Please go to SEMAs website and sign the petition to pass the RPM Act. The EPA is attacking the auto performance industry and trying to ban us from modifying our cars.

@@ForcedfedFords Goodluck epa. Ain't gonna stop me from LS, coyote and hemi swapping everything!!

@@user-jk9oo6ds2c You already can't get away with that crap in California if you expect to pass smog tests.

@@markmiller3279 just got to know a guy that knows a guy 😏

@Abhay Ajoodha “I won’t have this filthy Nelly garbage playing in My Ford Explorer, that __ can’t even spell ‘here’” _[five years later, gives daughter away after she dances down the aisle to Buckcherry’s “Crazy Bitch”; bops head to music, sheds tear]_

Now THIS is Podracing!

....but if they wanna do a supercar, or weird custom/prototype every once in a while I won't complain.

I can FEEL the rust spreading while watching this video.

Now THIS is flat earth!

Oh so regular

Agreed. Mr Regular always comes up with his best stuff when he reviews a turd like this.

that's so accurate it hurts😁

How is the obvious reality of maturity a "scam?" Are you the same as you were when you were a kid? No, because you've matured. If maturity is a "scam," why is it weird for a 70 year old to date a 17 year old? It's weird because those are people at very different stages of maturity. That's probably the dumbest thing I have ever read. "Marurity is a scam" sounds like something a child predator would say.

@@cameronnorton5898 I don't know that I've ever seen someone go to that much effort to take something out of context. Well done.

@@cameronnorton5898 out of context

What the hell you’re alive?

Holy shit he's alive and watches RCR

Hey it's that guy who used to make videos

As the son of a marine, I can tell you, that is about how it really goes. We returned to that base so often, we felt like a boomerang. Had 4 cross country moves on me, before I was 10. And lived on, and around Lejeune 6 times before dad retired.

What the hell

I'm so sorry, David

im sorry. It must've been hard to recover.

It’s himmm👀👀👀

That’s not a car just sayin

Haha I had a explorer sport 2dr. I loved it at the time!

Which makes it all the more strange that they would choose to put this in the mustang.

@Johnnyislit124 that's more so the God awful French automatic trans they liked to use, I had a 02 4.0 explorer with the auto my friend picked up a 04 ranger with the 5 speed and the 4.0 engine its definitely a lot quicker then an explorer still not fast but it did pull on a another friends p71 until he hit the speed governor

@ Caleb Shonk It’s not the engine. It’s the beast that it’s forced to pull. Also, it’s likely they emphasized torque in the Explorer for towing and to help with its weight vs power in a lightweight Mustang.

0 on Friday 60 Sunday morning

@@calebshonk5838 Engine is hardly the only component that goes into how fast a car is. Mated up with a heavy vehicle and bad transmission, even the best engine can struggle to get power to the wheels.

That’s still true. I drove for 5 minutes and counted 3. Didn’t see a single other 4th or 5th gen lol

How'd you know? 😅

look if i'm not gonna be outside long why dirty the pants? i got a mountaineer 😂😂

Really any temperature

My legs don't get cold you bastard. 😂

@@hollywood21639 😂 that’s funny. Because they usually say that. I’m n all honesty though. I like Ford Explorers.

That middle plastic between the glass and door handle on the rear would break too. Right on the middle where that ford oval is at and I'll see many explorers with those pieces broken or a different color.

My 04 escape had the same problem, drilled a hole through the hinge and stuck a bolt in it

@@bearworldwide101 oh that was plastic? I always thought it was some shit metal literal tin.

The rear trunk door had a habit of cracking too, you still see many explorers with a broken tailgate.

@@film-john it's plastic I got to replace one for a friend when I was in college trying to take it off is easy putting the new one in is a bitch because you can break the plastic while putting it in and all the time the color is always off or different or you buy it new from one of those cheap China made parts in the shitty parts of town its black flimsy plastic and the molding to out the Ford Oval at.

A lot

Nobody wants to hear bad things about themselves, but coming back to RCR is what shows that we want to grow as people

This engine needs to be talked down about. Three timing chains..wtf.. could go after 40k miles... SERIOUSLY?!?

@@kevina2052 They were pretty rough there for a while. I don’t know why there aren’t more 302 hot rod Rangers, because clean, low-mile, blown up or about to blow up Rangers with 4.0s used to be EVERYWHERE for like beer money. If I was a Ford guy, I’d have DEFINITELY built one.

NOT ENOUGH

SOS mine

Mine will be cleaner than that eventually. I like mine enough to where I’m gonna restore it.

The 2005 I just bought is cleaner . Not from a rust state

I've got a feeling that it's gonna be a wonderful day!

The sun in the sky has a smile on his face

And he’s shining his salute to the American race

Good Morning USA!!!

Good morning U S A

Same. Look at the length. Its shorter than 10 minutes and almost no filler :) takes me back to 5 years ago

I’ve been feeling the same way, that RCR is just different now. The old videos really use to trigger some nostalgic moments like his civic reviews.

Love cigarettes and off brand baby food

Lol they are still everywhere in roads bro

@@Proxyyy825 I live in the northeast and genuinely never see them anymore. They were already rotting away like 10 years ago lol

@@jakethreesixty oh makes sense. I live in Florida where cars survive longer due to no snow and I still see these Explorers all the time as well as even second generation Explorers

@@jakethreesixty Same thing with 90s and early 2000s Dodge/Chrysler minivans. They used to everywhere but you hardly see them nowadays as they've all rusted away.

@@Proxyyy825 Florida Man needs cheap wheels. I pretty much never see them in California outside rural areas, where anything cheap that can plausibly carry a lot is in demand. In the cities, never see them.

Nah, that was the previous generation. This one frequently gets sent to the junkyard for it's self removing differential, as long as the engine and trans don't go first.

@@jaredkennedy6576 Self removing? Haven't heard of that one. I plan to run the 8.8 IRS diff in my AMC Eagle project (it's complicated). I think I may be able to use the guts of the explorer front diff in the eagle's dana 30 case too.

@@Levibetz why not use a complete 95-2001 Explorer 8.8? It comes with disc brakes, limited slip, and the right bolt pattern. Pretty sure it's the right width, but the driveshaft is offset a little. The 3rd gen center section is an aluminum unit, so it does lose its backlash and preload, plus the spider gears are pretty soft.

@@jaredkennedy6576 nope 3rd gen here with an 8.8 in the rear

@@jaredkennedy6576 the transmission sucks stock but you rework it with the sonnax kits it’s a solid unit. And the 4.6 speaks for itself the 4.0 not so much

Well yeah, the damn oil filter for a Windstar sits right on top of the first cat. Which is great when you work at an oil change place, you get to burn your arm, every time (all the heat sleeves were always filthy), I have many scars, probably just overall thicker skin on my arm now.

does anyone want a winstar?

@@insomniafun8751 windstars are fun when the transmission gives out, especially after a fuckin funeral

@@Scigh-on my daily is a Freestar and honestly its better than the old Windstars

Just imagine the Explorer is wagon version of the Ranger.

being from pa i dont know how to react to this

Savage

@@american_patriot1776 same...

@@american_patriot1776 not being from pa, i dont know what its implying

Being in PA, and being somewhat forced to drive this exact car, I don't know what to say about your comment.

That was fixed in a recall

Wait, how ??

*cries in absolutely split back panel on my '03*

My O3 has a crack problem.. 🙄

I think it's the only one in existence mine had one right of the left side of the Ford badge just like every other one that isn't split on both sides

My girlfriend's dad has an explorer with the v8 and it has a crack in the back panel but surprisingly its the only one I've seen with it

Mine never cracked, the rest of the vehicle just fell apart around it

That line brought back serious nostalgia.

But they're relatively low maintenance ... except for a few things... and parts are plentiful and cheap... and lots of room under the hood if you do have to deal with an issue.

Had that happen on my '92. Driving home from Taco Bell one day, and my transmission decides to become a 5-neutral instead of a 4-speed automatic. That A4LD is such a piece of crap

On my 2006, everything was dandy until one day the car threw a wrench light and suddenly it decided 4000rpm was a perfectly fine cruising engine speed. RIP torque converter, you aren't missed.

Thats what killed my '04 xlt. Terrible design on a vehicle.

happened to me recently. Getting it fixed rn. 2004 Ford Exploder lol. love it to death though.

@@douchenozzlemcgee6111 make sure you get the sonnax kits and it’s a unit the transmission itself is actually pretty damn solid and the torque converter is strong as hell it’s the weak ass stock pressures that limp the clutches and bands to death

Mine aren't on 🤷 I don't get it

@@5Ci0N shutup💯

When the TPMS light is on in my Camry, and I don't care. Let them bitches explode. It's a Toyota, it'll be fine

Firestone explosives.

The tpms light is on in my mom's 2008 Kia Rio 5 but so is about 50 other lights

I don't get it.

@@wyleeelpuppo4868 look who didn't watch the video

@@CheapskateMotorsports who?

@@zacharyengland1102 Joe

Don't out yourself, weeaboo.

I knew how to pronounce Maruchan before I was a weeaboo

​thought it was a Spanish word. I always saw it and thought it was Mexican noodles they were everywhere at my relatives in Sonora

Pentium 4. When you to heat your apartment without owning a heater.

@@chipbush0111 honestly tho lol.

Any Mac with a PowerPC G5 hold my beer

Glad I'm not the only one that references IE and Ford's model with this term. It does make me insufferable, though, so, it's a trade-off.

@@chipbush0111 Pretty sure that was the Pentium D. The absolute top of the scale of "OMG my computer is on fire".

I liked the round 2000s look.

In NJ they were strongly associated with people who did not know how to drive in winter and thought 4wd would make them immune to the consequences.

Late 90s and 2000s vehicles look terrible, especially the ford trucks starting with the 98 year they look way too feminine

And in the round 2000s era nobody liked the 80s cars because of how squared off they looked. In 5 or 10 years Gen z will buy them up for more than they sold for new, just to chase some nostalgia and remeber simpler times.

@@Riptor1998 Cars do not have gender, ever. Curvy cars come and go. If anyone actually compared, they'd find that Explorer mostly has very straight lines, far straighter than anything sold today. Straight lines were easier to make.

as a Pole, this is kinda funny since some people here import cigarettes from Ukraine as they're even cheaper lmao

@@purpleneons idk i forgot what country is famous for cheap offbrand cigarettes, could be Ukraine and I'm just stupid.

@@dopey473 Iraq (probably)

SUVs now aren't even real SUVs. That's why I hang on to my 2000 mercury mountaineer, explorer with a mercury badge. It has a 4.0 V6 and my grandma bought it new and I got it when she passed, I'm 32 now and still hanging onto it. Don't let people tell you these trucks suck.

Thinking bout buying one, my mother owned one new and it trucked on for 300,000 miles before the transmission went out​@@austinreeves9112

Dude there are two of those at my workplace and they don't talk to you they talk *at* you so we try to partner them up all the time so they're so busy talking at each other instead of bothering someone else. No shit I had one of them talk non-stop with no gaps I could use for over half an hour while I had my headphones on, hat on with brim firmly tucked down, and while staring at my phone. Holy shit take the fucking hint.

@ThePatUltra I understand this point of view, but I know partly it's because I will frequently take too long to get to the point.

oh know they just hired one of those at my job...fuck

I don't understand how that bump thing would happen. I've driven a 2005 for a few years, and it never happened to me. Then again, I always drive with at least 40 PSI in the tires.

Had an 04 XLS and it was terrible about doing the same thing on the bumpy highway.

Yeah it's actually funny.

@@tomokokuroki2506 Sadly accurate

What engine does yours have?

@@CountryCornerGarage 6cylinder

Sounds..amazing👍

i’m sorry man

I just wanted some change man. She had two bags. I could have sold one of those bags.

Had the same problem with mine. I got my transmission replaced, and still going strong at 185k

For $700 I bought a 1992 Chevy G20 van back in 2009. It was fun to tune the engine, and haul stuff.

I sold my '05 Explorer two years ago for about $400. Mine had more rust though.

24 transmissions later

A lot of liabilities you are buying there. You’ll find that with a lot of things-especially as they age-that you can get a lot more for less because the cost of maintaining the more will greatly exceed the purchase price. Take motorhomes. You can find a 20 year old fully decked out Class A for CHEAP!! But can you store it? Can you fuel it? Can you afford commercial truck parts and prices when something breaks? Can you afford to take it to an RV park? Because that’s the only place it will fit... only to get turned away because they have a policy of no RVs older than 15 years to keep Cousin Eddie out. Any wonder they become rolling meth labs. Take airplanes. A lot of new pilots get wide eyed when they see the price of a old twin like a Baron or Aztec or 310. Less than the serviceable Cessna 172 they should buy. Never mind that they are going to spend more than the purchase price every year in maintenance.. and then add expensive insurance (especially if you are a low time pilot) and fuel burn three or four times as high all so that you’ll arrive 5-10 minutes before that single on a 100 NM hamburger run because preflight checks and traffic patterns.

Right cheap! I got my 99 limited for 700 2 years ago still going!

Happy Monday, Ozark. The 3rd gen explorer is for stubborn, middle-age balding men, who have families, but still want to seem like utilitarians. They are too set in their ways to see that American cars from this era are very bad decisions. "I only buy american..."

Thing about the 1992 is that it had the pretty bulletproof pushrod 4.0 and though it was luxurious at the time, there wasn’t a lot of things to break. It was basically a Ford Ranger in drag.

Well, everything except the automatic transmissions and the automatic hubs that end up working only every fourth time it’s warm out. I loved my first-gens.

At least slow down or you'll get an antler in your radiator

Ik 3 ppl who shit wrecked deer w theirs 😂😂

@@Bartonovich52 The engine was good but the AC compressor seized up twice, the transfer case failed twice, the wiring in the door and steering wheel caught fire repeatedly, the CD player jammed, the power windows failed, the horn didn't even work and by 2005 it was more rust than truck

those tahoes were great though, one of the few good GMs of the last 4 decades

Missing some key details here. Late 90s Tahoe that has Texas edition truck rims fitted to it, most likely stolen the week before.

@@GodFootDaddyG from yet another late 90s Tahoe two zip codes over, and they forgot one of the center caps, because their cell phone buzzed in their pocket and they thought they were being tased. Again.

With wheels that compromise 15% of its output

Ghetto tank

Was literally playing star fox before watching this

@@ZombieOreos bruh if you haven't yet, you should search up A fox in space.

@@ZombieOreos I was playing it 20 years before this review

Barrel roll Fox.

@@GarrusSimps oh I have! Shit is fire! Still waiting on episode 2

Ahhh, well that explains why I couldn't rent a car hauler a few years back.

@@480JD another interesting wrinkle is that the clerk that explained it to me also told me that he technically didn't even owe me the explanation. He said that according to corporate policy, once they're told you have a Ford Explorer, "the conversation is over". So you could potentially be left standing there wondering why they aren't renting to you or why you're suddenly persona non grata.

@@DefendYoungstown I was trying to book it through the website so I figured it just had something to do with the towing capacity or something. All I wanted was one of the car dollies.

@@480JD They just banned Explorers, period...if you even try with the newer 2006-2010 generation (like the 2008 I have), it still comes up and says "U-Haul has chosen not to rent behind this tow vehicle based on our history of excessive costs in defending lawsuits involving Ford Explorer towing combinations. This policy is not related to safety issues. This is an unusual circumstance for U-Haul-we have built our success for over 60 years by saying 'yes' to our customers. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and are committed to working with our customers to find alternative options to help with their move."

@@480JD the even more ridiculous part is U-Haul will GLADLY rent you trailers if you have a Mercury Mountaineer. Never mind it's the exact same vehicle except for trim and extra chrome everywhere.

Cracked Intake manifold?

@@_RiseAgainst mystery leak that eventually was thermostat and radiator

Thermostat housing was plastic and a pain to change.

From what I’ve gathered certain Ford truck platforms are quite adept at rerouting slow coolant leaks to places far from their point of origin.

Or a 4Runner

Eh they’re decent. A cheaper option.

With thin blue line and 2nd amendment stickers on back.

That’s odd, I’m the same everything, age, kids etc. I have a new 4Runner I commute 65 miles each way.

Eddie Bauer? Now that's sooooo fancy

I used to have an 02, 4.6 2 valve. I liked that engine. Ill share a trick, if your cats go bad. Fix the vacuum leak, get rid of the burnt cats, straight pipe it, and the second oxygen sensors put a spark plug extender between the pipe and the sensor. , the computer will think the cats are working and the check engine light will never come on. I assume the same will work for any heated 02S.

How is your HVAC holding out? I've had all three failures in mine (blend door, recirculate door, directional selector).

@@donl9571 never an issue for me. It just hit 120k this week.

That may have been the second gens; my first gen says 30/35 front/rear on the door sticker.

and then EXPLORE MY JACKSHAFT

@@biznatcho7 so we can go to BROWN TOWN

omg the volume knob issue

Haha My Expedition also did that, but the opposite way. Steering wheel buttons were the most effective way to change volume.

This is exactly why the one in my ‘04 is about to get snatched out

All radio units from 90s were trash they dont last

I had an 04 that if you tried to turn the volume down it would turn it up.

wasnt that the 2nd gen?

@@yes3929 It was the first generation I thought with Firestone tires.

@@42luke93 ah okay

@@42luke93 I think it was the second generation

@@spicytsunami775 it was the 2nd gen. Comments like the OP are the perfect example of what Mr Regular said about most people not actually knowing the context of the nickname "Exploder"

Trust me I know all to well it's just due to a bad design

The refresh is 2005 had this fixed. The Mountaineer and Aviator of this generation had that issue. But 2005 and up did not fortunately. Sad they ditched this body style after 2010 and went with a unibody transverse Fwd bullshit setup.

@@Ratkill9000 I have an 05 explorer and I have the broken plastic back panel

My 03 isn’t cracked. But the 4wd doesn’t work unless I reset the computer.

Kinda like the plastic tailgate protector on EVERY F-250 and F-350 from that same era. The paint from the blue ovals, too, they’re just a dull, chrome-ish oval.

Ultimately, it was that the tires had a recommended PSI, and Ford needed that to be a lot higher to make up for the weight of the vehicle. It was really Ford's fault.

Every time I drive my wife's 08 I reach for a column shifter that is never there.

Me 3. I dig it.

It looks kind of comfy, honestly. Reminds me of home. Dunno what that says about me

I agree. I owned a 2002 XLT. To me it still is the perfect looking pavement queen SUV, and definitely the best looking Explorer. The new ones are just too huge and bulgy looking.

It's a handsome looking design to this day, the design aged well. They aren't always taken care of though.