3 bearings failed under extended warranty. Final one failed when just out of warranty.Update from Sep 28, 2015: Bearings have not yet again failed. Miles now 153,000.

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Front, driver side wheal bearing needed replacement at 65,000 miles. I can't believe I have to do such a repair already. I drove my 96 Explorer for 180,000 miles and never had to replace a single bearing.

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After buying a 2007 Ford Explorer V8 as my fist car I unassumingly bought a money sucking problem. The problems started a month after buying the car with transmission clunking. Last month the right rear wheel bearing failed. The humming sound progressively got worse and worse until I was forced to get it fixed. The part cost $212 and the labor was $350. It seems that I am going to have to live under a bridge or sell this car at a lost. This is my first financial mistake.

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