NHTSA Complaint #870237 — 1998 FORD EXPLORER

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL START VIBRATING. CONSUMER HAD REPLACED TIRES TO CORRECT VIBRATION, BUT STILL THERE WAS VIBRATION. SHOCK ASORBER HAD BEEN REPLACED AND VIBRATION CONTINUED. CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT COULD BE A VEHICLE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER HAS WENT THROUGH 4 SETS OF TIRES WHICH START CUPPPING AFTER 15000 MILES, THE TIRESARE BALANCED AND ROTATED EVERY 5000 MILES. A NEW SHOCK WAS PUT ON WHICH HELPED VIBRATION SOME BUT NOT COMPLETELY. THE PINION BEARING REAR AXLE WENT OUT AT 36000 MILES. *SLC