1996 Ford Explorer steering problems
53 complaints about steering have been filed for the 1996 Ford Explorer, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 53 3% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 19 and 2
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 8 crashes, 19 injuries, 2 deaths.
What owners wrote
Sudden tread separation on left rear tire of ford explorer caused loss of control and on-road rollover. Tire was a cooper eldorado radial zr1, size p23575r15, DOT# 3dhlekn2900.
While driving at any speed and without warning, the engine shut off, which caused the consumer to pull over. Dealer had been notified. The lower engine locked, the power steering leaked at the rack assembly, the belt tensioner was faulty and there was a whining noise from the power steering when turning left, right or at stand still. *scc
Other problems reported for the 1996 Ford Explorer
- Tires 650 complaints
- Cruise control 155 complaints
- Brakes 149 complaints
- Suspension 112 complaints
- Transmission 96 complaints
- Engine 84 complaints
- Seat belts 81 complaints
- Body & structure 70 complaints