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Sep 28, 2006 | 09:59 AM

a11budman

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Hey Now,

Just wanted to pass a word of caution along to Explorer owners....

I own a 2000 Explorer with 67,000 miles on it...

This morning the Driver's seat-back broke....I do all of my own repairs, so I went to the Ford Dealer in Town to check out the parts to repair it....

They told me to check at the Service Dept. because there is a recall on seat-back bolts....They checked my VIN and mine was not included in the recall!!!!

I got the recall repair kit and fixed it myself this morning....

So beware, your Explorer seat-back bolts could break!!!!

I was giving a little warning....the recline on the seat-back was "acting Funny" for a Day or two....

I would suggest that you have the seat-back bolts replaced, I'd would have hate to see what would have happened if it gave way while on the Highway or when my Wife was Driving it!!!!

I emailed the NHTSA and Ford about this...will be interesting to see what if any response I get from them....

Sep 28, 2006 | 06:43 PM

MazdaRangerGuyInSTL

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I've done about a hundred of these... not a big deal to do I got so good at it it took about 5 minutes. Just make sure you have the proper TORX sockets.

If it was under recall, why'd you do it yourself?

Sep 28, 2006 | 09:12 PM

a11budman

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They told me to check at the Service Dept. because there is a recall on seat-back bolts....They checked my VIN and mine was not included in the recall!!!!

Ya, no big problem to fix...the hardest part was getting the seat-back cover up high enough to get to the bolt...

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