NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Recalls
The 2003 Ford Explorer Sport Trac has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 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
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 78
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
On a 2003 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, 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 Trac
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2005 Explorer Sport Trac, 42 other models
2003 Ford Explorer Sport Trac complaints by year
NHTSA has received 78 owner complaints about the 2003 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, the newest on September 14, 2021. Of these, 5 describe a crash (6%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2003 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, the component group named most often is the electrical system (14%), followed by the structure (13%) and the engine and engine cooling (12%).
The 2003 Ford Explorer Sport Trac's only recall does not concern the electrical system.
Where 2003 Ford Explorer Sport Trac owners gave the mileage (52 complaints), the median was 58,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System11
- Structure10
- Engine And Engine Cooling9
- Fuel System, Gasoline8
- Power Train8
- Suspension7
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 11 | |
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 10 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2003 Ford Explorer Sport Trac peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 13. 47% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Ford Explorer Sport Trac drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Ford Explorer Sport Trac year in the same window: 5th highest of the 7 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the three best-measured Ford Explorer Sport Trac years.
The 78 complaints about the 2003 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 2003 Ford models
Newest record on this page: September 14, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted