Thinking on buying

Hi all, I am looking at buying a 1994 Explorer with about 145,000 km's on
it. I have owned Jeeps for a few years and know what to look for on them,
any thing special and particular I should be looking at on an Explorer? Any
comments on repairs to look into? or general comment appreciated.

Thanks
Snow...

Snow > wrote in message
.. .
> Hi all, I am looking at buying a 1994 Explorer with about 145,000 km's on
> it. I have owned Jeeps for a few years and know what to look for on them,
> any thing special and particular I should be looking at on an Explorer?
Any
> comments on repairs to look into? or general comment appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Snow...
>
>

With that mileage the first thing that comes to my mind is radius arm
bushings. If it clunks when coming to a stop...

Other common problems but which usually occur with more miles would be:

Autohubs
Lower intake manifold gasket
Head gasket leaks
Automatic transmission

Thermostat failures are common too but at just about any mileage.

In my opinion the engine is just about bulletproof, the body and frame are
very strong, and with repairs and maintenance it will last a long, long
time. You may need a new (auto) transmission about the time many
cars/trucks are in the junkyard. Most of us have replaced the autohubs with
manual locking hubs. The other problems seem to occur generally around
150,000-200,000 miles (not kilos).

Good grief, I have a 1993 Ford Explorer with 204,000 miles on it and I
wouldn't part with it. I love it. It has only let me down once in 14 years
and that was a bad fuel pump relay which was remedied in about 5 minutes by
swapping relays with the AC solenoid relay.

A friend has a 1994 Explorer and he bought a new Explorer four years ago. I
don't think he'd have done that if Explorers were POSs.


"Grolch" > wrote in message
news:2Qd3g.7$nq3.3@clgrps12...
> Well here's an experts opinion:
>
> The Explorer got quite the write-up in Phil Edmonstons Guide. For those
> unfamiliar, Phil Edmonston has been writing these annual guides to buying
> cars for many years and is known to "pull no punches" with his reviews.
>
> Here's what he has to say about the 1991 - 1994 Explorers.
>
> These early explorers are both unreliable and dangerous to drive. Some of
> the most common defects reported by owners are transmission and fuel
> system
> failures, electrical system shorts, frequent and expensive brake repairs
> due
> to prematurely worn pads, rotors and master cylinder, constant motor-mount
> failures and defective AC condensers. Body defects are legion. What hasn't
> fallen off is usually about to, is stuck shut, stuck open, rusted away,
> delaminated, or simply broken. The above deficiencies produce poor engine
> performance that includes hard starts, sudden acceleration, stalling and
> excessive gas consumption; AC failures; noisy, ineffective brakes; lights
> and guages that have a mind of thier own; suspension noises and exhaust
> system rattles.
>
> 1995 - 1999 Explorer
>
> Granted Ford tried to upgrade the explorers relianility and durability
> with
> it's '95 redesign, however, there hasn't been much improvement as
> witnessed
> by the continuing torrrent of owner complaints and service bulletin fixes
> for factory defects. The main problems targeted in service buletins....
> and
> so on.
>
> Makes you wonder why anyone would own one of these eh?
>
> "Snow" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> Hi all, I am looking at buying a 1994 Explorer with about 145,000 km's on
>> it. I have owned Jeeps for a few years and know what to look for on
>> them, any thing special and particular I should be looking at on an
>> Explorer? Any comments on repairs to look into? or general comment
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Snow...
>>
>
>

Just curious... this is the second post I notice from you bashing
explorers. If you're not in to 'em, fine. But then why are you here?



In article <2Qd3g.7$nq3.3@clgrps12>, Grolch
> wrote:

> Well here's an experts opinion:
>
> The Explorer got quite the write-up in Phil Edmonstons Guide. For those
> unfamiliar, Phil Edmonston has been writing these annual guides to buying
> cars for many years and is known to "pull no punches" with his reviews.
>
> Here's what he has to say about the 1991 - 1994 Explorers.
>
> These early explorers are both unreliable and dangerous to drive. Some of
> the most common defects reported by owners are transmission and fuel system
> failures, electrical system shorts, frequent and expensive brake repairs due
> to prematurely worn pads, rotors and master cylinder, constant motor-mount
> failures and defective AC condensers. Body defects are legion. What hasn't
> fallen off is usually about to, is stuck shut, stuck open, rusted away,
> delaminated, or simply broken. The above deficiencies produce poor engine
> performance that includes hard starts, sudden acceleration, stalling and
> excessive gas consumption; AC failures; noisy, ineffective brakes; lights
> and guages that have a mind of thier own; suspension noises and exhaust
> system rattles.
>
> 1995 - 1999 Explorer
>
> Granted Ford tried to upgrade the explorers relianility and durability with
> it's '95 redesign, however, there hasn't been much improvement as witnessed
> by the continuing torrrent of owner complaints and service bulletin fixes
> for factory defects. The main problems targeted in service buletins.... and
> so on.
>
> Makes you wonder why anyone would own one of these eh?
>
> "Snow" > wrote in message
> .. .
> > Hi all, I am looking at buying a 1994 Explorer with about 145,000 km's on
> > it. I have owned Jeeps for a few years and know what to look for on them,
> > any thing special and particular I should be looking at on an Explorer?
> > Any comments on repairs to look into? or general comment appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Snow...
> >
>
>