C.Reaney
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- 2005 Explorer XLT
Greetings fellow Ford sufferers!
I'm Chuck from Media, PA. Just bought a 2005 Explorer XLT and joined because I am concerned about the infamous transmission issues, so want to do some research, find resources and learn about prevention, maintenance & fixes.
I bought my Explorer last week after being without a vehicle since February when I rolled and totaled my late wife's 2000 Grand Cherokee, which I loved. To my sad surprise, I learned a few months prior to that loss that my wonderful '97 Expedition was rusting out from beneath me due to a combination of factors including my inexperience with living in a development with a Homeowners Association and most significantly, their buddy "Salty", who spreads about 40 tons of salt in each & every townhouse parking area, every winter, each & every time he spots more than 3 snowflakes falling, which is just fine with the HOA. Better to err on the side of safety, they say. The drive train still operates as though it was new, and there's NO visible rust anywhere on the body @ 210k miles.
Damn Salty, the HOA, their representatives, descendants, heirs, assigns, representatives, hamsters and goldfish. It's time to send the Expy to the great highway in the sky (moment of silence, please), although I thought it would last long enough (built "Ford Tough" and all that) for me to drive it to be reunited with my most beloved and dearly departed late wife (another moment of silence), when my time comes.
Oh yeah. I foolishly sold my 1990 Wrangler about a year and a half ago. Why would a (then) 63 y.o. widower need three 4WD vehicles? What could possibly justify having 2 "extras"? Who would have ever thought that after becoming widowed, having a low speed, perfectly sober rollover of my Grand Cherokee (2 days after having to have my sweet little Brittany Spaniel put to sleep) could happen on a 7 minute drive to the post office, and that Salty had already set events in motion that would result in the demise of my Expy? Stephen King, perhaps.
That's the short version, which brings us to my finding the Explorer after going nutser since Feb as I've never been without my own vehicle since I was 16 y.o. and there's no public transportation in the area.
So, if anyone has any suggestions, tips, recommendations, ideas, or knows of other things of possible helpful value such as snake oil, charms, vitamins, nutritional supplements, exorcisms, whiskies, prescriptions, voodoo rituals, mopeds, eye of newt, meditations, inoculations, chants, incense, Chevys, garlic, potions, etc., any and all input will be most welcomed at this point.
Cheers,
Chuck
I'm Chuck from Media, PA. Just bought a 2005 Explorer XLT and joined because I am concerned about the infamous transmission issues, so want to do some research, find resources and learn about prevention, maintenance & fixes.
I bought my Explorer last week after being without a vehicle since February when I rolled and totaled my late wife's 2000 Grand Cherokee, which I loved. To my sad surprise, I learned a few months prior to that loss that my wonderful '97 Expedition was rusting out from beneath me due to a combination of factors including my inexperience with living in a development with a Homeowners Association and most significantly, their buddy "Salty", who spreads about 40 tons of salt in each & every townhouse parking area, every winter, each & every time he spots more than 3 snowflakes falling, which is just fine with the HOA. Better to err on the side of safety, they say. The drive train still operates as though it was new, and there's NO visible rust anywhere on the body @ 210k miles.
Damn Salty, the HOA, their representatives, descendants, heirs, assigns, representatives, hamsters and goldfish. It's time to send the Expy to the great highway in the sky (moment of silence, please), although I thought it would last long enough (built "Ford Tough" and all that) for me to drive it to be reunited with my most beloved and dearly departed late wife (another moment of silence), when my time comes.
Oh yeah. I foolishly sold my 1990 Wrangler about a year and a half ago. Why would a (then) 63 y.o. widower need three 4WD vehicles? What could possibly justify having 2 "extras"? Who would have ever thought that after becoming widowed, having a low speed, perfectly sober rollover of my Grand Cherokee (2 days after having to have my sweet little Brittany Spaniel put to sleep) could happen on a 7 minute drive to the post office, and that Salty had already set events in motion that would result in the demise of my Expy? Stephen King, perhaps.
That's the short version, which brings us to my finding the Explorer after going nutser since Feb as I've never been without my own vehicle since I was 16 y.o. and there's no public transportation in the area.
So, if anyone has any suggestions, tips, recommendations, ideas, or knows of other things of possible helpful value such as snake oil, charms, vitamins, nutritional supplements, exorcisms, whiskies, prescriptions, voodoo rituals, mopeds, eye of newt, meditations, inoculations, chants, incense, Chevys, garlic, potions, etc., any and all input will be most welcomed at this point.
Cheers,
Chuck
