2003 Ford Explorer electrical problems

Filed Aug 2, 2017 · Electrical · 108,412 miles · CT · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford explorer. While driving approximately 10 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning and crashed into a ditch. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact and four bystanders pushed the vehicle into a residential driveway. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 108,412.

Filed Jul 19, 2016 · Driver assistance, Electrical · PA

My transmission light has been coming on. I was only at 117k miles when it happened. That's to soon for a transmission to be acting up especially since it's anew one according to carfax this is the second transmission for my explorer. The first one was put in only at 3 years old. It will sometimes jerk into reverse or take a second to go into drive when I switch gears. My overdrive light also flashes which I assume means my overdrive no longer works. The light only comes on after driving over 40 MPH. So if I'm on the highway I can't go the speed limit because I don't want this light coming on. I took it to a transmission shop it needs a torque converter and a rebuild. I contacted ford and they won't do anything about it. They told me to buy a new car. When I go up hills my explorer also has trouble even though it shouldn't. I also need a new solenoid pack.

Filed Mar 30, 2016 · Electrical, Transmission · 200,183 miles · KY

While driving home from work this evening the o/d off light began steadily blinking and the transmission took way too long to shift (RPM almost red line) and wouldn't shift into 5th gear. I was driving on a city street and first noticed the truck not shifting and within 3 minutes of driving the o/d off light began flashing. If you turn the truck off then back on the o/d off light turns off but the truck still won't shift correctly and the light starts to blink again. My truck only has 133,000 miles. I googled this problem and discovered that the vast majority of 2003 ford explorer owners have this same problem.

Filed Feb 24, 2016 · Body, Electrical · 188,000 miles · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford explorer. The contact stated that the door ajar warning light illuminated, which caused the dome light to remain illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 188,000.

Filed Dec 5, 2015 · Electrical, Transmission · 147,000 miles · PA

I bought my ford explorer xlt back in june of 2015. Since then I replaced my oxygen sensor do to a fault in the system and melting back in aug. 20015. The SUV wouldn't start because of it and had to be towed. Since I purchased and had replaced the oxygen sensor by a ford dealer, I noticed the SUV having power failure even from a complete stop and now the over drive off light flashes; this started in the beginning of nov. 2015 I noticed that there is over 2755 complaints of transmission problems and failures exactly the same as mine, but not one recall. This is a issue with the SUV themselves and not owner error. I have children and don't want to end up stranded in the street or side of the highway due to transmission failure. There has to be something causing the transmission to break down or fail and I refuse to be the the blame nor pay thousands to ford dealership to fix a flaw in there own SUV. A recall needs to be made for this problem and it is clearly a manufacture flaw.

Filed Sep 15, 2015 · Electrical, Transmission · 95,000 miles · NJ

I purchased my 03 ford explorer back in 2/15. It looked like I purchased a very very good used vehicle. Everything has been fine with it up until 2 weeks ago. My door ajar light keeps coming on when everything is closed, the od light is blinking non stop and the trunk window opens by itself when I am driving. When im driving it feels like the car is trying to "catch up". Like it knows I'm trying to do a certain speed but its way below and after a min. Or so, then it will go the correct speed. I had it hooked up to a diagnostic tool and its giving me the code of p7032 (something like that). Something about 2nd gear of trans? Ive been told that this is a known issue with this make, model and year.. Ive also ready 100s of reviews and complaints on these issues. What I don't seem to understand is why isn't ford doing anything about this???? If you are a manufacturer and see all these complaints and reviews (which I'm sure they do) then why aren't these vehicles getting recalled? I'm not rich in any way fashion or form. I'm a single mother of 4 who works full time and receives no gov't assistance. If I would have known that this is a "known" issue I would never have spent my hard earned money.... Does anyone know if anything is being done about this??

Filed Sep 10, 2015 · Electrical, Visibility · 162,052 miles · WI

Adjusted HVAC temperature from cold to hot. Approximately 5 seconds later, a loud and repetitive popping sound came from the defroster vents. I was startled and immediately stopped the car (on a 2 lane highway) to investigate. The blend door actuator is failing. This condition will cause a loss of climate control in the cabin. It can get stuck on hot or cold or anywhere in between. If it gets stuck in the cold setting, the windshield defroster will not work which could cause an accident due to loss of visibility. If it gets stuck on the hot setting, heat-sensitive passengers may be injured by heatstroke in the summer months since air will always flow through the vents when the vehicle is moving.

Filed Nov 3, 2014 · Electrical · 160,000 miles · DC

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford explorer. The contact stated that the key fob failed to unlock or lock the doors. The vehicle stalled and failed to start. The contact mentioned that a chime sounded after the failures occurred. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 160,000.

Filed Aug 4, 2014 · Electrical, Visibility · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford explorer. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 40 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was not able to restart. The vehicle was towed to the contact's home. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the windshield wipers were pushing water into the fuse box when it rained. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was unavailable.

Filed Jul 21, 2014 · Electrical · 120,000 miles · MA

I was driving on a curve and the engine shut off , I was able to stop ,and turn the car on again, that was the third time that happened , the other two times the car was at low speed , around 30 MPH .