8.0
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
$150.00
Average Mileage:
58,271 miles
Total Complaints:
7 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (7 reports)
AC / heater problem
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Ford dealer.
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2009Apr 26
Explorer Limited 4.6L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 60,000 miles
Just one more issue to the long list - the air conditioning is going out! Should this be happening to a 5 year old car?
2007Jun 01
Explorer V6
- Automatic transmission
- 79,100 miles
Cooling system is faulty and should have been covered by extended warranty, had it checked several times and paid the $50.00 fee to have it checked and they claimed it worked...brought it back to the dealer again said it worked, had it fixed by an outside mechanic and it worked for 1 season and now it is broke again, really annoying!!!!!!!! The dealers mechanics are really hard to work with and the extended warranty, was really not worth the money!!!
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2006Jan 16
Explorer 4.0L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 88,000 miles
I own a 2003 ford explorer and the AC don't work worth a flip. You have to put the sob on high for it to be comfortable, and then it's so loud you can't even hear yourself complain about it. My husband has charged it several times-nothing helps. we live in south Mississippi and the heat and humidity here is miserable. i will sell my car so my 2 children will not have a heat stroke just going to the grocery store. and i am not just complaining b/c it's hot. I'm not that vain. the Ac problem is just one of the many small stupid things that could be fixed easily if ford would actually care. I own 2 Fords and if I can help it I will never again. I try to buy American and look where I stand. I have owned foreign in the past and that is what i will go back to. sorry I tried!!!!
2008Jun 13
Explorer 4.0L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 65,000 miles
2 months after purchasing this car that i still luv (until the transmission goes) the ac stops working. and its not covered. i went to pepboys and they told it would cost either 1000 r 1200 to fix. i told them its going to be a hot summer
2003Jun 06
Explorer 3.2L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 800 miles
While going on vacation in our "new" Ford Explorer we had just gotten two weeks prior, we noticed that the air wasn't coming out and water was running down into the floor board. Just about enough to make you want to scream.
2007Jun 12
(reported on)Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.2L V8
- Automatic transmission
- 45,000 miles
I also turn on my ac and it is cold but no air comes out. When i turn all the way up to high it is so loud I can here the radio on low or talk on my cell phone. Even on high barley any cold air blows out. Please help it is getting hot out here. Can I change out my fan motor to a more robust model?
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2009Jul 26
Explorer Eddie Bauer
On a 90 minute drive I had the a/c on auto and it was working fine for about an hour - then then it just stopped blowing out the dash vents. I could hear it blowing, but it wasn't coming out the vents. It sounded as if it was blowing under the dash on the passenger side, but very little cool air was coming out from under the dash.
I changed the settings to manual and turned it up high, and it was just roaring, but still no air coming into the cabin. I continued to my destination and turned the car off, when I came back 1/2 later it worked fine. I made a few more short trips with no problem. When I drove back home the same thing happened after about an hour. Again after a stop of about 45 minutes it worked fine.
Does anyone know what this could be. I read a few stories about a blend door actuator - does this sound like that problem? I found a site that explains how to fix that myself, but it's a lot of work so I don't want to do it only to find out that wasn't the problem.
Any help would be appreciated !!!!
debnkev
debnkev
Abbotsford, BC, Canada
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