2007 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC Complaints

WATER/MOISTURE IN SUNROOF MOTOR ASSEMBLY CAUSING AT FIRST A SHORT ENABLING SUNROOF TO OPERATE OWN IT'S OWN POWER, THEN UPON REMOVING ASSEMBLY AN OILY WATER MIXTURE BEGAN DRIPPING OUT CAUSING FULL BREAKDOWN.RUST WAS ON MECHANICAL WHEEL & WHITE ( DRY) SPOTS ON COMPUTER BOARD. EXCESSIVE METAL SHAVINGS ON METAL RODS THAT OPERATE SUNROOF. NO SIGN OF WATER / MOISTURE ENTRY INTO ASSEMBLY, UNIT WAS EXCESSIVELY HOT TO TOUCH FROM DIRECT SUN ON ROOF OF VEHICLE. PICTURES ARE AVAILABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. UPON EXAMINING THE WHEEL, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT ALL OF THE BOLTS WHICH HELD THE WHEEL IN PLACE WERE SHEERED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME WHERE THE CONTACT MADE REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000...UPDATED 10/04/11 *BF UPDATED 10/05/11*JB

I WAS AT THE YIELD SIGN AT THE FEEDER LANE APPROACHING THE NASA BYPASS IN WEBSTER, TEXAS WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES AS ANOTHER CAR WAS AHEAD OF ME AND HAD STOPPED. INSTEAD OF BRAKING, MY VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND I RUN INTO THE REAR OF THE CAR AHEAD. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM IS THE DESIGN IN THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN DEPRESSED IS LOWER THAN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THEY ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. IF THE BRAKE IS NOT APPLIED EXACTLY RIGHT A PERSON CAN UNINTENTIONALLY HIT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE IS A 2007 FORD EXPLORER SPORTS TRAC TRUCK. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC. THE CONTACT STATED THE THERMOSTAT THAT CONTROLS THE TEMPERATURE IN THE VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE THERMOSTAT AND WAS ADVISED THERE WAS NO RELATED RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR CONDITIONER ALSO FUNCTIONED SPORADICALLY AT TIMES DURING HOT WEATHER. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO THE EXTREME HEAT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPEDITION SPORT TRAC. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL CLUCKING SOUND FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL VIBRATION FELT FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS WHERE THE FAILURE WAS NOT DUPLICATED OR DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF AND THE POWER STEERING WOULD NOT RESPOND DURING THE LAST TWO FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V181000 (STEERING) THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. BUT THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC. THE CONTACT STATED THE TIRE MONITORING SENSOR, CHECK ENGINE AND DOOM LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE OCCURRING WITHIN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE IGNITION CORE WAS FAULTY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION CORE, BUT TWO MONTHS LATER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE DOOM LIGHT AND ALARMS TURN ON AT NIGHT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

NOTICED CLUNKING SOUND COMING FROM RIGHT REAR WHILE GOING OVER SPEED BUMPS OR POT HOLES. WHEN IT WAS RAINING THE RIGHT TIRE WOULD SPIN AFTER HITTING POT HOLE AND THE ELECTRONIC SKID CONTROL WOULD FLASH ON DASH INDICATING LOST TRACTION. IF THIS HAD BEEN ICE OR SNOW I COULD OF LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS THE RIGHT REAR CONTROL ARM BUSHING. RIGHT TIRES WERE VISIBLY WORN MORE THAN THE LEFT SIDE TIRES. DEALER REPLACED REAR CONTROL ARM BUSHING. 45,000 MILES AND STILL UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER HAS PART. *TR

RADIATOR IS LEAKING COOLANT. COOLANT LEAKS THE FROM ALUMINUM CORE, POOLS UP AT THE BOTTOM IN THE PLASTIC AND DRIPS OUT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PLASTIC ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. TALKED TO FORD ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS A TSB ISSUED FOR THIS (WHICH I REALIZE DOES NOT EXTEND THE WARRANTY) AND THAT WHEN THE TRUCK WAS MADE, THE FAN THAT COOLS THE RADIATOR WAS NOT PROGRAMMED CORRECTLY. IT WOULDN'T RUN WHEN IT NECESSARILY NEEDED TO OR FOR AS LONG AS IT NEEDED TO WHICH IS CAUSING THE RADIATOR TO OVERHEAT AND THE ALUMINUM TO SEPARATE AT THE SEAM...THUS CAUSING A COOLANT LEAK AND LEADING TO THE VEHICLE OVERHEATING. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ONLY FIX WAS JUST TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR WITH AN "UPDATED" RADIATOR AND HAVE THE PROGRAMMING UPDATED FOR THE FAN TO FUNCTION LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE IN THE FIRST PLACE. (NOT SURE I AGREE WITH PAYING A LOT OF MONEY TO FIX SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE WORKED PROPERLY IN THE FIRST PLACE.)

THE FRONT DISC BRAKES ON MY 2007 FORD SPORTTRAC MAKES A LOUD SQUEALING NOISE WHEN I APPLY MY BRAKES. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT MY BRAKES WERE IN PERFECT CONDITION. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES. *TR

SPARE TIRE IS NO GOOD. I HAD TO USE MY SPARE TIRE FOR THE FIRST TIME 2 WEEKS AGO, AND THE RIM IS BAD. I COULD ONLY TRAVEL 20 MPH BEFORE IT STARTED SHAKING AND MAKING NOISES. I CALLED STEVENS FORD IN PATCHOGUE, NY AND WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME I HAD TO USE IT. *TR