1992 Ford Explorer problems
The 1992 Ford Explorer has 848 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (17%) concerns brakes. Next are tires (17%) and engine (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 848 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 17% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 54 and 84
- Injuries and deaths
- 65 and 4
- Typical mileage
- 116,000 miles 34 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 7 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Of the 34 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 116,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 54 complaints mention a crash; 84 complaints mention a fire; 65 injuries reported; 4 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 82% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1992 ranks 24th most-complained-about out of 36 model years of the Ford Explorer with enough data (365 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
I wanted to ensure that the death of my son and his girlfriend in a ford explorer, single vehicle accident involving blowout of the firsestone tire were included in the information you have on the investigation into the safety issue. Their names were jonathan riley and kacey crowe. They were killed when the ford explorer with firestone atx tires flipped after the right front tire blew out on november 1, 1996. The ford explorer had approx.
My 16-year-old son, from the highway patrol's investigation, was either distracted or fell asleep at the wheel and gently edged off the road; he didn't swerve. Tire tracks show that as he came back onto the road, he lost control, the car flipped, and he was thrown from the vehicle and died as a result of severe head injuries. He was not wearing a seat belt. We didn't know that suv's tend to flip when control is lost.
On 21 january 2001, while idling, a fire started in the engine compartment, causing cabon monoxide to enter the passenger compartment, killing my son. The fire then entered and slightly burned his body before the fire department extinguished the fire. The virginia state police and ford motor co. Supposedly investigated but I have not received a report from either agency.
Dt*: the contact stated a NHTSA recall letter #00t005000 regarding tires: tread/belt was received. The vehicle was taken to an authorized tire dealer for the recall repair. The dealer would not replace the tire under the recall because the dealer believed the tire came from a junk yard. The contact planned to contact the tire manufacturer after filing a complaint with the NHTSA. The tire was a firestone atx p235/75r15. Updated
Tl*the contact owns a 1992 ford explorer xlt. The contact states while driving approximately 55 MPH on normal road conditions. There was a loud squealing noise coming from the front end of the vehicle . There was also excessive vibration. The driver continued operation with caution. Whenever the speed rate was reduced the failure occurred without warning. The vehicle has not been repaired for the failure. The failure and current mileages were 130,000.