2003 Ford Explorer Sport Trac electrical problems

Filed Mar 11, 2015 · Electrical · 180,000 miles · NC · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford explorer sport trac. The contact stated that the vehicle ignited in flames while parked in the driveway. The contact did not disclose how the fire was extinguished. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 180,000.

Filed Feb 11, 2014 · Electrical · IN

Rusting wires on the drivers side step plate.

Filed Feb 11, 2014 · Electrical · IN

Rusting wires under the drivers side step plate.

Filed Oct 11, 2012 · Acceleration, Electrical · 83,000 miles · NH

Sitting at a stop sign vehicle went into acceleration gas peddle went to floor. Foot was on the brake. Checked no carpet stuck under the gas peddle. Foot was not touching gas peddle. It was almost like the cruise control was pressing the gas peddle. Cruise control was off. Shut vehicle off then back on issue went away. This has happened other times to myself and my wife. Sometimes while pushing the gas the gas peddle leaves your foot and continues to the floor on its own, pressing the brake and turning vehicle off seems to resolve the issue. This issue happens so in frequently that it is hard to reproduce for service shop.

Filed Apr 3, 2012 · Electrical · 182,000 miles · GA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford explorer sport trac. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle abnormally decelerated to 40 MPH. In addition, there was smoke coming from the front end of the vehicle. The contact was informed by another driver that sparks were coming from under the vehicle. The contact maneuvered the vehicle to the shoulder and discovered that there were flames under the driver's side of the vehicle. The fire department was called and a fire report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard and was not repaired. The vehicle was destroyed. The approximate failure mileage was 182,000.

Filed Nov 5, 2008 · Electrical · 12 miles · FL

When I pull down my steering wheel, the left blinker does not work neither does the brake lights. If the wheel is up every thing works.

Filed Dec 6, 2007 · Electrical · HI

Vehicle engine stop while driving on the road. Driving as normal, approx 30 MPH when vehicle just stops. Extremely difficult to steer or brake. Perfect weather, no environmental issues--normal temperature, etc. Incident occurred twice, approx one year apart. Took into repair shop to diagnose, no code left on computer.

Filed Jun 28, 2006 · Electrical · MS

Ants have eaten into the computer on my 1994 ford explorer last year . This year even though I put out poison on the ground and sprayed the motor and inside of both vehicles they got into the dash of my 03 and started eating the (looms) what ever that is and the wiring to my air bags. Has anyone else had this problem and what did they do to stop it? What are they making the wiring out of.

Filed Sep 21, 2005 · Electrical · 25,000 miles · IA

Dt: the consumer stated that 2003 ford explorer sport trac special edition with avalanche on the back was having a stalling problem. The anti-theft device light blinked on the dashboard, and then the vehicle shut off the power. The consumer took the truck to the repair shop seven to eight times for this problem. The truck has been in the shop longer than it has been with the consumer. The dealership put the edr on the truck, and found no information. The truck stalled when the light came on. The dealership was stunned because they could not figure out what the cause of the problem was. The consumer was afraid to drive the vehicle. He tried to trade the truck in for a new vehicle, but the dealership would not give the consumer enough money for the truck. The dealership told the consumer that they did not want the truck and would be afraid to sell the truck to someone else. There have been engineers from ford to examine the truck and still no one could figure out the problem. Speed was 30 MPH and under. The consumer contacted ford personally, and they were aware of the problem.

Filed Jul 29, 2003 · Electrical · 7,325 miles · NC

On july 28 while my wife was driving our new explorer sport trac it just stop running. She started it up and it ran for about 1min then cut off again stranding her in the middle of a highway in a turn lane we reported it to ford it took over 2 hrs for them to get a tow truck to tow the truck to the dealer it also happened on the 27th. Also the owners manual pages are not right when you look at about how to change a tire it give you a page number and it shows something else like how to change oil.