Ford Explorer electrical problems

electrical problem

10.0

really awful

Typical Repair Cost:

no data

Average Mileage:

40,667 miles

Number of complaints:

3 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. not sure (3 reports)

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problem #3

2007Jun 02

Explorer ES V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 36,000 miles

Dealer cant find a problem, must be many others with same problem!

Bron K.

Stafford, VA, USA

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problem #2

2006Apr 17

Explorer XLS V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 30,000 miles

04 Explorer - Right around 30000 miles driving one fine night and the car dies on me for no reason - just stalls after coming to a stop. Started up and ran fine after that, then stalled again on the way home. Take it to Ford, they say there's no problem, no code and hit me with a bill. The car seems to have an idling problem - surges when braking, loses power while driving - drops to 200 rpm, or completely loses power. It only happens in warm weather - no problems in the winter. I replaced mass airflow and it ran fine for a month, now it is worse than ever. There is no code, no record in the computer of any problem. I am dumping this car as soon as possible. Before 50000 My Cat converter has been replaced, and transmission has gone. Never buying a ford again.

langley81

Franklin, Mass, USA

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problem #1

2008Jan 08

Explorer ES V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 56,000 miles

I have a 2004 Ford Explorer with 57,000 that started stalling while
driving about 3 month ago. It shuts off like someone turned the key. The occurrence is very random and there is never anything common between occurrences except it typically happens when I am braking towards a stop. It's as if it's running out of gas. It took about 10 minutes each time before it would restart. Both those times, even though it died like the key was turned off, it acted like it was out of gas when I was trying to
restart it and then all of the sudden it would start like normal. The problem seemed to start about the time the vehicle was run low on gas. Since then the following has been done: fuel filter replaced, MAF sensor cleaned and the IAC valve inspected. The
service shop where it is taken says there is never an error code in the system when I bring it in. The vehicle is currently unsafe to drive with this condition.

Linda S.

Livermore, CA, USA

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