The transmission went out on my 2002 Explorer that has 75,000 miles on it. Am so disappointed in Ford after reading all of these complaints. I didn't know that this was a problem with the Explorer. I bought it new, have not had any other problems with it..even bragged about it being such a good vehicle until now. One person on here said that when he/she called Ford about it, they said they haven't had enough complaints to warrant a recall. Would it do any good if ALL of us report this problem? Spending $3500 was certainly not in my budget and it's going to be very hard to get it paid off as high as interest is right now. I feel Ford should do something about this but am betting they don't. Do they not care? Apparently they don't. .

As with many of the other owners this problem needs to be address by Ford immediately. I have 126k on this vehicle. It has never towed a single thing and at the most has had heavy loads 4 times (yard waste) and other times just packed down with Christmas goods. Typically a daily use vehicle but never abused. The 2002 Ford Explorer is for the most part an Auto Recall nightmare. They've had numerous recalls, most simple, some a bit more detailed, but these transmission issues are starting to pile up for the many owners out there and they wont go away.