8.1

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
$820
Average Mileage:
88,900 miles
Total Complaints:
181 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. replace wheel bearing (78 reports)
  2. replace bearing and hub (45 reports)
  3. replaced wheel bearings (34 reports)
  4. not sure (14 reports)
  5. replaced causual part, and surrounding parts (3 reports)
  6. replaced the following wheel bearings, tyrod, caliper, rotor (3 reports)
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problem #1

Jun 092006

(reported on)

Explorer Limited

  • 96,000 miles

My wife on her way home from 150 miles away had the rear wheel locked up because the bearing failed. So a tow back and used parts from a wrecked vehicle still racked up to well over 600.00 of much needed money to get a 4yr old vehicle back on the road.

- Joe S., Elkland, PA, US