1998 Ford Explorer Sport review from North America
"If you buy one that's only half the money that you are going to shell out"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
Lets see at 50,000 miles the tie rod ends went his is due to no grease fittings. And at $50.00 per tie rod end and there are 4 of them and that is just for the part. Lets see at 62,000 miles the next thing that went wrong was when you first started it up it ran fine, but after it warmed up the idle was erratic to the point where the engine would die. The next thing that went was the rotors they are the very poor quality when they were made there are little pockets of air in the disk that start to rust form the inside out so after a while the surface of the rotors have dime size pits and that was at 52,000 miles.
General comments?
It looks good on the outside, but as far as the parts that they use very cheap. Not built to last.
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | Don't Know |
| First year of ownership | 2000 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2003 |
| Engine and transmission | 4.0 Automatic |
| Performance marks | 6/10 |
| Reliability marks | 8/10 |
| Comfort marks | 8/10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 3/10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 3/10 |
| Distance when acquired | 34000 miles |
| Most recent distance | 63000 miles |
| Previous car | Ford Explorer |
| Date of Entry | 10th October, 2003 |