10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
16,000 miles

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problem #1

Aug 242002

Explorer 4WD 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 16,000 miles
When towing vehicle in recommended towing mode, steering wheel locking mechanism will randomly engage, locking the wheels of the towed vehicle. If this occurs right after a turn, locked wheels will pull towed vehicle to the direction that wheels locked in.

- Tacoma, WA, USA

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