Eight problems related to car stall have been reported for the 1997 Ford Explorer. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The contact owns a 1997 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while driving approximately 20-30 mph, the vehicle would misfire and seem as if it would stall. The vehicle was inspected by a dealer who informed the contact that she needed to replace the engine. The manufacturer was then contacted and advised her that her vehicle was included in any recalls. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.
Car stalls at speed. . Premature failure of intake gaskets. . Ford may have redesigned but no recall. . Caused loss of control 17 year old driver.
While traveling at any speed vehicle will stall and hesitate without prior warning, causing loss of power steering and power brakes . Consumer has contacted the dealer, dealer has replaced parts. Please provide any further details.
When accelerating to turn left with my s. O. H. C v6 Explorer, the engine will sometimes cut out and almost stall in the middle of the intersection with cars bearing down on me. It goes for 2 seconds and then cuts out for 2 seconds. It will then take off again. At first I thought it had to do with the heat outside, but it happened this January. I have always been turning left under quick acceleration. Has happened with 1/4 tank of gas to nearly full. I did a search in dejanews and found approx. 20 other similar cases. It is very scarry to have your vehicle almost die in the middle of an intersection with cars coming at you. It happened twice in the summer of 97, 3 times in the summer of 98 and once in January 99.
Was traveling approximately 40mph when vehicle stalled. Took to dealer & informed defective engine & needed to be replaced. Had no anti-freeze. Received another engine off manufacturing line. Engine lasted 2 weeks. Had paid half. The 3rd engine replaced free. There is some stalling in this engine as well.
My 1997 Explorer will temporarly stalls without warning since new, usually when pulling out into a stream of traffic. This causes a severe safety problem for the occupants of the car. I have taked the vehicle to tallahassee, Ford, tallahassee, florida several times (remaining overnight there for over 10 days) and the only effort to fix this problem was to install a set of spark puugs. The service manager advised me not to bring the car back since the problem is intermittent and can't be fixed. I feel no one has taken my complaints seriously and no real effort has been made to fix this problem. The vehicle continues to have the problem, noticibly worse in hot weather and I have no more support from Ford motor comapny despite writing and calling Ford's consumer complaint division. The car remains to be hazardous to drive and I hope you can help me with this problem. I am really suprised at Ford motor company for placing a long time customer in a dangerous vehicle with no support in making necessary repairs.
When depressing brake pedal vehicle would stall without any indication. Please provide further information.
Consumer states that there is a significant safety hazard with this vehicle. The vehicle is experiencing revving and stalling. Consumer feels that the vehicle is unable to be corrected. The problem has been able to be fixed temporarily to reduce the severity of the problem, even in consultation with Ford motor company engineers. Consumer has continued to experience several unexpected surges in the engine revs in different situations.