general problems of the 2000 Ford Explorer

Big concern with my power train. The back of the car has a loud whirring noise when traveling on the highway and clicks loudly when you slow down. Going a faster speed seems to sound better but its pretty scary. The check engine light comes on and stays on. There also is a sensor that needs to be replaced and I don't know its name. . The brakes have been checked out and rendered passable but I fear that I will not be able to stop sometimes. It feels unstable. I am elderly and need a stable car to drive.

Tl-the contact owns a 2002 Ford Explorer. The contact stated the vehicle rolls when parked on a hill eventhough it was in the parked gear position. The dealer had not been contacted yet. The contact was having medical issues with stress. The manufacturer stated that it was not their problem. The failure mileage was 155. 275. Tf.

When turning the car steering wheel turns pops and clicks without tires or steering collum turning like it's broke off of the collum as well the car come out of park and rolls off wile car is off and in park with keys out shifters also very loose as the steering goes it first happend going down the highway and we just started drifting in and out if lanes with little control happens when cars off on moving or not nothing changes does seem to improve when it's in 4wd.

Vehicle is stuck in 4-wheel low animal going to 4 wheel high or auto I.

The vehicle is subject to sudden unexplained acceleration while both in motion and stationary.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Explorer. While driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle failed to shift into gear and accelerated independently without warning. The failure recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 176,000.

Tl- the contact owns a 2000 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while driving at 10 mph and pulling into the driveway of the contacts home the vehicle stalled with the check engine indicator illuminating on the vehicle's instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the vehicles transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 116,000. Wh.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Explorer. While the gear shifter was in park, the vehicle rolled backward and stalled. The vehicle then began to roll forward. The contact depressed the brake pedal to the floor, but the vehicle failed to stop. As a result, the contact's vehicle crashed into a parked vehicle. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The failure recurred twice. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 106,000.

Timing chain rattles.

There apparently is a problem with this transmission due to all the research I have done and found this transmission has had problems for many years with very low mileage (less than 150,000) and people followed the service recommendations per Ford manufacturer. Just another failure of the government not protecting the consumer but big business due to jobs and taxes. . . I have maintained this vehicle per recommendations since purchase at 62,000 miles. To reach this mileage and this occurs as it has to everyone else, has been a total failure on this manufacturer to take responsibility for a transmission that should of lasted a lot longer than what I have read in many complaints in regards to this issue. . .

The day of the fatality I was standing outside the vehicle for around 5 to 10 minutes. I was on an upgrade,. (however I had just recently had new brakes installed and the car was in park). Suddenly the vehicle began to roll back at a fast pace killing the back seat driver that was in there seatbelt. And injuring myself in an attempt to halt the vehicle.

Noticed a steel pin approximately 1. 25" long by 5/32' diameter on the floor below the steering column. Then noticed absence of transmission shift lever detent. In other words, the transmission could be shifted from park to low and back again without pulling the lever forward. The pin is splined at one end.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Explorer. Ever since August of 2007, the contact experienced issues with the vehicle switching out of gear intermittently. The brakes, rotors, alternator, motor mount, pulley assembly, all the belts, and tires were replaced; however, the failure still persists. On may 1, 2009, while driving out of a subway station at 5 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and switched into reverse and the contact almost struck a pedestrian. An officer witnessed the failure and advised him to call NHTSA. The failure mileage was 83,200 and current mileage was 100,540.

2000 Ford Explorer the transmission problem it slow down in gear and second gear. Ford dealer will paid attend to this problem.

The vehicle experienced a hard jerk, when driving at highway speeds. At times, the vehicle would jerk three to four times in a row. Dealer was notified and couldn't diagnose the problem.

I have a 2000 Explorer with the sohv v6. About two years ago while on vacation we had a problems starting the truck. I found that if I fully depressed the accelerator the truck would start but would stall right after. If I held the gas down a little after starting, the truck would run but stall if I let off the gas pedal fully. This problem has plagued us for 2 years and the dealer has looked at it several times but found nothing. I was finally able to fix the problem myself after doing some research on a Ford truck owner web site. The problem was a faulty iac valve. I know this for sure because the truck repeated the problem and wouldn't idle until I replaced this valve. After that the truck started right up. I went back to the dealer and reported the results. They claimed they can't reimburse me for that part cost (~ $80) because they never could get an error code from the diagnostics they ran. If they refunded my cost, Ford would charge the dealership for the part (Ford's policy according to the dealership). My issue is when I bought the part, the person behind the counter said they stock at least 6 of these devices because they go through them like water. If that's the case, my dealership should have replaced ours to start with and my repair would have been covered under the warranty and we would have had two years of worry-free ownership. Ford should step up and accept responsibility for a problematic part.

The consumer has experienced transmissions failure. The dealer will not help due to the unit not being the original and the vehicle is out of warranty. Scc ph.