NHTSA Complaint #707459 — 1999 FORD EXPLORER

I PURCHASED THIS 99 EXPLORER IN FEBRUARY AND ALREADY IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES FOR DIFFERENT DEFECTS INCLUDING ON THE FIRST DAY I BOUGHT THE TRUCK AND TOOK IN HOME WITH 6 MILES ON IT THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AND EVENTUALLY WENT OUT ON THE TRUCK. SINCE IT WAS A SATURDAY THAT THIS HAPPENED THE TRUCK SAT TILL MONDAY WHEN THE DEALER HAD IT TOWED BACK (I DID NOTICE TRANSMISSION FLUID ON THE GROUND).THE DEALER SAID THIS PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A CONNECTOR ON THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LINE NOT BEING SEALED OR TIGHTENED. I ASKED IF THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH THEY SAID IT WOULDN'T BE BUT THIS LEADS ME TO MY NEXT PROBLEM. THE TRUCK DOES NOT ACCELERATE THROUGH THE GEARS PROPERLY BUT FORD SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH AFTER LOOKING AT IT AGAIN. NEXT IT WAS IN FOR THE SPEED CONTROL CABLE WHICH THEY SENT A LETTER TO ME FOR BUT DID NOT HAVE THE CABLE IN STOCK AND WERE SUPPOSE TO DISABLE THE SPEED CONTROL UNTIL ONE CAME IN. THEY DID NOT DISABLE IT WHICH WAS VERY HAZARDOUS SAFETY WISE. NEXT THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN BECAUSE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS WAS BLOWN AND IN FACT AFTER GETTING THAT ONE REPLACED THE OTHERS SOUND JUST AS BAD AS THE BLOWN ONE AND THE RADIO HAS NEVER BEEN TURNED PAST HALFWAY. MY LATEST PROBLEM IS THAT MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON SPORACTICALLY AT ANY TIME AND STAY ON FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS AND I CANNOT TURN THEM OFF SEEING AS I DIDN'T TURN THEM ON. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT EVERY 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR. I HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE DEALER ABOUT THIS BECAUSE ONE I AM VERY UNHAPPY ABOUT THE VEHICLE AND AM TIRED OF FINDING ANOTHER MEANS FOR TRANSPORTATION WHILE THEY FIX MY TRUCK. I EVEN ASKED FOR ANOTHER TRUCK BUT WAS TOLD THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE MOE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRUCK, THIS WAS AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WENT ON THE FIRST DAY I BOUGHT IT. *AK