Model years Ford Explorer Sport Trac
2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac
Complaints about this year name explorer contact far more often than the model's other years — 14% of them, about 36× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 568 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 30 |
| Involving a crash | 27 |
| Involving a fire | 7 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| EPA combined | 15 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- crack — 13% of complaints, 31× usual
- panel — 12% of complaints, 31× usual
- window — 12% of complaints, 30× usual
What owners wrote
WHILE THE CONTACT WAS EXAMINING THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A LARGE CRACK ON THE PANEL UNDER THE REAR WINDOW. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 79000.
THE BACK LIFT GATE PANEL CRACKED ON THE BACK OF OUR FORD EXPLORER AND WHEN WE WENT TO SHUT THE LIFT GATE THE WHOLE BACK WINDOW SHATTERED. FORD WON'T REPLACE IT BECAUSE THEY SAY ITS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE AND OUR YEAR OF OUR FORD WAS NOT APART OF THE RECALL OF THES…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 06E026000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING
How this was worked out
Every year of the Ford Explorer Sport Trac was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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