Originally Posted by
sunchick
Took my 2002 Explorer to the garage today and they tell me I need a module for my 4-wheel drive and also my transfer case is leaking. They want $399 for the module, $1,475 for the Transfer Case, if I need a new one, plus labor and some other parts. Comes to about $2,700 worse case scenario. I have a little over 91,000 miles on it. I also had to put a new transmission in it just 2,000 miles over the warranty. Is it time to get rid of it? Any advice would be appreciated.
You can add a lot of mercon fluid to the tcase for $1475. Is it leaking bad? The garage you took it to may have seen their next boat payment walk in the door. The module is pretty common to fail on the 2002s. Easy to fix too, check out the online sellers mentioned here and do it yourself.
BTW, I love my '02 and I did have to put a new 4X4 module in and a new DPFE sensor. Other than that it has been perfect for me. Good luck.