2006 Ford Explorer Sport Trac

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train4
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train
Filed May 24, 2017140,000 milesTX

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WILL NOT SHIFT

Power Train
Filed Sep 15, 2016VA

VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY PUT THE KEY AND THE SHIFT LEVER WON'T MOVE INTO ANY GEAR AND ALSO NOW I CAN'T REMOVE THE KEY. I WAS PARK IN FRONT OF A SHOOL

Power Train
Filed Jan 21, 2016NH

TRANSMISSION FAILED ON HIGHWAY

Power Train
Filed Oct 30, 201168,000 milesCA

ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RADIATOR THER ARE TWO TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINES THEY ARE BOTH LEAKING. *TR

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Nov 1, 201074,000 milesTX

TRANSMISSION PRESSURE CONTROL FAILURE. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS DIFFICULTY SWITCHING FROM 2ND GEAR TO 3RD GEAR AND THIS CAUSES THE MOTOR TO ACCELERATE TO HIGH RPM IN THE PROCESS. A LARGE JOLT CAN BE FELT WHEN THIS OCCURS AS WELL. TROUBLESHOOTING CODE P0745 IS PRESENT. *TR

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
201031120Routine
20096000Routine
200823110Routine
2007100120Routine
2006 — this page5000Routine
200566110Routine
200486210Routine
200378161Fatalities reported
2002144430Routine
2001167690Routine
20003100Routine
19985010Routine
19976010Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.