NHTSA Complaint #10102092 — 2004 FORD EXPLORER

SINCE NEW, I HAVE INTERMITTENT HARD START ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE. ON ABOUT 7 OCCASIONS, THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY SIMPLY TOLD ME SINCE IT STARTED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO SINCE THERE WASN'T A LIGHT ON THE DASH DID NOT COME ON. THEREFORE THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY CODES. FINALLY AT 10,345 MILES, THE CAR BROKE DOWN. THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. THE KEPT GETTING ABOUT 4 OR 5 CODES AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO CLEAR THEM. REPLACED THE ECM AND REPROGRAMMED. I STILL HAVE THE INTERMITTENT HARD START ISSUE WHICH IS INTERMITTENT. THE ECM HAS BEEN UPDATED 3 TIMES. I ALSO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHING FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS AFTER START UP, THEY CLAIM, UNABLE TO DUPLICATE. I ALSO HAD A EXHAUST GASKET REPLACED AS THERE WAS AN ANNOYING NOISE THAT WOULD GO ON AND ON WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT RUNNING WHILE IN PARK. LASTLY - TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THE VEHICLE HAS POOR SHIFT QUALITY. IT LIKES TO HANG UP AND HESITATE IN 3D GEAR, YOU WILL BE RUNNING 55-60 AND GO TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AND DOESN'T WANT TO SHIFT UNTIL IT HITS 80-85MPH AND BY THEN YOU ARE AT 6 ON THE TACHOMETER.THEY HAVE REPLACED THE SOLENOID BODY AND THE HYDRAULIC PUMP AND THE CAR STILL IS NOT FIXED. IT ALSO LIKES TO HESITATE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT. IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP AS WE SPEAK. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN NOVEMBER OF 2003 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 12,850. *AK