2002 Ford Explorer Fuel System Other Problems

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS WHEN WIDE OPEN THROTTLE SCENARIO PRESENTS ITSELF IN REAL WORLD APPLICATION ! 2002 FORD EXPLORER AUTOMATIC,TRANNY, FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORTTRAC IN OCTOBER OF 2003, WITH 25,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR OCCASIONS THAT MY VEHICLE HAS RUN OUT OF GAS, WITH THE GASOLINE GAUGE READING BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2 TANK READING ON THE GAUGE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DONLEY FORD IN GALION, OHIO AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE COMPUTER. I WAS WONDERING WHY THIS ITEM WASN'T COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. AND I NEED TO KNOW WHAT I MUST DO TO GET THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED? THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I WILL HOPEFULLY HEAR FROM YOU.

EVEN WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS THE GAS GAUGE WILL GO TO "0" AND THE "CHECK GAUGE" LIGHT COMES ON BECAUSE THE SENDER ASSEMBLY UNIT OF THE GAS GAUGE DOES NOT WORK. WHEN WE TOOK OUR EXPLORER TO DUB MILLER FORD IN ROSENBERG ON NOV. 19TH, THERE HAD BEEN ANOTHER 2002 EXPLORER BROUGHT IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM THAT MORNING. THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE AND IS ON BACK ORDER. THE PART COST $76.79 BUT THE LABOR WILL BE $270! THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR US TO PAY DUE TO AN FORD'S EGINEERING PROBLEM. ARE MANY OTHER 2002 EXPLORERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS? THANKS! SHELLEY AND GALE TOWNS. *AK

1. DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES ON THE EVENING (7:30 PM) OF 12-4-04 TO A HOLIDAY PARTY WITH JUST MYSELF AND MY WIFE. UPON ARRIVING WITHIN SECONDS OF THE LOCATION AN ANONOYMOUS DIRVER STOPPED OUR VEHICLE AND MADE US AWARE THAT THERE WAS A FIRE COMING FROM UNDER OUR VEHICLE, A 2002 FORD EXPLORER XLT. AS WE JUMPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND SAW THE FIRE A NEIGHBOR WATCHING CALLED THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT. WITHIN MINUTES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND TRIED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. BEING UNSUCCESFUL IT TOOK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR TO STOP THE FIRE AT WHICH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THERE WAS NOTHING TO BE REPAIRED AS THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. AND THERE HAD BEEN NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.*AK

WHEN THE FUEL TANK WAS FILLED UP IT REGISTERED EMPTY TWELVE HOURS LATER. HOWEVER, FUEL TANK READ FULL. VEHICLE HAS RAN OUT OF GAS ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT FUEL SENDING UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE SHOWED THE WRONG GAS MEASUREMENTS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE GAS GAUGE WOULD READ WRONG. THIS WOULD CAUSE THE CONSUMER TO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL WAS IN THE VEHICLE. *JB

WHILE FILLING UP AT THE GAS STATION THE FUEL GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED. THE FUEL TANK REGISTERED A FULL TANK, BUT 12 HOURS LATER, A FALSE READING OCCURRED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE FUEL SENDING UNIT DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE DIES OUT, BUT WILL RESTART. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE FUEL SYSTEM. *AK THE FIRST TWO FAILURE, THE VEHICLE STARTED UP IN 3 TO 5 MIN. THE THIRD FAILURE, THE MOST SERIOUS, IT TOOK APPROX. 10 MIN. TO START IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. CONSUMER TOOK TO DEALER. TWO MONTHS LATER, VEHICLE QUIT RUNNING AT 45 MPH. CONSUMER LIMPED HOME AT 5 MPH, LET IDLE FOR 10 MIN. THEN IT RAN FINE AGAIN. *PH