barnieman
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- May 11, 2004
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- City, State
- Den Haag, The Netherlands
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 97 XLT
Here's a problem from The Netherlands.
I'm driving my 1997 Explorer for 6 months now. I'm having some problems with it. And as I'm reading through all those threads I also have lots of information gathered that should solve most of them.
1. explorer sometimes won't start: it cranks, but doesn't start. The first time this happens, I had the explorer towed at the garage, and they had a hard time finding the cause. Actually, they never found it, because suddenly it started again, and I had to pay lots of money. But thanks to this website, I found out it should be the crankshaft position sensor. The last time my explorer did not start (it was my birthday), I unplugged the CPS-connector, and replugged it again, and the engine started immediately.
2. OD light starts flashing after about 3 hours driving. Not a real problem: it goes away after two days. I guess it is just an overheating transmission.
3. explorer sometimes has trouble with idle. When I'm waiting for a red traffic light (and there are a lot of them here in the Netherlands), I sometimes have to put it in neutral and step on the gas, to keep it running. This happens once or twice a week.
4. explorer starts only for the second time. When I start the cold engine, it runs for a second, then stops. Starting the engine again, the RPM goes to 1500, then drops back to the expected 7 - 800 RPM. I think it is the idle air valve that is problematic.
5. the CEL regulary goes on, and the next day goes off again. I checked the code, it is P1151 (lean mixture bank 2). When I check the freezed-frame-information, the fuel trim for bank 2 is always 42.2%, which is, as far as I know, very high. However, the long term fuel trim for both banks are around 0 %. I have this code once every week or so.
6. After an hour of driving 120 km/h, when I reduce speed for some traffic work, and then again accelerate, the engine doesn't seem to respond. I have to release the gas-pedal and step on it again, to get the engine (or tranny) to accelerate.
So... anyone who knows the cause of all these trouble? I had a hard time convincing my wife to buy this beautiful Explorer, although it's high price (taxes and insurance are 200$ per month), it's bad mileage (7.5 km / liter, 17.5 u.s. mpg), and I can live with all these troubles, but it would be nice when the car is reliable and no more lights start to flash / turn on...
I'm driving my 1997 Explorer for 6 months now. I'm having some problems with it. And as I'm reading through all those threads I also have lots of information gathered that should solve most of them.
1. explorer sometimes won't start: it cranks, but doesn't start. The first time this happens, I had the explorer towed at the garage, and they had a hard time finding the cause. Actually, they never found it, because suddenly it started again, and I had to pay lots of money. But thanks to this website, I found out it should be the crankshaft position sensor. The last time my explorer did not start (it was my birthday), I unplugged the CPS-connector, and replugged it again, and the engine started immediately.
2. OD light starts flashing after about 3 hours driving. Not a real problem: it goes away after two days. I guess it is just an overheating transmission.
3. explorer sometimes has trouble with idle. When I'm waiting for a red traffic light (and there are a lot of them here in the Netherlands), I sometimes have to put it in neutral and step on the gas, to keep it running. This happens once or twice a week.
4. explorer starts only for the second time. When I start the cold engine, it runs for a second, then stops. Starting the engine again, the RPM goes to 1500, then drops back to the expected 7 - 800 RPM. I think it is the idle air valve that is problematic.
5. the CEL regulary goes on, and the next day goes off again. I checked the code, it is P1151 (lean mixture bank 2). When I check the freezed-frame-information, the fuel trim for bank 2 is always 42.2%, which is, as far as I know, very high. However, the long term fuel trim for both banks are around 0 %. I have this code once every week or so.
6. After an hour of driving 120 km/h, when I reduce speed for some traffic work, and then again accelerate, the engine doesn't seem to respond. I have to release the gas-pedal and step on it again, to get the engine (or tranny) to accelerate.
So... anyone who knows the cause of all these trouble? I had a hard time convincing my wife to buy this beautiful Explorer, although it's high price (taxes and insurance are 200$ per month), it's bad mileage (7.5 km / liter, 17.5 u.s. mpg), and I can live with all these troubles, but it would be nice when the car is reliable and no more lights start to flash / turn on...