1996 Ford Explorer defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1996 Ford Explorer. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• FRONT SUSPENSION STABILIZER BAR LINK
  Preliminary Evaluation PE00039 · opened Sep 20, 2000 · closed Nov 30, 2000 · led to recall 00V402000

  There is no summary currently available

• ACCELERATOR PEDAL
  Preliminary Evaluation PE99068 · opened Nov 1, 1999 · closed Mar 9, 2000

  There is no summary currently available

• ELECTRICAL FIRE IN CENTER CONSOLE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE97010 · opened Mar 13, 1997 · closed Sep 4, 1997

  This investigation revealed that console fires in the subject vehicles most often occurred while vehicles equipped with the lamp outage module (lom), which is part of the message center, were towing a trailer and which had been modified by adding an aftermarket trailer wiring harness into the vehicle's taillight circui…