Ford Explorer Sport: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 5 recall campaigns for the Ford Explorer Sport, model years 1993 to 2005. NHTSA has 600 complaints on file for this model line. 7 of the 10 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Ford Explorer Sport NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 3% | |
| 2004 Ford Explorer Sport NHTSA page | 0 | 8 | 13% | |
| 2003 Ford Explorer Sport | 0 | 33 | 55% | |
| 2002 Ford Explorer Sport | 3 | 101 | 168% | 5,161,465 |
| 2001 Ford Explorer Sport | 5 | 152 | 253% | 5,747,170 |
| 2000 Ford Explorer Sport | 1 | 66 | 110% | 137,700 |
| 1999 Ford Explorer Sport | 0 | 82 | 137% | |
| 1998 Ford Explorer Sport | 0 | 117 | 195% | |
| 1997 Ford Explorer Sport | 0 | 34 | 57% | |
| 1993 Ford Explorer Sport NHTSA page | 0 | 5 | 8% |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
752 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 114.4 | 86 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 97.1 | 73 |
| Electrical System | 77.1 | 58 |
| Seats | 77.1 | 58 |
| Structure | 74.5 | 56 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 73.1 | 55 |
| Suspension | 73.1 | 55 |
| Latches/Locks/Linkages | 67.8 | 51 |
| Tires | 58.5 | 44 |
| Visibility | 57.2 | 43 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Explorer142 campaigns
- Taurus69 campaigns
- F-150169 campaigns
- Windstar33 campaigns
- Focus36 campaigns
- Ranger102 campaigns
- Expedition77 campaigns
- Escort35 campaigns
- Mustang105 campaigns
- Contour22 campaigns
- F-25054 campaigns
- Escape95 campaigns
- Crown Victoria47 campaigns
- Aerostar23 campaigns
- Thunderbird50 campaigns
- F-35050 campaigns
- F-250 SD68 campaigns
- Tempo11 campaigns
- Probe8 campaigns
- F-350 SD78 campaigns
- Excursion11 campaigns
- Freestar5 campaigns
- Freestyle2 campaigns
- Econoline58 campaigns
- F15046 campaigns
- E-15048 campaigns
- E-350101 campaigns
- Bronco83 campaigns
- Explorer Sport Trac7 campaigns
- Mustang GT1 campaign
- F25073 campaigns
- Five Hundred3 campaigns
- Fusion46 campaigns
- Ford23 campaigns
- Ford Truck8 campaigns
- F Super Duty12 campaigns
- F-450 SD87 campaigns
- F-550 SD71 campaigns
- E-45050 campaigns
- E-25073 campaigns
- F Series10 campaigns
- Bronco II10 campaigns
- Aspire2 campaigns
- Edge43 campaigns
- Festiva2 campaigns
- Club Wagon24 campaigns
- F35062 campaigns
- Motor Home0 campaigns
- Taurus SHO2 campaigns
- CVPI3 campaigns
- Mustang Convertible0 campaigns
- Escape Hybrid2 campaigns
- E15018 campaigns
- F Series (light)4 campaigns
- E35041 campaigns
- LTD35 campaigns
- E Series10 campaigns
- E5500 campaigns
- Flex14 campaigns
- Taurus X1 campaign
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Ford Explorer Sport: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/explorer-sport/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Ford Explorer Sport model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2001 with 5, 2002 with 3, 2000 with 1. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Ford Explorer Sport model year has the most complaints?
- The 2001 model year, with 152 of the 600 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Ford Explorer Sport name?
- Power Train: 114.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 97.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 77.1 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Ford Explorer Sport?
- 6 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.