Two problems related to carrier/rack have been reported for the 1999 Ford Explorer. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
My VIN was good yesterday, it is not in your or Ford's, computer today. . . Probably because recalls for extremely dangerous vehicles, such as this one, are voluntary and to be enforced by the consumer at the consumer's expense. Yesterday, the Ford recall notice on my VIN showed that my vehicle was to be repaired by my Ford dealer only if Ford intended to continue to manufacture parts as well as provide the parts and service . . . If Ford was not willing to provide them they had th option of purchasing the automobile back. Yesterday, I pointed out that Ford never provided the correct part, they instead recalled for the wrong part. (the vehicle has been reported to explode and burn while safely parked in the garage or driveway) the part which is actually defective is the design of the entire series of vehicles which Ford no longer provides parts for only waivers of liability. What is actually wrong with the design is that the fuel system is constantly maintained under pressure by the fuel pump, regardless if the vehicle is running or not. (my crippled vehicle is currently in my driveway with no fuel in it's tank and the battery terminal disconnected. ) I believe this involves all Ford vehicles of this chassis that were supposedly redesigned, at us government expense, for e10 fuel and were not designed by a factory team for professional alcohol fuel racing. Dangerous condition: all and any series of vehicles of this design will eventually spring a leak, regardless of who is at fault and with no way of stemming fuel flow it will pump the entire contents of the fuel tank under the drivers/passengers seat. This design condition is so dangerous that such designs are considered dangerous in alcohol fuel racing; with no way of stemming the fuel system power and/or the fuel flow the vehicle would not be allowed on any race track or garage to which I am aware.
While driving 60 miles an hour during rush hour the gas pedal disappeared. The bracket that attaches to the firewall became separated and I lost all ability to accelerate. I was able somehow to get across 2 lanes of traffic and park on the shoulder of a major interstate.