Mysterious Explorer Starting Problems..

[islandchic_25]

I have a 96 explorer sport and have had to tow it many times from being stuck somewhere, or sat awhile and then it started. I have had many things according to ford that was the "so called" wrong/faulty problem and it is going on 3 years and alot of money and the problem still exist, in fact my daughter got stuck again yesterday, sat a bit and it started. Everything Ford has done to FIX this has only helped Fords profits, because a few months pass and again it mysteriously starts doing it and not all the time. I have replaces fuel sensors, filters, cleaned injecters, air exchange sensors and more...????Someone here said it is the starter motor. Can anyone verify that what they fixed and think has solved the problem, but may find that it hasn't in a few months able to tell me what all they tried replacing to solve this mystery starting problem? Help me...

Islandchic

[Opera House]

Would help if you told us the symptoms. It is obvious to you be we have no idea if it doesn't crank, cranks but doesn't start, doesn't when its cold, doesn't when it is hot, does after a few trys. Everyone doesn't have the same problem. If you want to just randomly replace parts to solve the problem, go to the dealer (as you have found out).

[tranetech]

Does it only occur after it's warmed up? If so then I'd put my money on a bad coil. I've seen this happen on a couple fords that friends owned as well as a couple other brand cars. If it dies or won't start after it's run for a while, then after sitting for a while, suddenly start up, change the coil. It's not that expensive.