Exterior Lighting Problems of Ford Explorer Sport Trac

Ford Explorer Sport Trac owners have reported 5 problems related to exterior lighting (under the exterior lighting category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Ford Explorer Sport Trac based on all problems reported for the Explorer Sport Trac.

1 Exterior Lighting problem of the 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac

Failure Date: 02/02/2023

I was driving and the lights on the vehicle went out I thought it was the bulbs but no lights were working I adjusted steering wheel to look to see fuse box and all lights came back on there is an electrical short somewhere then I went to start the truck and it made a funny sound and then I lost all power and truck wouldn't start then the alarm kept going off and I could turn off even with the remote or the chipped key. And the truck won't start. Also when you change gears the indicator to show what gear you are in dosent move . This truck has electrical issues and is not safe for drivers to lose all power like this and basically its something Ford should be responsible for fixing because it's a defect in the electrical system also the ac compressor dosent work.

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2 Exterior Lighting problem of the 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac

Failure Date: 07/15/2016

Takata recall, the inside lightsor dome lights, they shorted out one to another in the double over head lights and grounded out the battery could cause several problems one it killed the battery and I found out when I went to change one of the lights and to stop I took both lights out and seperated the copper that conects with switch.

3 Exterior Lighting problem of the 2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac

Failure Date: 07/09/2016

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 hell is wrong with it but sometimes I swear I just wanna throw the damn car off a bridge every other day there's another problem not my ac has stopped working I was drinking home from the gym yesterday morning at a red light he car shut off locked my steering wheel locked my doors locked my brake started beeping on my dash wouldn't let me do anything that's dangerous it was a major road with the light just turning green I'm stuck can't even put it in neutral and roll it out of the intersection I turned it off and turned it off drove it home woke up next morning found something leaking drove to work not its having problems shifting I'm so done with this truck.

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4 Exterior Lighting problem of the 2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac

Failure Date: 12/15/2015

Dome light turns on and off intermittently when driving. Often occurs when driving over rough road or in turn. Will turn off if (any) door is opened and closed or if the key is "jiggled".

5 Exterior Lighting problem of the 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac

Failure Date: 05/21/2004

The brakes failed. This consumer was notified of this problem by a passing motorist. Mechanic determined that this occurred because of a defect in the multi function switch.


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