1999 Ford Explorer Engine cooling Problems

“1--bad roaring noise in left front wheel area 2--rattling noise in exhaust (muffler) our vehicle was in the shop over 21/2 weeks my wife picked up the vehicle thursday8-28-03 same noise in the front also new rattling noise ledft front end. Noise in bad at 55mph lots of promises made by maloy Ford all talk also they will not return my call salesperson thru owner”

“I have a 1999 Ford Explorer xlt with a v-6 sohc 4 liter engine. The car has not properly accelerated since purchase in 2000, it has constantly stalled while driving and the dealer could not determine the problem because the check engine light was not on. I found out february 16, 2005 that I have a broken intake manifold gasket and it cost over $1,000 to fix. I have searched the internet related to this problem and found there are eight Ford models manufactured from 1996 through 2001 with this problem. …”

“The biggest problem I have now is my transmission, on august 1st, my Explorer lost its reverse, it is now august 25, and I still do not have my car, they fixed it on aug 20, it broke that night, took it back aug 22, broke again and then took it back that night and now they still have it and dont know what is wrong with it. I told them all I want is a car, but they say they cannot give me one. Why? I dont have a car, I lease the one I have, cant drive it, still have to pay for it, and they wont give me a loaner.”

“I was at my office working when my 5 year old daughter came to me saying mommy it's an emergency, your truck is smoking! (I had been at the office working for an hour and a half after picking my children up from school.) I opened the back door to see what she was talking about and saw my truck engulfed in flames. I ran back inside the to call 911. A man had come inside the office to tell us a truck was on fire, he was already on the phone with 911. I moved my children to the front of the office, yelled for everyone parked by my truck to move their vehicles, and went outside in a panic. …”

“Dt: the contact stated vehicle stalled. Although the engine died it easily restarted. He took the vehicle to a dealer. The dealer discovered the problem was the intake manifold gasket. There was a special service campaign # 01m112 that concerned the intake manifold gasket and the timing chain. However, due to the vehicle's mileage it was not included in the campaign. No repairs have been made.”