general problems of the 2003 Ford Explorer

Four problems related to tire have been reported for the 2003 Ford Explorer. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Ford Explorer based on all problems reported for the 2003 Explorer.

1 Tire problem

Failure Date: 02/26/2016

Continental contitrac p235/70r16 dot a308 46kw 311 noticed vibration while driving, tire tread was separating; installed spare. Had vibration again a month later. Both tires had tread separation. Installed in 2013; approx 20k miles. Replaced all 4 tires; have old tires.

2 Tire problem

Failure Date: 05/11/2008

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Explorer. The vehicle has continental tires. The contact stated that the inside of both front tires on his vehicle were slick. The dealer rotated the tires, but currently the rear tires are experiencing the same failure. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer, but they could not determine the cause of the failure. The tire line and size were unknown. The failure mileage was 61,000.

3 Tire problem

Failure Date: 12/16/2007

I have a set of wild country xtx tires that has some sort of manufacture default. They are chopping something terrible. I have only had the truck for 6 months and I went into have them rotated and they wouldn't rotate them because of the way the tires look. The tire size that I have is lt 235/70 r16 . . I don't know if u need anymore info on them. But they look like they could be getting very dangerous to drive on. And would like to know what else I could do bout this problem . They didn't look this way when I bought the SUV. Otherwise I would have had the car company put new tires on the SUV when I bought it. I tried looking up the company who made the wild country tires but didn't have any luck. So I thought I would let u know bout it.

4 Tire problem

While driving the steering wheel began to vibrate excessively. The consumer looked out of the rear view mirror and noticed the tire was rolling down the highway.


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