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Wheel Bearing Failure
2002 Ford Explorer (Page 8 of 10)
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Ford dealer.
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.
8.1
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $820
- Average Mileage:
- 88,900 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 181 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- replace wheel bearing (78 reports)
- replace bearing and hub (45 reports)
- replaced wheel bearings (34 reports)
- not sure (14 reports)
- replaced causual part, and surrounding parts (3 reports)
- replaced the following wheel bearings, tyrod, caliper, rotor (3 reports)
wheels / hubs problem
Helpful websites
- YouTube Video Of 2002 Explorer With Bad Bearing - You Tube video of Explorer with severely worn wheel bearing. Danger Will Smith...Danger...
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
I have a 2002 Ford Explorer. In Sept of 2007 I had to have the front left wheel bearing replaced. It cost me ~500 from a local tire service company. I did a bit of research on the web and was quite surprised with all the bearing problems I found for this vehicle. Well sure enough another wheel bearing failed this week (Dec 07), rear left, cost a bit more to fix ~565. Now I'm wondering whether I should just get rid of this vehicle, it has ~92K for mileage. I like to work on my own vehicles but from what I have read fixing these bearings is not that trivial. I have an 2005 Corolla with ~100k, no problems yet...
- Rangeley W., Danville, NH, US