O/d drive flashing and check transmission light is on, very noise on the back of vehicle,the truck only 58,000 on it.
2002 Ford Explorer transmission complaints
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O/d light blinking and irregular shifting during acceleration. 2002 ford explorer does not shift properly. Everytime I leave a stop sign or traffic light, the RPM's become very high (over 5,000) and will not shift. To keep the engine from racing, I have to lift my foot off the gas pedal to get it to shift. This causes the car to slow down quickly and with a line of cars behind me that do not anticipate me slowing down just as I am accelerating, this forces them to slow down quickly unexpectedly so they do not run into the back of the truck. This is dangerous.
Just bought the truck recently the previous owner took very good care of it looks just like new even the engine and inside parts look like new. But recently the truck wouldn't reverse we took it to the dealer and the estimate scared us it was ridiculous. We took it to another mechanic and he just changed the oil and filter but he told us that the transmission had some damaged already. After we brought it back from the mechanic it worked fine for two days then the same problem happened again and the yellow light keeps on blinking. We haven's used it since the problem doesn't happen all the time but we're afraid of it happening while driving it or in a parking lot or something.
Just out of the blue o/d light started blinking and transmission making very rough shifts into 4th. This happened 3 years ago and I have been driving as is as can't afford a new transmission. Car had 70,000 miles roughly when problem occurred.
My 2002 ford explorer limited 4x4 had a chiming noise followed by a o/d blinking light on wed. I put the car in park and hit the button for o/d a couple of times it then went out. I drove it straight home. I was only two minutes from my house. The next day I drove it and it acted like it wouldn't or couldn't shift right. I do not understand how a car that is pampered could go so wrong. I had to replace both four wheel drive motors this winter and I hardly use it. The four wheel would not engage. Now I am told that I probably need a new tranny and that it is very expensive.I don't have alot of money. I have always owned ford but never again! I think ford should recall all these trannys and fix them just like toyota fixed their problems. Maybe I should by toyota.
2002 ford explorer shifter broke while putting vehicle in drive looked at part made out of some type of granulated aluminum. Can't believe such a unsafe metal could be used in a vehicle part will call ford for estimate read over 50 complaints on carcomplaints.com couldn't believe that the dot has let this go on for so long. I will be contacting my local news team and other marines who have ford explorers and telling everyone that has an explorer.
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford explorer. The contact was driving at 60 MPH when the vehicle began decreasing in speed and become sluggish.the contact was unable to shift into drive or reverse, he coasted into the emergency lane. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who advised having the vehicle diagnosed at the contact's expense. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer would not provide any assistance. The failure and current mileages were 142,957.
2002 ford explorer transmission continues to need repair. I've rebuilt the transmission twice and it has gone out again. It began with the o/d light flashing, then, without warning, it slips out of gear, never to return. I spend about $2,000 with each rebuild. I can no longer afford the cost. Having read the voluminous reports of the identical failure, I believe it's time for a recall by ford!
Went to leave a baseball game and attempted to put my car in reverse only to have the gear shift come loose from the steering column and was just dangling there. Of course customer service at ford could not help.
Transmission is slipping and needs to be replaced.
I pulled into my driveway and went to put my vehicle into park and the gear shift was like a broken limb in my hand. I checked with several auto part stores and the replacement part is a dealer only part. Ford will not sell the part to customer for personal repair. Plus the cost to repair is very costly. I was seeking information and found several other complaints on autobeef-car complaints.com. Seems like ford needs to reconsider this as recall.
2002 ford explorer differential subject to increased whining @ 85000 miles and rapidly failed over the course of one week @ 99,000 miles. R side wheel bearings have failed at same time. Differential has locked up and drive gear jumps gear teeth during any turn. Dealer claims they've never seen such a failure but located a ford 'fix kit' very quickly so am very suspicious of their statement. I pulled the explorer from the dealer for second opinion and rep told me to 'park it' and never to drive it until repaired due to potential of highway lockup with extreme consequences. Ford is hiding this defect from the public. Have just filed complaint with ford online who are replying with form letter email refusals to help . Drive gear failure on any vehicle is unheard of, and should never fail. Vehicle sits on a truck chassis and should be sturdier than it is.
The SUV, which is a 2002 ford explorer. Just started to drive really slowly and an o/d light came on which tells me that I pretty much need a new transmission. This is the third time that this has happened to my vehicle. The consequences are the very expensive price on fixing the problem. The first 2 times ford fixed it with a rebuilt transmission and now they want me to pay again. Sorry not going to happen. This is a very common issue please make ford recall these vehicles.
1. Transmission problems when I stopped fast 2. Transmission goes into neutral and takes about 10 seconds to pop back into gear. 3. Took to dealership where I was told they could replace a $1,000 part.
O/d light keeps flashing and transmission slips and the vehicle only has 80 thousand miles. This is unacceptable by ford please do something they are taking we the consumers for granted.
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 ford explorer. While driving at approximately 75 MPH, the vehicle stopped moving forward. The vehicle was towed to an independent repair shop where the transmission was replaced. The failure had not occurred since the repair. The contact also stated that while attempting to shift the vehicle into park, the gear shifter broke off of the steering column. The vehicle was towed to an independent repair shop where the contact was informed this was a known problem with that model. The vehicle was in the process of having the steering column replaced. The failure mileage was 113,997. The current mileage was unavailable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford explorer. The contact stated that while shifting the vehicle into reverse, the gear shift selector broke off from the steering column. The vehicle was not taken in to be examined and there were no repairs. The failure and current mileages were unavailable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford explorer. The contact stated while driving at speeds of 30 MPH, the vehicle began to decrease in speed without warrant. The over drive warning lights were illuminated on the dashboard and the contact was able to drive the vehicle to his residence without incident. The manufacturer was contacted but offered no assistance. The dealer was not contacted and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 120,000.
Oh where do I begin. I have 90,000 miles on my SUV. My radio goes off and on randomly. Door ajar is on randomly. When shifting from park to drive, it sticks and I have to tap it to go into drive. Rear wheel bearing had to be replaced. O/d light came on and flashing. One time I thought it was in park and when getting out of my car, it began to roll after taking my foot of the brake. I see these seem to be problems for several ford explorer owners. Please please please get this across to ford that these need to be recalled, if not I will not be a ford owner ever again and tell everyone I know not to buy a ford! What is going to take, a death or injury?? Take responsibility ford! Hope this never happens to you but then again, you probably don't even drive a ford.
At about 110,000 miles my transmission on my 2002 ford explorer xlt started slipping. Driving down the expressway my o/d light comes on and I am unable to accelerate as the gears are not shifting correctly. Took it in to a local transmission shop and they installed an overhauled 5r55w transmission. Less than a year later I take my truck to trade it in and the dealer says that the transmission is bad, going out and they would only offer me $2000 for my trade. The transmission is starting to slip again at 117,000 miles and I will again have to take it in to be repaired before the od starts flashing again as I'm driving to work. Luckily I am still under the 1 year warranty from the transmission repair shop, but I will be without a vehicle again to get back and forth to work.
I have a 2002 ford explorer xlt. It has 118,000 miles. About 2 month ago my o/d light start to flash really fast. I took it to aamco and they say its the torque converter clutch with error code p0741 tcc. They want me to fix this with $1700. This has happen to many people. The o/d off light comes on every time I drive my SUV past 40 MPH and it doesnt come back off until I turn the car off and than it goes back again after 40 MPH.
The overdrive light on my 2002 ford explorer is flashing (blinking) and the transmission is acting erratic. Shortly after buying this car(in 2003) a similar issue happened. I took it to a ford shop. The mechanic requested the transmission be replaced. Ford denied the request & had the mechanic change only the solenoid(I believe for the 1st& 2nd gear?). Thankfully, this was under warranty. I've taken decent care of my transmission since in regards to maintenance. Now, this issue(or similar) is back. Before attempting to bring my car to ford or another shop, I decided to check on the internet. I came across http://www.carcomplaints.com or more specifically: http://www.carcomplaints.com/ford/explorer/2002/transmission/o_d_light_is_blinking.shtml. To my surprise, this incident is not close to unique. I like my car & ford, but this is just not right. I hope this issue can properly be addressed by ford. This will probably be the only way they can retain me and my family as repeat customers...
I'm an owner of a 2002 ford explorer xlt. Recently while driving on the interstate highway, I noticed the o/d light was flashing/blinking and my transmission was vibrating while shifting gears. I immediately acted quickly by gradually pulling over to come to a stop. As I later tried to accelerate the vehicle, it would not go past 10 MPH, the transmission was stuck in 1st gear. Thank god my kids were not in the truck at the time. This faulty transmission needs to be acknowledge by ford motor company. Please do not look at this as another complaint, this could potentially become a liability issue if not addressed. The same as with any other safety issue its investigated thoroughly, I'm praying this is looked at as serious safety concern on the highways.
Transmission failure, this is the second transmission in just under 2 years. Ford needs to do a recall. I have had the vehicle properly maintenanced and all the necessary upkeep. This is awful.
Driving down the hwy the o/d light began to flash on and off. Transmission then begins to randomly change gears. Nothing has been done yet to fix.
I have a 2002 ford explorer. When starting from a stop, the vehicle hesitates and then lurches forward. Other times the vehicle does not want to slow down. My o/d light is beginning to flash for no reason while driving or after warming up.
I have a 2002 ford explorer and the o/d light began blinking and transmission began slipping, 110k miles on it and no problems. This seems like a common one, and ford seems to be losing a lot of customers because no actions are done to fix or help us. Haven't gone to dealership yet but am not looking forward to the results.
Overdrive light flashing late shifting high rpms hard shifting. A common complaint for this vehicle. Ford says tough luck to a 3-5k ford fix which will recur.
I have owned my 2002 ford explorer now for 3 years, within this 3 years I have had to make 2 major repairs and am now facing my 3rd. The transmission in my car needed to be fixed with 6 month of owning my car and now a year and half later I am facing more transmission issues. The car continuously kicked hard when shifting gears. Also if I were to put into park it would still roll or if I put it into reverse it would roll forward as if it were in reverse. Now it is using up to 5/6 rams to shift gears. I took it to a transmission shop and it missing all of its 3rd gear. I have found over 280 complaint about this same issue on the same make and model and that's just on one website. I believe this is very dangerous and as a new mother am wondering with all the complaints is this car safe? I don't believe it is. The transmission in this car needs to be recalled. This is not just one instance of bad luck. This is happening repeatedly with the same vehicle! I hope it doesn't take someone getting hurt for something to be done about this. Thank you for looking into this matter.
Purchased vehicle with in 2 weeks transmission fluid was every where. Transmission took to dealer. Back and forth to dealer for almost one year. They eventually said they would put a new tranny in the truck. With in 2 wks was doing same thing. O/d light blinking, won't shift, clunking. Took back to dealer wouldn't do any more. Took to diff. Dealer found out that they had put a tranny out of a junk yard into my explorer. Not happy. That tranny lasted about 4 months, had rebuilt lasted 7 months parked for a long time. Making payments and couldn't afford another tranny. Working on finding another tranny now that it is paid for. This is ridiculous as you can ask anyone who owns one of these vehicles and they all have the same problems. Perhaps a class action suit would be the way to go seeing as ford is not willing to recall these transmissions and replace with one that they know doesn't have these problems. I even went to the bbb and reported dealership and the attorney general. Seems like ford would want to uphold there reputation. But I guess money is all that matters to them. I will never have another ford, the bad thing is that I have always been a loyal ford fanatic. This has really sucked alot of peoples wallets dry including mine. Come on ford!!!!!!
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