1997 Ford Explorer Fuel system Problems

“Stuck accelerator on 1997 Ford Explorer with 58,000 miles. While driving on interstate 287/78 in nj I tried to turn off the cruise control but instead the car accelerated uncontrollably to over 85 MPH. I gained control by turning the engine on and off until reaching a safe place to stop. An njdot truck helped me and later that day I emailed what happened to Ford's customer assistance. I wanted them to have a dealer examine my Explorer to see if this was caused by a material defect of normal wear and tear, in which case I would repair it. …”

“I bought a 1997 Ford Explorer on february 23, 2008. On october 3, 2008 I used my Explorer to jump another vehicle. I had the negative cable grounded to a bracket right next to the battery (the most obvious place to ground to). While trying to jump the other vehicle fuel started leaking from the fuel lines that are attached to that bracket. The fuel lines were melted because of jumping on that bracket and there was fuel running over the jumper cables and down the side of the engine. I could have been seriously injured but most likely killed if the jumper cables sparked. …”

“Dt: the contact state vehicle had been repair under NHTSA recall 98v060000/ manufacturer's recall 98s09 before by the previous owner. When she contacted the dealership they said the recall repairs were done on january 9, 2001. She was having the same problem as stated in the recall. The contact's husband had to jump start the vehicle on january 24, 2005. Immediately after he had done so he smelled fuel inside the vehicle. When he took vehicle to a dealership they found two holes in the fuel line. They had the fuel line replaced at their expense. The problem happened again on october 15, 2005. …”

“I see all of the recalls on the Ford Explorer date 1997 but I own a Ford Explorer 1997 and the only recall notice that I received is the one for the tires back in 2000. I never received the others and I know the Ford company is aware of me owning this vehicle for I get notices in the mail constantly about selling it back to Ford. Why are not my suspension lines or gas lines being repaired like the other fords with the 4.0 liter engine?”

“While driving on the i15 interstate freeway and making a merge onto california state hiighway 78 in heavy traffic the accelerator peddle bracket broke away from the engine firewall where it had been spot welded. After several near collisions, I managed to pull off of the freeway. Upon close inspection I saw that the spot welds holding the bracket to the engine firewall had failed, allowing the bracket to pull away from support rendering the accelerator peddle useless. …”