Yes, I too am a very furious owner of a 2002 Eddie Bauer Ford Explorer V8 whose transmission just went caput without any warnings what so ever. Ford, you really need to do something about this sorry product that you've put out time and time again. So many people have had this same problem and nothing has been done about it. The Ford company should really be ashamed of themselves, robbing us hard working citizens of our money.

Please let's all band together and file a class action lawsuit against Ford. These faulty transmissions among other things are unacceptable!!!

By the time the O/D off light comes on and the Check transmission light comes on in the Ford explorer vehicles, it's too late and the only option is to replace the transmission....I've never had such a sorry vehicle in all my life.

I've had to replace wheel bearings, air compressor, rear henge for lift gate, and now the transmission. What next? I don't want to stick around to find out. I want to go straight to a foreign dealership and trade this piece of crap in.

Ford Co. you're going down.....I will never buy a Ford again. We consumers don't deserve this.....

I take very good care of my Explorer. I was driving and heard a bell, checked the panel and saw "O/D Off" with a note in the monitor that said CHECK TRANSMISSION. For the next day or so, the transmission "slipped" or "raced," meaning the engine reved but it was obvious the power was not getting to the drive shaft. I took it to the dealer and upon investigation was told a "servo" had become stuck in one of the tracks. They also told me the standard "fix" is a complete replacement of the transmission, which would cost about $3,100. This doesn't seem right for a vehicle that had no hard use (no towing or heavy loads) and was cared for according to the schedule of recommended services in the owner's manual.

my wife and i decided the best thing to do was buy a safe, "reliable" vehicle due to the fact that we have 3 kids. well, that was the plan anyway. the problems started with rear wheel bearings, then the transmission completely went at around 69,000 miles, which cost me $2500.00. so much for the reliable part! after researching this transmission problem, it seems to me that once a certain amount of people experience a certain problem with a vehicle, it should be investigated, and eventually the vehicle should be recalled.....right? i will never, ever recommend an explorer of any year to anyone, not even to my worst enemy...ford needs to take responsibility for their screw ups....there is enough hard working people being left to take on the financial burden of fixing fords mistakes..hey,ford..it's time to step up and do whats right!

Our 2002 Ford Explorer needed a completely rebuild transmission after only 57k miles. While driving, the car suddenly failed to accelerate. We could see the RPMs climb but the car would not accelerate. We felt very lucky that it didn't cause an accident.

We took it to Reliable Transmission in Hillsboro and were charged $3200 to repair. Definately seems on the high side but once you take it in and they have your car taken apart, it costs hundreds just to put it back together so we had no choice.

This was our first Ford and will be our last Ford. We have learned our lesson and will not be giving Ford any more of our business. We're now debating whether to sell or keep the car. If we keep the car, we run the risk of more repairs. The problem is Ford's depreciate like a rock and now the car is worthless. Live and learn.

Transmission failure on the road caused us to spend a day at a Ford dealer out of state while we were on route back from a vacation. After fitting us in to their shcedule, having the car and "diagnosing" the problem, They told us we could drive the vehicle but we should get it fixed at our local dealer. Local dealer said transmission should be replaced, warranty company said no, must be rebuilt. Car was out of service for a week (loaner car was provided). A few weeks later, same issue, car went back transmission rebuilt again...out of service for a week, they failed to replace a solenoid which probably was the cause of the original problem (should have just replaced it). Many other problems with this vehicle, will report the others appropriately

I will never buy another Ford Explorer again. It along with many other Ford Transmissions went out after day one when we purchased it at 31,000 miles. We took the vehicle in with the chief complaint of it not shifting immediately when put into gear. It would hesitate, then jerk into gear. We babied our Explorer so much and it caused us extreme problems because my husband is a Lieutenant for the state of Nevada and has to commute to work of 35miles each way and is the sole provider for our family. Luckily his Warden let him use the State Truck until we could scrape up the money to replace the transmission. I HATE FORD!

So I was driving down the street and stopping at a red light. Suddenly the truck had sort of a hiccup before stopping. The light turns green and so I lightly accelerate, and the truck just dies on me. So I'm stuck in the middle of the intersection with cars flying by me. Luckily I was able to push it to the side of the road without getting hit. Had it towed to a shop and they told me the insides were totally ripped up. He showed me the parts and I've never seen anything so bad, looks like all the teeth were ripped off. Ended up shelling out nearly $3100. The list of repairs keep growing.

This was the second time the transmission had failed and the car was not even two years old. The worst part was that the car stopped in the middle of a freeway and I was able to move it to the shoulder through the sheer speed built up by inertia.

I complained to Ford and asked for vehicle to be replaced. I seriously doubted the safety of the vehicle even after it was fixed but here in Mexico, those kind of complaints go nowhere. Ford feels they have no responsibility even though the car comes with so many faults. The car has since had a multitude of mechanical failures which have had to be fixed. Once I get rid of this car, I will never buy from Ford again after this experience.

There are simply too many problems with Ford. I bought this one brand new. Then the door would not lock, then the shift handle was broken- can you believe it? Then the HUB needs to be replaced. Now, at 73000 miles, the transmission need to be totally replaced.

In addition, the service was awlful. One time I had it serviced at an Alexandria dealer, they could not find my car for THREE days and I had to rent a car as they told me. Then they refused to reimburse the cost of the rental.

I SWEAR I WILL NEVER BUY ANYTHING from FORD.

I bought a 2002 Explorer against the wishes of some very well informed friends but I got a discount from a relative. By far my biggest car buying mistake ever I've only bought Nissans in the past. The transmission went out soon after warranty was over but only had it for 2 years and about 50K miles the usual crap O/D comes on and completely stops rolling had that replace for bout $2000 since then 3 of the window motors have all died. All four CV boots had to be replace i.e. for each wheel on the vehicle and now the rebuilt transmision is getting stuck in second and did I mention the O/D light has been coming on and off for the everpast 2 years but I'm gonna ride til it dies to spite Ford. I can say I will never buy a Ford for myself, wife and definitely not for my kids it is the worst vehicle purchase i've ever made I seriously hope they go bankrupt or get bought out by a decent carmakers and revamp. I've never had a vehicle break down and be on the side of the road or have a need for AAA with this piece of crap I've been stranded 5 times. Do yourself a favor buy a Nissan/Toyota/Chevy.

i bought this piece of sh*t in 2005 after about a week the tranny started slamming gears making loud noises brought it back to the dealer SAM GFALLOWAY FORD to get it fixed all they tell me is that there is nothing wrong with the transmission but replaced 2 torq converters and 3 valve bodys (wonder why they did that when nothing is wrong )

they also broke a lot of stuff while in the shop they killed my gauges in the dashboard (not once but 3 times) while there they replaced the recalled hinges in the back got the car back with the rear window crucket in there and the plastic piece cracked since they where at it they scratched my hood to all hell and told me it was like that when the car came in there

it is now 1 1/2 years after the first visit at the shop teh tranny is still slamming and whining begging for mercy and a fix but sam galloway ford incists there is nothing wrong with it

this company needs to get the sh*t sued out of

IF THERE IS OTHER CUSTOMERS OF SAM GALLOWAY FORD IN CAPE CORAL FLORIDA WHO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE SERVICE OF THIS DEALER PLEASE DROP ME A LINE AND MAYBE TOGETHER WE CAN BEAT THIS COMPANY

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