9.3
really awfulTypical Repair Cost:
$205.00
Average Mileage:
76,672 miles
Total Complaints:
3 complaints
Most common solutions:
- had to replace all the wheel studs and put stock rotors back (1 reports)
- not sure (1 reports)
- replace studs and wheel (1 reports)
wheels / hubs problem
Helpful Websites About 2002 Ford Explorer wheel falls off car while driving
2008Feb 08
Explorer XLS 4.0L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 98,015 miles
was driving home on some twisty roads and felt what felt like the front end wobbling on right hand turns about a mile from home the left rear wheel flew off like a bullet at 55 mph in a sharp corner. Cost over $100 when I had to buy new studs, lug nuts, and pay for the tow home.
2007Oct 01
Explorer
- Automatic transmission
- 40,000 miles
While I was driving with students to school for a field trip, The rear wheel made a popping sound and the car went out of control and caused an accident.
The rear tire bolts had sheared off and this was a second occurrence.
I am told that it is a factory problem that causes it. But at this time no recalls have been made or notices to fix the vehicle.
They must be waiting for me to die and get sued.
Ridiculous
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2009Oct 13
Explorer XLT V8
We have owned a 2002 Ford Explorer XLT for about two years now. Yesterday my husband was driving on a side street, thankfully at a slow speed, he turned a corner and realized that something was seriously wrong with the car, thought it was a flat tire. So he slowed down and started to pull over, he then looked out the window to see the tire rolling off the car and down the street. The rear driver-side tire fell off the car. It had sheared all 5 lug nuts off. If the tire were to fall off at high speeds this type of incident could cause serious injuries or death to the people in the vehicle and poses a serious threat to other drivers too. This happened to us about a year ago as well on the same tire. So, this is the second time the lug nuts have sheared off of the same wheel. The first time was under similar conditions - slow speed, turned at a stoplight, thought somethings was seriously wrong, then pulled over to discover the rear driver-side tire falling off of the vehicle, all five lug nuts were sheared off. We had no recent work on the tires or the vehicle that could have possibly loosened the lug nuts for either occurrence. To fix this failure we are having the car towed and the lug nuts replaced, again, along with the HUB panel (total $300) but I do not feel safe driving by myself or with our children in this car as the tire can just come off without warning. Also I searched the NHTSA (government) website there are eight other complaints filed for the same problem for 2002 model and seven similar complaints for the 2003 Explorer year and two for the 2004 year as well. Go to
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/recallsearch.cfm . You can also file a complaint on the website if you have had similar problems.
Nikole H.
Rochester, MN, USA
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