2000 Ford Explorer Sport: complete transmission failure

Filed Aug 20, 2011 · Transmission · 186,000 miles · NC

2000 ford explorer, o/d light began flashing, car sputtered, driving down the road, car would not go at all as though it was stuck in neutral. Will not go in gear. No drive, no reverse, nothing. Towed to transmission repair shop, $1800. To replace transmission.

Filed Apr 12, 2010 · Transmission · 135,900 miles · WA

When I bought the car three years ago it had just a rebuilt transmission in it. Less than a month after I purchased it I had to have a 2nd rebuilt transmission put in it when my o/d light began flashing. Just yesterday I was driving down the freeway(I-5 in seattle, wa) when my transmission failed and I had to coast across 3 lanes of freeway traffic to come to a stop on the shoulder. Thankfully I was able to make it safely to the shoulder but the situation could have ended very differently. I could have very easily gotten into an accident. I have been looking online and am finding that hundreds if not thousands of explorer owners have had the exact same issues that I have experience! It makes me sick that ford had yet to do anything about the problem.

Filed Oct 12, 2005 · Engine · 72,000 miles · NC

There is a customer complaint recall on ford explorer sports that ford customer relations said information was sent out on and people I talk to have not received this information. I am currently having this problem with my vehicle and when taking to the dealership I am told yes there was and ford knows that the tensioner chain is bad and they have a quiet recall on them and mine was covered but because of the miles on mine it is not and ford will do nothing about it. They know this is a problem and they should fix it and in all vehicles not just a complaint. The vehicle rattles and does not want to run with this problem. There is actually two recalls on this part not just one and I think ford needs to fix all the vehicle no matter what miles is on the vehicle the coverage is 6 years 72,000 mile I have a 2000 with a little over 77,000 mile only 5,000 out of there coverage area and I have also had to put a new transmission in the vehicle and ford knows that there transmissions have lots of problems also.

Filed Dec 30, 2003 · Transmission · 43,000 miles · NJ

The truck's valve body malfunctioned . When this occurred the automatic transmission failed to shift correctly. Although this is a common problem and the dealership is aware of it the cause is still unknown and there's isn't a remedy. Please provide any additional information.

Filed Aug 14, 2003 · Transmission · 51,400 miles · VA

Multiple failures report from the vehicle computer system for failing transmission. This car is barely three yrs old with low mileage and the transmission is already failing. Fords service explanation is that the vehicle requires regular transmission coddling (service) to maintain the overall life of the transmission. And of course I'm just over the mileage for powertrain warranty converage. I understand from more than one reputable car service dealers that the explorer is notorious for transmission failures.