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[StuMarks]

99 Explorer, black XLT, kind a' rough. Have had it for a couple of years because where we live we need a 4x4 to climb out of this little bowl we live in during the winter. I'm the sound guy at church 25 minutes away. Would never have bought an Explorer. Has always had a few things wrong with it, but now getting a little more serious. Door latches and locks.

Rain leaks that has a musty smell in the winter. Had to repair the back window hinges and have to keep an eye on those constantly. Ordered replacements but sent the wrong ones, manufactured the old ones to pass stainless steel allen screws through.

Washington State. Lots of rain except in summer.

OK, thats me. Now I'll go look for a forum for the door latch issues and possibly post my needs.

Oh, the reason we bought this old Explorer with a lot of smaller problems but a really good motor and drive train—we needed to sell our two Trail Blazers before they became TOTALLY worthless.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Welcome to this forum!

 

[RangerX]

we bought this old Explorer with a lot of smaller problems but a really good motor and drive train

I’m guessing it’s a 5.0?

 

[Fix4Dirt]

Welcome!

 

[Ljgregorysr]

Hello ladies? & gentlemen. My name is Larry Gregory, I live in TN. I am a settled family man with 6 grandkids that live with me. I have owned fords all my adult life & I am a diehard ford man when finances allow. I am 70 yrs old & a retired roofer for 33 yrs owning my own co for that time. I currently own a 2010 EB Edition Explorer that I recently bought used. It has 162000 miles on it. I have had it about 3 mo now & I am having some occasional start up troubles. Sometimes when I go to start it the battery seems to be dead. I put a new battery in & it has not solved my problem. I feel like something is not resetting when I cut it off as the battery has plenty of juice in it. I hook jumper cables up & start it when it does this. It seems to reset whatever electrical circuit? has not reset itself from when it was last used. Any y’all had this problem? If so could you point me in the right direction for a fix for it? My daughter has a 2013 that just doing the same thing. I got jumper boxes for her & myself. When you hook them to the battery it/they start right up.

 

[Fix4Dirt]

Hello ladies? & gentlemen. My name is Larry Gregory, I live in TN. I am a settled family man with 6 grandkids that live with me. I have owned fords all my adult life & I am a diehard ford man when finances allow. I am 70 yrs old & a retired roofer for 33 yrs owning my own co for that time. I currently own a 2010 EB Edition Explorer that I recently bought used. It has 162000 miles on it. I have had it about 3 mo now & I am having some occasional start up troubles. Sometimes when I go to start it the battery seems to be dead. I put a new battery in & it has not solved my problem. I feel like something is not resetting when I cut it off as the battery has plenty of juice in it. I hook jumper cables up & start it when it does this. It seems to reset whatever electrical circuit? has not reset itself from when it was last used. Any y’all had this problem? If so could you point me in the right direction for a fix for it? My daughter has a 2013 that just doing the same thing. I got jumper boxes for her & myself. When you hook them to the battery it/they start right up.

So the battery has good charge? If so then id suspect connection to starter. However what feels more likely to me is alternator not charging battery enough. Whne you crank it, do the headlights flicker or the radio etc?

 

[BrooklynBay]

Welcome to this forum! Do you have a multimeter? Check the voltage when the battery is sitting for a while then again while it's running. Are the battery terminals good?

 

[Mike65]

Welcome Stu from another 99 owner.