2009 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Service and Repair Manual
This factory service and repair manual for the 2009 Ford Explorer Sport Trac covers the 4-door crew cab pickup fitted with the single overhead-cam 4.0L V6 or the single overhead-cam 4.6L V8, both naturally aspirated gasoline engines, in three trims: Base, Limited and XLT. Each engine gets its own procedures, specifications and torque values, and the transmission, driveline, brakes, steering, suspension, body and electrical systems are covered with wiring diagrams and diagnostics written for this year of the pickup.
Engines covered
- 4.0L V6 (245 cu in) — SOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline
- 4.6L V8 (281 cu in) — SOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline
Body styles covered
- 4-door crew cab pickup
Trims covered
- Base
- Limited
- XLT
Known issues on the 2009 Explorer Sport Trac. No recalls are on federal record for this year. Owners have filed six complaints with NHTSA, two on the power train and one each on service brakes and the electrical system, which is a very short list. That leaves the manual to its ordinary work: procedures, specifications, torque values, wiring diagrams and diagnostics for the 4.0L V6 and 4.6L V8, the transmission and driveline, brakes, steering, suspension, body and electrical systems of the crew cab pickup.
Ford and Lincoln vehicles equipped with wired keyless entry keypad systems and accessory wireless keyless entry keypad systems may or may not come with a wallet card containing the master code. Unlike the integrated wired keypad, the access
All accessory stick-on keyless entry keypads come with a wallet card containing the master code. If the accessory keypad was factory installed, this card will be placed in the glove box and should be handed to the vehicles owner during ini
2009-2017 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 6R80, 6R100, 6R140 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAVE AN UPDATED MAIN CONTROL VALVE BODY OVERHAUL PROCEDURE. REFER TO WORKSHOP MANUAL (WSM), SECTION 307-01 FOR MAIN CONTROL VALVE BODY (7A100) OVERHAUL PROCEDURES.
SOME 2008-2017 FORD/MERCURY/LINCOLN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SYNC MAY GENERATE A VHR THAT IDENTIFIES A CONCERN WITH THE BRAKES AND SUSPENSION CATEGORY INDICATING SERVICE IS REQUIRED DUE TO A BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LAMP BEING ILLUMINATED. IF THE
SOME 2008-2017 FORD/MERCURY/LINCOLN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SYNC MAY GENERATE A VHR THAT IDENTIFIES A CONCERN WITH THE BRAKES AND SUSPENSION CATEGORY INDICATING SERVICE IS REQUIRED DUE TO A BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LAMP BEING ILLUMINATED. IF THE
LINCOLN/MERCURY/FORD: THERE IS FLUID LEAKING AROUND THE TRANSMISSION BULKHEAD CONNECTOR SLEEVE, FROM THE TRANSMISSION. MODEL 2009-10 EXPEDITION, EXPLORER, EXPLORER SPORT TRAC, F-150, NAVIGATOR, MOUNTAINEER. *PE
FORD/MERCURY: TO PREVENT HARNESS DAMAGE, ON SOME VEHICLES, RESULTING IN CONTACT WITH TIRE OR SUSPENSION COMPONENTS, PROPER ROUTING OF WIRING HARNESS FOR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR IS KEY. 2006-2010 EXPLORER, MOUNTAINEER, EXPLORER SPORT TRAC. *PE
FORD: IF THERE IS AN INTERMITTENT LACK OF POWER, SURGE, OR HESITATION WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKES WILL OVERRIDE ACCELERATION. *RM
Showing the 8 most recent of 10 technical service bulletins on file with NHTSA.
On October 31, 2025, I was backing out of my driveway when multiple lights concerning the brakes came on. There had been no previous warnings about any issue with the brakes. My
THE SEAT BELT WARNING LITE WANTS TO STAY ON.
Showing the 2 most serious of 6 complaints filed with NHTSA.
