2000 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer from North America - Comments

The first few days after we purchased the vehicle the computer system that tells you your gas mileage, and vital stats went haywire and had to be replaced by our Ford dealership under warranty with a $100.00 deductable. To this day it still does not read accuratley. This vehicle was supposed to have been a one owner vehicle before we bought it since it was only a little under a year old. We came to find out that the one previous owner had been a rental agency and that was why there were so many miles on it previously. Ford wouldn't come to admit this.

Bought the truck with Firestones on it and has to be put on a list for new tires and had to wait almosta etire year to have them replaced when we were only # 35 on the list.

At 39,000 miles the front driverside and the rear passenger side automatic window motor blew and had to br replaced (Very Expensive)

At 40,000 miles we had to have the brake pads replaced because they were so thin you could have broken them in half with your hands very easily.

At 60,000 miles the windshield washer pump for both the front and rear blew and hat to be replaced (not under warranty).

At 80,000 miles the front driverside and passenger side balljoints were about to give way and had to be replaced at a very steep price because they had a sensor in each one of them. Fuses in this vehicle have blown at least 5 every week.

At 85,000 miles the wiring to the fuse box died and had to be replaced!

This vehicle is wonderful if you have tons of money to spen on endless repairs. I personally love the style and comfort of The Eddie Bauer explorers, but they fall apart so fast. I have pampered this vehicle by keeping up with repairs and maintenance non stop, but it never seems to reward me by doing this.

To be fair, it would be reasonable to expect these kinds of repairs after so many miles. You mention brake pads at 40K miles - that's a pointless arguement really - brakes are a consumable part - they have to be replaced quite frequently, and ball joints will wear out eventually on any car. You can't expect a vehicle to have undergone zero repairs after 80K miles! You want to try owning a MKII Range Rover - then you'll really unerstand what high maintenance and unreliability is - and we're talking £10K in one year including a new engine (same mileage as your Explorer).