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CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2002 Ford Explorer is hands-down our worst vehicle on record. "Avoid like the plague" is putting it lightly.
The 2002-2005 Explorer has a very well-established record of expensive transmission failure at under 100k miles. The Explorer has an enclosed transmission which is typically replaced with a rebuilt transmission at a cost of almost $3,000.
Another common problem for the 2002-2003 Explorer is wheel bearing failure at around 90k miles, with a typical repair bill of $500 to $1000 depending on how many wheel bearings failed.
Adding insult to injury, the 2002-2005 Explorer also has a massive problem with the rear panel cracking. While it's a minor annoyance compared to transmission failure, ironically the crack usually goes right through the Ford logo.
7.8
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $550
- Average Mileage:
- 95,950 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 78 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- replace coil spring (62 reports)
- replace coil spring yourself (10 reports)
- not sure (3 reports)
- replaced both rear strut assemblys (3 reports)
suspension problem
Helpful websites
- Rear Quick Struts - quick & easy
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
2nd time in 365 days of getting this fixed!!!!!!!!!
This is my first purchase of a Ford vehicle and the last purchase too and I have so many family members that have retired from there and some still are employed there, but I will not even think about buying another Ford product again.
- boozie, Louisville, KY, US