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Vehicle complaints, recalls & safety data — sourced from NHTSA

Ford Explorer: Problems & Recalls by Model Year

Owners have filed 13,904 NHTSA complaints across the 9 Explorer model years we track. The 2016 model year has the most on file.

Data: NHTSA · Retrieved October 26, 2026

Complaints on file by model year
Click a year for the full breakdown
2011
1,196
2012
829
2013
2,237
2014
1,684
2015
1,811
2016
2,462
2017
1,712
2018
733
2020
1,240
Older model years have had more time to accumulate complaints — compare adjacent years, not endpoints.

Model year pages

2011 Explorer1,196 complaints · 8 recalls · 4 investigations 2012 Explorer829 complaints · 7 recalls · 4 investigations 2013 Explorer2,237 complaints · 12 recalls · 6 investigations 2014 Explorer1,684 complaints · 7 recalls · 4 investigations 2015 Explorer1,811 complaints · 9 recalls · 5 investigations 2016 Explorer2,462 complaints · 15 recalls · 2 investigations 2017 Explorer1,712 complaints · 14 recalls · 2 investigations 2018 Explorer733 complaints · 7 recalls · 2 investigations 2020 Explorer1,240 complaints · 33 recalls · 3 investigations