Ford Explorer Sport
Registered in 2003.
About this model
The Ford Explorer Sport Trac is a mid-size pickup truck that was manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company for the North American market. The first mid-sized pickup truck produced by Ford, the Sport Trac was marketed from the 2001 to the 2010 model years. Sized between the Ranger and the F-150, the Sport Trac largely competed against crew-cab variants of the midsize Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon, Dodge Dakota, Nissan Frontier, and Toyota Tacoma.
From the Wikipedia article Ford Explorer Sport Trac, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Rollover | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Stability control | No |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 15.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 13.1 motorway |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Vehicle rollaway allegations
Preliminary evaluation, opened April 2009, closed August 2009.
Spark plug ejection from cylinder head
Defect petition, opened September 2005, closed January 2006.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Ford filed 50 bulletins about the 2003 Explorer Sport.
- Engine and engine cooling: 13
- Power train: 7
- Service brakes, hydraulic: 4
- Steering: 4
- Electrical system: 3
- Fuel system, other: 3
- Suspension: 3
- Visibility: 3
- Exterior lighting: 2
- Seat belts: 2
- Other: 6
- Steering shudder during low speed maneuvers - 4.0l engine. *tt · December 2005
- Front axle leaks fluid from vent tube - vehicles equipped with 4x4 or awd. *tt · December 2005
- Malfunction indicator lamp coming on with diagnostic trouble codes (dtcs) p0171, p0172, p0174 and/or p0175 (fuel system too rich or lean). *tt · December 2005
- Safety belt retraction speed. *tt · April 2005
- Revised procedure for adjusting alignment on all suspensions - new right hand upper control arm design for torsion bar front suspensions. *tt · April 2005
- General (pcm) power train control module programming procedures. *tt · April 2005
- Rear window defroster grid/integral antenna diagnosis and repair - terminal tab repair. *tt · April 2005
- General power train control module (pcm) programming procedures. *tt · April 2005
42 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.