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Ford Explorer problems by year
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA for each model year, with the number of safety recalls. Tap a year for the breakdown by component and mileage.
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- Complaints are unverified owner reports. NHTSA does not confirm each one.
- No denominator: popular cars get more complaints. Counts are not failure rates; a best-seller will show more reports than a rare model.
Complaints per model year
Bars: owner complaints (each complaint counted once). "rec." = safety recalls. Most complaints: 2016 (2,462).
2010115 · 1 rec.2011
1,197 · 6 rec.2012
829 · 5 rec.2013
2,237 · 11 rec.2014
1,681 · 6 rec.2015
1,809 · 8 rec.2016
2,462 · 14 rec.2017
1,703 · 13 rec.2018
734 · 7 rec.2019
299 · 6 rec.2020
1,240 · 33 rec.2021
447 · 26 rec.2022
269 · 24 rec.
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