The paint is peeling on our 94 explorer, It has 82000 miles on it. Does anyone know if there is any kind of warranty for this? Thanks

 

I have 96' explorer sport with the same problem. The paint on the gutter above the driver's seat is peeling. I have 56,000 miles on my explorer and the peeling paint is not covered under the warrantee. I have heard several things about why it happens, something about inferior paint. Basically everyone that I talked to does not now why it is happening. But, I did find out how it happens. All it needs is for one area of the paint to wear thin and at high speeds little flakes are slowly sand blasted off. The only way to stop this process is to break down and pay for that panel to be painted. If you don't want to spend the money, you can slow down the process. Do this by when you wax you explorer, leave a little wax on the place were it is peeling so that the edges of the paint are not picked up by the wind at high speeds and try to keep it out of sun. If you do nothing about it, the paint will eventually peel off that entire panel.

 

Thanks Drew, Why is it that the fullsize Broncos and F-150s don't seem to have this problem, only Bronco IIs and explorers? Thanks for your advice here. When you re-paint does the new paint stay or will it do the same thing? I've heard that the problem is with the primer but you see a lot of this.

 

I am not too sure why there is this difference between Bronco\F-150 line and the Bronco II\Explorer line. The most likely possibility is that the two lines were painted with different paints and the one proved to be superior to the other. Again, don't take my word on that. For years I had an old 86' Bronco II with no real paint problems (I wish I had though, it was the ugliest color I have ever seen, but it was the factory paint). As to your question about paint peeling in other areas, I would have to say that it is possible. It is hard to say for sure, but I can tell you where on the explorer that peeling would be the most prone to occur; the area where the hood meets the grill and the area where the roof meets the front window. These are the areas on the explorer where the wind hits the hardest. The best thing is to go to a mechanic that you trust and get their opinion; they should have seen a lot of this. I know that the same thing has happened to other makes, not just ford. Try to avoid going to your local ford dealer, because they will rip you off. If you do decide to get a new paint job on the affected panel it should last the life of your car. WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T GET A MAKO PAINT JOB!!!! It will look good for a while, but with in a few years you will be right back where you started. Spend the money on a good paint job.

 

I have a White 96' Explorer that is peeling along gutters on both sides of the roof, and just behind the windshield. Ford won't do anything to correct it, other than recommend a Ford dealership to paint it, at my cost. " not likely".
Ford said to take it to a Ford qualified technician. and if they deemed it to be a defect the would "stand behind their product."
Well, I took it in, and the service manager at a local dealership contacted Ford Motor Company with me listening on the speaker phone in his office, told them that it was a defect, and that all the paint on the roof was going to peel off, if not corrected soon. Their estimate $400.00 to paint roof.
Soooooo much for standing behind product. Promise in one breath, and lie in another. Not good business in this age of information.