CarComplaints.com Notes: 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.
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.
The check engine light has been on for three years. It has been checked out and reset a billion times. Always comes right back on. Different codes each time, nothing to fix, so not sure what to do besides disconnect. This is only one problem in a host of problems for this SUV. Should have been smashed as a big fat ass lemon!
WHAT THE HELL!?!?!?! What a total pain in the ass to have the gas gauge stop working!! The digital one and the dial one!!! So now I never know how much gas I really have. It makes me so very mad! I don;t have money to fill it up EVER...so I put in $20 here and $20 there, so I have to write on a piece of paper how many gallons I got on the date I got it and reset my trip counter every time and then kinda guess how many miles I can go on those gallons!! NOT FUN!!!! =( And it makes me never want to buy a Ford again cause I've read that this too is a common problem and Ford won't fix it either!!
Two weeks ago the check engine light came on, the manual mentioned the fuel system/fill valve cover so I made sure it was properly sealed but the light did not go out, so I went to the dealer $85 JUST to plug it in to the computers! They mention a high sulfer reading and charge an additional $12 for a fuel additive. Three days ago I filled the tank for maybe the second time and that night the stinking light is back on! So help me, if they try to charge the computer fee again I will scream so loud the roof on the sales floor will lift off the building!
- marynj,
Lakewood, NJ, US
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The check engine light has been on for three years. It has been checked out and reset a billion times. Always comes right back on. Different codes each time, nothing to fix, so not sure what to do besides disconnect. This is only one problem in a host of problems for this SUV. Should have been smashed as a big fat ass lemon!
- tmsnowflk, Ocala, FL, US