2002 Ford Explorer electrical problems

Filed Nov 27, 2020 · Acceleration, Electrical · IL

The issues that I'm having is the exhilaration (picking up speed) on a public street as well as in the expressway it hesitates to do so. When the vehicle is parked and I go to switch gears it does not want to switch. The gauge indicator comes on and the gas idle be stuck on empty when it has a full tank of gas. While the vehicle is in motion the radio volume goes up and down on its own. And the vehicle did not want to start for me one day the very next day it started right on up (like it want to start but didn't catch). All of this started happening at the beginning of october 2020

Filed May 25, 2020 · Body, Electrical · NY

Summer,spring weather, all four, clear, glass windows do not slide up or down through its' power button, electronically.

Filed Jan 20, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · 20,000 miles · AR

Was driving on hwy and my vehicle just shut down as I was turning off the main road, lost all control of steering. When I raised the hood I saw my radiator smoking and all of a sudden it popped. Had to have it towed in to the shop and was told that the radiator had exploded and the engine seized up! How could this happen? I never even had it to over heat or the light never even alerted me. Just blew up and left me stranded. I was told after the fact that there is a recall on the radiator!

Filed Jan 17, 2020 · Electrical, Transmission · 80,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford explorer. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds the transmission independently switched to 4 wheel drive and the vehicle stalled. The failure recurred several times. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the transfer casing and ignition coils needed to be replaced. The ignition coil was replaced and the transfer casing was repaired however the failure recurred. An unknown dealer and the manufacturer were notified of the failures. No assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 80,000.

Filed Nov 6, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 205,890 miles · CA

The radiator started going out on me. I had to fix it twice. The breakes I keep having the continued fixing them every 4 months. Recently october 25, 2019 it started smelling like burnt rubber came thru the air vents. Things with the electricity oe a shortage. With the tires they put wrong tire size. They told me to sign and go because they didn't have my actual tire size. Its always on the smalls streets and on freeway or. Highway it smells like burnt rubber. The owner didn't notify me or bother to tell me it was on recall already.

Filed Oct 27, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 200,000 miles · GA

I was driving down the highway I went to make a left hand turn when smoke started coming out of the grill, so I pulled over to check under the hood, smoke started boiling out from under the hood

Filed Sep 4, 2019 · Electrical · IL · fire

The consumer stated the home fire hazard created by faulty design of non ul approved personal snow plow use for SUV manufactured by western products. Snow plow electric motor was unfused and overheated not responding to the comman controller shorting out and causing a serious expensive fire.

Filed Apr 4, 2018 · Electrical · 167,000 miles · OR

Blinkers and gauges won't work also bright lights do not work. Everything else works fine including emergency flashers. I've changed relay and checked fuses.

Filed Mar 5, 2018 · Electrical · 175,098 miles · NY · fire

Well I have a 2002 ford explorer xlt. It has the trailer brake which I never have used yet. I have a couple issues with it. The theft light blinks as long as the vehicle ain't running. Some times it doesn't like to start and has a brand new battery. Sometimes when put in gear while running it will shut it's self off. I also noticed when I bought it from another private sell that when I was driving the explorer that I kept smelling a burning smell like plastic and wires as well as smoke and heat admitting from the center console area. I dropped a piece of plastic in the center console area. I pulled up the center console area plastic and witnessed the factory wiring that runs to the center console lighter and else where sparking and smoking. I got it to stop and noticed that the fiberglass cloth thing the factory put around it was badly burned as well as almost halfway through all the center console are wires about an inch long as well as the plastic bottom area to the center console cup area. The burned plastic area is also started to melt. I have pictures on my cell phone. I showed the pictures to the reception guy at the jamestown ny 14701 ford dealer service desk. He gasped and looked genuinely scared that , that happened. I'm scared that this happened. I don't want it to catch fire going down the highway with my kids and newborn baby in it. This is a manufacture issue which I feel should be fixed at fords expense not ours.

Filed Feb 11, 2018 · Electrical · 164,000 miles · MI

Had a bad battery and now 4x4 won't work