Six problems related to equipment have been reported for the 1996 Ford Explorer. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I was driving my Ford Explorer and my tire on the driver frontside went out and my steering wheel locked up on me and then my vehicle hit the curve and flipped over 15 or 16 times before it stopped I was feeling all over the road I had my set belt on but my air bags never came out and I was only going 25 or 30 and I was on a city street turning into the next lane when the tire went out and my vehicle flipped yes police account report #170042354 I'm not sure what happened I was in shock that it happened so quickly and I was happy to be a live my Ford Explorer is totally destroyed.
Driving truck down wisconsin avenue in appleton when truck refused to shift. Immediately brought truck into to wisconsin motors sales and service and was informed the transmission had failed in truck. Truck had just been purchased ten days earlier.
Vehicle is highly suspected of have the odometer tampered with by dealer. Mechanics have claimed actual milage at time of sale was probably 172,428 instead of 72,428.
My wife and I are scared to drive our 96 Explorer once we learned of all the recalls ( rear side glass, bad suspension, exterior lighting, headlights. ) just to name a few I know of.
I did not receive a remedy or notification letter from Ford about my safety defects on my 1996 Ford Explorer. What do I do now, is there still time to fix these defects?.
1996 Ford Explorer. Vehicle keys only work infrequently. New keys from Ford dealer continue to have the same problem. For safety, any individual needs to know that their vehicle key will operate reliably. If you feel threatened or are being followed and needed the security of entering and locking your vehicle but were unable this could result in a personal safety risk including death. I have found that the issue as described above is a common complaint from other owners and Ford has refused to acknowledge the issue or correct it. Having to leave a vehicle unlocked simply to allow entry is unacceptable. I might as well place a sign on my vehicle saying steal me. This problem has been ongoing for 3 years without a solution. New keys may work for a period of time and then simply stop working. They may even work later, it is not a key problem but a vehicle design issue. None of the keys operate the rear hatch, none of the keys operate the passenger door any longer even though there is no mechanical issue with either. The drivers door works approximately 50% of the time. These are not "chip keys", there is no security issue in that regard. These are simply standard dealer cut keys. There is no distinguishable difference between keys and all have worked at times. Again, the issue is the vehicle design.