1996 Ford Explorer transmission problems

Filed Aug 13, 2013 · Transmission · 72,428 miles · WI

Driving truck down wisconsin avenue in appleton when truck refused to shift. Immediately brought truck into to wisconsin motors sales and service and was informed the transmission had failed in truck. Truck had just been purchased ten days earlier.

Filed Mar 15, 2013 · Acceleration, Transmission · 175,000 miles · IN

The vehicle began hesitating during takeoff, allowing the engine to experience high RPM's but very little acceleration. The vehicle then began to not fall into 1st gear, when you shifted the car into drive from park the vehicle would hesitate for about 4 seconds then lurch heavily, the vehicle also does this at every stop, after you make a complete stop and precede to attempt to drive again the vehicle will RPM as you push the accelerator but won't move for about 4 seconds, after the 4 seconds the vehicle lurches forward heavily and spins both rear tires.

Filed Dec 20, 2012 · Suspension, Transmission · 170,000 miles · HI

I replaced the front hub assemblies in december 2011 with parts purchased from autopartsmidwest.com. On december 18, 2012, the left hub assembly failed and the wheel came off. The outer portion of the ball bearing race came off the splined hub. I was going very slowly at the time the failure occurred and there was no injury or damage other than to the hub assembly, caliper bracket and some other brake parts. The total cost of repair parts not including labor is about $500. I have no knowledge of the manufacturer of the hub assembly. It should be reasonable to expect a critical part like a hub assembly to last more than about 6000 miles. If the hub assembly had come apart two minutes or a half mile earlier, I might not be filing this report. I have asked autopartsmidwest to refund the purchase price of the defectuve hub assemblies as well as the cost of replacement parts. The sale of dangerously defective parts by autopartsmidwest and other on line seller must stop. It is impossible to inspect something like a hub assembly to verify its quality. Buyers must depend on the seller and manufacturer to provide safe car parts.

Filed May 3, 2010 · Engine, Transmission · 178,450 miles · NE

1996 explorer, has been a great vehicle. Started loosing power and shifting down and strange times. Then the o/d fail light started to flash. I understand this is a common failure and ford knows about it but refuses to acknowledge the fact or accept responsibility. They need to recall these transmissions.

Filed Feb 23, 2010 · Transmission · 149,800 miles · CO · crash

Our 96 ford explorer transmission has slipped out of gear at unpredictable times, speeds, and inclines. Only have had a back bumper "bumped" when this happened, but would really like for some dept or entity to refer us to a truly knowledgeable and experienced transmission shop or other helpful source.

Filed Jan 3, 2009 · Transmission · 80,000 miles · MI

4x4 fails to activate leaving vehicle impaired in 2 wheel mode during critical driving times. Switch on dash goes out, appears to be failure of 4x4 control module and transfer motor. Problem occurs after battery has been disconnected. Repair for vehicle requires changing out control module or transfer case motor. Problem appears to occur in all models of ford explorer 1991 - to date.

Filed Sep 22, 2005 · Transmission · MI

Dt: the vehicle started on february 2, 2005 took it to the dealer, and they said the water pump went out, but did not replace it. Also, there was a radiator leak. They did not replace anything. When putting the vehicle into gear the truck will jerk. Ford said this was the way it was suppose to drive. Took the vehicle to an independent mechanic, they said it was the transmission. The independent mechanic could tell it was not hooked up properly. Now the independent mechanic stated this was why the vehicle was torn up due to the way ford had the consumer drive the vehicle.

Filed Aug 2, 2004 · Transmission · 888,275 miles · FL

Thursday july 29th,2004 started to make left turn stalled rolled out of way of to avoid accident.few seconds later was able to go forward drove app.20 miles no problems,normal.parked in drive vehicle sat over night app.14hrs.july 30th drove app.5-6 miles then begin to not feel gears shifting,drove home.parked waited 3-4 hrs checked transmissiom fluid did not look right.waited over night was told looked like water in fluid,was told to check radiator,found transmission fluid in radiator.how did this happen.no warning,nothing.

Filed May 7, 2004 · Transmission · 123,345 miles · PA

Problems with 1996 ford explorer's engine and transmission. *mr *sc

Filed Apr 16, 2004 · Transmission · 138,579 miles · AR

I have an explorer sport with manual transmission. This car is will taken care of even if it has alot of miles on it. The manual shift shakes considerably. If there is a rough surface on the highway, it seems to be ready to take flight. At 165,000 miles I had the clutch, pressure plate, and throwout bearings replaced. The machine at the dealership couldn't tell me why it happened but he thought something was still wrong. Now at 212,000 miles the bearings and clutch are out again. While looking at some other explorers at the dealership, I noticed that the newwer explorers have a vibration damper mounted on the rear axle. Ford would be happy to put one on my car for $4,000. I am very upset since it was their design flaw that is causing all my problems.I have already spent alot of money trying to fix their design error.