Problems with 2002 Ford Explorer WHEELS

The rear stabilizer links just broke out of nowhere not even to latest later the front stabilizer links just broke out of nowhere and i have no steering a whole lot of loose control

Wheel studs breaking off & causing danger for my family,therefore making it unsafe for the family.many reports have been made about these particular vehicles.when im able i will get rid of both my ford vehicles for my families safety & wellbeing.

The rear suspension is broken on either side of vehicle, the rear passenger side bearings were replaced, now the drivers rear wheel bearings are shot.

Was driving on the highway and felt a sharp jerk/pull to the right. at first thought it was a flat tire so got off on next exit. wasn't a flat tire but could smell something awful. made grinding sound and still had bad smell, knew we had to drive it back to the place we are staying at. had hazard lights on and only drove 10-15 mph because of the sound and because of how scary it was. knew something bad was happening to our car. brakes at this point practically went out. would not have to press brakes to stop vehicle at a red light, the car would just stop. steering wheel was not even, but more or less 90 degrees to the right. pulled into the neighborhood and into the driveway and a car leaving the street saw that our vehicle at this point was on fire! extinguish fire (since it was a gas fire) and looked at the damage. looks like the front driver side wasn't even connected to anything. do not know how or when fire started but the flames when we noticed were about 1 foot tall and wide by the internal driver side wheel. ...

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford explorer. while driving approximately 10 mph, the contact noticed that the rear passenger side tire rode roughly. the contact noticed that three of the wheel studs were sheared off. the failure occurred four times with the remaining wheel studs. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was notified. the approximate failure mileage was 140,000. updated 10/02/14*lj the consumer stated within 7 months the the rear wheel studs suddenly sheared off while driving. the last time the driver was on the freeway with 5 children in the car. updated 3/30/2015 *js

I have only owned my 2002 ford explorer for a little over a year and i have had to replace the rear wheel bearings 3 times. just today i have noticed that the left rear wheel bearing is going again and i just replaced both rear wheel bearings a month ago. this is very expensive and i'm am very disappointed in the quality. *tr

Bearing keep have to be replaced, an the rear coil spring is cracked an the tire came off while driving my truck, have replaced the wheel bearing 3 times already. an i have replace the transmission 2 times. *tr

Failure of rear wheel bearings on both sides. time between onset of noise and near catastrophic failure was approximately 300 miles. fearing a high probability that the front wheel bearings might fail without warning and possibly cause a serious accident and injuries, the only option was to incur the high cost to replace all four wheel bearings and related parts. this is a common problem with ford explorers across a wide range of model years and is clearly a manufacturing design defect. nhtsa has been made aware of this issue via a sufficient number of complaints from owners and must compel ford motor company to issue a recall of all ford explorers beginning with model year 2002 or earlier. the recall rightfully must include full reimbursement for reasonable and customary repair costs incurred by owners after warranty expiration. *tr

I have replaced 8 wheel bearings on this auto. 4-21-12 i was on the hwy to the nearest big city towing a borrowed utility trailer, which is 90 miles from my home, and i am so fortunate that i did not loose my wheel. at the time, i thought it was my new tires but when i went to the dealer of my tires he showed me the play that my back wheel had and told me i was a very lucky girl that my tire didn't snap off. fast forward and i have just replaced both back wheel bearing again with only 23,000 miles on the previous replaced bearing. 14,000 on the one before that! ford you have a problem!! *tr

I was driving my 2002 ford explorer about 25mph when i felt the rear end drop down. pulled over to the side of the road and all 5 studs had sheared off. the second time it happened i was only backing out of my driveway when i put it into drive & started to accelerate the opposite side studs sheared off. this time only 4 studs broke so i limped the truck back onto my driveway. the third time this happened i was driving about 15mph going around a turn & 4 studs broke off again. if i was going any faster the truck could have flipped over. *tr

Rear passenger wheel started shaking. stopped and removed wheel cover and found three wheel studs sheared off. had to have vehicle towed to tire store. replaced wheel, hub and all studs. *tr

My name is[xxx] and i own a 2002 ford explorer xlt (v6). i have owned it for almost a year now (will be in jan 2012) and loved every minute of it until recently. about 4 months ago, i heard a strange loud whining noise. i immediately took it to my mechanic and found that rear wheel bearing was going. i was also told that if i would have took the interstate to work that evening i could have possibly died or caused serious injuries to others on road. very scary! mind you this bearing went with no warning. immediately after i heard the noise i took it in. well the bearing got fixed and i couldn't have been happier. however, about a month ago i was on the interstate with my two year old daughter doing about 70mph when my truck began to shake violently. i assumed i was in the process of having a tire blow-out and began slowly breaking and losing control of the vehicle. luckily i made it onto the shoulder of the interstate. my tire however was not as lucky. all 5 studs on my right rear tire snapped causing the tire to completely fly ...

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford explorer. the contact was driving 60 mph when the rear passenger side tire detached from the vehicle. the contact discovered that there were three lug nuts that had become loose and caused the failure. the contact took the vehicle to a local mechanic to have the wheel replaced. less than one month later, the contact noticed that the lug nuts had become loose again. the contact stated that the lug nuts were becoming loose from the vibration of the vehicle. the contact did not take the vehicle to the dealer for diagnostics or repairs. the failure mileage was 112,000. the vin was not available.

For the sixth time since 2009, i was driving and heard what sounded like a pop. my boyfriend noticed my right rear tire wobbling. i knew immediately a stud or studs had broken. when he popped off the cap, two studs were literally snapped at the bolt, clean break. this has happened six other times, one in which my tire was hanging on by one stud and nearly caused me to wreck into a telephone pole. i thought it was my mechanic making error after error but could never find an issue. now, after doing some extensive research, i see it is fords error. this is a life threatening issue. i have spent thousands of dollars getting new rotors, new tires, etc. thinking this was it. clearly it's not. ford needs to either reimburse or recall the vehicles. i'm done. *kb

You need to seriously look into recalling all 2002 ford explorers for potentially dangerous wheel and hub assemblies. this happened on multiple occasions. the first time it happened, it happened in august 2008. i just moved into my dorm, and i had to go home for a little while. i was on the pennsylvania turnpike, and my truck began swerving to the point that i had no control over it, and i had to pull over. when i got out, i pulled the lug cover off the rear passenger side wheel to find that four of the five lugs were snapped. i had to pay $400 to have it towed, and when it got to the garage, they found that the wheel bearings and hub were damaged. the next time it happened, it happened on the driver's side rear wheel, and, again, the lugs snapped and they found the hub and wheel bearings to be the cause of it. this was about a month after the first incident. the third incident involved both front wheels, but luckily only the wheel bearings and hubs were damaged and my wheels stayed in place. this happened about november of 2010. in january of ...