I own a 2002 ford explorer the transmission started slipping when it was shifting in to 3rd gear so a took it to the ford dealership two days later they call me and tell me that I need a new transmission it would be around 3,300.00 .well I go on line to research and try to find a transmission come to find out there's hundred of people who own the 2002 ford explorer with the same thing happen to it I know things do wear out but it's a little funny for it do be the same year and models and the same mileages I got it use and it had 90,000 miles on it but the transmission had been rebuilt already.
2002 Ford Explorer transmission complaints
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Traveling on interstate when loud noise came from the transmission. Rpm's went up drastically. Tranny light came on. When starting and stopping the truck the transmission would make a horrible metal sound. Have not driven it for 1 month due to having to go get a loan to pay for the repairs. Took to aamco which stated today that the tranny needs to be totally overhauled at $2400.
O/d light flashing, transmission slipping.
My 2002 ford explorer had rear and front howling noises similar to a jet during take off. Also was very unstable at higher speeds. Ford dealership found both rear wheel bearings and rear differential bearings need replacing. They also stated that the rear had such a wobble that it would dangerous to drive in its current condition. Just the rear wheel bearings cost me almost $600. On further investigation they found the front hubs and ring and pinion noisy and also in need of replacement. The total for these repairs is nearing $3000. No wonder ford is heading into bankruptcy! This vehicle still has well under 100,000 miles, has never towed, plowed or used off-road, all highway mileage. Is this why they say ford is fix or repair daily? My next vehicle will not be ford for sure. Ford needs to have these issues recalled and fixed before somebody gets hurt.
I own a 2002 ford explorer xlt. It has 99,000 miles on it. I drove this vehicle very gently and haven't had any prior problems. Then one day out of nowhere, the transmission went. It went without warning. No prior slippage, no jerking, no engine lights, nothing. Now I have to dish out money I don't have to get it fixed. I see I'm not the only person with this problem. Ford needs to recognize the fact that they messed up somewhere along the way with this vehicle. It has a nice body, a nice look and feel. The transmission problem just needs to be taken care of. I'm waiting for a recall so I can get my money back. I've been a faithful ford driver, and they should be there for everyone who supports them by buying their vehicles. If I don't get any resolution, I'll be sure to never even look at a ford again. I'll tell everyone I know to stay clear of ford.
Changing gears (park to drive) in order to drive car. Gear shift lever came off car. Have found other complaints on this model on web where gear shift lever falls off steering column. What car has a gear shift lever that falls off????
Transmission failure on highway, in a construction zone, almost resulting in an accident. This is a known problem w/ 2002 explorers. Ask any transmission shop. Also check out carcomplaints.com - it is their #1 worst vehicle. I counted 10 technical service bulletins on this transmission, but no recall !?!
2002 ford explorer xlt 103k miles makes a clunk when shift on reverse. Took it for check up and need a new transmission which will cost about $2500+ I already paid $10,000 for SUV cant pay any more and I only owned it for 10 months. And there are thousands of customers with the same problem that can be found on this website. Http://www.carcomplaints.com/ford/explorer/2002/transmission/transmission_slips_when_shifting_and_clunks.shtml I think ford should take responsibility for this issue and help us out.
Ford explorer 2002 clutch pack in rear diff went out causing rack and pinion to go out. Ford dealer states this is a common problem with this year. Had rear diff rebuilt by dealership with ford parts and 24,000 miles later the dealership says it needs replaced again. At $1300 to over $1500 each time this is crazy and neither ford nor the dealership will assist in the cost. After calling ford customer service my aggravation increased because they refused to acknowledge that this is a problem. Now same problem on our 03 expedition. If the diff locks up I can only imagine what will happen.
My 2002 ford explorer has been wonderful until my transmission started slipping it would run fine then jolt into gear out of no where then be running fine again. I was on my way to work the other day and out of no where my car stalls in drive I am pushing on the gas pedal and nothing no movement in rush hour traffic. I have my car towed to the transmission shop and bang you need a new transmission, I did not take my car to the shop the first couple of times because the issue was so few and far between, so I thought ok maybe transmission fluid or oil change did that everything was fine for about two months then I low and behold I am out 1000's of dollars for a new transmission. Then I decide to research my year, make, model vehicle and find out that I am not the only one who has to throw away money that I can not afford because ford knew about the transmission problem all along. I have always bought ford vehicles but I think that I might have to reconsider when I look for another vehicle unless ford wants to do the right thing and recall this year transmission and reimburse those who were out money getting their vehicles fixed when ford knew that their was a problem to beginning with. Thank goodness that I was stopped at a red light when my car stalled because I could have been rear ended and then I would be more upset than I am.
2002 ford explorer with an o/d light flashing and now a service engine soon light on. Was told by the dealer that the transmission would have to be rebuilt. Only 46000 miles on the truck. Only changed every 3000. Extended warranty just expired on dec 13, 2007 after 5 years. Updated
2002 eddie bauer explorer transmission transmission type 5r55w started to slip and the vehicle has 110,000 mi. Next my o/d dash light started to flash and then the check transmission light went on. Dealer stated it was just a bad solenoid replacement cost of $1,000 or worse? Second opinion stated that there is a buried code in the diagnostic about the overdrive wasn't working and the test drive by mech. Noted that 5th gear wasn't working. The independent mech. Stated that he was sorry when he found out it was an explorer because he has a lot of this work. The transmission was overhauled to the sum of $2,710. Safety concern? Well you have your family in this vehicle trying to merge onto a highway while your transmission is slipping or worse. To me this is as big as a safety item as their back glass lift gate they recalled. Or their roll over issue for that matter. So I may be one person but you just have to type in this issue on the internet and the number of complaints are incredible. Ok so many people have had the same issue. So go to their tsb and this is littered with transmission issues. This is clearly a faulty transmission from the start but apparently consumer complaints have not been enough for ford to do the right thing here. I would ask that the federal safety agency do what is in their power to request ford to do the right thing here and reimburse us for fixing an obvious and dangerous design flaw.
Ford explorer xlt 2002 with 61,000 miles o/d light started flashing rapidly and the check engine light came on. Was told the transmission was slipping between 1st and 2nd gear and needed replacing. Replaced transmission and less than a year later the o/d light started flashing rapidly and check engine light came on again. Had the codes read and needed to replace pressure sensor valve. Worked fine until lately and now vehicle is doing the same thing again.
One of my customers came to me with 53,000 on her 2002 ford explorer. The complaint was a mile long. Engine light is on, ABS light is on, speed sensor,A/C probs, rear axle seals are leaking on the irs, poor excuse for a rear axle system in my opinion. A person cant tell if it is the differential or the rear bearings are bad, reading on here I think that they are both bad. Diff is full of metal shavings. I am sorry but if ford don't start standing behind such a poor excuse for a vehicle, that one one gentlemen on here is going to be right someone is going to get hurt first. Thanks for all the great input on here as a mechanic it means a lot. I am going to loose a big job granted. Unlike other certain places hmmmmmmmmm dealers I care about my customers and value their lives. You should do like I am going to strongly encourage my customer to get rid of this piece of crap. This is why the foreign car manufacturer are kicken our butts because we cant build anything decent and the stand behind it. What's that. That's how we are, we always wait till its too late to do anything until someone gets hurt, like our children. What really pains me is that ford motor co use to be an american icon along with all there competitors in the american market and use to care about keeping a customer for life and keep up on things like customer service and quality, ins co (don't even get me started). The worst part about it is you cant tell me that you should not be able to 100,000 miles without major defects other that normal maintenance. Ok im done. Signed: a guy worried that people cant find us honest mechanics kurt from green bay wi.
Tranny slippage. O/d light/service engine light flashing. Engine revving but not coming into gear. The transmission shop said this is a known issues with fords. The bands that wrap the 2nd & 5th gears to lock against the drum are defective. Ford has updated the style of the band and once replaced this issue does not repeat. My estimate so far is at $2100-$2300. We will not know full extent of damage until he removes, dismantles & inspects it ($595 to do that). As this is a known ford issue with their defective part, there should be a recall and owners should be reimbursed for the cost of repairs.
I have a 2002 ford explore v-8 xlt that has been taken care of and all the sudden I have transmission problems, when I am in drive all sudden out of no where my car will either stall or it will jolt into gear. Then it will be ok for a while then it starts doing the same thing again. I am more mad that more than 100 complaints have been posted with the same transmission problem for the same year ford vehicle all of them almost the exact same and there is no investigation into this problem. I was on a website that listed this website for vehicle complaints and that there were several complaints for the same thing transmission failure for the 2002 ford explorer.
Absolutely no warning signs o/d off light blinking transmission bands failure, requiring a complete rebuild $2500-3500 for repair at 68,000 miles.
Transmission failure.
Transmission on my 2002 ford explorer is failing after only 40,000 miles. Even though I have maintained the vehicle and not abused it, I will have to replace the transmission.
1)no particular events leading up to failure, one day o/d light came on (flashing) 2)transmission failure, must rebuild to the tune of $3,400 3)transmission rebuild.
Transmission failure and rear end failure.
I have this 2002 explorer eddie bauer edition. It only has 79k on it, and the o/d started flashing. I pulled over and shut it off, and started it again.....after I restarted no problems...light was gone, and still shifted correctly. I proceeded and took it to my dealer....was told it would be around 5800 to fix this. That is ridiculous...with that low of miles on it......
Rear end noise on a 2002 ford explorer. Possible rear differential.
Transmission went out on my explorer 2002 ...every single person I know that has 2002 explorer had to re-build their transmission ..ford needs to take care of...I cant afford to fix it each time ..its factory defect that should be recalled. There's alot of non satisfied costumers that I find all over the world. Something has to be done.
Transmission failure - known 2002 ford explorer issue and not a recall. Have to replace entire transmission.
Transmission would not work beyond 2nd gear. This truck had less than 60,000 miles and was a 2002 model. The transmission had to be completely removed and a new transmission was put in during 2007.
I own a 2002 ford explorer. When the vehicle was 3 years old, the transmission went out in it. One day it wasn't driving right, and by the next day the transmission was out. The dealership did not stand behind their warranty (it was still under 100k miles) I ended up shelling out over $2000 for this to be repaired. I have had alot of people tell me that they have had the same problem with their explorer. The shop that repaired the car had lots of trouble with the transmission as well. It took them a month to get it running properly. I still have problems with the third gear. It does not shift properly and will sometimes skip the gear all together. I am proud to own an american made car, but it runs like crap and I wish that ford would do something to correct this. It is not old enough to have this kind of problem, and many people are in the same boat as me with their explorer. I am still trying to pay this off as well as continue to make the car payment.
I bought my 2002 ford explorer used in 2005 with about 60,000 miles on it. In 6 months the entire car would shake if I went above 50 miles per hour. About a week later, while driving on the highway I felt the car shift extremely hard. I took it to a shop and was told that 3rd gear was already gone and that I was going to soon lose 2nd and so on. I had to spend $2000 on a rebuilt transmission. However, almost 2 1/2 years later this rebuilt transmission is failing again. This time the od light started to blink; I had a garage get the code immediately. It said there was an issue with the torque converter. I had them look at the transmission closer and they found that the transmission fluid was burnt and there were metal shavings in it. The transmission is fried again, and it will cost approximately $3200 to fix it this time. This is definitely a safety concern because these problems often come with no warning. Both incidents I was driving on a highway with my family in the car. Something must be done. This is definitely a defect in the sealed transmissions put in the 2002 explorers!!!
Rear end differential problem on 2002 ford explorer.
Purchased '02 explorer eddie bauer brand new in aug '01. From brand new, explorer would not immediately engage when stopped at a light and pressing the gas. After multiple visits to ford, and they couldn't find anything wrong, they finally got a service notice that told them how to fix it. Now at just 86k miles, young for gently driven, fully maintained vehicles, I am being told that I need a new transmission. O/d off light repeatedly comes on, goes off when I turn off the explorer. Also, strange vibrations at highway speed (not rough road), and loud/firm shift in and out of reverse. Yesterday o/d off light came on with service engine soon. Ford service says that I need a new transmission for $3k+ and that it can go out any day now. After research, this is obviously a very common issue and related to a defective transmission, which should not be an expected cost of auto ownership. Have not decided who to have repair it yet.
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