This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
I was going down clinton keith in murrieta when all of a sudden my transmission would not shift passed 3rd. It was working fine the day before. So I took it slow back home and the closer I got home the transmisson started slipping gears.
The timing chain tensioner broke allowing the chain to slip. It was a recall problem but I was not the original owner and the problem must not have been addressed, or else the recall didn't get done properly. After the repair it hasn't had good oil pressure at idle. It is too bad that Ford put this motor in so many vehicles and doesn't stand behind they. It is poor design in my opinion to have four timing chains on a 4.0 liter motor is crazy. I wish that Ford would have put more effort into seeing that my vehicle were recalled and not allowed to depreciate because it was happening to so many other Explorer.
Check engine light comes on and O2 sensors have to be replace every thirty to forty thousand miles. Now O/D off light is flashing and car drives like it is in first gear, shifts hard.
Vehicle makes loud clunk noise and act as if it has been bumped from behind, action aslo felt in the brake pedal and resulting in forward motion. Ford invoice indicates customer statement resulting in R&R transmision and overhal, to no avail. Problem can not be determin
Problem is an almost constant grinding noise that dealer says cannot be repaired due to the fact that the manufacturer has no permenant fix. Refer to Ford technical service bulletin 12328.12329. Dealer refused to document that problem was not a potential safety issue and that there would not be a failure of the drive train system, or that the wheels would not fall off. Dealer's service dept mgr. Further stated that there were hundreds and perhaps thousands of cars with the same defect. My observation of this problem is that there is a high pitched grinding or squealing noise coming from the front end when the vehicle is in motion. This sound is a metal on metal rubbing noise, which could cause frictiion, heat and perhaps parts failure that could cause potential failure of the drive train system.
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- Murrieta, CA, USA