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Vehicle complaints, recalls & safety data — sourced from NHTSA

Ford Explorer: Problems & Recalls by Model Year

Owners have filed 12,077 NHTSA complaints across the 7 Explorer model years we track. The 2016 model year has the most on file.

Data: NHTSA · Retrieved July 14, 2026

Complaints on file by model year
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2011
1,191
2013
2,222
2014
1,670
2015
1,748
2016
2,425
2017
1,668
2020
1,153
Older model years have had more time to accumulate complaints — compare adjacent years, not endpoints.

Model year pages

2011 Explorer1,191 complaints · 8 recalls · 4 investigations 2013 Explorer2,222 complaints · 12 recalls · 6 investigations 2014 Explorer1,670 complaints · 7 recalls · 4 investigations 2015 Explorer1,748 complaints · 9 recalls · 5 investigations 2016 Explorer2,425 complaints · 14 recalls · 2 investigations 2017 Explorer1,668 complaints · 13 recalls · 2 investigations 2020 Explorer1,153 complaints · 32 recalls · 3 investigations