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.
1996 Ford Explorer: jerking or lurching
7 of the 1,448 complaints about the 1996 Ford Explorer describe jerking or lurching.
- owner complaints
- 7
- of this car's complaints
- 0%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 57 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Jerking or lurching by model year
What owners say
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.
Was traveling 30mph and vehicle would not shift into 3rd gear from 2nd gear. Transmission would slip hard. Vehicle would jerk when this happened. At dealership, transmission was replaced with a used one, but same problem occurred.
When driving at 35 MPH and pulling from a parking space steering wheel jammed and made a popping sound. Also, in order to move steering wheel consumer had to jerk and apply force to steering wheel to move it. Consumer has yet to contact the dealer. Please provide any further details.
Rear tire blewout causing driver to loose control as a result the vehicle ran off the road, the driver jerked the steering wheel to the right and the vehicle entered the road and flipped three times landing on its wheels, physical evidence does not support blowout, but does indicate tread separation which partially came off the body of the tire, three people were injured one was killed (texas peace offices accident report, bridgestone/firestone, p235/75r15, radial atx m/s, vdhl1pm276, right rear). Nlm
Transmission jerks/bucks.
Engine and fuel injection malfunction. Check engine light flashed, engine RPM's raise to 4000-5000 without acceleration, vehicle jerks as if receiving fuel intermittently. Vehicle sometimes stalls and/or will not start.
Service bulletins that may apply
- Front axle leaks fluid from vent tube - vehicles equipped with 4X4 or AWD
- Low line pressure reading at wide open throttle (WOT), slipping shifts and / or delayed engagements with...
- New transmission cooler flusher - service tips
- Fluid may leak out of the front axle vent tube
- New service part - number 5 needle bearing and race kit - 4R70W transmission - service tip
- Some vehicles may exhibit a no 1-2 upshift, no 2-3 upshift, a no engine braking condition in manual 1 or...
- Some vehicles built prior to 9/15/2001 may exhibit low line pressure readings while in drive, no 2ND gear,...
- Certain vehicles with 4X4 or all-wheel drive may have a fluid leak from the front axle vent tube
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1996 Ford Explorer jerking
Is jerking or lurching a common problem on the 1996 Ford Explorer?
7 of 1,448 owner complaints about the 1996 Ford Explorer (0%) mention jerking or lurching. The model year with the most reports is 2020.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1996 Ford Explorer?
There are 0 recalls and 57 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 1996 Ford Explorer
Tire blowout 259Seat belt 46ABS 38Door locks 35Adaptive cruise 33Brake failure 25Sudden acceleration 24No deployment 23Fire or smoke 21Stalling 16Transmission failure 15Grinding brakes 14Check engine light 14Pulling 13Engine failure 9Loss of power 9Slipping 9Headlights 8Ball joint 7Steering noise 7Wipers 7Won't start 7Won't shift 6Hesitation 5
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