Yet another complaint. I came online today to see if this is a recall! What a shock to see so many people with the same problem we have. I've never bought a Ford prior to this one and let me say for the record I never will again!

I cannot absorb the expense of this repair at this time and feel upset everytime I get into this vehicle looking this way. I take meticulous care of my vehicles and feel it's such a shame Ford cannot stand behind it's consumer to fix a problem such as this one!

Thank you to every other victim of Ford's neglect for writing in! It would be great if we could do something about this!

My Explorer is is great shape and I have taken good care of it. I noticed a crack on the panel just below the rear panel several days ago and I could not determine how in the world it occurred. I was in the parking lot and saw another explorer with a crack in the very same place the next day. About a week later I noticed another explorer on the hwy with a crack as well. Now, since I can't help but focus I have seen a total of four explorers with the same issue. This is pitiful Ford, you should issue a recall and make things right!

Well, it does and it doesn't make me feel any better to see so many other complaints about the exact same defect. I was at the carwash the other day when the dryer blew half of my rear panel off my glass lift gate. I, also had the rear glass replaced ONLY AFTER having the hydraulic arm pop off multiple times and having the entire rear windshield shatter on me when I tried to close it one night and the "fixed" hydraulic popped off again. After that happened I asked them if they were sure there wasn't a recall on the lift gate, and they replied "no". After getting a new rear window, about a year later I was closing the window when the entire thing came off the hinges and I was standing in the parking lot holding my rear glass window. The only thing connecting it to the car was the electrical wires going to the brake light. That's when the hinge recall came out and I got that fixed as well. Here it is a few short years later and now my rear appliqué has come off. I have not even called Ford yet, but the estimate at the dealership is over $700. After reading all of these complaints, I see that I'm going to have very little luck getting them to pay for any of it. WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THIS????

With this many complaints about the trim cracking and falling off, I urge every one of you to click on the link below and file a complaint with the NHTSA. This is the government agency responsible for investigating defects and issuing recalls or forcing the manufacturer to issue a recall. If they were to get this many complaints I feel certain they would begin an investigation.

Via the Internet. You may electronically submit your complaint to the NHTSA by visiting:

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/.

"Hey Ford, take your Crack Back"....that would be a great sticker to put next to the

crack on our 2002 Ford Explorer and all the others we see on the road with the same problem. It has become almost a game now "There is a Ford Explorer!, does that one have a crack?". With this problem being so obvious, one would think Ford "Built Ford Tough" would try and stand up to its slogan, but this is just a small problem compared to the transmission, which they also would not own up to...I am still working on a good sticker slogan for that problem.

Like so many others who have a 2002 Explorer, mine also has the crack under the back window. This is my 4th Explorer and because of the multiple problems this specific car has and because of Ford's refusal to help, it is my last. My multiple problems: CD player, air flow of heater, 4x4 not engaging, air bag light, check engine light, transmission, sun visor, and of course the lovely crack below the back window that goes all the way from glass to bottom of that section of the car. I'm not fixing it, because as I have seen in too many reports that the problem reoccurs after having it fixed.