1999 Ford Explorer engine problems
108 complaints about engine have been filed for the 1999 Ford Explorer, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 108 6% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 70,000 miles 29 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When engine problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 6 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 29 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 34% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 2 crashes, 6 fires.
What owners wrote
I was at my office working when my 5 year old daughter came to me saying "mommy it's an emergency, your truck is smoking!" (I had been at the office working for an hour and a half after picking my children up from school.) I opened the back door to see what she was talking about and saw my truck engulfed in flames. I ran back inside the to call 911. A man had come inside the office to tell us a truck was on fire, he was already on the phone with 911.
Just like countless other ford explorer owners I am experiencing overdrive malfunction and slipping between 2nd and 3rd gear. It seems that all years of explorers are affected by this flaw. There are numerous stories of service advisers at dealerships admitting there is a design flaw with these transmissions. There numerous incidents of people paying $3000 to have the transmission rebuilt, only yto have it recur days, weeks, months later.
Other problems reported for the 1999 Ford Explorer
- Tires 397 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 225 complaints
- Cruise control 153 complaints
- Air bags 101 complaints
- Electrical system 93 complaints
- Brakes 89 complaints
- Transmission 82 complaints
- Suspension 71 complaints