Model years Ford Explorer Sport Trac
2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac
Complaints about this year name computer far more often than the model's other years — 9% of them, about 23× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 100 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 30 |
| Involving a crash | 8 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| EPA combined | 15 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- noise — 9% of complaints, 23× usual
- other — 16% of complaints, 3× usual
- during — 7% of complaints, 18× usual
What owners wrote
THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC. THE CONTACT STATED THE THERMOSTAT THAT CONTROLS THE [VIN] IN THE VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE [VIN] REGARDING THE THERMOSTAT AND WAS ADVISED THERE WAS NO RELATED RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THE AI…
I HAVE TWO 2007 FORD ONE IS A FREESTYLE AND THE OTHER IS A SPORT TRAC AND THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE INSIDE LIGHTS COME ON AND OFF BY THEMSELVES. THEY STAY ON FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN THEY CLICK BACK OFF THEN BACK ON AND OFF AGAIN. THE FREESTYLE DOES…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 07V181000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
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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