general problems of the 1998 Ford Explorer

The contact owns a 1998 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while traveling approximately 55 mph, the vehicle erupted into flames coming from the engine compartment into the interior of the vehicle. The contact was able to merged over and exit the vehicle as the flames were extensive and the vehicle was destroyed. The fire department was able to extinguish the flames. The vehicle was towed to a yard. The contact was not included in NHTSA campaign id number: 98v060000 (fuel system, gasoline). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 170,000.

The contact owned a 1998 Ford Explorer. The contact noticed smoke rising from the engine compartment, which entered the cabin of the vehicle through the air conditioning vents. Shortly afterwards, flames engulfed the entire vehicle and shattered all of the windows. The vehicle had recently been repaired according to NHTSA campaign number: 09v399000 (vehicle speed control). The fire department extinguished the fire. The vehicle was destroyed. The failure mileage was 200,000.

My car was parked in the driveway and was off. We heard a noise from inside the house and my 1998 Ford Explorer was in flames from the engine area. We had to call the fire department and the car was quickly engulfed.

The contact owned a 1998 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while parked, the vehicle engulfed into flames with the sound of a large explosion. The fire department extinguished the fire, which originated underneath the hood area. The vehicle was declared as destroyed and remained at the residence for further investigation. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.

When backing up at 5mph vehicle accelerated at high speed went up curb and hit guardrail. After 2-3- seconds vehicle dropped down to 0 mph.

My car caught fire while driving it.

The contact owns a 1998 Ford Explorer. While the engine was on she exited the vehicle for a brief moment. When she returned the vehicle was engulfed with smoke. She removed her children and exited the vehicle. After waiting for five minutes the vehicle caught on fire. The fire department was able to extinguish the flames. However, because of the fire damage the cause of the failure was not determined. The current and failure mileages were 110,000.

The contact owns a 1998 Ford Explorer. The contact heard a huge explosion coming from her driveway and noticed that the vehicle was engulfed in flames. The vehicle was destroyed. There were no warning signs prior to the failure. The contact called the fire department and they extinguished the fire. The cause of the failure was undetermined. A police report was filed. She called her insurance company and is in the process of notifying the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 143,000. Updated 03/17/09. Updated 03/17/09.

The contact owns a 1998 Ford Explorer. The contact heard a huge explosion coming from her driveway and noticed that the vehicle was engulfed in flames. The vehicle was destroyed. There were no warning signs prior to the failure. The contact called the fire department and they extinguished the fire. The cause of the failure was undetermined. A police report was filed. She called her insurance company and is in the process of notifying the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 143,000.

The contact owns a 1998 Ford Explorer. After the contact parked the vehicle in his driveway, he noticed firefighters outside of his house. He then noticed that his vehicle was on fire. The engine was determined to be the cause of the failure. A fire report was filed. The vehicle has not yet been towed. The failure and current mileages were 110,000.

My wife was just leaving our house and the crankshaft broke. This happened without any warning and led to sudden loss of power steering. She was able to get it to the side of the road without mishap. This was at a low speed. This failure at highway speed could resulted in an accident.

While driving consumer experienced that vehicle was riding roughly. While sitting still vehicle vibrated uncontrollably. Consumer drove the vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that the engine needed to be replaced due to a cracked cylinder . . . . . . .

The vehicle was parked around 8:00am, about 4 hours later, the vehicle caught on fire. The fire was coming from the driver's side engine compartment. There are 35 mm pictures. The vehicle had cruise control, but it was rarely used, and the consumer did not know if it was working. The insurance was liability only.

Crankshaft cracked at 93000 miles.

SUV surges when backing back boat and trailer.

Temprature guage failed. Yh.