2003 EXPLORER REAR END NOISE

My explorer has 80,000 and recently I have notice a low pitched noise from
the rear of the truck. It varies with speed and it's not very loud. It may
be a wheel bearing or something else. Anyone else had a similar problem? How
do you find if there has been a service notice or recall? Thanks for any
help.
Jim

Uh oh. This sounds like the infamous Explorer whining rear end /
differential. Thousands of '02 Explorers (including mine) were
afflicted with this, and I believe it went on into the '03 model year.
In most cases, Ford paid for a rebuild of the diff, but some people have
had problems getting that to happen. Check with your dealer. If you
can find a history for this discussion group (maybe on Google groups?),
you can read hundreds of posts about it.

Bill

JM wrote:
> My explorer has 80,000 and recently I have notice a low pitched noise from
> the rear of the truck. It varies with speed and it's not very loud. It may
> be a wheel bearing or something else. Anyone else had a similar problem? How
> do you find if there has been a service notice or recall? Thanks for any
> help.
> Jim
>
>

Thanks Bill!!


"Bill Jeffrey" > wrote in message
...
> Uh oh. This sounds like the infamous Explorer whining rear end /
> differential. Thousands of '02 Explorers (including mine) were afflicted
> with this, and I believe it went on into the '03 model year. In most
> cases, Ford paid for a rebuild of the diff, but some people have had
> problems getting that to happen. Check with your dealer. If you can find
> a history for this discussion group (maybe on Google groups?), you can
> read hundreds of posts about it.
>
> Bill
>
> JM wrote:
>> My explorer has 80,000 and recently I have notice a low pitched noise
>> from the rear of the truck. It varies with speed and it's not very loud.
>> It may be a wheel bearing or something else. Anyone else had a similar
>> problem? How do you find if there has been a service notice or recall?
>> Thanks for any help.
>> Jim

Ford paid for mine to be rebuilt ('03, 30k miles) and gave me a loner to
drive. They replaced it one week before the 36 mo. ran out. No problem
they just wanted to test it out themselves, of course on the seat I had left
printouts from this newsgroup just in case!

Good luck



"Bill Jeffrey" > wrote in message
...
> Uh oh. This sounds like the infamous Explorer whining rear end /
> differential. Thousands of '02 Explorers (including mine) were
> afflicted with this, and I believe it went on into the '03 model year.
> In most cases, Ford paid for a rebuild of the diff, but some people have
> had problems getting that to happen. Check with your dealer. If you
> can find a history for this discussion group (maybe on Google groups?),
> you can read hundreds of posts about it.
>
> Bill
>
> JM wrote:
> > My explorer has 80,000 and recently I have notice a low pitched noise
from
> > the rear of the truck. It varies with speed and it's not very loud. It
may
> > be a wheel bearing or something else. Anyone else had a similar problem?
How
> > do you find if there has been a service notice or recall? Thanks for any
> > help.
> > Jim
> >
> >

Look for U-joint loose or broken
or differencial broken pinion

I have a 02 with 88K and have had the rear end bearings replaced twice.
Thank God I requested the 100K warranty as part of the sale.