6.0

fairly significant
Typical Repair Cost:
$250
Average Mileage:
151,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. replace seat belt system (1 reports)
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problem #1

Jun 012018

Explorer XLT 4.0L V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 151,000 miles

Both the driver side and passenger side front seat belts will not retract or pull out any further. They are locked in mid position, but unusable for even the skinniest of people. We had to cut the belt and put it in the buckle to keep the car from chiming every minute. These are non-repairable items. I took one apart out of curiosity and found out why quickly. The spring explodes out of the system and there is no putting humpty dumpty back together again.

The replacement belts are $250 per. Ridiculous. Another bad design from Ford. What Ford exec got a bonus for approving this cheap to them, but costly to us, solution?

- Kevin K., Weatherford, US