1999 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer review from North America

One day I get into my Explorer and start it up only to find that it is running on 7 cylinders. I'm thinking what could of gone wrong? It was running perfectly yesterday. So I take it to the dealership and they do a full diagnostic on the car and held it for 3 days. They finally figured out what it was. It was the spark plug cable going to cylinder #3. 3 Days for just 1 cable? WOW. The other thing that has gone wrong that I noticed on a lot of Explorer's is that they LCD screen on the radio went dead. It would work from time to time whenever it wanted to. The seat developed a small rip in the side and that rip became a 2 inch gaping hole now. I really can't think of anything else that went wrong.

I test drove the V6 and the V8 when I was purchasing this car. The V6 did not change RPM's when it was going from first to second gear. Also, the V8 had a nice deep throaty sound. I knew that I would be buying a boat later on and also wanted a stronger engine to pull it up the many hills that we have here. When I was towing the boat (3500+ lbs.) up a hill on regular 87 octane gas, you could really hear the valves working. They seemed to be singing! Then I changed over to premium 93 octane and the singing stopped going up that same hill; plus the car has more power. I highly recommend premium fuel for this engine.