Ford Explorer Child Seat Problems
- 5
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 4
- Years with records
- 2000–2009
- Stored years
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 5 stored complaint records:
- 0 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Complaints by year
Complaint evidence
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Child Seat · Strap/Webbing
I put our britax diplomat car seat in my wife's ford explorer. I attached the seat belt and the extra long strap that is attached to the top of the car seat that gets hooked to a hook on the seat. The excess strap was hanging out the door and we did not realize it when we drove away with our 2 year old daughter was in the seat. The strap was dragging on the ground and got caught under the tire and violently pulled…
1 injury
ODI 10413224
Child Seat · Strap/Webbing
Carseat was installed rearfacing, in both outboard positions, with latch, no top tether, in a 2007 ford explorer. (2nd row) carseat was installed properly by myself, a cpst, on multiple occasions with little to no movement at the rear facing beltpath. After a period of time, ranging from a few hours to days, the seat will loosen beyond the allowable 1 inch of movement at the beltpath. Many times when child has not…
ODI 10366879
Child Seat · Latch Connector/Clip
Sunshine kids radian 80sl convertible car seat. When installed rear-facing with latch, the adjuster mechanism ends up on the edge of the belt path, preventing the belt from staying tight, even without any interference. It can cause a person to think that the seat is tightly installed when it is not. The only solution is to install with the seat belt. (related vehicle information: model year=2006, make=ford,…
ODI 10351632
Child Seat
While placing the child inside the car seat the bottom of seat sheared off. Consumer was able to catch the bottom before hitting the floor. This put the child in danger. *ak
ODI 10091844
Child Seat
While placing the child inside of the vehicle. The arm of the car seat broke off. *nlm
ODI 10015943