Three problems related to automatic transmission have been reported for the 2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac based on all problems reported for the 2004 Explorer Sport Trac.
At 70,000 miles, my truck is starting to slip when shift from 2nd to 3rd. I did some research on the issue and found that this and other major issues with the automatic transmission on my sport trac were very common. I purchased the vehicle new in may of 2004. Within a year, I received a letter stating that Ford needed to add some type of fluid to the transmission. When I took my truck in for this, the mechanic mentioned that this was to prevent a major issue with the transmission and also prevent failure due to a mistake at the plant. What concerns me is that now that my truck is out of warranty, I now will have to foot the bill to have this fixed. This amount seems to vary from $1800 to $4000 as others have mentioned on multiple forums. I have contacted the dealership regarding the issue and they acted as if they had never heard of such an issue. Someone needs to look into this as it would seem that there is a safety concern regarding this transmission.
2004 Ford explorer sport-trac, tranmission problems. The transmission bucks and the limited slip diferential acts strange.
The consumer was taking off from a stop when he noticed that the vehicle wouldn't go higher than 28 mph. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the dealer could not duplicate the problem.