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A few issues with Ford Explorer 2002, Can somebody help?

I have a Ford Explorer 2002 XLT and I seemt to be un lucky, I just wonder if anybody came across someting similar or can advice?

1- Is there any way to have the middle row seats tilt? ( I need to tilt them to the back at least 135 Deg.)

2- The car A/C seems to become less efficient when the car is idling. I my country the temprature is too high in the summer and the average is around

45 Deg C. The recomendation from and A/C expert is to change the compressor to a highr rating but Ford says I loose the warranty if I do so.

3- I keep getting a rattling noise from the steering if I turn the wheel by about 75 Deg. I simulated the fault to Ford technician several times but he couldn't explain the problem, at the end he said it is normal and this is the case with 4WD.

4- I have read about the whinning and I think I got the problem. I took the technician for a test and he was able to hear the noise. He then shifted the gear into Nutral as the car was still in motion and obsrved. The noise was still there, he replied that this is due to the Tires. He claims that is the noise was due to the shafts, it would have vanished at nutral.

5- I once had to jump start the car and then got some nocking noise from the rear side whan ever the rear A/C is on. Took the car for service and got this fixed. The Technician calims that the noise is due to the actuators failure and this is cuase by the Jump Start. Recently took my car to solve the A/C problem and they rechrged the system, now I have the same Nocking Noise.

6- If I apply brakes strongly like to avoid an accedent or so, I get some kind of noise from the wheels, it's like whan the parking brakes engaged and driving. The dealer explains that this is due to the pumped brake fluid in to the sytem and that it doesn't go back to it's position and keeps the pads touching the discs which makes this noise, but it is normal.

I thinks I realy need some expert advice.

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danjerguy
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That's really not that hot. I have no problem cooling my Explorer in

113 F (for those of you who don't read metric) weather. After a minute or so, it's blowing nice and cold air. You should not need to change the compressor to achieve this. It sounds like you should be looking for a different shop, with a mechanic you trust. Ask around, and see who friends take their cars to.
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Ratbert

It seems to me that auto air conditioners are never as efficient at idle as they are at speed.

  1. The engine/compressor is turning at 700 - 800 RPM instead of 2000 RPM 2. There is less air moving over the condenser coils to extract the heat.

Sy Cohen

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Sy Cohen

The Explorer has Anti-Lock brakes. If the system detects that a wheel is about to stop turning (as on slippery surfaces or in a panic stop) it will release brake pressure momentarily to make sure traction is maintained and you will notice an odd sound or feel to the brakes when this happens. Mine seems like a crackling or rumbling type of feel. If the noise is only while you are applying the brake aggressively, that is probably what you are noticing.

From this and your other comments, I think you might need to find another mechanic who is more familiar with this vehicle.

=Vic= Bear Gap, PA

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Vic Klein

Thanks ratbert2k, but what I meant is that the compressor almost stops pumping GAS into the system. The Air out put is only the blowers until the caf moves or I step on the GAS to incease the rotation (RMP). This as was told is due to the Expantion Valve Threshold.

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danjerguy

Thanks Vic Klein, the noise of the ABS I am familiar with. That sounds like when your Pads are gone and they grind the Discs. My problem is that the sound I get keeps comming as the car is on the move. That is like when the calipper - I hope the term is correct - is jammed and the piston would push the pads out but will not retract. Hence the pads will be touching the surface of the discs genrating this noise.

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danjerguy

Thanks Sy Cohen. You are correct, but mostly the change in the air comming out of the stream is not big. In my case I only have the blowers air. Regarding the circulation, I believe a bigger or more efficient cooling fan might help. Ford has changed the cooling fan on the 2004 Explorer. Aynbody have an idea?

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danjerguy

"danjerguy" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@localhost.talkaboutautos.com:

Sorry, danjerguy, I don't have advice for you, but I too would be interested finding out more about this actuator thing. I had the knocking noise in the rear too whenever the rear A/C was on. The car was under warranty at the time, so I took it to the dealer and they fixed it. That was a little more than a year ago. Now, the noise is back and the rear A/C blows hot. The dealer doesn't want to fix it as the car is out of warranty and the warranty on the repair itself is only 12 months. Now I see you have this problem as well. This seems to me to be a manufacturing design flaw/defect that is likely leading to widespread failures. Do others our here have similar problems. I'd like to hear. Maybe we can combine forces and get Ford to cover what appears to be a piece of junk actuator.

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akheel

Will Akheel, I don't know where are you from, but here in my country "Bahrain", the dealer seems to be aware of it and that they had several complaints. But what is the relation between the A/C actuator and the jump start? Wonder who can help? By the way, if the A/C blows hot, first check the button for the selection of the air flow (the one under the thermostat knob) make suer it is blowing to the face selected. You should keep both the fron and the rear same selection. If this doesn't help then you need to fight with the dealer, the A/C design is adopted from the Windstar and this was a major fault in the A/C. The need to do some re-wiring. It seems explorers are the Monady production. Cheers M8

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danjerguy

Hey, buddy how old is your cart? what's the mileage? it seems to rattle everywhere? check

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are plenty of stuff about noises, suspensions and brakes!do you have a radio? make it louder! or replace with a good one!AC should work -y're right! get it sorted out rather to look for funcysolutions! As of blend door actuator - when you replaced it? Ford has some fix released in last October - check with your dealer if they have the latest update in stock. To change the mech may help, but may be not - the new one will go the whole way from the beginning, and y'll fed up with him, and go to another one, and he'll go the whole... there is no end at that road... And keep smiling! Yr Ex is starting in the morning and running? You have the great truck! At the end of the day it's a machinery! If makes a noise, it means it works!

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Old_Tech

Thanx Budd. The info regarding the actuator, the guys told me that today. Hope this will fix it and no problems after jump start. Thanks for your post, and I am now checking the site. Cheers M8

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danjerguy

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