# 2000 FORD EXPLORER SPORT — SUSPENSION
> NHTSA complaint `635886` · 2007-08-24 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FORD
- **Model:** EXPLORER SPORT
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** SUSPENSION
- **Miles at failure:** 55
- **Speed:** 55 mph
## Narrative
2000 FORD EXPLORER SPORT ROLLOVER ACCIDENT.  BOTH MY SON AND WITNESSES STATE THAT MY SON WAS DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT (55 ON A RURAL 2 LANE ROAD) WHEN A SMALL DIP IN THE ROAD CAUSED HIM TO FISHTAIL AND FLIP ONTO HIS ROOF.  THANK GOD HIM AND HIS FRIEND HAD ON THE SEAT BELTS AND WERE ABLE TO CRAWL OUT OF THE CAR UNHARMED.  I DID NOT KNOW THIS PROBLEM EXISTED WITH THE FORD EXPLORER.  MORE SHOULD BE DONE TO WARN PEOPLE ABOUT THIS DEFECT!  THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED!  THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.  *TR
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