# 1999 ford explorer

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-ford-explorer/49621>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** explorer, ford\
**Created:** [May 30, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-ford-explorer/49621 "2010-05-30T23:35:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![richchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@richchill](https://community.cartalk.com/u/richchill)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-ford-explorer/49621/1 "2010-05-30T23:35:09Z")

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light o/d is flashing and reverse does not work

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**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-ford-explorer/49621/2 "2010-05-30T23:41:06Z")

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Do you have a question?  
Your owner’s manual explains the meaning of the flashing OD light.  
Has it been flashing (and ignored) for long, or did it just start?

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**Author:** ![twotone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@twotone](https://community.cartalk.com/u/twotone)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-ford-explorer/49621/3 "2010-05-31T01:06:20Z")

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That’s why they are called “Ford Exploders”.

Twotone