My neighbor has had one Explorer after another. No problems till the 1998 had a water pump fail. A first for them as I have known them for over ten years, and they have always had two Explorers. Hers is always the new one, and his which is usually five years old and looking at over 100K miles when he takes it over. But tranny problems, suspension problems? Nah! Not to them. They usually get over 200K miles on a truck and then trade for a new one, and do the user rotation. LOL!