Power Train Problems of Ford Explorer Sport

Started my vehicle it made a clunking noise then died. The timing chain broke and broke all the vavles off the motor.

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When trying to shift car from drive into park, the gear shit lever broke off inside the steering column and fell of in my hand. The car was still in drive and I turned off the ignition. The key could not be removed and the car was towed to the dealership. To repair this linkage part, the entire steering column had to be replaced, at a cost of over $1800. I called Ford to report the incident and was told that they have no record of something like this ever happening before. They said they would add the incident to their database. I told them that I felt this was a serious safety issue and that this needs to be referred to engineering or quality assurance for investigation before someone gets injured or killed. I got the impression that Ford was not going to do anything with this information.

2003 Ford explorer xls 4x4, front and rear hub bearings going out on a vehicle especially the front hub bearings. The left front hub bearing went bad and luckily we was not going down the highway at 55 mph or higher, we was only going about 25-30 mph. The left front hub bearing froze up and we did a "u" turn and no one was hurt. I had it towed to a service shop and they told me what the problem was,and they told me that this is a major problem with this truck. I contacted Ford on this matter and they told me I had to pay for the repair by myself,but if the same problem is on many,many trucks this is bad and not safe. Do you have any ideas? the repair shop called me and told me we should replace the two front hubs and the rear axle bearings also,and looked at them after the repair and the other ones were worn excessive also. The repair work for parts and labor was $1488. 00 with a limited life warranty on the parts.

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I have a 2001 Ford Explorer Sport which I bought new. I have always maintained it properly and I babied the vehicle. I have replaced many parts on it in the last three years from ball joints to hub assemblies many expensive repairs. Now it is making noise in the rear end and my mechanic has informed me that the rear end may go at any time. I have researched this and find that many other Ford owners are experiencing the same problem but it is not considered a recall. I am not in the financial situation at this time to have this repaired and it is my feeling with so many people having this problem with their explorers it should be considered a recall. I know that this won't make a difference to anyone and I'll just have to struggle along with the problem until I can save the money to have it repaired but you can bet if I hadn't paid my payments while the car was financed through Ford motor credit years ago that it would have been repoed in no time flat. Funny how those big companies can keep track of those things but forget about the safety issues of the products they produce. Guess I'll have to go back to a grand prix when I make my next purchase. The fields to fill out ask the question "were there any deaths or injuries" there is no where to check off "not yet" go figure. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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The transmission of our 2002 explorer started slipping, jumping, jerking' surging, refusing to shift, shifting slowly and other associated things approximately 4 years ago. There is no consistency, it does it whenever it wants, regardless of the speed, outside temperature, driving distance. I feel Ford owes me a new, redesigned transmission with installation. I would like to know what Ford is doing about the problem with the transmission which was installed in this model and year explorers.

Consumer was unaware of how to check transmission fluid level or how to add transmission fluid.