NHTSA Complaint #10213770 — 2002 FORD EXPLORER

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2002 FORD EXPLORER HAS FAILED. IT WILL NOT SHIFT FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR, AND THE TOP SPEED I CAN GO IT 20 TO 30 MPH. THOUGH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS HAPPEN FREQUENTLY, I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. I HAVE MADE THIS COMPLAINT NOT SO MUCH FOR MYSELF BUT ON BEHALF OF ALL OWNERS OF FORD EXPLORERS. WHILE I WAS RESEARCHING 2002 FORD EXPLORER TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, I CAME ACROSS THE WEBSITE WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM. ON THIS WEBSITE THERE ARE 247 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2002 EXPLORER'S TRANSMISSION HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/EXPLORER/2002/INDEX.SHTML MORE SPECIFICALLY, THERE WERE MANY TRANSMISSION FAILURES THAT INVOLVED THE THIRD GEAR OR THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/EXPLORER/2002/TRANSMISSION/ THIS ALL SEEMS LIKE IT MAKES SENSE, BUT WHEN WE LOOK TO THE 2001 EXPLORER'S COMPLAINTS THERE ARE FAR FEWER HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/EXPLORER/2001/INDEX.SHTML AND THE 2003 HAS FEWER TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS AS WELL. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/EXPLORER/2003/INDEX.SHTML ADDITIONALLY THE 2003 HAS NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SWITCH FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR LIKE THE 2002 DOES. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/EXPLORER/2003/TRANSMISSION/INDEX.SHTML ADDITIONALLY, THE HOME PAGE OF WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM HAS THE TOP 5 COMPLAINTS OF THE PAST 90 DAYS, AND THE FORD EXPLORER'S TRASMISSION RANKS 2ND. THERE IS A PROBLEM. A HUGE PROBLEM. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/INDEX.SHTML MY EXPLORER IS CURRENTLY BEING FIXED, AND I RESEARCHED THIS ONCE THE MECHANIC GAVE ME THE QUOTE. ALL OF THIS BEING SAID, WITH ALL OF THESE LINKS AS PROOF, I THINK IT'S TIME THAT FORD RECALLS THE 2002 EXPLORER DUE TO SEVERE AND COSTLY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. PLEASE HELP IN THIS WORTHY CAUSE. *CN