2001 Ford Explorer Power Train

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

PUTTING SUV IN PARK WHEN THE GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR BROKE AND RELOCATED TO THE 1ST GEAR POSITION. NOW STUCK ON 1ST GEAR AND THERE IS NO VISUAL WAY OF KNOWING WHAT GEAR THE SUV IS IN. FORD IS COVERING THE DEFECT THROUGH WARRANTY, BUT THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE. REPAIRS BEING PERFORMED AT ORR PERFORMANCE IN ATLANTA, TEXAS.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE SHE WAS PUTTING ITEM IN HER VEHICLE, HER TWO YEAR OLD SON CRAWLED UP TO THE FRONT OF VEHICLE AND TURNED THE KEY TO THE SECOND TURN OF THE GEAR SHIFTER AND PULLED THE TRUCK INTO GEAR, THE SECOND TURN ON THE GEAR SHIFTER IS THE ONLY WAY THAT THE VEHICLE CAN BE PUT INTO GEAR WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT ALL OF THE VEHICLES ARE DESIGNED THE SAME WAY. *JB

CONSUMER STATES A STRANGE NOISE IS MADE WHEN PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR, DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS THE FRONT AXLE AND THAT THERE WERE SCRAPS OF METAL BREAKING OFF THE AXLE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING A NEW VEHICLE AND STATES THAT THE SCRAPS OF METAL COULD BE DAMAGING OTHER PARTS OF THE VEHICLE. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING 75MPH A LOUD BOOM NOISE WAS SUDDENLY HEARD. VEHICLE WAS THUMPING AND VIBRATING. STEERING WAS VERY SHAKY. MANAGED TO GET OFF HIGHWAY, AND STOPPED VEHICLE TO CHECK. THERE WASN'T ANY PROBLEM WITH TIRES BLOWING OUT. LIMPED INTO ROAD SERVICE. MECHANIC INFORMED OWNER THE C V JOINTS ATTACHED TO TRANSMISSION TRANSFER CASE HAD BLOWN. FRONT DRIVELINE WAS REMOVED & REPLACED, BUT VIBRATIONS STILL APPEARED. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND INFORMED VEHICLE WAS A LEMON.*AK