question about a 2002 Explorer
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i have a 2002 with 130,000 miles. First year of the new independant suspensioni in rear. Smoother than a car on the highwy. VEry nice ride. Neer had a transmission problem. I drain the pan, remove and clean out pan and magenet and add the 5 quarts of oil every 40k miles. Some have had problems, but i would not say a bunch more than any other SUV.
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my wife and i just bought an 02 a week and a half ago. (will be posting pics soon), couldn't be happier with it, she went from a full size bronco to a neon now to an explorer. and it has all the bells and whistles. full leather, power everything, sun/moon roof, tvs for the kids and black with grey trim! she says she feels like a mom in it instead of a kid in the neon! just have to get the last recall done on it and she should be good to go!
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all cars have recalls that are found after production. my wifes needs the speed control recall done on it, i guess that ford found that some master cylinders leaked on the wiring harness causing a short and sudden acceleration. the recall is putting a fusable link in the harness to prevent that from happening.
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the recall takes 3 minutes. it is a fuse link to kill power to the cruse control switch on the master cylinder. if the switch leaks, a drop of oil can hit the hot wire and cause a fire. almost all ford trucks and some cars had this in the last 10 years. fix is simple.
