NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Recalls
The 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 3, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 144
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
On a 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 07V336000
- Reported
- August 3, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,600,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 7 other models
Seats: front assembly: recliner
- Campaign
- 03V281000
- Reported
- August 5, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,552,880
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Tires: tread/belt
- Campaign
- 01X001000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2005 Explorer Sport Trac, 42 other models
2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac complaints by year
NHTSA has received 144 owner complaints about the 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, the newest on July 31, 2023. Of these, 7 describe a crash (5%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, the component group named most often is the power train (22%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (16%) and the electrical system (15%).
None of the 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac's 4 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac owners gave the mileage (106 complaints), the median was 46,208 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train32
- Engine And Engine Cooling23
- Electrical System21
- Vehicle Speed Control19
- Structure16
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic15
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 24 | |
| 2004 | 19 | |
| 2005 | 12 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 22 | |
| 2009 | 12 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 24. 41% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Ford Explorer Sport Trac year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 7 ranked years.
The 144 complaints about the 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Explorer Sport Trac by model year
Other 2002 Ford models
Newest record on this page: July 31, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted