2000 Ford Explorer Engine

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING SMOKE CAME FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. BUT THERE WAS NO FIRE. SHE STATES THAT SOME TIMES YOU CAN SMELL IT BURNING, BUT NEVER SEE FIRE. ALSO, CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT VEHICLE STALLED WHEN SHE STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR. VEHICLE HESITATED BEFORE MOVING, THEN WHEN IT MOVED, ONE COULD SMELL GAS. CONSUMER DID NOT TAKE VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP FOR CHECKING ON THESE PROBLEMS BECAUSE SHE WAS THE SECOND OWNER . *AK

MY FORD YEAR 2000 IDLES ROUGH AND STALLS IN COLD WEATHER. I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS DIRTY INJECTORS AND KEPT HAVING THEM FLUSHED WHICH TEMP. FIXED PROB. A MECHANIC STATED THAT IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN AND THAT FORD WOULD FIX IT FOR FREE, FOR THEY DID ON HIS EXPLORER. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SAID THAT I WAS OVER THE MILES AND THAT IT WAS A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION RECALL. WELL NOT ONLY AM I NOT SATISFIED, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE A SAFETY FACTOR AS WELL. WHAT IF A PULL OUT INTO AN INTERSECTION AND MY CAR STALLS. CROSSING A HIGHWAY AND MY CAR STALLS. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT FORD WOULD HAVE CARED MORE ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMERS ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THIS IS MY 3RD FORD AND I AM ONLY 30 YRS OLD. REGARDLESS, OF THAT FACT, THAEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO FIX THE PROBLEM IN ORDER TO KEEP THEIR DRIVERS SAFE ON THE ROAD. *LA

CAR WOULD NOT START WITHOUT PRESSING GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. ONCE STARTED HAD TO KEEP MY FOOT ON THE GAS TO PREVENT IT FROM STALLING. *LA

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE AFTER FUELING IT BEGAN TO HESITATE/STALL. *AK

9 MONTHS OF SERVICE VISITS FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON WITH NO APPARANT CAUSE EXCEPT ONCE; CAR WOULD RIDE ROUGH AND SOMETIMES FELT LIKE IT WOULD STALL; TWO CRACKED ENGINES WOUDL CAUSED THE CAR TO NOT RUN IN THE MIDDLE OF A TRIP; HAD TO REBUILD THE CRACKED CYLINDER HEADS. *AK

COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE OIL. *PH THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE COOLANT TO LEAK. THE ENTIRE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

WHEN STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN OR A TRAFFIC LIGHT VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

VEHICLE STARTED LOSING POWER. WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A TUNE UP. ALSO WAS TOLD THAT THE SPARK PLUG WIRES WERE BROKEN AND FRAYED. THEY WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH ALL THE FILTERS AND NEW FLUIDS AS WELL AS A FUEL SYSTEM CLEANER. WHEN THIS DID NOT WORK I WAS INFORMED THAT THE CAR NEEDED TO GO TO A FORD DEALER AS THE CAR WAS "THROWING OUT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT CODES". IT WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE ADVISER THAT THE CAR WAS FIXED AND RUNNING IN TIP TOP SHAPE. SINCE THEN I HAVE ENCOUNTERED STALLING AND STILL NO POWER AND THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING ROUGHER. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON RIGHT AFTER I PICKED IT UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP. IT HAS COST ME $1,000 SO FAR AND AM AFRAID WHAT IT WILL FINALLY COST TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE. *NLM

CONSUMER STATES WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE WOULD MAKE A TICKING SOUND. CONSUMER STATES ENGINE IS NO LONGER ANY GOOD. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

VEHICLE WILL NOT START AT TIMES WITHOUT DEPRESSING AND HOLDING ON THE GAS. VEHICLE STALLS OUT AND/OR THE RPM'S BARELY IDLE OVER 0. AT OTHER TIMES WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE THE RPM'S REV UP HIGH. SEEMS NOT TO BE GETTING SUFFICIENT POWER WHEN DRIVING, CAN DEPRESS GAS PEDAL TO FLOOR BUT WILL NOT PICK UP ANY SPEED. BEEN UNABLE TO TAKE THE TRUCK OVER 80 MPH. *NLM

DEALER HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE AFTER OIL PRESSURE DROPPED OUT WITHOUT WARNING. ENGINE LOCKED UP BEFORE I COULD TRAVEL 1/4 MILE TO GET OFF ROAD. FORD MOTOR COMPANY OFFERED NO HELP SINCE ENGINE HAD 39000 MILES, 3000 MILES OVER WARRANTY. *JB

I HAVE A LETTER I SENT TO FORD MOTOR CORPORATION AND WILL ATTACH TO THIS E-MAIL

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE STALLED IN TRAFFIC. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

PURCHSED VEHICLE NEW. AFTER 6000 MILES ENGINE DEVELOPED A RATTLING SOUND WHEN COLD. DEALER REPLACED ENGINE AND NEW ENGINE MAKES SAME SOUND AFTER 6000 MILES. DEALER SAYS IT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE OHV ENGINE. IF SO, WHY DID THEY REPLACE IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE MOTOR STARTED RACING AND THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

CONSUMER STATES SHE NOTICED A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE AT ABOUT 10,000 MILES, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT FORD WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT HAD NO FIX.*JB

HESITATION AFTER STOPPING. *AK

THE VEHICLE IS NOW AT THE DEALERS GETTING A WHOLE NEW ENGINE REPLACED AND THEY ARE REQUIRING THAT I PAY HALF THE COST. I WANT FORD TO BY THIS LEMON BACK. I CAN NOT AFFORD THIS CAR ANYLONGER WITH ALL OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS ITS GIVING ME.*AK

I PREVIOUSLY OWNED A 1998 EXPLORER THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM I AM HAVING WITH MY 2000 EXPLORER. FROM TALKING WITH THE FORD DEALER MECHANIC, THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM THAT IS OCCURRING AFTER 30,000 MILES THAT IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE PROBLEM IS UPON STARTUP OF THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE WILL CRANK, AND WHEN THE IGNITION KEY IS RELEASED, THE ENGINE DIES IMMEDIATELY. THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP THE ENGINE RUNNING IS TO KEEP ONE FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL DEPRESSED. TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ONE FOOT MUST BE ON THE GAS AND ONE ON THE BRAKE TO KEEP THE ENGINE FROM STALLING. THIS IS PRESENTING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND FORD IS QUITE AWARE OF IT, BUT DOING NOTHING IN THE FORM OF A RECALL OR SAFETY BULLETIN TO CONSUMERS. FORTUNATELY MY 1998 FIRST FAILED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT MY 2000 HAPPENED AFTER MY 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. THE PROBLEM OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY BUT FREQUENT AT TIMES, AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL MILES, IT WOULD CORRECT ITSELF. I THINK FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM AND DO ANY REPAIRS AT NO COST TO THE OWNER. *PH *JB **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**766061

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE AND HESITATE. WHEN THIS HAPPENED, ENGINE BEGAN TO KNOCK EXCESSIVELY. DEALERSHIP INSISTED THIS WAS THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ENGINE, AND DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO REMEMDY THE CONDITION. *AK IN ADDITION VEHICLE STALLED OUT TWICE. *TT

ENGINE IS MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE. DEALER HAS TRIED TWICE TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AL *YD

TENSIONER WAS UNDER WARRANTY - BUT DAMAGE IS NOT ($1K) FORD IS NOT HELPING. *AK

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE USED WITH 16000 MILES, I BEGAN TO NOTICE A VIBRATION AND RATTLING SOUND WHILE AT IDLE. IT APPEARS TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN WHEN THE A/C COMPRESSOR IS RUNNING, CAUSING THE IDLE RPM'S TO BE EVEN LOWER. AT THIS LOW IDLE SPEED OF AROUND 500-600 RPM, THE VIBRATION AND RATTLING OCCURS AND ONLY STOPS IF THE RPM'S ARE INCREASED. AND WHILE DRIVING RECENTLY WITH 32600 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, THE RPM'S SEEMED TO BE ABNORMALLY HIGH, RESULTING IN INCREASED BRAKING EFFORT TO SLOW THE VEHICLE, AND AT STARTUP OF THE ENGINE, INITIAL IDLE SPEEDS OF UP TO 2500 RPM. ENGINE TEMPERTURE WAS ALSO NOTED TO BE ABOVE THE TYPICAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE AND COULD ONLY BE LOWERED BY SETTING THE HEATER & FAN ON HIGH TO REMOVE HEAT FROM THE COOLANT. NLM

VEHICLE STALLED AT ANY SPEED, MOSTLY ON LONG TRIPS. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. ONCE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED DEALER REPLACED A VALVE, AND VEHICLE HAS NOT STALLED SINCE.*AK

TIMING TENSIONER WAS FIXED UNDER RECALL A YEAR AGO. CURRENTLY, WHEN STARTING UP VEHICLE, IT SOUNDED LIKE 2 PIECES OF METAL HITTING TOGETHER. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THIS WAS COMMON AMONG EXPLORERS. PLEASE ADD VIN? *AK