Used 1996 Ford Explorer Consumer Reviews
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Total Lemon
Scott Follenius, 08/15/2002
1996 Ford Explorer XLT 4dr SUV
0 of 1 people found this review helpful
I bought this car with 58,000 miles. In 10 months I put 9,000 miles on it, a nd had many problems. Have had several small things such as Cruise Control buttons on steering wheel melting, interior handle breaking. Transmission had to be rebuilt twice! $1800 Differential Gears had to be replaced at $800. This car has been in the shop for about a month of the 10 months I have owned it.
an ok suv
kevin5150, 04/11/2002
1996 Ford Explorer XLT 4dr SUV
0 of 1 people found this review helpful
This vehicle workred pretty well overall for me. My biggest complaint was with the handling. It just never felt very solid. I had the 4.0 V6 with a 5 speed manual worked ok but down on low end power (needed lower gearing). only major thing that went wrong was that the clutch master cylinder went out but that was after 90,000+ miles. All other repairs were just standard maintainance. overall not too bad.
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it sucks
me2999999999, 04/11/2004
1996 Ford Explorer XLT 4dr SUV
0 of 5 people found this review helpful
run away from this vehicle
A shell of a car
Found on road dead, 06/26/2002
1996 Ford Explorer XLT 4dr SUV
0 of 1 people found this review helpful
My husband and I were very impressed with the look of the explorer and felt that we could'nt go wrong with the best selling suv at that time. Well, we purchased a used vehicle by two years and found problems eight months later steming from the transmission being rebuilt and finally replaced to the gage lights coming on while driving (that includes the airbag and the check engine lights). NOT IMPRESSED!!!!!!
Ok drive, but not reliable
mattathayde, 06/05/2008
1996 Ford Explorer Sport 2dr SUV
0 of 1 people found this review helpful
Got this car from my sister in 05 for free, just paid to ship, ok not bad at all 900 bucks. Had to put 4- 500 bucks into it for repairs. A/C, alignment, brakes. Nothing huge. Now the Explorer has a little bump and dip if you turn it hard right because inside the front wheel well the cloth material that blocks a lot of dirt from getting up into the engine well is ripped and catches the wheel a little. Drive it for about a year, the coolant system started to leak, had to get that fixed, had to get an O2 sensor replaced. Some other repairs. Now we have about 3-5000 worth of repairs needed on it- electrical issues, ac is broken, driving lights go out some times. I didn't abuse it.