2000 Ford Explorer Sport: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2000 Ford Explorer Sport. The campaign is 00V394000. NHTSA received the report on 28 Nov 2000. The NHTSA record gives the component Structure / Body / Hood / Hinge and Attachments. NHTSA has 66 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of campaign 00V394000, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the hood striker.
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.
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Recall campaigns
1 campaign. 137,700 units in total.
00V394000Received . 137,700 units.
Structure / Body / Hood / Hinge and Attachments
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: sport utility vehicles with steel hoods and certain pickup trucks equipped with sheet molding compound hoods. A wire formed hood striker could be susceptible to fatigue fractures. If the hood striker fractures, the hood could fly open while the vehicle is being driven.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
A hood fly-up while the vehicle is being operated could result in reduced driver visibility.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the hood striker.
Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number 00S45. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
66 complaints, 95 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.
- 2000 Ford Explorer Sport
- All 2000 vehicles
| Component | 2000 Explorer Sport | All 2000 vehicles | Explorer Sport, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 136.8 | 95.2 | 77.1 | 13 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 115.8 | 128.9 | 97.1 | 11 |
| Power Train | 115.8 | 87.5 | 114.4 | 11 |
| Suspension | 94.7 | 79.7 | 73.1 | 9 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 84.2 | 43.6 | 73.1 | 8 |
| Seats | 84.2 | 15.2 | 77.1 | 8 |
| Tires | 63.2 | 53.2 | 58.5 | 6 |
| Air Bags | 52.6 | 53.7 | 42.6 | 5 |
| Steering | 42.1 | 45 | 30.6 | 4 |
| Exterior Lighting | 31.6 | 33 | 21.3 | 3 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 20.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 6
- Complaints that report a fire
- 10
- Injuries in the complaints
- 9
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 29 Sep 2010
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
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.
Investigations
| Number | Type | Subject | Component | Opened | Closed | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DP05005 | Defect petition | SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM CYLINDER HEAD | Engine and Engine Cooling / Engine | 22 Sep 2005 | 4 Jan 2006 |
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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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.
- NHTSA page of the 2000 Ford Explorer SportThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2000 Ford Explorer Sport: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/explorer-sport/2000/. 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
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
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Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2000 Ford Explorer Sport?
- 137,700 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Ford Explorer Sport have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 5 recall campaigns for the Ford Explorer Sport, model years 1993 to 2005. 1 of them names the 2000 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2000 Ford Explorer Sport name most often?
- Electrical System: 13 of 95 component mentions, or 136.8 per 1,000. For all 2000 vehicles the figure is 95.2 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2000 Ford Explorer Sport open?
- No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.