 This was the 2nd Explorer that I had owned.  Traded my 2000 in because I liked the body style of the newer Explorers.  Never had any issues with the old one.  I absolutely loved the 2002 Explorer, at first!  It is a piece of crap.  Looks and rides nice but replaced numerous wheel bearings and the transmission was clunking and shifting so hard at around 25 mph that my kids kept asking me what I was doing.  CD player stopped ejecting CDs.  Driver side window motor needed replaced.  Leg room in back for 3rd row seat very cramped.  If this vehicle would have held up I would have kept it forever.  Got rid of it before we had to replace the transmission.  Got a Chevy Tahoe, which I LOVE!