2002 Ford Explorer tires problems
Owners reported tires problems in 39 complaints for the 2002 Ford Explorer, <1% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 39 1% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 58,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When tires problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 18 tires complaints that report mileage, the median is about 58,000 miles, and 61% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 4 crashes, 3 injuries, 1 death.
What owners wrote
2 of my cousins were involved in a ford explorer tire blow out outside of raleigh nc on august 16th. Amal muaraka, a pediatric surgeon was killed instantly and summeet murarka was placed in icu as the non-bridgestone tire blew out on the ford explorer and the vehicle flipped 5 times when the tire blew out. What will it take for the government to act on ford's malicious deceit.
I have a 2002 ford explorer xlt with 96,000 miles on it and around 60,000 the noise started. First the front right wheel started to vibrate and then the hub went. While driving my front tire just collapsed. 2nd issue the rear end started to make noise is more like vibraing. And after searching on google, I find that im not the only one with this issue. This is a very expensive issue $1200. Just to start the ford company is aware of this issue and nothing is being done about it.
Other problems reported for the 2002 Ford Explorer
- Transmission 982 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 614 complaints
- Body & structure 490 complaints
- Suspension 461 complaints
- Engine 207 complaints
- Air bags 164 complaints
- Steering 158 complaints
- Cruise control 157 complaints