Safety Score
77
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-04-25 | 07V181000 |
STEERING | 11 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Tire pressure monitoring system will incorrectly display tire sensor fault after driving over 55mph for approximately 1… |
| 2022-02-01 | SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY | Yes | 2 | The contact owned a 2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 10 MPH, the v… |
| 2020-02-13 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ISSUE FEB 2018 - PRESENT I BOUGHT MY 2ND- HAND 2007 FORD SPORT TRAC IN FEBRUARY 2018, FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. WE HAD… |
| 2019-01-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC. THE CONTACT NOTICED POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING IN THE CARPORT. … |
| 2018-10-31 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I'M TOLD BY UHAUL THAT THEY WILL NOT PUT A TRAILOR ON BECAUSE OF SOME PREVIOUS ACCIDENTS AND LAWSUITS. IS THIS TRUE? |
| 2018-10-26 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE (DRIVER) DUE TO EXENSIVE CORROSION THAT BREACHED THE COMPONENT HOUSING… |
| 2018-06-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION SLIPPING BETWEEN 2-3 GEARS. TRUCK LURCHES DURING DEACCELERATION, WHINING NOISE |
| 2018-04-04 | STEERING | No | 0 | 'TAKATA RECALL' IT SQUEEKS AND CLUNKS WHEN STEERING |
| 2017-12-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA INFLATORS .THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON IN THE MORNING WHEN I START TRUCK. IS THIS A DANGEROUS SITUATION ? |
| 2017-05-04 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON MAY 4, 2017 I WAS AT A RED LIGHT ON A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT … |
| 2016-12-19 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD BECOME SOFT AFTER 51,000 MILES AND A RECENT BRAKE JOB. AFTER CALLING THE MECHANIC WHO DID THE JOB H… |
| 2016-10-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY CAR STALL INTERMITTENTLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. SEEMS TO BE WHEN I BREAK. I UNDERSTAND THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING WIT… |
| 2016-09-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | RIGHT REAR DIRECTIONAL LIGHT AND HAZARD LIGHT ARE NOT WORKING. REPLACED BULB AND SOCKET 4 TIMES WITHIN A YEAR. THE LEFT… |
| 2016-07-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | OK WHERE CAN I START BESIDES THAT I'VE COME TO HATE MY TRUCK I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FIXING IT CONSTANTLY FIR… |
| 2016-04-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRUCK IS SLIPPING WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND GEAR TO 3RD GEAR-KNOWN FORD TRANSMISSION ISSUE. THE DEALER SAID TO REPLACE THE… |
| 2016-01-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 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 … |
| 2015-12-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DOME LIGHT TURNS ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHEN DRIVING. OFTEN OCCURS WHEN DRIVING OVER ROUGH ROAD OR IN TURN. WILL T… |
| 2015-11-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | FORD TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 100,000 MILES. CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION, COULD NOT MOVE. A LOT O… |
| 2015-10-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS HAVE BROKEN AT 65K MILES. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM FORD… |
| 2015-09-04 | ENGINE | Yes | 0 | MY FORD EXPLORER 2007 HAS VERY LOW MILEAGE (56,000 MILES). ITS ENGINE STARTED TO SHUT OFF INTERMITTENTLY UNDER ALL TYP… |
| 2015-06-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | VEHICLE IS SLIPPING WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND GEAR TO 3RD GEAR. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 118,000 MILES. |
| 2015-05-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | 2007 FORD 4DOOR XLT GAS PEDAL STUCK WHILE DRIVER WAS PULLING THROUGH FAST FOOD DRIVE THROUGH. BASICALLY, THE CAR WAS I… |
| 2014-12-16 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE V… |
| 2014-12-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE TRUCK HAS BEEN LEAKING COOLANT. THE MECHANIC FINALLY FOUND THE PROBLEM. THE INTAKE ON THE MANIFOLD IS PLASTIC. IT G… |
| 2013-12-23 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I BROUGHT MY '07 SPORTRAC WITH 73,800 MILES TO THE FORD DEALER TO TROUBLESHOOT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE WRENCH LIGH… |
| 2013-05-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | STOPPED TO GET FUEL AND TRUCK WOULD NOT START. ENGINE WOULD TURN OVER, BUT WOULD NOT START. I HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE … |
| 2013-05-05 | TIRES | No | 0 | B F GOODRICH TIRES, SIDEWALL CRACKING ON TIRE SHOULDER, TREAD SEPARATING FROM SIDEWALL ON ALL FOUR TIRES. *TR |
| 2013-03-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION JERKS FORWARD WHEN I'M SLOWING DOWN TO STOP. THIS OCCURS AS MY TRANSMISSION DOWN-SHIFTS FROM EITHER 3RD TO… |
| 2012-06-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WITHOUT ANY INDICATION WHY, THE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR BEGAN TO RISE AND THE ENGINE BECAME RATHER LOUD. NO INDICATOR (I… |
| 2012-05-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AS CITED BY OTHER READERS, FORD HAS PLACED HT-1 CERAMIC PLUGS IN THE EXPLORER SERIES WHICH ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. THESE PL… |
| 2012-05-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I NOTICED WHILE DRIVING MY 2007 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE ENGINE. I THOUGHT IT MI… |
| 2012-04-26 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DECELERATING, SHE NOTICED THAT THE… |
| 2012-02-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I HAD MISFIRES ON CYLINDER 7, TRIED TO REPLACE PLUGS HAD FOUR BREAK IN MANIFOLD, FOUND THAT SPECIALITY TOOL HAD TO BE B… |
| 2012-02-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | SPARK PLUGS MAY BE CONTRIBUTING TO A SKIP UNDER LOAD. HOWEVER, FORD HAS USED SOME UNUSUAL SPARK PLUG THAT IS A SERIOUS … |
| 2011-11-01 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | WATER/MOISTURE IN SUNROOF MOTOR ASSEMBLY CAUSING AT FIRST A SHORT ENABLING SUNROOF TO OPERATE OWN IT'S OWN POWER, THEN … |
| 2011-09-07 | WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER … |
| 2011-09-01 | WHEELS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE CONTINUOUSLY DEFLATING. TH… |
| 2011-07-25 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | Yes | 0 | I WAS AT THE YIELD SIGN AT THE FEEDER LANE APPROACHING THE NASA BYPASS IN WEBSTER, TEXAS WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES AS AN… |
| 2011-05-31 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD SPORT TRAC 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY… |
| 2011-05-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | PURCHASED 2007 EXPL SP TRAC IN APRIL 2008 FROM ACADEMY FORD LAUREL, MD (19K MI). RADIATOR LEAK AND REPLACEMENT IN MAY… |
| 2011-03-18 | WHEELS | No | 0 | (YEAR 2011 TO 2013 ALL THIS HAPPENED LEMON) THE WHEEL BEARINGS WENT ON THE VEHICLE...HAD TO HAVE ALL THREE REPLACED...B… |
| 2011-03-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT… |
| 2011-01-10 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | NOTICED CLUNKING SOUND COMING FROM RIGHT REAR WHILE GOING OVER SPEED BUMPS OR POT HOLES. WHEN IT WAS RAINING THE RIGHT … |
| 2010-12-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | THE FRONT DISC BRAKES ON MY 2007 FORD SPORTTRAC MAKES A LOUD SQUEALING NOISE WHEN I APPLY MY BRAKES. I TOOK THE VEHICL… |
| 2010-11-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC. THE CONTACT STATED THE THERMOSTAT THAT CONTROLS THE TEMPERATURE IN… |
| 2010-09-01 | TIRES | No | 0 | SPARE TIRE IS NO GOOD. I HAD TO USE MY SPARE TIRE FOR THE FIRST TIME 2 WEEKS AGO, AND THE RIM IS BAD. I COULD ONLY TR… |
| 2010-08-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON 8/10/10 I NOTICED WHILE DRIVING MY 2007 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE ENGINE. I THOUGH… |
| 2010-08-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | RADIATOR IS LEAKING COOLANT. COOLANT LEAKS THE FROM ALUMINUM CORE, POOLS UP AT THE BOTTOM IN THE PLASTIC AND DRIPS OUT … |
| 2010-06-16 | WHEELS | No | 0 | IN 2008 AND THEN 2010 THE FRONT SEALED WHEEL BEARINGS ASSEMBLIES HAVE GONE BAD, REQUIRING A WHEEL BEARING KIT BY THE DE… |
| 2010-06-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC. THE CONTACT STATED THE TIRE MONITORING SENSOR, CHECK ENGINE AND DO… |