2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac engine problems
Owners reported engine problems in 17 complaints for the 2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, 14% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 17 14% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 75,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When engine problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 16 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 75,000 miles, and 38% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 crash.
What owners wrote
My ford explorer 2007 has very low mileage (56,000 miles). Its engine started to shut off intermittently under all types of conditions, streets and highways. It was indeed very dangerous. Indeed my daughter, driving this car, had an accident on sept. 4, precisely because of the engine shut off. Fortunately it happened in a stop-and-go traffic which did not result in any injury. I hate to think of consequences of this happening in fast moving traffic.
Ok where can I start besides that I've come to hate my truck I have spent thousands of dollars fixing it constantly first off light in the car go on and off while driving whenever you hit a bump than I get random little leaks all the time and had my transmission worked on a year ago because it was messed up and here it goes again I don't know what the [xxx] is wrong with it but sometimes I swear I just wanna throw the [xxx] car off a bridge every other day there's another problem not my AC has stopped working I…
Other problems reported for the 2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac
- Transmission 15 complaints