NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Recalls
The 2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 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
- 66
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2005 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 2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004 Explorer Sport Trac, 42 other models
2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac complaints by year
NHTSA has received 66 owner complaints about the 2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, the newest on April 17, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (8%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, the component group named most often is the electrical system (17%), followed by the structure (17%) and the fuel/propulsion system (15%).
The 2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac's only recall does not concern the electrical system.
Where 2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac owners gave the mileage (51 complaints), the median was 68,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System11
- Structure11
- Fuel/Propulsion System10
- Air Bags7
- Fuel System, Gasoline5
- Engine4
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 9. 20% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Ford Explorer Sport Trac year in the same window: 6th highest of the 7 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Ford Explorer Sport Trac years.
The 66 complaints about the 2005 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 2005 Ford models
Newest record on this page: April 17, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted