2002 FORD EXPLORER Wheels Problems

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#10226355 | May 1, 2008

TRANSMISSION SHIFTED HARD INTO 2ND GEAR FROM DAY ONE, TOOK IT TO DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL, WHINING IN REAR END ALSO SAID NORMAL. HAD TO REPLACE 2 WHEEL BEARINGS, 2 MORE BAD NOW, REPLACED WHEEL HUB, NOW TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT. *TR

#10184282 | March 6, 2007

REAR WHEEL BEARING FAILURE AT 80,000 MILES, BOTH REAR BEARINGS. *JB

#10170635 | October 12, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, A NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE REAR DRIVER WHEEL FELL OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED OFF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE.

#10152861 | March 16, 2006

I OWN A 2002 FORD EXPLORER, WITH 69.000 MILES ON IT. IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE EVER WHEEL BEARING ON MY CAR, THE WHEEL HAVE COME LOOSE, AND THE BEARING WERE SCRAPING. THE COST FOR THE BEARING AND THE LABOR WAS OVER $1,400 , I AM ALSO HAVE TO REPLACE MY TIRES BECAUSE OF THIS, WHEN I CONTACTED FORD ON THIS MATTER, THERE COMMIT WAS "THAT IS YOUR PROBLEM IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY, THERE IS NO REASON ALL 4 WHEEL BEARING WOULD HAVE GONE BAD WITH NO MORE MILES THAN THERE IS ON THE CAR. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE NEXT PERSON MAY NOT KNOW IN TIME THAT THERE IS FLAW IN THE BEARINGS AND MAY HAVE A WHEEL COME OFF. THIS SHOULD BE A VERY BIG SAFETY CONCERN. THIS COULD CAUSE SOMEONE THERE LIFE. I HOPE I CAN GET SOMEONE TO LISTEN BEFORE...

#10144171 | December 1, 2005

WE OWN A 2002 FORD EXPLORER. IT WAS RECENTLY IN THE SHOP AT 45K MILES FOR A WHINING NOISE FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THE SERVICE GUY SAID THAT THEY HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID HE WAS SURPRISED IT DIDN'T START AT 12K. WE WERE TOLD WE NEEDED TO REPAIR THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL RING AND PINION IN ORDER TO FIX A LEAK AND WHINING NOISE FROM THE AREA. HE SAID WE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY SEE LEAKING FLUID BECAUSE IT WOULD LEAK WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND COST OF 1300. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT THE REAR WHEEL BEARING IS GOING OUT. 250.00 TO REPAIR THIS. THE SERVICE GUY ALSO TOLD ME THAT UNTIL FORD CAME OUT WITH A DIFFERENT REPAIR PART HE HAD NEEDED TO REPLACE IT SEVERAL TIMES ON AT LEAST ONE EXPLORER. THEY HAD ONE...

#10134118 | August 24, 2005

WE HAVE HAD THE WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED TWICE, BEGINNING IN 11/04 @ 61,528MILES, THAN IT NEEDED IT AGAIN ON 8/05 AT 79,000 MILES. WE ALSO HAD TO OVERHAUL THE TRANSMISSION AT 79000 MILES!

#10121045 | May 16, 2005

I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS PULLING TO THE SIDE WHILE DRIVING AND WAS MAKING A STRANGE NOISE COMING FROM THE RIGHT REAR. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE BRAKES CHECKED THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL BEARING WAS GOING BAD AND HAD ALMOST A.5 INCH OF PLAY. HE WAS CONCERNED THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON. WE CALLED OUR FORD DEALER TO ARRANGE TO HAVE IT FIXED AND THEY INFORMED US THAT THE TIRE COULD COME OFF AND AND THAT THEY KEEP THREE OF THE REPLACEMENT PART IN STOCK BECAUSE IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. MY HUSBAND CALLED AROUND TO OTHER DEALERS TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND EVERY DEALER KNEW EXACTLY WHICH WHEEL WAS HAVING THE PROBLEM BEFORE MY HUSBAND EVEN TOLD THEM. THEY SAID IT COULD DEFINITELY COME OFF AND THAT I SHOULDN'T DRIVE OVER 20 -25 MPH ON IT....

#10051602 | December 16, 2003

WHEN STOPPING OR SLOWING DOWN, INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN TURNING LEFT, THERE WAS A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL. THE HEAT VENTS THAT BLEW DIRECTLY ON THE CONSUMER DID NOT WORK. THESE PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURRED AT LEAST THREE TIMES IN ONE MONTH. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB

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