Automatic Transmission Park/neutral Start Switch problems of the 2000 Ford Explorer

Vehicle was parked with engine running, park brake not applied, and vehicle suuddenly went backward, knocking consumer over , went 75 feet across street and hit a house. No injuries, damage to vehicle was $ 3000. 00.

I was driving down the busy highway @ 55 mph, the transmission went into neutral and it stopped moving. The car behind me just narrowly missed rear ending me. There was traffic in front of me, in back of me as well as along side of me. It could have been a very serious situation. I called nelson Ford and they attempted to fix it , but could not find out the problem, I just need to drive it. It happened again on Aug. 6, 2001 and they wouldn't even look at it again. The transmission was repaired Jan. 6, 01, because it didn't shift properly into 2nd gear, June 8th, it was brought back in, because the overlight flashed on and off. On july19th I brought it in , cause it now shifts in and out of overdrive, erratic shifting and surge. Today 8/9/01 it doesn't shift into overdrive correctly, there is several seconds delay before it shifts. The Ford company was contacted about the second stahl on the highway and the overdrive not shifting properly. They will not take it apart again. And they can not verify that the car stalhled for me so they will not acknowlege the problem. Who is responsible if I am in a serious accident. The Ford company stated that they will sell me another Ford at cost, they will take my Explorer as a trade in and Ford will kick in some money. "you,may be happpy and then maybe not . " the man I am to deal with is on vacation, so I agreed to wait to talk to them on Monday. The issue is that I am not safe in this car. . . . . I mailed a certified letter to Ford telling them that I want it considered a lemon. They stat that it does not meet the lemon standards, it was only repaired 3 times. Also there is not a Ford product that I want to buy at this time. I just want out of this dangerous vehicle. Please help me with options. I do not want the same situation as in California. Thank you, ginger newborg.

Consumer's child was sitting between bucket seats and turned key slightly. He hit gear lever, and the vehicle rolled , causing damage to vehicle. Consumer took vehicle to dealer, they stated there was nothing they could do. Vehicle didn't have such a feature.

On 5 November I was driving to church and decided to stop the car by the side of the road, take off my jacket and place it on the back seat. I believe I put the gear into park, left the engine running, and got out. The next thing I knew the car was driving away, unmanned. It went off the road, then recrossed the road, and finally ended up in some trees. I was moderately injured when I fell trying to open the door of the rolling car. Has this happened to other people?.