NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Ford Explorer Sport Recalls
The 2003 Ford Explorer Sport has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Ford Explorer Sport. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 65
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2003 Ford Explorer Sport, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2003 Ford Explorer Sport
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Explorer Sport, 42 other models
2003 Ford Explorer Sport complaints by year
NHTSA has received 65 owner complaints about the 2003 Ford Explorer Sport, the newest on December 31, 2020. Of these, 4 describe a crash (6%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Ford Explorer Sport, the component group named most often is the structure (38%), followed by the visibility (15%) and the visibility/wiper (11%).
The 2003 Ford Explorer Sport's only recall does not concern the structure.
Where 2003 Ford Explorer Sport owners gave the mileage (60 complaints), the median was 80,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure25
- Visibility10
- Visibility/Wiper7
- Suspension5
- Engine And Engine Cooling4
- Power Train4
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Ford Explorer Sport peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 10. 22% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
The 65 complaints about the 2003 Ford Explorer Sport are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Explorer Sport by model year
Other 2003 Ford models
Newest record on this page: December 31, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted