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2003 Ford Explorer Sport wipers, windshield & visibility problems

Owners reported wipers, windshield & visibility problems in 17 complaints for the 2003 Ford Explorer Sport, 20% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
17 20% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
100,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2003 Ford Explorer Sport Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 100,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 100,000 miles
Based on 15 complaints that include mileage. 20% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 15 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 100,000 miles, and 20% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

On the morning of 1/29/14 I was at the market ,came out to load my items into the vehicle , opened the rear lift gate at about the 1/3 open point the glass exploded into a million pieces . Which in turn sent shards of glass into my face ,hands , head and eyes . They were minor injuries but I'm still extracting glass from my head and hands and there is still glass embedded in my hands . I have an apt with my dr only because there is glass in my eyes.

Reported at 142,000 miles, January 2014 Injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford explorer sport. While driving 50 MPH, a loud noise was heard when the sun roof exploded without warning. There were no injuries. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000. The VIN was not available.

Reported at 130,000 miles, January 2017

Other problems reported for the 2003 Ford Explorer Sport

Wipers, windshield & visibility problems in other years

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