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2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac vehicle speed control problems

26 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac16% of all complaints for this model year.

26
Vehicle Speed Control complaints
16%
share of all complaints
62,243 mi
median reported incident mileage
3 / 6
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • 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…

    filed Sep 22, 2016

  • Ever since I got the truck about 4 months ago I have been having a problem with the rear brakes locking up. It happens after the vehicle has been sitting up for a few hours and it's raining or there's a good but of moisture in the air. When you first get in the truck the rear brakes will lock up on…

    filed Apr 29, 2015

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.