Model overview · 22 published model years
Ford Explorer complaints by model year
Compare published NHTSA complaint evidence across Ford Explorer model years. Each signal is benchmarked within that year's same-segment, same-era cohort, so it is not a mechanical failure rate or complete reliability score.
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Published model-year records
22,363
Matched complaint incidents
2020
Highest signal in this published set
9.9
Signal for that model year
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2023Explorer2021 to 2025 midsize suv2.8interval 1.4 to 3.8102matched incidents2022Explorer2020 to 2024 midsize suv6.8interval 6.3 to 7.8246matched incidents2021Explorer2019 to 2023 midsize suv8.6interval 8.1 to 8.8400matched incidents2020Explorer2018 to 2022 midsize suv9.9interval 9.9 to 9.91,163matched incidents2019Explorer2017 to 2021 midsize suv4.5interval 3.5 to 4.7286matched incidents2018Explorer2016 to 2020 midsize suv7.6interval 7.4 to 7.6712matched incidents2017Explorer2015 to 2019 midsize suv9.6interval 9.6 to 9.61,662matched incidents2016Explorer2014 to 2018 midsize suv9.9interval 9.9 to 9.92,430matched incidents2015Explorer2013 to 2017 midsize suv8.6interval 8.6 to 8.91,752matched incidents2014Explorer2012 to 2016 midsize suv8.6interval 8.6 to 8.61,672matched incidents2013Explorer2011 to 2015 midsize suv9.6interval 9.6 to 9.62,224matched incidents2012Explorer2010 to 2014 midsize suv6.8interval 6.8 to 7.3821matched incidents2011Explorer2009 to 2013 midsize suv8.8interval 8.8 to 8.81,192matched incidents2010Explorer2008 to 2012 midsize suv2.0interval 1.7 to 3.3115matched incidents2008Explorer2006 to 2010 midsize suv3.8interval 2.2 to 4.0148matched incidents2007Explorer2005 to 2009 midsize suv3.2interval 3.2 to 4.6208matched incidents2006Explorer2004 to 2008 midsize suv7.0interval 6.7 to 7.3630matched incidents2005Explorer2003 to 2007 midsize suv5.6interval 5.6 to 5.9497matched incidents2004Explorer2002 to 2006 midsize suv8.6interval 8.3 to 8.91,304matched incidents2003Explorer2001 to 2005 midsize suv8.2interval 7.9 to 8.21,131matched incidents2002Explorer2000 to 2004 midsize suv9.8interval 9.8 to 9.83,293matched incidents2001Explorer1999 to 2003 midsize suv5.4interval 5.4 to 5.4375matched incidents
How to read this: a higher complaint signal means that model year has a louder complaint record relative to its peer cohort. It does not establish overall reliability, ownership cost, or a recommendation to avoid that year.
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