Engine bogs down or shuts off while driving

While driving my 98 Explorer, my ABS light brake came on. Seconds later, the lights went off, the steering failed, engine shut down. Got out, started to lift the hood - and lights came back on. Got in, started it up and drove home. It starts up right away - but I'm scared to drive this thing. How tough is this to diagnose? It seems like it could be a lot of different things. Thanks.

My car started dying on me 2 days ago. I had it diagnosed and a new sensor was installed. Now, I start it and it dies right away. I noticed in the inside of the hood it says I should reset the fuel pump shut off switch by referring to the owners guide for the switch location and reset instructions. Only one problem. I do not have an owners manual. Can you help me?

I have a 97 ford explorer. It overheated a few months back I busted my water pipe an had that fixed. Now I still cant get my car to work. It will start but it wont stay running yu can pump the gas but that will only keep it running for about thirty seconds, if you try to put it into another gear it shuts off. I had the codes read an it says all 6 cylinders have malfunctioned. Im unsure what needs to be done

After driving fine for 15 min car dies and you let it sit and cool down it will start up and run again. Someone told me that the ecm on those fords start failing after they get hot. Have any ideas?

My explorer was just purchased and it skips really bad. I examined the plud wires and they were bad, the engine will run 3000 rpm then die then jump back to 3000 rpm it can happen once per minute or several times in a row. My headlites also come on and go off and come on again. I read the book but cant find anything on the lites. I thought short or bad breaker but was unable to find a circuit breaker in the owners book.

Engine Mechanical problem
1997 Ford Explorer 6 cyl Two Wheel Drive Automatic

My explorer starts, idles a few seconds, then chokes and dies and wont attempt to start a again for hours. Please help?

No check engine light, no strong gas smell, when I pump the gas a few times it seems to want to start but then immediately dies. Clogged fuel filter a possibility?

1997 Ford Explorer 290k miles

have a 1996 ford explorer 4L 6Cyl and the truck runs like a charm until it sits and idles. It struggles then cuts out. If I am at a traffic light I have to keep one foot on the gas and the other on the brake just to keep the rpms up. I dont have any loss of power when accelerating or high speeds just when at a stand still. I was looking at a ford. See Morewebsite and they say to clean or replace the mass air low sensor so I took it apart and cleaned it. Little elements looked clean but I sprayed them anyway. I started the truck and the damm thing was still doing it. I just got this truck so I dont know the whole hisotry on it but I know that the fuel filter was changed because I had it changed it today. Since I still have alittle light I went outside to pull that idle air control valve off. I did hit it a few times but also cleaned it out with some intake cleaner. The truck ran fine for about 5 minutes then did the same thing struggled and wanted to cut out but didn't. Since I had the codes cleared I dont have any to pull untill the check engine light comes on.
I just purchased this truck a few days ago to pull my tent trailer and now I am really upset at the performance. The guy that sold it to me did not tell me that he had this problem and when I asked him about it well he said that it never happened to him. Without having a man around the house I don't know what else to do to fix it. I did see on a website to test the air control valve by unscrewing it from the intake and leaving the wires hooked up. When you turn the key to the on position it should move on the inside. If it does not then it is faulty. I also had it at a nissan dealership today and they cleared the check engine lights off and he told me that it said the the codes were for a mass air flow sensor intermittent and fuel system lean bank one and two. I cleaned the maf and it is nice and grey like it is supposed to be. I do hear a hissing noise when the truck is running but I can't see where that may be coming from. I put my hand towards the back of the alternator and feel alot of wind but I don't know if that is coming from the fan. I also hear alot about hoses pinching together to create a problem. If you could help me It would make my day

Our Explorer stalls after it runs for about 5 min. We have had a complete overhaul, changed the fuel pump and fuel filters. It ran okay for about a month and now is doing the same thing. The check engine light is on most of the time.