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10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
27,518 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.

1998 Ford Explorer seat belts / air bags problems

seat belts / air bags problem

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1998 Ford Explorer Owner Comments

problem #9

Apr 302013

Explorer 6-cyl

  • 137,662 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Driver's side seat belt latch failed. The seat belt latched in the morning but wouldn't catch in the afternoon. Truck was parked in a parking lot when the failure occured.

- Phoenix, AZ, USA

problem #8

Nov 232007

Explorer

  • 110,000 miles
Front driver and passenger seat belts do not retract properly and must be fed manually to retract. Subsequent damage to seat belt webbing causing possible failure upon impact.

- Farmington, MO, USA

problem #7

Dec 052003

Explorer

  • miles
Vehicle hit a telephone head on while traveling at 25 mph and air bags did not deploy. The seat belt did not prevent the consumer's contact with the sun visor.

- York, PA, USA

problem #6

Oct 062003

Explorer

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Seat belt locked around child's waist, consumer had to cut child out. As a result, seat belt left a bruise.

- Roanoke, VA, USA

problem #5

Jan 052001

(reported on)

Explorer

  • miles
When consumer gets out of driver's or passenger's seats and releases seatbelt, seatbelt will not retract back into system, it will just hang out.

- Newark, NJ, USA

problem #4

Aug 251998

Explorer

  • miles
Front shoulder belt tightened up so much that it pinned consumer when driving on rough surfaces. Consumer lived were there were majority of rough roads. Dealer said there were no problem with seat belt, it was doing what it was suppose to do.

- Flagstaff, AZ, USA

problem #3

Nov 111998

Explorer

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Rear seatbelts will not lock at all. Consumer can use the retractor, but cannot use the seat belt.

- Lowell, MA, USA

problem #2

Jun 011998

Explorer

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Rear seat belt failed.

- Simi Valle, CA, USA

problem #1

Feb 101998

Explorer

  • miles
Rear seat belts are not functioning properly. They jam in the retractor. They cannot be released to be used. Sometimes fail to retract to original position. Will be taking vehicle to dealer to check & repair.

- Detroit, MI, USA

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