# 2003 Ford Explorer timing chain

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-ford-explorer-timing-chain/115236>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** explorer, ford\
**Created:** [April 8, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-ford-explorer-timing-chain/115236 "2018-04-08T14:59:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![GloriaMincey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@GloriaMincey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GloriaMincey)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-ford-explorer-timing-chain/115236/1 "2018-04-08T14:59:21Z")

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Timing Chain went out on my Explorer with 174000 miles. Is this a factory defect?

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-ford-explorer-timing-chain/115236/2 "2018-04-08T16:06:16Z")

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No it is not.

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-ford-explorer-timing-chain/115236/3 "2018-04-08T18:26:47Z")

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4.0 overhead cam motor?

If so, this is probably a deathblow for the vehicle

don’t get mad at me for stating an opinion

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**Author:** ![tjhuot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@tjhuot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tjhuot)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-ford-explorer-timing-chain/115236/4 "2018-04-09T17:56:08Z")

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174K is a very good number of miles to get on any vehicle. At that number of miles and 15 years old you can expect almost anything to go wrong.