I have been driving the 92 XLT for seven years. About a year and a half ago I had to have the automatic transmission rebuilt because the transmission spacer went out. A year before that I had to replace the radius arm bushings because they went bad. According to the mechanics who repaired them the spacer and bushings were made from inferior material. Ford has since made these parts out of better material for the later model Explorers. I'm getting a 2001 Explorer XLS next week and I wanted to know if I should be expecting anything like what I ran into with my 92. I know I should have gone for the 2002 model but I can't afford that right now. What change did they make to the 2002 did they move from twin I beam to struts? I hope the 2001 runs as well as my 92 has. Thank you for any information you can give me on the 2001 XLS.
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20 years ago