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2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac electrical system problems

21 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac15% of all complaints for this model year.

21
Electrical System complaints
15%
share of all complaints
53,104 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • There was not warning lights on dash, truck slowed down then engine raced up all on its own turned I turned off road shifted to nutral and sat until the racing stopped continued on to auto part store where they plugged into engine it read strange codes..

    filed Feb 29, 2016

  • I bought a 2002 ford explorer sport trac new. Shortly after have electric window problems drivers door back passenger window and now the passenger door window, bad body mounts,and idles bad when in park or stopped at a red light. Rpm's 500 to 1000 back down to 500-400. 2002 had a baby girl 1 1/2…

    filed Feb 11, 2012

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.