Allan T 97XLT 4x4 SOHC
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My wife's Exporer is a 97 XLT 4x4 4.0 SOHC. We recently had a problem when backing the vehicle and turning sharply at the same time. It felt like the driveline was binding up and then slipping to relieve the bind. It made loud clunks while doing all this and the 4x4 dash light would sometimes blink on and off. The dealer found a bad sensor that they said was letting the drivetrain shift into 4x4 low and that was causing the problem. Things have been great for about a month but now the drivetrain has started making a loud clunk sometimes when backing straight out of the garage and when making sharp left or right turns forward or backward. The noise seems to be coming from the rear of the vehicle this time.
I'd greatly appreciate hearing from anybody who has worked through similar problems or who might otherwise know what's going on under my wife's "baby".
I'd greatly appreciate hearing from anybody who has worked through similar problems or who might otherwise know what's going on under my wife's "baby".