Safety Score
82
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1999 Ford Explorer Sport.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WENT TO APPLY BREAK PRESSURE DUE TO ANOTHER CAR RUNNING STOP SIGN IN PARKING LOT. WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. LOS… |
| 2014-10-15 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | DOORS WILL NOT OPEN HAVE TO CLIMB OUT OF CAR WINDOW ON GROWING PROBLEM FIRST PASSENGER SIDE KNOW DRIVER SIDE A LOT OF E… |
| 2014-01-28 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 1 | BRAKE LINE BROKE AND CAUSED ACCIDENT. NO WARNING AND I'VE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH BRAKES BEFORE VERY FRUSTRATED AND A S… |
| 2013-01-01 | SEATS | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING AROUND THE CITY WHEN I REACH INTO MY POCKET TO GET MY PHONE AND HEAR A LOUD THUMP COMING FROM THE SEAT AND … |
| 2012-03-01 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | No | 0 | DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LOCK WONT UNLOCK WITH KEY OR WITH HANDLE, CANT UNLOCK DOOR WITH PULL KNOB EITHER,IT'S A DEATH TRAP IF… |
| 2011-12-23 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE:FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO WORK CONSISTENTLY. WIPERS COME ON EVEN THOUGH IT IS SET … |
| 2011-12-20 | VISIBILITY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPLORER SPORT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIO… |
| 2011-02-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1999 FOR EXPLORER SPORT (2 DOOR) AND IN FEBRUARY OF 2011 THE DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE LOCKED AND AS NOT BEEN… |
| 2011-01-03 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPLORER SPORT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN A CHILD PASSENGER IN… |
| 2010-11-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD ENGAGE INDEPENDENTLY AND… |
| 2010-06-05 | SEATS | No | 0 | 1999 FORD EXPLORER SPORT DRIVERS SEAT BACK UNLATCHED ITSELF WHILE DRIVING. LUCKILY ONLY 20 MPH! REAR PASSENGER DRIVERS … |
| 2010-04-16 | STEERING | No | 0 | SON WAS DRIVING TO SCHOOL. MANEUVERED TO AVOID CONTACT WITH A DEER AND HE LOST CONTROL. TIRE BURST AND FRONT END COLLAP… |
| 2009-08-24 | SEATS | No | 0 | THIS BOLT WAS REPLACED ON MY VEHICLE IN JAN 2004 AS PART OF THE RECALL. THE NEW BOLT THAT WAS INSTALLED FRACTURED CREAT… |
| 2009-08-19 | STEERING:COLUMN | No | 0 | SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY,ALSO WHEN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED . THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME. HAV… |
| 2008-11-25 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | NO MY TRANNY IS NOT WORK CORRECTLY. *TR |
| 2008-11-22 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY O/D LIGHT FLASHES ON AND OFF. THERE ARE MANY MANY COMPLAINTS ON G… |
| 2008-08-02 | TIRES | Yes | 0 | TIRE BLOW OUT RESULTING IN CRASH. *TR |
| 2008-06-28 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT 4:00AM IN MORNING. *TR |
| 2008-05-25 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD CRACKING AND STATIONARY WINDOW BACK PASSENGER WINDOW BREAKING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *TR |
| 2008-05-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHEN IT IS HOT OUTSIDE, THE CAR WILL NOT START. IT JUST CRANKS AND CRANKS,BUT, WILL NOT TURN OVER.....AS IF IT WAS OUT … |
| 2007-10-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | TL*CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPLORER. CONTACT STATED HE FOUND RECALL NUMBER 00V072000 ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE WHICH IS FO… |
| 2007-10-04 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPLORER SPORT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMB… |
| 2007-08-15 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1999 FORD EXPLORE. THE PROBLEM THAT I HAD WAS WHEN I WAS DRIVING UP A HILL GOING BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT WHILE N… |
| 2007-07-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) | No | 0 | 1999 FORD EXPLORER SPORT -SHIFT LEVER WAS HARD TO SELECT GEAR-THEN WENT SMOOTH,BUT DOES NOT ALIGN PROPERLY WITH CORRECT… |
| 2007-04-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | 1999 FORD EXPLORER SPORT WITH 76,655 MILEAGE CAUGHT FIRE, WHICH WAS PUT OUT BEFORE MAJOR DAMAGE OCCURRUED, THE FIR… |
| 2006-12-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME INOPERABLE. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECAL… |
| 2006-11-15 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | HOOD WOULD NOT OPEN. AFTER 2 HOURS OF WORKING ON THE LATCH THROUGH THE GRILLE, I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE HOOD. AFT… |
| 2006-08-25 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HIS 1999 FORD EXPLORER SPORT AND APPLYING HIS BRAKES AT 10 MPH OR LESS THE … |
| 2006-08-04 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN I NOTICED A LOSS OF POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND THE ENTIR… |
| 2006-05-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN INSIDE VEHICLE. CONTACTED FORD TO SEE IF PART OF RECALL T… |
| 2006-04-06 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | SINCE THE PURCHASE OF MY 1999 FORD EXPLORER IN 2003, MY DRIVER'S DOOR HAS ALWAYS GIVEN ME TROUBLE WHEN USING THE KEY TO… |
| 2005-12-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE HATCHBACK LIFT GATE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. UPON INSPECTING … |
| 2005-11-14 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | THE FRONT SIDE PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK OR OPEN AT ALL. THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS BEGINNING TO EXHIBIT THE SAME P… |
| 2005-10-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND A LOUD NOISE CAME FROM MY ENGINE I TOOK IT TO A SHOP TO LOOK AT IT AND THEY NEW WHAT I… |
| 2005-10-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE APPARATUS THAT HOLDS MY SPARE TIRE IN PLACE, BENEATH MY 1999 FORD EXPLORER SLS BROKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THIS CAU… |
| 2005-09-20 | TIRES | No | 0 | DRIVING ON I-10 WHEN MY REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE SEPARATED CAUSING MY SUV TO SERVE AND ALMOST LOSE CONTROL. IT CAUSED OVE… |
| 2005-08-15 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | No | 0 | ON 08/11/05,I HAD A GENTLEMAN INTERESTED IN PURCHASING MY 1999 FORD EXPLORER SPORT. HE CAME TO LOOK AT IT, HE LOOKED UN… |
| 2005-08-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE AIRBAG LIGHT LIGHTS UP WITHOUT ANY IMPACT. *JB |
| 2005-07-03 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | WE WERE FORCED TO TAKE THIS VEHICLE FROM HANSEL FORD IN SANTA ROSA WHEN THEY FELT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE 200… |
| 2005-05-08 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | DT: DRIVING WHEN HE FELT GAS PEDAL WENT DOWN, IT BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ALL ON ITS OWN IN BUSY TRAFFIC. HE WAS PRESSING … |
| 2005-04-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | THE CRANKSHAFT SHEARED OFF DIRECTLY BEHIND THE HARMONIC BALANCER, THE TRUCK HAS ONLY 70,000 MILES, WILL REQUIRE MAJOR E… |
| 2005-04-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I BOUGHT A 1999 FORD EXPLORER IN 02 FOR 17,292.44 IN 05 WE HAD TO PUT A NEW MOTOR IN FOR 5,502.47 NOW HERE WE ARE IN… |
| 2005-03-23 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHEN STOPPED WITH FOOT ON BRAKE TRUCK SUDDENLY SURGES FORWARD. |
| 2005-02-05 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 1 | THIS REPORT CONCERNS A 1999 FORD EXPLORER SPORT 2DR 4X4. VEHICLE HAS 144,000 PLUS MILES. SPECIFICALLY THIS PERTAINS TO … |
| 2004-07-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | VEHICLE FAILS TO START ON OCCASION. THE ENGINE WILL TURN OVER, BUT WILL NOT CATCH. AFTER WAITING FOR SEVERAL HOURS OR … |
| 2004-07-11 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL | No | 0 | WHEN USING TURNING SIGNALS STEERING COLUMN BEGAN TO SMOKE. NO FIRE REPORTED. *AK |
| 2004-07-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | THE CAM SHAFT SYNCHRONIZER LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE TEETH TO BREAK OFF OF IT, THEREFORE NOT LETTING THE OIL PUMP WORK TO … |
| 2004-07-02 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | THE FACTORY PRESSURIZED CYLINDERS THAT HOLD THE HOOD OPEN HAVE FAILED. I HAVE NARROWLY AVERTED INJURY WHEN THE HOOD CA… |
| 2004-07-01 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | ROLL OVER ACCIDENT INVOLVING 1992 FORD EXPLORER. *MR THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ALONG WITH HER GRANDSON AND… |
| 2004-06-01 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | (1) DRIVER'S SEAT BACK LATCH BROKEN (2) COULD NOT ENTER, OR EXIT FROM, REAR SEAT ON DRIVER'S SIDE (3) FORD DEALER REP… |