8.3
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
no data
Average Mileage:
118,131 miles
Total Complaints:
6 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (4 reports)
- replace transmission (2 reports)
transmission problem
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2009May 01
Explorer Eddie Bauer V6
- Automatic transmission
- 139,000 miles
Bought car new - now 139K miles and I've been getting the O/D light. Ignored it and now 3 months later the transmission is slipping all the time. Feels like someone is intermittently pressing a clutch pedal, rev's go up, then slips back into gear. Sometimes jerks into gear.
Called Ford Dealer and they said nothing you can do but replace tranny at $830 for labor and $2,300 for rebuilt tranny. Just add this to the Ford POS list:
Front stabilizer bar and both wheel joints replaced (never been 4 wheeling - ever)
Key/manual Door lock broke
Auto door locks failed
Two automatic windows stopped functioning - drivers window separated from its track.
Wipers turn on by themselves intermittently
Door lock mechanism intermittently tries to lock the doors repetitively until motor burned out. New motor
Wiring harness needed replacing at $400+
Radio lights went out at 30 months -
Almost all dash lights are out now
Rear suspension failed - rather than replace just added air shocks for $250
Looks great but is a POS
2009May 20
Explorer Sport
- Automatic transmission
- 81,000 miles
starting blinking and then I was told that the overdrive caused the whole transmission to be ruined. Now I'm out 2300 dollars. Only made it to 81k miles :(
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2008Dec 08
Explorer 4.0L
- Automatic transmission
- 89,788 miles
From reading about this problem on the internet, it seems to be wide spread, and not a cheap fix either. Ford hasn't done itself any favors by allowing this to continue and not stepping up to the plate to solve this problem, hasnt helped either. One also has to wonder why no one from Ford is reading what is being said about their products, maybe they should start, that being said you will never please everyone all the time, but at least try and fix what is a known problem. You can run you cant hide, Ford your time is almost up just like a few other American car companies.
2009Jan 03
Explorer
- Automatic transmission
- 147,000 miles
I had transmission replace 40,000 miles ago, about 21/2 years ago after the check engine light came on. Yesterday I noticed a slight hesitation in shifting from 1st to 2nd gears. About 5 miles later, my O/D light started flashing and by the time I got home(thankfully safely) about 5 more miles, I was barely able to put the car in reverse. I now have to take the car back to the transmission place and see if they have to replace yet another transmission. Seems like Ford needs to step up and fix these issues!!!! I will never buy a ford again!!! This car has cost me so much just to keep it on the road.
2008Jul 31
Explorer XLT 4.0L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 152,000 miles
what a piece of sh*t. went on my honeymoon from Oregon to Idaho and ended up coming home with the o/d light flashing. and now reading this forum and figuring out how much it will cost. just wonderful. i love my explorer and have had good luck with it but at 150000 the timing belt tensioner started to rattle the wheel bearing went two days into our trip and now the trans. i was looking into getting a ford fusion but now will probably buy a Toyota or Honda. not sure what im going to do yet.
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2007Dec 04
Explorer
Ok I'm going to add to the list of the same old s*#t. Intermittent problem with the transmission not shifting from 2nd to 3rd. It hangs up just out of the blue. RPMs spike to over 2500 when I get close to 40. Its a real pain considering my path to work requires a speed of 55 no matter what way I take. For fear of ruining the transmission I don't push it and usually pull over if need be to let ticked off motorists pass me. The O/D light starts to flash. I shut it down and recycle it. Sometimes it works and the O/D light does not come back on but it still will not shift from 2nd to 3rd regardless. The problem lasts sometimes one day or even up to a week then all of a sudden everything seems to be fine and it runs like normal. This has been going on nearly two years. I can not afford to have it fixed I am single working mom. Regardless, at what point does Ford step up and rectify this problem. From all the reading I have done, this seems to be almost a given. If anyone is thinking about filing a class action suit, count me in. I am going to check and see how difficult it would be to file one. Ticked off in Idaho!!!
Lorene M.
Boise, Idaho, USA
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