Ignition problems of the 1999 Ford Explorer Sport

One problem related to ignition has been reported for the 1999 Ford Explorer Sport. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Ignition problem

Failure Date: 07/14/2004

Vehicle fails to start on occasion. The engine will turn over, but will not catch. After waiting for several hours or a day, the vehicle will once again start. Sometimes, after letting the engine turn over many, many time, the engine will catch. This seems to happen mostly when the weather is hot. First incident was on July 14, 2004 only a few weeks after we bought the explorer.


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