Sick to death of all the problems. Ford just throws these things off the assembly line and then says "Oh so sorry, it's out of warranty". We actually won a lawsuit regarding a 2002 Explorer. The tailgate window exploded in my hand when trying to shut it. The car dealer knew it was a piece of junk and the judge called his selling it to us "the most egregious case of taking advantage she'd ever seen".

We had to replace the transmission in this 2004 model, replaced the visors and interior overhead console, one back seatbelt doesn't work, again a cheap plastic problem, and the electrical/computer problem where a plug next to the computer melted and caused the engine to cut off while driving down the road, well that almost got us all killed. Turns out there is a group of wires near the rear and they were supposed to be suspended in some sort of harness and never were, so over time, the plastic coating rubbed off and caused at least one wire to ground out, which caused the plug near the computer to overheat and slide out of its socket, causing the engine to shut off. Once it cooled, sometimes the motor would start again. This cost us more than one battery, lots of time, being stalled at 2 in the morning with our daughter in the back seat. After $2500 spent in multiple visits trying to fix the electrical issue, and another $2600 for the transmission, and just under $1000 for the interior console and visors, add more $$ for visits to check out the Check Engine light and the ABS light... wonder what I'm leaving out... ? Oh yes, the air conditioning has been blowing hot on once side for quite awhile. The crack in the back window frame on EVERY SINGLE EXPLORER I see reminds me of the Ford Grenada back in the 80s.

Does anybody else remember the Ford Grenada? The gas cap was located behind the license plate and on every single Grenada, the spring on the license plate broke so they all drove around with their license plate facing the ground, wide open.

Owning one of these Explorers is like being in a club with other unfortunate individuals who have found themselves wondering if the $9,000 they've spent on repairs makes it worth keeping the car now. My mechanic calls it the "Ford Exploder".

The ABS light would come on in the vehicle and then the ABS would engage every time you hit the brakes and if you have ever had your abs engage you no how well the brakes do not work when they are engaged so this was not only very inconvenient but extremely dangerouse and being that this is my wifes vehicle for her to drive and take my three kids to there events it really pissed me off and then to top it all off the part was covered under my extended warranty but the labor was not so it cost me 350 bucks to fix there screw up of a junk part.

Just spent 2k getting the "exploder" back on the road. The check engine light came on soon after (non-related I think). Unhooked the battery and then re-connected it. Light went off for a day then came back on. 2 days later the light went off and stayed off. A few days after that, my ABS light came on. For some odd reason, I hit the 4x4 button. When I try and shut the 4x4 high off, the light goes off for 2 minutes exactly - then comes back and flashes 8 or 9 times - enough times to really get on your nerves - then shuts off again. WTH?

Love the features of this vehicle..love to drive it...but I also suspect I need a cv joint on the drivers side because I feel the thump when I turn sharp to the left. Seriously? After just putting a shitload of money into the suspensions system among other things (had the blendor issue last year - yeehaw)...not impressed!

Some asshole rode my ass and I tapped my brakes to indicate to the idiot that he needed to back off. He then zoomed around me and LOCKED UP his brakes. I, in turn, had to stand on my brakes to stop without hitting the testosterone-loaded idiot with a severe case of unwarranted road rage. Shortly after this incident, the ABS light, as well as the "check engine" light, came on. The ABS light continues to come on and go off randomly, to this day. My "check engine" light has stayed on pretty much since that date, as well. Ford?

This has actually been done twice - in the years of owning my car. First sensory replacement of ABS light was at 600 miles.

Second - was 51000 miles (give or take a few) This time the light would randomly come on but when I would go to stop my car would feel like they brakes were failing - Extended warranty paid for repairs - I know they replaced the sensor light again but something else was short circuiting from the sensor to the brakes, but I do not have my service records on hand to see exactly what they did.

Ok just let me say that I feel sorry for anyone including myself who owns one of these piece of crap autos!! I have had mine not even 4 years yet and it has been in the shop more than I have drove it. I have had the ABS light come on again which when the auto had extended warranty I took it to have it "fixed" in other words patched up until the warranty was expired. Anyway the light is back on again and I called the shop they said yes I can find the ticket where you had it in for service and we fixed it but your parts warranty is out now so it will cost you around 100.00 for us to look at it and diagnose the problem..

I will NEVER buy another Ford. I know now it means Fix Or Repair Daily!! What a piece of sh*t!

We don't know why the ABS light is on...Sometimes the 4x4 light comes on at the same time. When we're driving sometimes the ABS light will turn off and I can hear the gripping of the brakes. I read the manual and it says when the brake warning light turns on, then you have to service your brakes. But why in the hell did the ABS light turn on anyway.!!! What does it mean? We took the car to the shop for the same problem. The guy warned us that it's all rusty. We had this car for 2 years...We didn't know the history of the car anyway. The guy at the shopped warned us that, we may have purchased a car that was in the Katrina flood that's why the bottom of the car is all rusty. We don't know and we just want to have a decent car that's all...