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111,299 miles
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transmission problem
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2009Feb 17
Explorer 4
- Automatic transmission
- 117,000 miles
I have a 2000 ford explorer I bought about a year ago, I bought it used. A few months back the 0/d light came on and off a few times and stopped so I assumed it was not important. In the last couple of days it has been skipping when I'm driving and I'm told it's my transmission. I now have to fork out about 1,400 for a rebuilt transmission which only gives a year warranty. Ford should definitely be held responsible for these transmission issues. Just look at the number of complaints about this problem on this site. It's ridiculous. Stay away from the explorer, I will never purchase another.
2009Jan 07
Explorer XLT V6
- Automatic transmission
- 170,500 miles
I bought my 2000 Ford Explorer almost 3 years ago from a "buy here, pay here" place. It now has about 170,500 miles on it. I have never had a major problem with it. It runs a little rough sometimes but I figured it's because it has high mileage on it. I recently had it in the shop because the engine light was on and my brake light was on. I though I was going to need new brakes and I was scared that there was going to be a transmission problem. All the mechanic did was give it a tune-up and changed some fluids and now it seems fine. The engine and brake lights aren't on anymore. But sometimes when it hits about 25-35 mph, it shifts weird like it's missing gears or something:( But it doesn't do it everytime. The overdrive light hasn't come on yet, but I'm sure I'll be experiencing more problems with it, especially if the transmission is going bad. I just hope it holds out for at least another year, until I can afford a new car.
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2007Sep 26
Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.Ol V6
- Automatic transmission
- 93,000 miles
Same problem as all below along with the flashing o/d light which happened yesterday. Last Ford I ever buy. My other cars have all been Hondas and have never had any problems with them on this scale.
2007Nov 29
Explorer XLS V6
- Automatic transmission
- 88,000 miles
have a 2000 Ford Explorer. The O/D light started blinking on and off a couple of months ago, but when I checked fluid, the level was okay. It was also slipping from 2nd gear to 3rd, acting as if it wasn't going to go into gear. Then it began acting as if it wasn't going into overdrive on the highway. Concerned, I brought it to a trans shop. Told that it would cost $2100 for a rebuilt trans. I brought it to a general mechanic and had the trans serviced and some additive put in the fluid to keep it from slipping. It is working ok but for who knows how long. Probably needs one of many kinds of sensors also but I am not sinking that much money into a vehicle that is barely worth that amount!!! I actually bought this car in 2002 with only 20k miles on it and have had it now for only five years. It will be paid off in a few more months and then I will be DONE with FORD. After buying a piece of crap Mercury Capri and having to trade it in due to having a new baby, this is my last one. The cars are junk. My advice: Stay away from FORDs because they don't last long enough to finish paying the thing off, unless you want to spend major $$$$ with repairs of all kinds. I just don't understand why the company can't make a mechanically sound automobile. Spend the extra money and get a better car.
2008Jan 21
Explorer XLT 3.2lV6
- Automatic transmission
- 69,594 miles
This problem started with the O/D light flashing, and refusing to stop flashing until I stopped and restarted the vehicle. At present, shifting into either D or R (from either P or N) requires up to a 5 to 10 second pause on my part until the transmission shifts. Most recently, the transmission refused to shift into O/D in spite of the fact that I was doing over 100 km/h and the tachometer was in the 3000 rpm range. I have to lift my foot off the gas, let the transmission catch up, and it finally shifted! A couple of weeks ago, I had the cruise control 'off' switch replaced (a Ford recall), and the erratic shifting actually seemed to get better for awhile. I spoke to the Ford auto trans specialist at my dealership, and of course, he said he can do nothing until there has been SEVEN episodes of that O/D light flashing. Apparently, the on board computer can report SEVEN failures, but has trouble with ONE! Basically, the dealership does not want to touch the tranny until at least SEVEN failures have occurred. And, they tell me that I can only get a rebuilt trans. (for around $3K); it is NOT possible to obtain a new one.
Amazing! This vehicle has never towed anything. When I bought it, I also test drove a Toyota 4-Runner, but Ford had 0.9% financing with $0 down. Perhaps FORD does stand for Fix Or Repair Daily!
2008Jan 01
Explorer Eddie Bauer V8
- Automatic transmission
- 91,000 miles
At the first of this year my transmission started skipping third gear. It goes from second and instead of going into third hits neutral and then fourth. It is doing this consistently. Every once in a while the overdrive light will flash on and off repeatedly. When I shut off the car it goes out and may not come back on for a week or two. I took it to the shop they replaced the valve body plate to the tune of $250.00. Didn't fix anything. Took it to a Ford dealership after waiting a week for an appointment told them when I made the appointment I just had a valve body plate put in and need to know what else could be wrong. The Ford garage called me and told me it needed a new valve body plate and charged me $62.00. I told them I already had it replaced as I told them when I made the appointment. They said they could get it back in, in a week and drop the train and open and see what might be wrong, but it will cost me about $180.00 to drop and look. I told them I would pick it up. I do not feel stupid enough to pay them an additional couple hundred dollars to look around. I have not had a lot of problems with this vehicle, however, when you as much as you do for these cars you expect it to last for a while. I am still not sure what I am going to do. I may just drive it until the transmission falls out.
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2009Oct 17
Explorer 4.0L
one more complaint and one more notch in ford's belt about the transmission in my 2000 explorer. it started slipping between 2nd and 3rd, and now there's no reverse or drive. i'm disabled and cannot efford to have the repair work done so i am going to try an do the job myself. still, finding a (good) used tranny for a effordable price is turning into a job in itself. i have driven fords most of my life (58yrs) and have purchased 2 fords new. i won't be buying anymore new cars, but if i did, it for sure wouldn,t be a ford.
darrelbaird
Billings, MT, USA
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