2002 Ford Explorer Transmission Problems: Common Issues, Symptoms, and Solutions - Auto Repair Orlando
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The 2002 Ford Explorer is infamous for its transmission issues, largely due to the 5R55W transmission model. As countless owners have experienced, these

Just joking, but me it was the 2002 Ford Explorer and its endless problems with the transmission, the wheels, the windows and everything else that could go wrong.

Just looking at carcomplaints can show you the size of the problem, with 1,500 reports of transmission problems alone.

https://www.carcomplaints.com/Ford/Explorer/2002/

  • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️English
    6•10 hours ago

    The 2nd and 3rd gen Taurus was also really a dog, and firmly cemented the public perception that “Ford is crap” in the 2000’s and 2010’s.

    I an offer the following data anecdotes on that:

    • My uncle had a 1st gen one, traded it in for a 2nd gen and the transmission blew up.
    • My sister had one, and the transmission blew up.
    • Before we were married my spouse had one, and the transmission blew up.
    • I had two friends who owned one each, one a regular Taurus and the other an SHO, and on both of them the transmissions blew up.

    In retrospect, maybe making the car progressively heavier and heavier with each successive model year but still using the same dinky transmission as a cost cutting measure wasn’t the best idea.

    • AlexisFREnglish
      1•5 hours ago

      Could be worse, like Ford Europe starting the huge cancerous trend of wet timing belts.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•7 hours ago

      It was always stupid that they handicapped what was otherwise a pretty good platform with such a shit transmission. The Vulcan v6 was a tough puppy.

    • Altima NEOEnglish
      1•8 hours ago

      I was still amazed at the stupidity of them bringing back the Taurus name after it’s hiatus. Should have just kept the 500 name.