In general, minus the early component failures, the vehicle is decent riding.
The engine seemed to produce more torque and HP than rated by Ford.
The vehicle handled very well in snowy weather.
In 4x4 Low, vehicle had adequate power to pull a 1000lbs cloths line post out of the ground like nothing with a tow strap, and it pulled a Crown Vic out of a ditch.
I will jinx myself, but I have not had any trouble with the transmission or T-case.
For a vehicle that had a $38k sticker price, I didn't pay that much; I guess I would have expected higher quality.
I own a 2000 S-10 and it has 168,000 miles on it. The only thing I have replaced on it was the fuel pump. Pump died at 150,000.
Ford has lost a customer forever, because they knew this model year had a lot of component quality issues and they did nothing to help the customer. So far I am seeing between $6,000 and $10,000 in repairs on vehicles that had less than 60,000 miles on them.
I almost forgot, U-Haul will not rent a trailer if a Ford Explorer is towing it. They would rent to a Mercury Mountaineer, which was a mechanical carbon copy of the Explorer. However, because the Explorer had a reputation for being unstable, they would not risk it. Unfortunately I think the drivers had a lot more to do with the Explorer's stability, than the vehicle. You can't take a hairpin turn at 60 in a high profile vehicle.
So it is either foreign or GM for me :^).
Source: http://www.carsurvey.org/reviews/ford/explorer/2002/
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