Ford Explorer Sport owners have reported a total of 776 problems for their cars built in the 9 model years listed in the chart below. The chart shows the number of problems reported across all service years for each given model year of the Ford Explorer Sport. The 2001 Ford Explorer Sport cars have the most problems reported (198 problems).
The following chart shows the 21 most common problems for Ford Explorer Sport cars. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's structure (95 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's power train (87 problems).
It would not be fair to compare the Ford Explorer Sport of an older model year to newer model years since older vehicles have been in service longer and thus are expected to have more problems. In order to compare the reliability across Explorer Sport model years, we use the PPMY index which is defined as the problems reported per thousand vehicles per Year. A smaller PPMY index indicates greater reliability of the given model year cars.
PPMY = P / S / Y * 1000,
where P = total problems reported during the life of a Ford Explorer Sport model year; S = total units sold of the model year; Y = years since the debut of the model year (the age of the vehicle).
The results are shown in Table 3.
Another way to measure the reliability across the model years of the Ford Explorer Sport is to use the total number of problems reported during the vehicle's first year in service, as shown in the Table 4.
| Model Year | Problems Reported |
|---|---|
| 2004 Explorer Sport | |
| 2003 Explorer Sport | |
| 2002 Explorer Sport | |
| 2001 Explorer Sport | |
| 2000 Explorer Sport | |
| 1998 Explorer Sport | |
| 1997 Explorer Sport |