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Ford Explorer

For the Ford Explorer, model years 2000–2027 on this site have 244 matched recalls and 23,883 matched complaints (recall file dated Oct 23, 2026; complaint file dated Oct 23, 2026). Matched complaint counts run from 0 in 2027 to 3,295 in 2002. These are raw counts, not rates. EPA rates non-electric configurations 14–28 mpg combined (file dated Sep 29, 2026).

ABOUT THIS DATA

Ford Explorer by model year puts the same counts in one sortable table.

Model years

One row per model year. Complaint and recall figures are matched raw counts.
Year	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Fire	Investigations	Stars	Comb mpg
2000	9	952	101	64	4	Pre-2011	15–18
2001	6	375	64	21	2	Pre-2011	15–18
2002	4	3,295	144	57	7	Pre-2011	14–17
2003	2	1,131	60	10	3	Pre-2011	15–17
2004	0	1,304	58	15	4	Pre-2011	15–16
2005	0	497	22	6	2	Pre-2011	14–16
2006	1	630	13	7	0	Pre-2011	15–16
2007	1	208	11	5	1	Pre-2011	15–16
2008	1	148	6	3	1	Pre-2011	15–16
2009	0	33	5	0	0	Pre-2011	15–17
2010	1	115	8	0	1	Pre-2011	15–17
2011	6	1,197	30	4	4	—	19–20
2012	5	829	10	6	4	4	19–23
2013	11	2,237	44	11	6	5	18–23
2014	6	1,684	32	6	4	5	18–23
2015	8	1,810	37	1	5	5	18–23
2016	14	2,462	39	14	2	5	18–22
2017	13	1,703	34	11	2	5	18–22
2018	7	734	16	7	2	5	18–22
2019	6	299	2	0	1	5	18–22
2020	33	1,241	37	10	3	5	19–28
2021	26	447	14	5	2	5	19–27
2022	24	271	17	1	2	—	19–27
2023	15	111	7	2	0	5	20–27
2024	10	21	2	1	0	5	20–24
2025	20	107	8	0	0	5	20–24
2026	14	42	3	0	0	5	19–24
2027	1	0	0	0	0	5	19–23

Fuel economy by model year

Combined mpg below is EPA's figure for non-electric configurations in the file dated 2026-09-29. Electric configurations are shown as MPGe when that is the only figure. Annual fuel cost is EPA's published fuelCost08 range for the configurations of that year.

EPA combined fuel economy and annual fuel cost by model year
Year	Comb mpg	MPGe	kWh/100 mi	Range	Annual fuel cost
2000	15–18	—	—	—	$3,700–$4,450
2001	15–18	39	87	38	$1,950–$4,450
2002	14–17	39	87	38	$1,950–$4,800
2003	15–17	—	—	—	$3,950–$4,450
2004	15–16	—	—	—	$4,200–$4,450
2005	14–16	—	—	—	$4,200–$4,800
2006	15–16	—	—	—	$4,200–$4,450
2007	15–16	—	—	—	$4,200–$4,450
2008	15–16	—	—	—	$4,200–$4,450
2009	15–17	—	—	—	$3,950–$4,450
2010	15–17	—	—	—	$3,950–$4,450
2011	19–20	—	—	—	$3,350–$3,550
2012	19–23	—	—	—	$2,900–$3,550
2013	18–23	—	—	—	$2,900–$3,700
2014	18–23	—	—	—	$2,900–$3,700
2015	18–23	—	—	—	$2,900–$3,700
2016	18–22	—	—	—	$3,050–$3,700
2017	18–22	—	—	—	$3,050–$3,700
2018	18–22	—	—	—	$3,050–$3,700
2019	18–22	—	—	—	$3,050–$3,700
2020	19–28	—	—	—	$2,400–$3,550
2021	19–27	—	—	—	$2,500–$3,550
2022	19–27	—	—	—	$2,500–$3,550
2023	20–27	—	—	—	$2,500–$3,350
2024	20–24	—	—	—	$2,800–$3,350
2025	20–24	—	—	—	$2,800–$3,350
2026	19–24	—	—	—	$2,800–$3,550
2027	19–23	—	—	—	$2,900–$3,550

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