# 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac won’t idle

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-explorer-sport-trac-won-t-idle/117849>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** explorersporttrac, ford\
**Created:** [May 22, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-explorer-sport-trac-won-t-idle/117849 "2018-05-22T16:26:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![CarlCrittenden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@CarlCrittenden](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CarlCrittenden)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-explorer-sport-trac-won-t-idle/117849/1 "2018-05-22T16:26:17Z")

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My ford sports trac will not idle when starting in the morning?

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-explorer-sport-trac-won-t-idle/117849/2 "2018-05-23T03:02:29Z")

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Clarify what you mean by “won’t idle”. Does it crank but not start. Or does it crank, starts, but then quickly stalls out? Or what?

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-explorer-sport-trac-won-t-idle/117849/3 "2018-05-23T03:11:50Z")

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The problem might be with a dirty/defective Idle Air Control valve.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/6/61a8f8aa9fa51ce511c474db05444f85ca14b55a.jpg)

The IAC valve controls the engines’ idle speed under all conditions.

Tester