Get the Best Priced Ford Explorer Sport Trac Turn Signal

The Ford Explorer Sport Trac offers the best of both worlds, crossing the cargo-hauling ability of a pickup with the comfortable interior of an SUV. The first Sport Trac was low-tech, underpowered and saddled with poor handling characteristics. The redesigned second-generation model, which debuted for the 2007 model year, boasted improvements in its power, cargo and towing capacity, handled better and was more comfortable. In most respects, Ford succeeded at its goal of building a vehicle that could act as both a pickup and an SUV. For consumers in need of a vehicle for hauling recreational gear as well as light-duty shopping trips, the Sport Trac might be a smart choice.

Turn signal systems are simple things. Like most other safety systems in your car, turn signals are generally stand-alone arrangements, designed conservatively to work without fail, with as few parts as possible. That way, there isn't much that can go wrong. For this reason, diagnosing turn signal failures should be pretty easy.

Power for the turn signal system comes from your junction box, and flows through the fuse and then the flasher unit plugged into it. The flasher contains what's known as a bi-metallic spring, which is a flat strip with one kind of metal on one side, and another kind on the other. The flexible strip connects the electrical supply from the box to the wiring that goes to your turn signal switch. An electrical current heats it up, causing the metal on the bottom layer to expand more than the metal on the top. This causes the strip to arc up and away from the electrical contact. When the strip cools, it drops back down again. This cycle is what causes your lights to flash.

Why doesn't my turn signal flasher work?

If your turn signal indicator is blinking in the instrument panel but you have no light in the rear, you have a bad bulb. if you are getting nothing at all, the fault is in your flasher can. If you are getting a high rate pulse of the turn signals and you are getting nothing at the lights, then your flasher can/ flasher relay is bad and you have to replace the bulbs.

Why does my turn signal flash too fast?

If your turn signal flashes too fast or too slow, it's a problem with the heat rate transfer through the flasher strip. If all four turn signals are going too fast or too slow, the flasher is bad. If only the signals on one side do it, it may be one of the bulbs. The bulbs determine how much power goes through the flasher, and thus how quickly it heats up. If a heavy-duty, high-wattage bulb is substituted for an original, the more powerful bulb will draw more amperage, causing the flasher strip to heat up and cycle faster.

What is the Ford Explorer Sport Trac Turn Signal replacement cost?

Action Crash turn signal lights for the Ford Explorer Sport Trac are available from PartsGeek for $12.98 each.