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Ford Explorer Sport Experts

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Ford Explorer Sport Model Overview

Ford Explorer Sport Questions

Vicfr
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Leaf Springs 2001 Explorer Sport

Can anyone advise on best source for replacement spings--any idea of price?

14 views with 1 answer (last answer about a week ago)
Fabfoureal
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Anybody The Reason Or Cause That When I Start My 01 Explorer , The Engine R...

71 views with 8 answers (last answer 2 months ago)
jksk99
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I Am Selling A 2002 Ford Explorer Sport With 157,000 Mileage. I Can't Affor...

16 views with 1 answer (last answer 2 months ago)
sandytoezgal
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1998 Ford Explorer Sport Has Started Overheating

temp gauge goes to the top when driving freeway for length of time..noticed it will run warm but jump to Hot when going uphill. Radiator overheats and water boils out. Tonight ran for 20 minutes hi...

73 views with 1 answer (last answer 3 months ago)
MCRB
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I Have To Wait For The Oil Gauge To Come Up Before I Can Drive The Car Why...

That is why I want to know where the switch is

30 views with 3 answers (last answer 4 months ago)

About the Ford Explorer Sport

The Ford Explorer Sport was a niche model that got left behind as Ford marketed the Explorer, its flagship midsize SUV, increasingly to a suburban family-transportation market.

The Explorer Sport, based on the entry-level XLS trim of 2000, maintained a separate brand identity designed to appeal to drivers who had been drawn to the earlier Explorer models for their ruggedness and off-road potential.

As the Explorer's wheelbase grew, and as its interior became more lush, the Explorer Sport (which kept the 2000 platform) looked smaller and more agile in comparison to its suburban cousin.

It was the success of the Ford Escape, launched in 2001, that finally proved to be the end of the Explorer Sport.  Rather than redesign the outdated model,  the suits in Dearborn decided simply to discontinue the Explorer Sport and leave that market niche to the Escape.