general problems of the 2000 Ford Explorer

When turning the car steering wheel turns pops and clicks without tires or steering collum turning like it's broke off of the collum as well the car come out of park and rolls off wile car is off and in park with keys out shifters also very loose as the steering goes it first happend going down the highway and we just started drifting in and out if lanes with little control happens when cars off on moving or not nothing changes does seem to improve when it's in 4wd.

The power steering randomly goes out while driving and when that happens my car won't accelerate. I turn my car off and back on and it fixes it temporarily.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Explorer. The vehicle was parked in the residence driveway, and caught fire. There were no prior warnings. The fire department extinguished the fire which originated underneath the hood in the engine compartment. The flames melted the siding of the house. The vehicle remained at the residence. The contact stated that the fire could possibly be related to the recall associated with NHTSA campaign id number 09v399000 (vehicle speed control). The contact was in the process of notifying the manufacturer. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000. The VIN was unavailable.

During an up-hill left hand turn at speed less than 10 miles per hour the driver's side sway bar link failed and broke with a loud bang. A sway bar link kit was purchased from napa and replaced by the owner.

My wife was driving my daughters 2000 Ford Explorer on texas 183 in austin texas when the steering wheel become very erratic and turned to the left over two lanes into the center concrete barrier. She had no control over the steering to straighten the vehicle. It seemed the vehicle anti-skid computer took control of the wheels.

On a clear, sunny morning in phoenix I was making a turn on the airport exit ramp leading to the 143 at 35-45mph. Suddenly I feel a clunk in the front steering/suspension and my 4 dr, 4x4 2000 Explorer oversteers. I struggle to keep the Explorer straight and not roll over. I lost control of the steering mechanism for a few seconds before I regain total control. I stop in a emergency lane and visually inspect Explorer front suspension/steering. I notice from that point forward that there isn't enough resistence when I steer and that it steers too easily. I bring the car in to the Ford dealer on June 16, 2005 and at the end of the day the dealer advises me that the ball joints need to be replaced. The service advisor states that it is common on the Explorer to replace ball joints because the Explorer wears them out quickly. My Explorer only has 52,000 miles and I've had it for almost 5 years. I've read on the internet since this incident that Ford Explorers have had problems with their ball joints, that they come without a lubrication nipple and that they tend to dry out and deteriorate!!! I feel that this should be a safety recall because I could have gotten killed due to these faulty ball joints. I am an excellent driver and I keep my Explorer in tip-top condition. Please act before someone else does lose control and rolls over. I am getting rid of this vehicle as soon as I can.

Consumer stated that the top hinge of driver's side door separated from the body of vehicle. Consumer also had problems with the steering.

Consumer states that when changing lanes at 55mph and without warning consumer lost steering control causing an accident. Dealer notified. Ts.

Steering knuckle broke while driving 25mph vehicle loss steering control and hit a tree . Dealer and manufacturer notified ts.

When steering vehicle will go straight, and when trying to turn wheel it jerks . When trying to turn wheel either left or right it is hard, and it makes a grinding noise. Contacted dealer, and dealer stated they knew it was a problem, but they didn't have a solution.

While driving the steering became difficult which resulted in loss of control of the vehicle and the vehicle rolled over.

This is a 4 wheel drive vehicle; while making a left turn with car in 4- wheel drive, vehicle was handled inproperly, and it was extremely hard to turn wheel back to straight position. Consumer almost hit another car. Took to dealer, and dealer agreed to steering problem.

While driving on highway at 45mph vehicle started veering to left into oncoming traffic. Consumer had no control of steering or brakes, eventually consumer was able to get over, and went into a ditch. Took to dealer, and they could not duplicate the problem.

When driving at highway speeds, vehicle sways and pulls to the right, vehicle also vibrates or loses it's integrity causing the mirrors to vibrate, possible steering or suspension related problems.