2010 Ford Explorer Sport Trac problems
Owners have filed 40 complaints with NHTSA about the 2010 Ford Explorer Sport Trac. Drivetrain & axles is the most reported problem area, at 15% of complaints. Next are engine (15%) and air bags (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 40 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Drivetrain & axles 15% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 30,000 miles 29 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 12 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 29 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 30,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 3 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 83% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2010 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 8 model years of the Ford Explorer Sport Trac with enough data (22 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
When the brakes are engaged, that accelerator also engages causing the vehicle to not stop. Which caused a serious wreck. This has been checked out by the ford dealer on multiple occasions. Several others have also reported this issue. Truck is totaled and airbags did not deploy with direct front end impact.
I have a 2010 ford explorer sport trac with approximately 26000 miles. I was driving down the interstate and I saw smoke coming from between the cab and the bed. I pulled off the freeway, onto an exit ramp to a frontage road. I called 911. Before the fire department arrived, the vehicle was on fire. It is a total loss. The vehicle is now at the original ford dealership where the vehicle was purchased.
While in the carpool lane of freeway this truck without warning shut down power/speed and turned off with a wrench light coming on. The second time it did this on the freeway in the middle lane the throttle body was replaced. On 05/19/2011 it did it again in the fast lane of the freeway and went to two dealers who said they can't "replicate" the problem so they can't just try fixing everything it could be. The dealer refuses to stand behind the product he sold. He said," he couldn't help that ford made a bad car".