NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Recalls
The 2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 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
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 86
- Crashes reported
- 14
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac
2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac complaints by year
NHTSA has received 86 owner complaints about the 2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, the newest on June 5, 2024. Of these, 14 describe a crash (16%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 18 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, the component group named most often is the suspension (16%), followed by the air bags (15%) and the power train (15%).
None of the 2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac's 2 recalls concerns the suspension.
Where 2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac owners gave the mileage (66 complaints), the median was 42,535 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension14
- Air Bags13
- Power Train13
- Structure9
- Vehicle Speed Control8
- Electrical System7
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 13 | |
| 2006 | 12 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 13. 47% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Ford Explorer Sport Trac year in the same window: 4th highest of the 7 ranked years.
The 86 complaints about the 2004 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 2004 Ford models
Newest record on this page: June 5, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted