Safety Score
74
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2002 Ford Explorer Sport.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Suspenion and or traction was and the electrical system didnt work good |
| 2017-03-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | REAR WINDOW EXPLODED OVERNIGHT WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. WE LIVE IN SOUTHERN CA AND IT WAS A RARE COLD NIGHT WITH LOWS… |
| 2017-02-05 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I WENT TO OPEN MY BACK WINDOW AND IT BROKE I HAVE HAD MANY OTHER PROBLEMS WITH MY SUV I WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT |
| 2016-11-18 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I NOTICED THE REAR WINDOW LIFT GATE WAS SLIGHTLY AJAR, SO I CLOSED IT, AND SUDDENLY THE HINGE BRACKET ON THE RIGHT SIDE… |
| 2016-01-22 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | BODY MOUNTS HAVE DETERIORATED , MECHANICS I HAVE HAD LOOK AT THIS SAID , SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN , IS UNSAFE AND THEY SEE I… |
| 2015-05-01 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH REAR INTERIOR CHILD LOCKS FAILED IN THE … |
| 2015-03-20 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | DISPATCHED FOR CAR FIRE INSIDE GARAGE. 1213 ARRIVED AND REPORTED THE CAR WAS OUTSIDE, NEXT TO THE HOUSE, AND THE SIDING… |
| 2015-01-31 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. MY REAR TAILGATE WINDOW EXPLODED. THE CAR HAD BEEN ON FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES,… |
| 2014-09-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | STARTED MY VEHICLE IT MADE A CLUNKING NOISE THEN DIED. THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND BROKE ALL THE VALVES OFF THE MOTOR. … |
| 2014-09-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | BRAKE LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS STOPPED WORKING. PROBLEM TRACED TO TILT STEERING AND MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WIRING HARNESS… |
| 2014-07-20 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | WHILE OPENING MY REAR HATCH WINDOW TO LOAD GROCERIES I NOTICED THE TOP RIGHT HINGE HAD DETACHED FROM THE CAR, LEAVING T… |
| 2013-11-04 | VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR | No | 0 | WHEN I OPEN THE BACK GLASS WINDOW, ONE HINGE BROKE OFF. I TRY TO SET THE WINDOW, THE OTHER HINGE BROKE. I HAVE TO TIE A… |
| 2013-09-14 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | WHILE UNLOADING ITEMS FROM BACK I HAD THE HALF GLASS OPEN, AS I WALKED AWAY THE BACK GLASS JUST SLAMMED DOWN AND SHATTE… |
| 2013-04-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | LIFT GATE WINDOW HINGE BROKE SCRATCHING THE PAINT AND HURTING MY HAND CATCHING IT SO IT WOULD NOT BREAK THE OTHER HINGE… |
| 2012-12-31 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT CAR FROM DRIVE INTO PARK, THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER BROKE OFF INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN AND FELL OF IN… |
| 2012-07-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | REAR DOOR GLASS HATCH HINGES CAME OFF.THIS WAS MY WIFES VEHICLE DRIVEN VERY LITTLE UNTIL SHE PASSED AWAY 2009.THEN IT W… |
| 2012-03-12 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | BODY MOUNT BUSHINGS COMPLETE FAILURE. ALL MOUNTS FAIL. MOUNTS FALL COMPLETELY APART AND NOTHING LEFT EXCEPT FOR WASHERS… |
| 2011-09-04 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I JUST PURCHASED A USED 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT ON 08/06/2011 SO THAT I HAD A VEHICLE THAT I COULD TAKE THE KIDS ON CA… |
| 2011-07-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | OVERDRIVE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLICKER ON AND OFF, AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. WOULD STAY IN A LOWER GEAR… |
| 2011-06-17 | VISIBILITY | No | 1 | I WAS OPENING THE REAR GLASS ON MY 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT WHEN THE HINGE BROKE AND THE GLASS FELL ON MY ARM. I WAS LU… |
| 2011-04-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FORD EXPLORER CRACKED READ PANEL |
| 2011-03-16 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BOLT WHICH … |
| 2011-01-02 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HINGES ON THE LIFTGATE STRUT FRACTURED CAU… |
| 2010-12-18 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE NOTICED THAT THE REAR LIFTGATE LATCH HINGE… |
| 2010-11-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 1 | THE FORD EXPLORER SPORT HAS A REAR HATCH THAT INCLUDES A GLASS SECTION THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO BE OPENED TO LOAD ITEMS … |
| 2010-10-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | LEADING UP TO THE EVENT OF THE FIRE, OCCASIONALLY THE "DOOR AJAR" BUTTON WOULD FLASH DURING DRIVING, THE ALARM WOULD RA… |
| 2010-09-04 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 2002 FORD EXPLORER. O/D LIGHT BLINKING. SLOW GEAR SHIFTING. RANDOM JERKING OF CAR. HAVE READ THIS ON MANY WEBSITES AND… |
| 2010-08-30 | SEATS | No | 0 | TOOK VEHICLE IN TO HAVE NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE03020 - BOLT REPLACE DUE TO BACK OF SEAT FALLING BACKWARDS DURING DRIVING… |
| 2010-08-11 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR LIFT GATE HINGES FAILED AND CAUSED TH… |
| 2010-08-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | I OWN A 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT AND REAR GLASS HINGE FRACTURED/BROKE AND CAUSED GLASS TO FALL ON ONE SIDE AND HURT DAU… |
| 2010-08-04 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BODY MOUNT BUSHINGS WERE CORRODED.… |
| 2010-08-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION OF OUR 2002 EXPLORER STARTED SLIPPING, JUMPING, JERKING' SURGING, REFUSING TO SHIFT, SHIFTING SLOWLY A… |
| 2010-07-02 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | No | 0 | I OWN A 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT. AS I DROVE THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT I HEARD A CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM THE RE… |
| 2010-06-12 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE CONTACT STATED THE LIFT GATE WINDOW HI… |
| 2010-05-03 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY 2002 EXPLORER SPORT O/D LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING WHEN I BOUGHT IT IN FEB 09. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 104,000 MILES ON IT. SOON… |
| 2010-04-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | A FIRE BURNING MY ENTIRE 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT IN THE EARLY MORNINGS WHEN THE SUV WASN'T EVEN STARTED. *TR |
| 2010-03-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION O/D LIGHT STARTED COMING ON AND BLINKING PERIODICALLY WITH HARD SHIFTING OR SLIPPING AND CAR LURCHING FORW… |
| 2010-02-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY 2002 FORD EXPLORER WILL NOT ACCELERATE AND THE O/D LIGHT BLINKS. MY CAR SLAMS INTO GEAR AND STALLS SOMETIMES. *TR |
| 2010-02-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | O/D LIGHT IS BLINKING SO TRANSMISSION IS GOING BAD I FIGURED IT OUT OR I CAN JUST JAM MY TRANSMISSION IN MIDDLE OF HIGH… |
| 2010-01-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WE HAVE A 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT, WITHIN PAST FEW DAYS MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING WHEN GOING INTO 2ND GEAR OCCA… |
| 2010-01-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1. I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS AND I HAVE NEVER ABUSED IT BECAUSE IT WOULD COME OUT OF MY POCKET. I GET … |
| 2009-11-01 | VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR | No | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT. WHILE STANDING BEHIND THE VEHICLE, THE REAR WINDOW EXPLODED WITHOUT AN… |
| 2009-11-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | O/D LIGHT COMES ON AND CARE WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR (TRANSMISSION). PULLING OFF FROM A STOP LIGHT IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND… |
| 2009-10-14 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT IS HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT SLIPS ALL OF THE TIME, MAKES GRINDING NOISES AND AT TIM… |
| 2009-03-28 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2002 FORD EXPLORER BOUGHT USED MARCH 2008 82,XXX MILES NOW AT 95,XXX THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT FLASHES AFTER BEING D… |
| 2009-03-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DRIVING MY 2002 FORD EXPLORER WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE BACK SEAT, WHEN THE O/D LIGHT STARTS TO FLASH AND THE CAR BECOMES… |
| 2009-03-19 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE GEAR SHIFT (PRNDL) FELL OFF THE STEERING COLUMN FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE METAL THAT HOLD THE SHIFT GEAR FAILE… |
| 2009-03-02 | SEATS | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V2… |
| 2009-03-02 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ACCELERATING WHEN BRAKING ROTATING TIRE AXLE IDLE ISSUES. *TR |
| 2008-12-22 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 1 | RIDING IN A CAR IN COLD WEATHER...ALL WE CAN FIGURE AT THIS TIME IS THAT THERE IS SOME KIND OF EXHAUST LEAK..IN THE FOR… |