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This actually pertains to my Dad's 2002 F-150 4.6 liter but I've had the same thing happen on my 2006 Explorer. On the Explorer I got it with about 120,000 miles. Apparently the owner did little maintenance on it. That's why I try to avoid vehicles with over 100,000 miles on them because it...

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I need to remove the rear bumper cover on my 06 Explorer. It must have been replaced and repainted (not well) because the paint did not adhere to the bumper in these two places: I don't know why it's just on the corners. The paint is sticking to the rest of the bumper. I bought...

Initially the key fob that came with it was worn out. So I ordered two knock-offs off Ebay. It worked somewhat at first but only if I stood next to the driver's door and hit the unlock button about 5 times. Now it doesn't work at all. Both key fobs don't work. I figured it was the...

One day my wife drove the Explorer and said it was making this clicking noise from the rear of the vehicle. Upon inspection it sounds a vent door opening and closing every couple of seconds. It was coming from what looks like a vent in the rear of the vehicle. After about an hour, it finally...

Someone mentioned that some Explorers had manually operated 3rd row seats. Is that correct? Or did all 2000 to 2010 Explorers have the electric 3rd row folding seats as standard equipment? The ones with the plastic gears that strip out? I'm curious if you can install a manual assembly but use...

Mine broke making an ungodly banging sound for 5 seconds every time I hit a bump. I got a new set at Advance Auto. I think they were made by MOOG. No need to keep the vehicle on the ground as I have read. Just remove the tire and support that end with a jack stand. Otherwise...

I'll give it a shot. Next year that is. Hopefully the subfreezing weather won't be back for awhile... :thumbsup: From the blizzard of 2009: My 1996 XLT. I liked the color and this body style the best out of all the Explorers. Even though it didn't have that many miles on it as my 2006, I...

That was from my 2003 Subaru Baja which I drive if it's just me. The Explorer is our family vehicle. I bought my Subaru new back in 2002 and that was the first time I had ever seen the thermometer register below zero F so I had to take a photo. I did snap a photo after I got off work at -4F...

About a year ago I bought some Goodyear Assurance FuelMax tires from Sears. They go well in the snow. They got me up and down my ice/snow packed driveway more than a dozen times during the southeast blizzard from late Feb to early March. Damn cold for Tennessee...

So this project turned into a 2 to 3 hour job. The bolt broke at the top of the swaybar but for some reason the bolt was seized up inside the plastic spacer. No amount of PB blaster or pounding on the broken bolt with a drift and large sledge hammer would phase it. So I had to get out the...

Yeah. I try not to insert the fuelpump nozzle all the way into the filler hole. It will never fill like that. I just wondered if this was some sort of design flaw such as the filler hose between the tank and neck is not big enough to handle the volume off fuel at once? It is weird every...

I'm not getting any check engine light codes on my '06 but mine is horrible at trying to fill the fuel tank. If I try to fill the tank while the fuel nozzle is on full blast it kicks off every 2 seconds. Usually I have to select the first notch on the gas nozzle and fill it slower than I would...

OK dumb question. I would probably know this if I actually crawled underneath the car to inspect but haven't had a chance to "suit up" due to all the melted snow and puddles of water in my garage. I was going to tackle this job today but was not in the mood. The new parts I got from Advance...

Well I found the problem. Here is the replacement part I got from Advance Auto: From what I gather, the bolt broke. I can feel the head of a bolt on the bottom side. Question: Does the thread coupler that came with the new link setup replace the hourglass thing on the axle? Or is this...

I'll have to dig up the paperwork but I could swear it's been 10,000 miles since the dealership did the flush and my transmission is still doing fine. Knock on wood. I'm not a big fan of automatics to begin with. All my personal vehicles are manuals. My wife's Buick's transmission crapped out...

Whoever designed the drain tube must have been the same guy who decided to place the cowl drain holes above the rear spark plugs so everytime it comes a hard rain water get's into the spark plug boots. Fixed with alumnium tape!

Funny you should mention Silverstars and Subarus in the same sentence. I own a 2003 Baja and tried those Silverstars and they kept blowing ever 3 to 6 months. I put the low beam bulbs that came from the factory back in and they are still working. I left the high beam Silverstars in since...

Thanks guys I will check these out!

That makes sense. I didn't know the computer kept track of the number of days since the oil was last changed. I had been almost a year since I had changed it last. What I didn't mention was I had put my Explorer up for sale (due to financial reasons) and cleaned it up back in August of last...

I know this sounds dumb but I have not had a chance to investigate this. There is a rattle (well sort of) coming from the rear of my Explorer when I hit a bump. It's not really a rattle but more like something loose that radiates through the body. When I hit a bump, the sound starts then...

One day for no apparant reason when I started my '06 Explorer V8, the Oil change reminder kicked on. I keep a record of all my maintence on my vehicles and normally change the oil every 5000 miles on everything I own regardless. When I looked in my records, the next oil change wasn't due...

Well from my memory, they tires were leaning in toward the top so much it was quite noticable. But I am not 100% sure that amount of camber would cause tire wear. Here is an example. One of the camber adjustment bolts an alignment shop installed worked loose and caused the passenger side...

Vehicle : 1999 Explorer V6 4X4 Owner: Stepson Mileage: Unknown but probably 150K+ Problem: Negative camber, eating inside of front tires I'll try to make this as short as possible. The negative camber is so bad on my stepson's Explorer it's eating the inside of the tires down to the...