON. *AK

Incident date: May 13, 1998

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE. DRIVING AT 60MPH OR ABOVE VEHICLE SHAKES/VIBRATES UNCONTROLLABLY. DRIVER STILL HAD CONTROL. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP & INFORMED IT'S A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. WAS ADVISED TO PUT SAND BAGS IN REAR OF VEHICLE TO PREVENT UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING. *AK

Incident date: May 20, 1998

STRUT TOWER/CONTROL ARMS FAILED, RESULTING IN LOSS 0F CONTROL AND CRASH.DRIVER SUFFERED INJURIES, AND VEHICLE WA STOTALED. ALSO TRANSMISSION FAILURE, AND CV JOINTS MALFUNCTIONED.

1 injured

Incident date: Jul 1, 1998

RIGHT FRONT RADIUS ARM BUSHING IS WITHIN 6 INCHES OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND APPEARS TO BE MELTED BY HEAT FROM CONVERTER.

VEHICLE'S SUSPENSION IS POOR, EXPERIENCES VIBRATION CONTINAUOUSLY.

Incident date: Apr 29, 1998

SUSPENSION SYSTEM PROBLEMS OCCUR WHEN WATER AND GAS TANKS ARE FULL CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN STEERING/CONTROL.

Incident date: Sep 26, 1997

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES VIBRATION AT HIGH SPEEDS DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW.

VEHICLE'S SUSPENSION IS UNSTABLE, DESIGN DOES NOT INCLUDE REAR SWAY BAR AND THE SHOCKS ABSORBERS ARE INADEQUATE.

Incident date: Apr 26, 1998

SUSPENSION SUPER LIFT KIT FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE SUSPENSION TO COLLAPSE RESULTING IN DAMAGE.

Incident date: Apr 19, 1998

WHEN DRIVING AT 65 MPH OR OVER, VEHICLE VIBRATES.

VEHICLE'S STABILITY IS VERY POOR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER DURING A COLLISION.

2 injured

Incident date: Jul 12, 1998

VEHICLE WANDERS WHEN SPEED EXCEEDS 35 OR MORE MPH. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP MORE THEN THREE TIMES. CONDITION STILL UNRESOLVED. VEHICLE PUT CONSUMER AT RISKS WHEN USED. *AK

Incident date: Nov 1, 1997

VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. CERTIFIED MECHANICS HAVE SAID THAT THE CAMBER CASTERS NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE ARMS ARE TOO LONG.

Incident date: Jun 10, 1998

WHEN DRIVING ON FLAT SURFACE AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH, 1500RPMS THE VEHICLE WILL JERK AND PULL FOR APPROX. 30 SECONDS OR UNTILL THE SPEED IS CHANGED. THE DEALERSHIP THINKS THAT THE COMPUTER IS THE PROBLEM, WHICH WILL IN SOME CASES AFFECT THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

Incident date: Jun 19, 1998

WHILE DRIVING WITH TRAILER CONNECTED TO VEHICLE, BOTH STARTED SWAYING, THEN LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. THEN TRAILER JACK-KNIFED, BRINGING BOTH VEHICLES TO A STOP, AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO EXPLORER. NO INJURIES.

Incident date: Jun 21, 1998

FRONT AND REAR DRIVER DRIVER SIDE OF VEHICLE IS LEANING APPROX. AN INCH.

Incident date: Jun 12, 1998

WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH, DAY-TIME, SUNNY, DRY, WITHOUT CAUSE THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SWAY - ABOUT 50 YARDS, THEN VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THREE AND ONE HALF TIMES, SLID DOWN HIGHWAY APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET, ON ITS TOP. VEHICLE END ON ITS SIDE WITH ROOF IN TO THE STEERING WHEEL, ALL WINDOWS BROKEN, AND WINDSHIELD SHATTERED.

1 injured

Incident date: Jun 1, 1997

STRUTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE, TWO ENGINE MOUNTS REPAIRED, AND THE AXLE DESTROYED THE BRAKE SENSOR.

Incident date: Oct 5, 1996

SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE BOUNCES AROUND THEN STOPS ON 0, VEHICLE JERKS AND SLOWS DOWN TO 0 MPH AND SOMETIMES STALLS. VEHICLE ALSO VIBRATES WHEN IN ANY GEAR AND NOT MOVING.

SUSPENSION IS POOR CAUSING REAR END OF VEHICLE TO FISH TAIL ON WET OR SLIPPERY ROADS.

SUSPENSION POOR DUE TO THE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION.

LOAD LEVEL SYSTEM/SOLENOID AND ELC PUMP FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO BOTTOM OUT.

Incident date: Feb 3, 1997

VIBRATION, REPAIRS MADE, HOWEVER VIBRATION CONTINUES.

Incident date: Jun 22, 1998

SUSPENSION RIDES AT THE BOTTOM AND WHEN TURNING CORNERS OR ON THE HIGHWAY,IT MAKES IT HARD TO STEER. THERE IS A TWO INCH JERK THAT OCCURS AT 60-70 MPH. THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT FORKS RIDE NEAR THE BOTTOM AND BOTTOM OUT ON THE HIGHWAY WITH 1 OR 2 PEOPLE ON IT, THE DEALER HAS LOOKED AT THIS TWICE. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING 38 TO 52 MPH VIBRATION IS FELT IN STEERING WHEEL. PROBLEM IS CONSTANT, AND WHEN IT OCCURS, A NOISE IS HEARD. DEALERS NOTED ENGINEERING FLAW. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A VIBRATION AND THE VEHICLE LEAKS. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT 35 MPH TIRES LOST DUE TO A RUBBER PROBLEM. ALSO CAUSED VEHICLE TO SHIMMY. OWNER VERY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY. *AK

Incident date: Apr 1, 1998

I HAVE HAD THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER FOR A CHECK, AND THEY SAID THIS WAS NORMAL FOR THE 3.8 CONVERTIBLE MUSTANGS. THAT THEY ALL DID THIS. WHOLE CAR SHAKES AT 55 TO 70MPH.

Incident date: Apr 18, 1998

VEHICLE VIBRATES SEVERLY AT 45 AND 65 MPH.

Incident date: Mar 21, 1997

BRAKES, ROTORS, TRANSMISSION, AND ALIGNMENT MALFUNCTION.

Incident date: Jan 26, 1997

VEHICLE PULLS PULLS TO THE RIGHT AS IF OUT OF ALIGNMENT.

Incident date: Jun 10, 1998

DRIVER HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END AND THE VEHICLE COLLAPSED BY KNEELING TO THE LEFT. THE SUSPENSION AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY DISCONNECTED FROM THE SUPPORT BRACKET BECAUSE TWO SUPPORT PINS OR RIVETS HAD SHEARED OFF.

Incident date: Apr 28, 1998

WHILE DRIVING ON UNEVEN PAVEMENTS THE VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE DEALER SAID THAT A SCREW ON THE SIDE OF THE TWIN I-BEAM CAME LOOSE. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED IT. *AK

Incident date: May 22, 1998

VEHICLE EXHIBITS INSTABILITY/VIBRATION.

Incident date: Jun 4, 1997

VEHICLE HYDRPLANED, STRUCK ROCK CLIFF ON DRIVER'S SIDE. BOUNCE DOFF CLIFF AND STRUCK REAR OF AN EMBANKMENT, UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THREE CONSUMERS WERE INJURED, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.

3 injured

SUSPENSION SYSTEM CAUSES NOISE IN THE REAR END OF VEHICLE AND PREMATURE WEAR OF THE TIRES.

Incident date: Apr 1, 1997

NOISE FROM SUSPENSION SYSTEM.