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Thanks for the heads up... I'll have to peek at that when I do the upper ball joints.

I had some free time this weekend with school just getting out and work slowing down, so I went ahead and did a weekly washing of the cars and gave grandmas Explorer a good detailing, inside and out. 2 coats of collinite 845, and cleaned and protected the interior, which looks almost new. Just...

Just by looking at the overall condition, I would pass. Doesn't seem as though it was kept up very well. They weren't even able to get all the brake dust off the wheels it was so bad... Explorers are a dime a dozen to come by, take your time and find a better one. The transmissions on the 02-05...

Awesome! Glad that was able to cure your problem, at least for the time being. Did ours a couple weeks ago, fluid and filter, and got roughly 6 quarts. Seemed to cure our shuttering into 4th and overdrive. I ended up pumping in 4 quarts without the car running, then fired it up and had my buddy...

BTW, I was also wondering if anyone would happen to have the part number for a new vent tube hose, or if I could just use any old rubber hose of the same size without any issue. Thanks.

Would it be possible to add though the vent tube hole a little at a time taking the tube off to let it breathe every so often?

Very valid point. We ended up going ahead and changed out the transmission fluid, rear diff fluid, brake fluid, and changing out the upper ball joints and stabilizer links (this weekend). Hopefully she runs for many more miles. The transmission fluid and filter change seemed to solve the...

Pretty sure I never stated I didn't want to work on the car, I was stating how cheaply made the explorer had become starting in 2002, and how the reliability seemed to have slipped with this explorer. I love working on my cars and have no issue working on this if need be, I just came on to say I...

With the problems mentioned with this individual vehicle, and that the dealer is having to fix them all, I probably would've found a different one. But looks like they are making it right. Hope all goes well with the vehicle.

What are the miles on the different ones you are interested in?

don't worry, I can take it...

thepotroast I don't know where you got that she isn't the original owner. She still has the original invoice from Gator Ford in 2003. Since I moved in with my grandparents about 2 and a half years ago to go to college, I have tried to help her and my grandfather on vehicle maintenance since I...

It's her daily driver to work, ~6 miles, and then comes home to the garage. As stated before, it's been meticulously maintained since day 1.

With such low miles, I just have issues with majors problems. But I guess that's me... With newer models, comes newer, hopefully more improved, changes...

Because I can consider it mine, since I am allowed to drive it whenever I choose. When my grandmother comes to me asking about these different issues, I get more frustrated, and continue to read more and more about them. Hell, I even talk to the service manager at our local Ford who even claims...

Seeing that I am part of an Accord forum, A Lexus forum, an Infiniti forum, and a GM truck forum, I can say I know the internet. None of the other cars we owned/have owned, have had the major issues that you can speak of in an Explorer. And the fact that it is hundreds of different explorers...

Pilot, trailblazer, and pathfinder all offered third row and rear climate control, and I'm having trouble finding where they pushed the envelope other than the autotragic. I guess I'm saying help me name SUVS that have major things fail as early as 50k miles.

Toyota 4runner (other grandfather has one with 187,x.. miles, never had any CELS, one u-joint replacment at 180k), Chevy trailblazer (step mom had one to 100k with zero issues), Honda pilot (cant attest to reliability but read many good things), Nissan pathfinder (two neighbors both had minor...

I live with them, so when there is a problem I switch with her for a day. And it's the car we use to go out to eat and stuff. Thanks

This isn't even my truck, it's my grandmothers. After reading countless threads on ****ty rear ends, transmissions being gone through like underwear, blend door actuators, wheel bearings, ball joints, you name it, I can't believe Ford let a car built this cheap off the line... My grandmothers...

Old rain-x? Please explain. I apply it every 6 months to all our cars with no issues. Always holds up great too.

Generally if the blades aren't changed, they dry out and after a while of using them like this, if instills micro scratches into your windshield. I have found on a few of my detailing sites, that compounding it with 2 or 3 different compounds (finer as you go) will hopefully fix the issue.

A little... More of a shutter. Bump! Any more ideas???

As of the past two weeks or so, the transmission on the EX has been acting up. With only 66k miles, I am rather upset. I know it is common for issues, but damn. What's happening is, I get a shimmy or vibration going from fourth to overdrive, and then the same when the torque convertor goes into...

Has anyone done this? I am thinking of buy a FM Modulator for my grandmothers EX since she just got an iPhone, but I've heard I should look into adding an AUX port directly from the radio first. Can anyone give me any ideas? Replacing the radio is not an option. And, if anyone has them, maybe...