1999 Ford Explorer defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1999 Ford Explorer. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM CYLINDER HEAD
  Defect Petition DP05005 · opened Sep 22, 2005 · closed Jan 4, 2006

  On september 6, 2005, odi received a petition requesting that the agency investigate allegations of engine spark plug ejection in certain model year 1997 through 2004 ford vehicles with triton v-8 and v-10 engines.odi received a total of 474 non-duplicative complaints on the subject vehicles where the complainant, or t…

• FRONT SEAT BACK RECLINER ATTACHMENT
  Preliminary Evaluation PE03020 · opened May 21, 2003 · closed Sep 5, 2003 · led to recall 03V281000

  By letter dated august 4, 2003, ford notified the agency that it is conducting a voluntary safety recall (nhtsa recall no. 03v281) involving certain model year (my) 1998-2001 ford explorer / mercury mountaineer 4-door, my 1998-2000 ford explorer 2-door and my 2001-2002 ford explorer sport and sport trac vehicles equipp…

• SEAT BELT WEBBING
  Engineering Analysis EA01008 · opened Feb 26, 2001 · closed Apr 25, 2002

  Odi opened pe00-044investigation on november 3, 2000, based on a report regarding the death of the occupant of the right front seat in a 2000 model year ford explorer xls involved in a roll-over crash.it is alleged that the webbing of the buckle portion of the seat belt assembly failed during the crash.the occupant was…

• AIRBAG SYSTEM'S LIGHT DYSFUNCTIONAL
  Investigation SQ99026 · opened Nov 19, 1999 · closed May 23, 2000

  There is no summary currently available

• WINDSHIELD WIPER MALFUNCTION
  Preliminary Evaluation PE99049 · opened Jul 28, 1999 · closed Apr 24, 2000 · led to recall 00V072000

  There is no summary currently available

• VEHICLE HESITATION/STALLING
  Investigation SQ99017 · opened Jun 9, 1999 · closed Feb 22, 2000

  There is no summary currently available