general problems of the 1998 Ford Explorer

Two problems related to child seat have been reported for the 1998 Ford Explorer. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Child Seat problem

Failure Date: 06/27/1998

Bolt that attaches the seat belt for the integrated child seat came apart.

2 Child Seat problem

When installing the infant seat, having problems with the seat being stationary. It seems that the seat belt anchors, ar wider then the carseat, therefore, a lot of sliding from right to left takes place, unless I use blankets to wedge between the carseat and seatbelt. I also have leather seats. If I pull the seat belt tighter, then the baby is leaning too far forward towards back of seat and ball indicator of carseat is not in its correct postion.


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