NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Recalls
The 2010 Ford Explorer Sport Trac has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on April 20, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 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
- 31
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 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 2010 Ford Explorer Sport Trac
Seats: front assembly: recliner
- Campaign
- 10V161000
- Reported
- April 20, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 33,256
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 202, head restraints
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
2010 Ford Explorer Sport Trac complaints by year
NHTSA has received 31 owner complaints about the 2010 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, the newest on September 14, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (6%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2010 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, the component group named most often is the power train (23%), followed by the air bags (13%) and the engine and engine cooling (13%).
The 2010 Ford Explorer Sport Trac's only recall does not concern the power train.
Where 2010 Ford Explorer Sport Trac owners gave the mileage (23 complaints), the median was 30,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train7
- Air Bags4
- Engine And Engine Cooling4
- Seats4
- Structure3
- Wheels3
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2010 Ford Explorer Sport Trac peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 7. 35% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Ford Explorer Sport Trac drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Ford Explorer Sport Trac year in the same window: 7th highest of the 7 ranked years.
That makes 2010 one of the three best-measured Ford Explorer Sport Trac years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 31 complaints about the 2010 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 2010 Ford models
Newest record on this page: September 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted