Ford Explorer

Common Explorer problems

Across 11 model years (2015–2025), the Ford Explorer carries 178 recall campaigns on record. Owners have filed 8,887 complaints with NHTSA, which has opened 19 investigations. Crash-test ratings cover 11 of 11 model years. Choose a year below for the full report.

Safety record by model year

Counts are raw NHTSA figures and are not normalized by how many were sold, so a high-volume year tends to show more of everything.

Year	Recalls	Complaints	Report link
2025	19	87	Report
2024	10	19	Report
2023	15	102	Report
2022	24	248	Report
2021	26	401	Report
2020	33	1,171	Report
2019	6	287	Report
2018	7	713	Report
2017	14	1,673	Report
2016	15	2,431	Report
2015	9	1,755	Report

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