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2000 Ford Explorer equipment problems

14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the equipment on the 2000 Ford Explorer1% of all complaints for this model year.

14
Equipment complaints
1%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • My radio lost all the lights to it..the display lights for the radio no longer works. Apparently ford knew of this defect as hundreds of owners complained as early as 2001 (one year after the car was sold). I complained and they said I would have to pay for a new radio. Seems they should have…

    filed Sep 4, 2008

  • While driving the airbag light came on and stayed on. I took it to a ford dealer the same day and was told it was the side airbag problem. The testing code was 1998. They charged me $903.45 to fix it on august 30, 2007. On august 23, 2008 the airbag light started flashing while I was driving. I…

    filed Aug 30, 2008

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.