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2001 Ford Explorer equipment problems

10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the equipment on the 2001 Ford Explorer3% of all complaints for this model year.

10
Equipment complaints
3%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
0 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I have several more invoices 7-29-03 replaced dust seals and forgot to put brakes back together lost whole front end and braking. Had truck for 3-4 days they have replaced the water pump pulley and s belt 2-3 times. Cruise control 10-16, 12/31/02 again squeling noise 02/28/03 defrost kills truck…

    filed Apr 22, 2004

  • Consumer called complaining about having problems with the heather and radio panel. Also stated that while the vehicle she notice that the panel where the radio is was extremily hot to the point where she tought that it could initiate a fire. Dealer was not contacted at the time of this call. Ts

    filed Dec 4, 2002

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.