Automatic Transmission problems of the 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac

Multiple defects with the transmission and the drive train cause the vehicle to stop operating causing a huge safety risk to the driver and passengers. I have read online that this is a huge issue with this make and model and Ford refuses to issue a recall.

Vehicle hangs up in park almost every time it is used; very difficult to get it into a drive or reverse gear; generally must be turned off and restarted in n to get moving again.

While pulling onto a busy hwy. In eastern utah my transmission without warning just started slipping and I had to quickly manually down shift the automatic and hope that it would go to avoid getting broad sided by a semi that was bearing down on me. When I got to a place that was safe I stopped and found that 1st and reverse gears were gone.

I am having problems with my 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac transmission and am being told that it needs to be replace at a cost of 3200. 00 of which I can not afford right now as I live on a fixed income, there is a known problem with this transmission that Ford motor company will not address. . . . Please make Ford fix this problem I need my car to get to work.

2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac with just 51,000 miles had continuous problems with breaks, rear-end seals and finally needed a new transmission. Since it was out of warranty by mileage, we had to replace it ourselves. In talking with several mechanics, both at dealerships and independent, they made comments in reference to the fact that they were seeing this frequently. We emailed the Ford corporation and they still have not responded.

Bought from dealer, used with 15000 miles. After 300 miles had to have transmission rebuilt (tranny warning light and vibration under acceleration, upshift 1st to 2nd or 2nd to 3rd). Only happened occasionally. Three weeks after rebuild noticed vibration at slow speeds, but could not replicate on demand. Dealer could not repeat vibration and returned it with no action. One week later transmission warning light illuminated on 2 different days. Taken to dealer for evaluation today. I'm concerned that there may be an inherent problem with the transmission.

I own a 2002 sport trac, at about 46000 miles mi transmission started to miss shifts from 2nd to 3rd gear, it took about 3 to 4 seconds for the transmission to get into the next gear, so I took it to the dealer where I usually have the truck serviced thinking that it just needed a fluid check due to the fact they performed a transmission fluid change at about 30000. When I went back to the dealer I was advised that the transmission had a problem on the fluid lines and the transmission had to be taken out to be rebuilt, so I asked why was this happening and they stated that there was a problem with the gaskets been worn out inside the transmission. But they couldn't specify if this was a factory problem or a owner abuse problem, so when I asked if there was a transmission recall by the manufacturer (Ford) on this type of trucks the answer was no. Then I was advised that my truck was out of factory warranty which is 3 years or 36000 miles and if I wanted to have the job done it had to be self financed, so I asked for an estimate which was about 18 hours labor @ $100 p/h and $500 in parts totaling $2300 and finally after calling Ford and complaining about this $30000 truck having a faulty transmission and getting a "your truck is out of warranty, and we don't have any other trucks with the same problem" I finally paid the repairs out of my pocket which I personally think should not be happening on a almost brand new truck.

Vehicle stalls mostly when shifting from 3rd to 2nd gear. Vehicle has stalled at least 20 times, taken to dealer 8 times. Dealer could not remedy, Ford was buying vehicle back.