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Three years is about how long my idle air control valves are lasting. They've been the most frequent maintenance issue since I bought the ST new in 2000. I just replaced mine for what must be the fourth or fifth time. I've got only 80k miles on the ST, as I drive it only for short 2-mile...

The shop replaced my 14-year-old ST needed ball joints, upper and lower. Only 69k miles, but I suppose the grease dries up eventually. Afterwards, the brake pedal seemed a bit softer, becoming firm only if I pumped the pedal. It didn't go to the floor or anything close to that, it just seemed...

Intermittently, when I start the engine, while still in park, there will be a steady loud tone coming from the engine compartment. The tone is a sort of flute-like sound, like blowing air across a coke bottle, except much louder. The sound is not warbling or modulated, but is steady in its...

I took another car to the body shop for a little $850 repair. It is a reputable shop, and their price was about $50 less than a competitors, so I took it to them. The original damage was a door edge, which was dented a little from hitting an obstruction when it was opened. The work is...

A few weeks ago I replaced the front hubs on my 4X4, which involves removing the rotors. When reinstalling everything, I used new hubnuts. Two questions: 1. To tighten one of those giant hubnuts, I had to do something to keep the rotor from turning. What I did was stick a screwdriver...

Does anybody know the thickness of the pad on new front brakes? I've got 4.5 mm remaining, and I'm wondering how thick they were when they were new.

Sometimes my brake pedal feels soft, as if it were low on fluid, when I'm parking and have the steering wheel turned a lot. I do have plenty of brake fluid in the reservoir. The last time I bled the brakes was about six months ago. The problem began a few weeks ago. I've only experienced it at a...

I'm guessing that my 2001 has a metal tank. Is that right?

The Firestone shop says my shackles and leaf springs are very badly rusted. They say it's really bad, especially on the driver side, with parts that are rusted all the way through and they say there's an imminent threat of breakage. Their cost: $1300 for after-market parts, plus labor...

There's a small puddle of oil on the garage floor under the transfer case of my 2001 4X4 Job1, which has only 45k miles. The local Firestone shop put it on a lift and said that the front seal was weeping, and they said that replacing it would require removing the entire transfer case with a...

The driver's door in my 2001 has developed a loud noise I would describe as something between a click and a clunk. It happens when the door is about 30 degrees open -- not enough to get in and out of the vehicle, but open enough that I can see into the hinge area. Maybe there's supposed to be a...

Today my left turn signal blinked about 2X faster than normal. Then I parked, turned off the motor, turned the key to the ON position, and tried it again -- and it blinked at the normal rate. The bulbs are not burned out. Any ideas? edit: this is a Job 1 2001 SportTrac

F87Z3600FAC Steering wheel, explorer, mountaineer -- Graphite(gray) color leather It is item #2 in the image [Broken External Image]: Mine was removed from a model-year 2001. Ford says it will also fit 2002. These steering wheels tend to develop lumpiness in the padding under...

Video is on bbc.co.uk website. Crash was in the U.S. Driver was charged with attempted homicide.

My 2001 ST (Job 1 with SOHC engine, only 44k miles) has an intermittent problem with the idle speed. The engine generally runs fine, and the engine check light never comes on, but -- occasionally the engine just won't idle. Take my foot off the gas pedal and the engine rpms go way down -- way...

When I bought my 2001 ST new, it came with the Firestone Wilderness AT that were recalled by Ford (not Firestone) after the infamous firestorm of publicity about blowouts and rollovers. Lately, the Goodyears that Ford gave me as part of the recall still had enough tread after about 8 years...

Replaced my serpentine belt today. It wasn't complicated, and it was handy that there was a diagram right printed right there in front of me when I open the hood, showing how to thread the belt through the pulleys. But wow, using a regular-size 3/8" ratchet wrench to pivot the tensioner...

$20 rebate right now on Monroe brake pads. Buy from rockauto for $39 before rebate and you save about 1/2. Wagner rebate also. http://www.rockauto.com/lang/en/promo.html

My 2001 Job 1 had been pinging under acceleration and when going up hill. I drive mostly short trips, so I guessed that maybe deposits of some kind were accumulating and causing the pinging. So I bought a bottle of Techron, and it worked! One bottle of Techron in 10 gallons of gas, and...

I'd like to order a replacement steering wheel for my 2001 ST, because the padding behind the leather is getting lumpy. There are several online sellers of Ford body parts that all have nearly identical websites. Here's one: http://www.directfordparts.com I find this item: [Broken...