2001 Ford Explorer steering problems
22 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2001 Ford Explorer, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 22 4% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 5 crashes, 1 fire, 4 injuries.
What owners wrote
Front left steering knuckle broke, axle separated from vehicle, vehicle went left and crashed. Filed by richard rumplik.
Was making a right hand turn from a city street into my community and about 90 degrees into the turn the steering locked up and I was headed for the median. I stopped with the brakes and looked down at the dash and the battery picture was red which helped me to realize the car had turned off. I put the car in park and then started it up and the problem was gone.
Other problems reported for the 2001 Ford Explorer
- Tires 67 complaints
- Suspension 45 complaints
- Engine 43 complaints
- Brakes 37 complaints
- Cruise control 36 complaints
- Body & structure 33 complaints
- Electrical system 29 complaints
- Air bags 28 complaints