2003 Ford Explorer defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2003 Ford Explorer. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Vehicle Rollaway Allegations
  Engineering Analysis EA09013 · opened Aug 18, 2009 · closed Feb 12, 2013

  This investigation is being closed based on several considerations.By the most inclusive counting of all alleged rollaway incidents (i.e., counting all alleged rollaway incidents and assuming a singular failure mechanism), the incident rate is low, however during EA09-013, ODI identified a number of different failure m…

• VEHICLE ROLLAWAY ALLEGATIONS
  Preliminary Evaluation PE09020 · opened Apr 21, 2009 · closed Aug 19, 2009

  In response to an information request (ir) letter sent by the office of defects investigation (odi), ford stated consumer reports of higher than expected efforts when shifting into and out of park could be a result of a groove being worn into the swing arm ramp of the steering column. The swing arm is a component bolte…

• 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…