Don't understand how a nationwide company says they only cover up too 65,000 for warrenty repairs when they know that everyone's! investment in them goes to sh*t around 75,000 and they haven't recalled or helped pay for the transmission problems our nation is facing. One of these days I hope there's a huge law suit for when myself or anyone else gets jammmyyy sandwiched and gets really hurt or paralyzed because of the unexpected transmission slip and your stuck coming on or off an exit or turning on an intersection!

I have owned my Explorer for 4 yrs I have a 5 yr. contract I only owe 800.00 on it. It never left me stranded so I loved it. These last couple months have been nothing but a pain in the ass I have put soo much money into trying to fix this problem the transmission has been giving me. first this guy said it was a gasket that needed to be replaced so I had him do the work. Well that turned out to be an expensive lesson cause not even a couple days later I wouldn't get reverse and it still slips. I don't want to pay this F'n explorer off wished I wouldn't have ever bought this junk!!!!! I feel Ford should recall these explorer's and help out the people who have spent their hard earned money after all they got Bail outs. I'm a single mom and this is really a very hard lesson for me to have to deal with soooo SAD & MAD What do I do? :(

When I am at a stop the vehicle acts as though it is going to stall, when I try to accelerate it sputters barely kreeps forward that all the sudden it will engage, but then won't shift until around 5000 RPM's and makes a very loud thudding noise. Then yesterday my check engine light when on and the code says, its a cylinder misfire. All the plugs were changed recently and it seems to be a way bigger issue than that. All of the mechanical problems I have had leading up until now seem to be related and I'm still not sure where the problem source truly lies. Is it in the cylinders, transmission, fuel system or all of the above.

Got my Ford Explorer Sport with 79,000 miles on it. Started having problems weeks after getting it (u-joints messed up, needed routers/brakes due to rust, etc.), through the whooping year I've owned it almost put $2,000 into it. Now about a week ago the transmission has started to slip, among this my whole fuel system needs to be replaced (apparently it is losing pressure and has caused the "Check Engine" light to come on). Ford's are just the crappiest cars made, I will never ever even think of getting such a piece of junk again. The whole thing has rusted out and just one thing after another is going. These vehicles are trash, I have dumped so much money into a losing cause because I thought I may have gotten lucky and gotten a decent Ford.

So here I am, Christmas time, and the trans is starting to fail in my POS "Exploder". Not only that, but the transfer case has also failed (Borg-Warner 44-05) and I have no 4WD.

Great. I live in the mountains and it's snow season. Most of my friends have vehicles well in excess of 100k miles and they are running strong. I bought this crap bag brand new, thinking it would provide good service for 150k miles. Now I have to go out and buy a new vehicle. Ford can stick their vehicles right up their sorry ass. I will NEVER own another Ford.

I bought my used '01Explorer Sport in 2002. It was fantastic. It Handled great, Braked on a dime, and Accelerated from a stop better than any automatic I've ever known, I Loved it. Until I took it to the Ford Dealer for it's 30K Service. Apart from the regular service I opted for the Transmission Flush, a $300+ addition. Since that day my Sport is a Dog to drive. The Engine revs up to a high level in just easy driving, it takes a quarter or half second to pull away from the stop lights, there is no acceleration. The Brakes are minimally functional, I am concerned when I drive it because I feel the brakes will fail entirely. Oh and the fuel mileage has drastically dropped, Before the SNAFUed Service I was getting 330mi to the tank, Now it's 250mi if I'm lucky. Are there any REAL Ford Techs out there? or all all of them like the ones who serviced my Explorer Sport?

My trans is slipping and requires an estimated $1800 to repair. I've pampered my Explorer, changed fluids regularly, etc. and feel that with the amount of transmission issues I've read online with Explorers, Ford should take the responsibility to replace all of the infected units before they go out of business. This was a $25,000 vehicle that I purchased BRAND NEW and--like I said--babied and took special care to maintain. Old Henry'd be rolling over in his grave if he knew the crap that Detroit was putting out, with his name on it.

Bought my 2001 Explorer new and religiously followed all the maintenance guides. The trans started to slip at 58,000 miles. The O/D Off light comes on whenever it feels like it. I cannot shut off the O/D manually. Took it to my dealership, and all they want to do is replace the transmission with a factory rebuild for $3,000. AMMCO tells me that the MAX cost should be $2,300 to correct. Ford won't help me and my dealership won't even consider taking the trans apart. At 58,000 miles this should not happen. When it slips the engine revs and you have to let off on the gas until it finally shifts. When the Overdrive shuts off on its own then it simply takes forever to shift. Never hard shifts...it falls into gear smooth, but takes forever.

Took vehicle in for transmission service only to have the transmission disassembled and diagnosed as needing rebuilt. Seems that transmission has two pistons that are used for flow control and shifting. They are made of aluminum and ride in an aluminum sleeve.. Well after 90,000 miles fluid bypasses the pistons creating the problem. The fix is to sleeve the piston areas with a patent repair with a brass sleeve. This repair is better than new but expensive... I am still looking for a used transmission myself... good luck..

We bought the truck used in 2004 and it ran fine. But after about a year at about 60,000 miles the transmission would rev high/jump into 3rd gear. The Overdrive light would come on and when we would restart the truck the light would be gone. We took the truck to a trannmission man and he suggested that we change the sensor box. We did and it went away... now a year later almost exactly it is starting to jump again. We are college students and I trusted that Ford would be a well made car that could get us through college... but now I am going to stick to foreign cars or do a shitload of research!