2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Engine cooling Problems

“I bought a Ford Explorer Sport Trac in aug. Of 2002. Ever since it was a year old I have had nothing but problems with it. I had it 6 times for the same issue, they replaced the same part 4 times, that did not help. They finally called the Ford help line and found out they needed to replace the whole gas tank. My truck the first time lost all power while driving down the road, I shut it off and it restarted fine. I took into the dealership and they had to re-program the main computer chip. …”

“While merging onto a freeway, couldn't get over 2,000 RPM and thus couldn't get enough speed to merge on at over 25mph. Vehicle stalled several times while trying to get off the freeway. New vehicle has 10812 miles. Ford maintenance dept stated they couldn't find anything wrong, it ran fine for them. My husband went to pick up the vehicle and in drive it ran, in neutral couldn't get more than 2,000 RPM, mechanic said it was the governor, needless to say, my husband said fix the car. They still have my truck.”

“I bought this truck on february 20th, 2004 with a little over 20,000 miles. On february 24th, 2004, after leaving the dealership my truck died on a busy street on two separate occasions. The salesman told me that the truck had flooded. On june 10th, august 12th, november 19th, and again on december 2nd, 2004 (the only ones I wrote down  it does happen more often) my truck also died while driving down the road. These have all been very serious incidents where I felt lucky to not only be alive but that I hadnt hit anything or anyone else. …”

“My 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac stalls when going down the road. It's like you're taking your foot off the gas and back on it again except that isn't what I'm doing. Today it did that and then went dead while driving down the road. I took it to the Ford place but they said with no lights on it wouldn't do any good to hook it up to a machine. They said it could be anything from electronics, fuel pump, etc. My warranty runs out in about 4,500 miles. This has been going on for about a year with the stalling out but this was the first time it actually went dead while driving down the road. …”

“I purchased a Ford Explorer Sport Trac in dec. 2002. I have been in and out of the service department a number of times. The following is a list of items that I've had repaired under warranty: 1.) front brakes: a loud rubbing/griding sound became increasingly louder. The first time the service dept. Folks said that it was normal. The next time I brought the car in, they could deny the noise and they subsequently replace one rotor and resurfaced the other. 2.) rear axle: a broken seal allowed hydroulic fluid to cover inside of the rear wheel causing difficulty in braking. The service dept. …”