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Ford Explorer body / paint problems

body / paint problem

5.0

fairly significant

Typical Repair Cost:

$200.00

Average Mileage:

61,500 miles

Number of complaints:

2 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. dealer covered the repair (1 reports)
  2. not sure (1 reports)

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problem #2

2007Oct 17

(reported on)

Explorer 4.0L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 70,000 miles

rust tranmisson eletric ford needs a recall on this truck

Matthew D.

Elkhart, IN, USA

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problem #1

2007Jan 09

(reported on)

Explorer XLT 4.6L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 53,000 miles

There were so many things wrong with the vehicle that they replaced the running boards. They should have fixed the transmission instead as it failed 3,000 miles later for the third time.

Daniel M.

Howell, MI, USA

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