1991 Ford Explorer transmission problems
49 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 1991 Ford Explorer, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 49 6% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 5 crashes, 2 fires.
What owners wrote
While driving at 55 MPH consumer smelled smoke. Consumer pulled over, and saw transmission fluid all over the ground, and bottom of vehicle was on fire. Please provide any further information.
Tl*the contact owns a 1991 ford explorer. The contact experienced automatic transmission failure. He took the vehicle to a mechanic and they claimed to repair it, but actually did not. The vehicle failed and was towed to a ford dealer and they replaced the cruise control switch. The automatic transmission was not repaired. The vehicle is currently in the possession of another mechanic. The current and failure mileages were greater than 100,000. Updated 03/11/08.
Other problems reported for the 1991 Ford Explorer
- Brakes 151 complaints
- Tires 113 complaints
- Electrical system 62 complaints
- Engine 48 complaints
- Suspension 36 complaints
- Body & structure 35 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 33 complaints
- Cruise control 31 complaints