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8.0

pretty bad

Typical Repair Cost:

$300.00

Average Mileage:

136,702 miles

Total Complaints:

2 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. not sure (1 reports)
  2. replace all oxygen sensors (1 reports)
Ford Explorer engine problems

engine problem

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problem #2

2008Aug 20

Explorer 4.0L V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 161,557 miles

Ford sucks really what the hell were the designers thinking in some spots you have to be an octopus with eight arms and a hell of alot of patience to even try to work on these things. You know some of us working class people can't afford the standard $120 per hour shop charge and need to save some money and do it our selves, all it comes down to is that ford is a bunch of greedy pricks who make vehicles that only they can work on and charge what ever they want and screw the little guy. I've been to ford several times and the only smart things there are the dam computers

Dennis S.

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

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problem #1

2007Jul 08

(reported on)

Explorer Black Edition 4L V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 111,847 miles

When starting the cold engine, in stationary the engine runs very bad. It goes high and falls right back again, and goes between 400 and 1000 up and down, and finally the engine stops. The first few miles I have to keep the engine running, keeping one foot on the brakes and the other on the gas. When the engine is warm and I would start again, there seems to be no problem, although it's not really steady and too low in stationary (about 500). We've tried everything you could think of, but here in Holland it's very hard to find someone who understands American engines and no one has been able to find out what the problem is... HELP.
By the way, the engine does the same on both gasoline and LPG (gas). Hope someone is able to help us out. Thanks.

jessicatb

Doetinchem, Gelderland, Netherlands

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