Two problems related to windshield wiper/washer have been reported for the 2002 Ford Explorer. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Ford Explorer based on all problems reported for the 2002 Explorer.
The contact owns a 2002 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that the windshield wipers would independently engage intermittently. The contact stated the failure would occur during any type of weather condition. The wipers also fractured from the vehicle due to friction caused by the dry windshield. The dealer has not been contacted and the vehicle was neither diagnosed nor repaired. The failure mileage was 100,000 and the current mileage was 111,000.
The windshield wipers on a friend of mines 2002 Ford Explorer XLT are awful. I drive this vehicle from time to time and they do an awful job with snow and rain. Have others ever complained about Explorers in this way?? this is her fourth Ford Explorer over the past many years-she had a 1996, 1998, and 2000 Explorer and they all had awful windshield wipers.