Federal complaint record · Ford Explorer · model year 2001

2001 Ford Explorer

Owners submitted 375 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 54th percentile for complaint intensity within its 1999 to 2003 midsize suv cohort. The largest reported component group is tires. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Tires · 13% · group n = 67Engine · 9% · group n = 47Suspension · 9% · group n = 45Powertrain · 9% · group n = 44Brakes · 7% · group n = 37
375
Complaint records on file
90,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 113 complaints reported mileage
13%
Of classified component reports name tires · group n = 67
54th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 23 model years

Tires · 1 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Tires13%

Tires reports

Ford Explorer · model year 2001

Reports in this group67
Share of classified reports13%
Component groups on file6
Open the failure files

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Fire or smoke · 65 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 1 of 32001 Ford Explorer
Brake performance · 39 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 2 of 32001 Ford Explorer
Airbag concerns · 26 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 3 of 32001 Ford Explorer

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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