Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

2000 Ford Explorer Sport

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
71
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
28
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

71 filed
6
Crashes
10
Fires
9
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    11
  • Electrical System
    9
  • Tires
    5
  • Seats
    5
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    4
  • Vehicle Speed CONTROL:CRUISE Control
    4
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    4
  • SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
    4

Recalls

1 campaign
00V394000·STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS2000-11-28

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES WITH STEEL HOODS AND CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH SHEET MOLDING COMPOUND HOODS. A WIRE FORMED HOOD STRIKER COULD BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FATIGUE FRACTURES. IF THE HOOD STRIKER FRACTURES, THE HOOD COULD FLY OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN.

RiskA HOOD FLY-UP WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED COULD RESULT IN REDUCED DRIVER VISIBILITY.

Fix DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE HOOD STRIKER.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
DP05005·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE2005-09-22 → 2006-01-04

SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM CYLINDER HEAD

DP05005·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE2005-09-22 → 2006-01-04

SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM CYLINDER HEAD

DP05005·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING2005-09-22 → 2006-01-04

SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM CYLINDER HEAD

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