2005 Ford Explorer defect investigations
Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2005 Ford Explorer. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.
- Vehicle Rollaway AllegationsEngineering 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 ALLEGATIONSPreliminary 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…