2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT Complaints

I OWN A 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT AND REAR GLASS HINGE FRACTURED/BROKE AND CAUSED GLASS TO FALL ON ONE SIDE AND HURT DAUGHTERS WRIST. TOOK TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID NO RECALL AND IT WOULD COST $300-$400 TO FIX AND THEN HYDRAULICS PROBABLY WOULD NOT WORK AND GLASS COULD BREAK INCREASING THE COST TO $700 - $800 OR MORE. I SEARCHED AND FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON WEB. I CONTACTED FORD BY PHONE AND WAS TOLD NO RECALL SO TO HAVE FIXED AND KEEP RECEIPT IN CASE THERE WAS A RECALL. THEY SAID NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE NO RECALL. NO CONCERN FOR SAFETY WAS SHOWN. *TR

DRIVING MY 2002 FORD EXPLORER WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE BACK SEAT, WHEN THE O/D LIGHT STARTS TO FLASH AND THE CAR BECOMES JERKY, THEN LOCKS INTO GEAR SO I BRAKE PUT IT IN PARK AND TURN THE CAR OFF FOR A BIT , TURN IT BACK ON AND THE O/D FLASHES AND I MANAGED TO MAKE IT HOME BUT ONLY GOING SLOW AS CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF MYSELF AND MY CHILD. I LET THE CAR SIT FOR A FEW DAYS AND HAD MY HUSBAND DRIVE IT AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT GOT STUCK IN GEAR ON HIM TWICE. WE'VE CONTACTED A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY SAID IN THIS YEAR AND MODEL IT HAS BEEN VERY COMMON FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED. THEY RECOMMENDED TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AND EITHER PUT THE CAR UP FOR SALE OR REPAIR IT AS IN THEIR EXPERIENCE THEY TRANSMISSION WILL PROBABLY GO AGAIN IN A YEAR OR 2.. FORD NEED TO ACCEPT THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE AND OWN UP TO THEIR MISTAKES, THEY CAN'T EXPECT PEOPLE TO JUST SIT BACK AND ACCEPT IT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THE ISSUE, IF I WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGHER SPEED WHEN IT FIRST STARTED WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD OF HAPPENED, I MAY NOT OF BEEN ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL AND SOMETHING SERIOUS MAY OF BEEN BUT LUCKILY IT WASN'T, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO READ ABOUT THE PERSON WHO COULDN'T KEEP CONTROL. *TR

I OWN A 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT. AS I DROVE THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT I HEARD A CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER I PARKED THE VEHICLE, I LOOKED AT THE LIFT GATE AND SAW NO DAMAGE. I OPENED THE BACK DECK OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN I CLOSED IT, THE REAR WINDOW FELL OUT. THE HINGES ON THE REAR GLASS SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE REAR GAS TO FALL OUT. I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER, FEARING THAT DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD CAUSE THE REAR GLASS TO BREAK. THE DEALER TOLD ME THE COST OF REPAIR WOULD BE $407.00. ALSO INFORMED ME THAT AN EARLIER RECALL HAD BEEN DONE ON THE SAME YEAR REGULAR FORD EXPLORER (02-03) FOR EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUE BUT THEY DID NOT RECALL THE EXPLORER SPORT, EVEN THOUGHT THE SAME PARTS WERE USED ON BOTH VEHICLES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE CONTACT STATED THE LIFT GATE WINDOW HINGE SUPPORT BOLT BROKE DUE TO RUST CORROSION. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

MY 2002 EXPLORER SPORT O/D LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING WHEN I BOUGHT IT IN FEB 09. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 104,000 MILES ON IT. SOON AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. ABOUT A YEAR LATER, 4/29/10, THE O/D LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING AGAIN. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED AND A DIAGNOSTIC TEST RAN ON THE TRANSMISSION. THIS COST ABOUT $300. ON 5/3/10 I TOOK MY EXPLORER IN AGAIN BECAUSE THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. THEY RAN ANOTHER TEST AND TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO GET THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED OR REBUILT BUT IT SHOULD LAST ME A LITTLE WHILE LONGER. THAT SAME EVENING MY CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. I HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON TO GET IT INTO GEAR. I COULD NOT GO OVER 5MPH AND MY RPM'S WERE UNNATURALLY HIGH FOR THE SPEED I WAS TRAVELING. BY THE TIME I GOT UP THE HILL I WAS ON I COULD GO NO FURTHER. MY CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR. I FINALLY HAD TO PARK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND WALK HOME. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS (OVER 300) ON THE 2002 FORD EXPLORER TRANSMISSION AND THEIR POOR PERFORMANCE OR LACK THEREOF. A RECALL WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED, AS THIS DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION IS DUE TO POOR VEHICLE CONSTRUCTION, NOT TYPICAL WEAR AND TEAR. ALL MY FAMILY DRIVES IS FORD, HOWEVER AFTER THIS INCIDENT I DO NOT HAVE MUCH FAITH IN FORD. GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, I WOULD RATHER GO WITH A FOREIGN CAR NEXT TIME. *TR

A FIRE BURNING MY ENTIRE 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT IN THE EARLY MORNINGS WHEN THE SUV WASN'T EVEN STARTED. *TR

O/D LIGHT FLASHING. NOW I HAVE TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION. READ ALL THE COMP. AND LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM. I TOTALLY AGREE THAT FORD SHOULD RECALL THE EXPLORERS. IT HAS CAUSE A LOT OF TROUBLE AND MONEY TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. PLEASE HELP. IF TRANSM. LOCKS IT COULD CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. *CN

TRANSMISSION O/D LIGHT STARTED COMING ON AND BLINKING PERIODICALLY WITH HARD SHIFTING OR SLIPPING AND CAR LURCHING FORWARD BEFORE SHIFTING. O/D STOPS WORKING AFTER O/D LIGHT STARTS BLINKING. HAD TRANSMISSION SOLENOIDS ADJUSTED LAST YEAR BUT ONLY HELPED SLIGHTLY THEN BACK TO SLIPPING AGAIN. ONLY HAVE 88,000 MILES ON VEHICLE WITH GOOD CARE AND NO TOWING EVER. *TR

O/D LIGHT COMES ON AND CARE WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR (TRANSMISSION). PULLING OFF FROM A STOP LIGHT IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR DOES NOT SEEM TO WANT TO GO. CARS ARE FLYING BY AND ALL I CAN DO TO KEEP FROM CAUSING AN INCIDENT WAS TO LET UP OFF THE GAS AND PRESS DOWN ON THE GAS HOPING IT WILL CHANGE THE GEAR. I ALMOST CAUSED AND ACCIDENT ON THE FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

MY 2002 FORD EXPLORER WILL NOT ACCELERATE AND THE O/D LIGHT BLINKS. MY CAR SLAMS INTO GEAR AND STALLS SOMETIMES. *TR