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2001-2010 Ford Explorer Sport Trac battery group size

The exact BCI group size your Explorer Sport Trac takes — the code that decides which battery physically fits and reaches the cables. Cross-checked against the automaker's own chart and a retailer finder so you buy the right one the first time.

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Battery group size

65Flooded lead-acid2 sources

Verified · cross-checked against 2 independent sources · Jun 2026

OE minimum CCA

≥ 650

Choose at least this — never a verified figure

A battery is bought by its group size. Shop Group 65 batteries that physically fit — double-check the group printed on the battery against your car before you buy.

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Where this came from
  • Interstate Batteries 2023 Application Guide (BCI/Clarios feed — retailer finder, one witness) — source“Ford • Explorer Sport Trac 2010-07 V6/4.0L 65 650”
  • Motorcraft battery part (fordpartsgiant.com) — source“BXT-65-650 (Group 65): "1991-2019 Ford Explorer" (Sport Trac shares the U2/U251 Explorer platform/battery)”

The group size carries our verified badge only when the automaker's own battery chart and an independent retailer finder agree on it — two genuinely separate sources, never two resellers of the same data. CCA is shown as an OE minimum, a “choose at least this” floor, never a verified number, because the right CCA is a property of the battery you pick. Your owner's manual is always the final word.