general problems of the 2003 Ford Explorer

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Explorer. While driving approximately 30 mph, the check engine and abs indicator illuminated. The contact mentioned that the brakes failed and the steering wheel seized. The emergency brake was engaged in order to come to a complete stop. The contact restarted the vehicle after few minutes and it functioned normally. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic but the failure could not be duplicated. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 142,000.

Was leaving gas station, shifted from park to drive, shift lever broke off into my hand. Obviously a defect, as I have over 2 million miles under my belt, driven numerous cars & trucks, and have never had this happen before in over 40 years of driving, both personally and professionally. I see there are hundreds of similar complaints for this, why is there no recall??.

My vehicle suddenlty without warning will stall and I lose all power. No power steering. I am able to put the vehicle in neutral and can turn the vehicle back on. The mechanic can not find any codes etc on why this is happening. Apparenly this is a common thing.

My 2003 Ford Explorer has some serious electrical issues. My right front passenger window will not roll down. It gets very hot in my truck out in the heat. It stopped working all of a sudden and the a/c in the car does not blow. (I didn't break any of these things) my door ajar light is always on on the dash. . . My driver's door sensor went out for some reason and now my vehicle thinks that the door is always open, which drains my battery and my lights will not turn off at times. I have to manually turn them on/off. I dislike doing that because I'll forget sometimes. My rear lift-gate cracked one day too. I believe its from the cheap plastic. It's dangerous and my glass can fall out any day now. I also pinched two blood clots in my hand from opening this cracked rear hatch and had to see a doctor for it. Please help me get these things fixed. Thanks in advance.

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while traveling various speeds, the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The vehicle was taken to independent mechanic who replaced the intermediate shaft. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 126,000.

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Explorer. While driving 45 mph the steering wheel locked without warning. Suddenly, the driver loss control of vehicle and crashed into a bridge. The air bags deployed with the massive impact. The police was called to the scene. The driver was taken to the hospital. The driver sustained moderate injuries to the back neck and chest. The vehicle was towed to an auto collision center. The cause of failure has not been determined at this time. The failure and current mileages were 165,000. Updated 11/23/09. Updated 11/24.

I was driving on the 118 fwy west,exited off the balboa exit, which has an incline, I started applying my brakes to reduce my speed so I could turn left. When attempting to make a left turn, my steering wheel locked, it felt like no gas was going to my engine,therefore I had to really try to force my vehicle to go left. I was able to get the wheel rotate about an inch-the vehicle coasted to the right (we avoided going over the overpass). I shut the car engine off, waited a couple of minutes ,turned the ignition on and the car started up again. Needless to say, I'm scared to death to drive my car. I keep it maintained, I have relatively new tires on it and it has approximately 57,400+ miles on it.