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I just want to thank everyone who helped me keep my 2001 Explorer XLT SOHC V-6 4x4 on the road these past 14 years that I've owned it since buying it in 2003 with 35K miles on it. I sold it last night with 186,000 miles on it, to a 'Ford guy' - nice to see it going to a good home. Whether you...

My intake gaskets were replaced on 12/10/2013, at 146,892 miles. Cost me $358 - worth every penny, in terms of improved cold starts.

Sounds like my annual average cost of $770, given that I'm paying a shop (not a dealership, which I assume would naturally tend to be even more expensive) to perform these repairs, is a 'reasonable' amount to keep a vehicle in the road. This is my first SUV, so was not sure what to expect...

My 2001 XLT 4x4 V-6 SOHC currently has 185K miles on it. I've owned it since 2003 with 35K miles on it. This forum has been extremely helpful for me through the years and I am thankful for all who post here. I just paid $750 for brake calipers, rotors, pads, etc .............. which got me to...

I think my 2001 Explorer XLT with 183K miles is still running the same headlight bulbs .......... I bought it in 2003 with 35K miles and I dont recall replacing the bulbs. The amount of headlight illumination is really poor. I clean the lenses every few months with a polish/drill attachment...

My daughter is home from college, which means some maintenance projects for our 2001 Explorer XLT 4x4 V6 SOHC with 183K miles. The drivers side rocker panel plastic trim piece is coming loose at both the front and back. I bought a little time by putting a zip-strip tie near the back (ie in...

Hmmmmmmmm, I just replaced the air filter the day before ........ maybe something I did caused a bad connection under there ??? (the air filter housing does require a little 'jostling' to come apart/re-assemble) Is replacing the MF switch a big job ?

My daughter has our 2001 XLT 4x4 V-6 SOHC (181,000 miles) at college, but I got a chance to drive it when she was home over Thanksgiving. In Low-beam mode, I tried turning on the fog lights, but neither the fog light indicator on the dash, nor the fog lights themselves came on. Later after...

While my daughter was home over Thanksgiving, I checked the battery connections and noticed the negative clamp could not be tightened any further, yet the clamp was not very tight on the battery post (I could wiggle it loose by hand). So I added a battery post shim, which allowed it to be...

Update: After sitting for 48 hours, it started fine Tuesday. After another 48 hours, it started fine Thursday............. and again on Friday. So either the battery resolved the issue, or I'm simply waiting for the random/intermittent connection problem to re-surface. If/when it does, I'll...

I'm trying to diagnose an issue that my daughter is having 300 miles away at college with our 2001 Explorer 4.0 XLT with 183K miles. I'll do my best to describe the situation as best I can. Looking for some suggestions on what to look at next. On Friday, she started the Explorer and stopped...

............ I do seem to recall people posting about situations where they kinda had the shift lever part way between N and DRIVE, and then the transmission behaved strangely ............ anyone else recall such reports ? (I did some searching, but gave up after awhile)

Yesterday, my wife was driving our 2001 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0 V-6 (auto trans) with 180K miles and experienced the following: She said she put in in DRIVE, but it would not shift out of 1st gear. According to her, it did not feel like it was trying to shift nor was it slipping/hunting for a...

Update ! My daughter made it through the 300-mile drive home from college last night. Got the front driveshaft replaced at my trusty, local shop today. Rides great now. Thanks for the feedback.

Its never a good time for a college student to be dealing with vehicle repairs, let alone right before/during finals.... I've had both left and right wheel bearings replaced in the last approx 40K miles. I'm leaning towards it being the CV joints/axles. If someone had said "hey, you can...

I feel a little like the witness whose report is kinda questionable ........... but since my daughter has the 2001 Explorer SOHC V6 XLT (176,000 miles) off at college 300 miles away, I will do the best I can to report the symptoms.... I noticed some vibration/shudder when driving it a couple...

I'm not hearing any rattle/pinging at start up or while idling. I only hear the noise when driving/under load. It seems like I can hear it under lighter loads than before. Any idea what the jackshaft chain service&parts might cost ?

I would describe the noise that I'm hearing as being very similar to 'pinging' you would hear while under load/while accelerating. I seem to be hearing it under lighter load conditions, too, lately. At idle, it sounds pretty good. Are there any tell-tale situations that I should be paying...

The timing chain rattle is getting more noticeable on my 2001 Explorer 4x4 XLT V-6 4.0 SOHC. I've got 175K miles on it and would like to get another 2-3 years (approx 25K more miles) out of it (my daughter's college car). Is there any reason for me to consider a 'preventative repair' at an...

I was kinda hoping someone in the Explorer forum might be familiar with the screen I'm asking about ............ over 'here', I'll get less traffic. But lets see what happens.

Doesnt appear too active over there ........... but we'll see. So far I'm 0 - 3.

I've gotten a ton of help here over the years with my 2001 Ford Explorer. Unfortunately, I have not found a forum for my 2012 Ford F-150 yet, that is as helpful. (I tried asking a dealer about my question, and, well, lets just say I was not too confident in their answer.) I am going to...

Just curious, how much does this cost ? Can you break it apart by engine vs tranny.

My 2001 XLT V-6 4.0 SOHC with 172,000 miles was occasionally doing ABS breaking on dry pavement the past couple months. I know several recent posts were discussing this type of problem, so I followed them closely and wanted to share my experience. My local repair shop took the rig in and...

Do you have a remote that can unlock the doors ? Does it work ? Or behave the same ? I assume the key can still unlock the doors ? If the keypad and the remote both fail to unlock the door (but the key can still unlock), but you hear a click/clunk within the door, then I suspect your...