Three problems related to rear suspension springs have been reported for the 1997 Ford Explorer. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Since the Explorer was 5 years old the driver side of the truck was starting to settle/ be lower than the passenger side. Until it was so bad the shop stated we needed to replace the rear springs, shocks and stabilizer and *** the rear was also lower than the front. So we had to replace the front shocks and several suspension parts to try to level the vehicle back to normal. Now with the engine blown the truck again was settling to the passenger side and toward the rear!!!!!.
Weak rear springs on left rear of Ford Explorer, making vehicle lean to the left.
The right rear leaf spring is bad and this causes the tires to ware which has caused us several dollars to replace tires. I've been told that leaf springs don't go bad but mine has.