Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2007 Ford Explorer.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I am writing to formally express my concerns regarding a persistent issue with the throttle body system in my Ford Expl… |
| 2024-06-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2007 Ford Explorer. The contact stated while starting the vehicle, the contact became aware of a fai… |
| 2023-09-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | My check engine light came on and the car was making a loud acceleration noise when touching the gas. I took it to the … |
| 2022-09-19 | SUSPENSION | Yes | 4 | The contact's brother-in-law owned a 2007 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while her brother-in-law was driving 6… |
| 2021-03-23 | SEATS | No | 0 | HIT A BUMP AND THE DRIVER SEAT RANDOMLY MOVED ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE POINT I COULD NO LONGER REACH THE PEDALS. |
| 2020-07-08 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON THE THE HIGHWAY ON RAMP THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO ACCELERATE AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT MERGING ON TH… |
| 2019-07-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WE WERE DRIVING HOME AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. NO ENGINE, NO STEERING, ETC. MY HUSBAND WAS RED… |
| 2019-04-23 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE CAR JUST CUT OFF. NO WARNING . |
| 2019-02-02 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | POWER BRAKE BOOSTER FAILURE. DIAPHRAGM INSIDE THE BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED SUDDENLY CAUSING A HARD TIME TO STOP WHEN TRAVEL… |
| 2019-01-07 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR HESITATES AT FIRST START UP IN THE MORNING. AND SOMETIMES WHEN TURN OFF AND THEN TURN ON. |
| 2018-11-14 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE, MY DRIVER SIDE SEAT WILL MOVE BY ITSELF. IT'S HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND IS VERY SCARY KNOWIN… |
| 2018-09-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | HARMONIC BALANCER IS BAD ON A LOT OF FORD EXPLORERS. MY GIRLFRIEND AND I JUST PURCHASED A 2007 FORD EXPLORER AND DIDN'T… |
| 2018-08-31 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AFTER STARTING VEHICLE, AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON (NOT EVERY TIME) AND SEAT MOVES TO THE IGNITION OFF POSITION. … |
| 2018-08-29 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | REAR LIFT GATE GLASS SHATTER DURING THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT MY VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, ON A COUNTY R… |
| 2018-06-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS A… |
| 2018-06-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD AND FLUID LEAKED UNDERNE… |
| 2018-05-23 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY STALLED IN TRAFFIC, HAD TO PULL OVER TO AVOID BEING HIT. HAPPENED ON 3 OCCASIONS. |
| 2018-05-14 | STEERING | No | 0 | I WENT TO PULL OUT FROM THE STORE BUT MY STEERING WHEEL WOULDN'T TURN. WHEN WE OPENED THE HOOD, WE SAW THE POWER STEERI… |
| 2018-04-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | "TAKATA RECALL": WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY ON A STRAIGHT LOCAL ROAD, OUR FORD EXPLORER SUDDENLY LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNIN… |
| 2017-11-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPLODER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD CRACKED. THE CONTACT CALLED FOR… |
| 2017-11-09 | SEATS | No | 0 | WHEN I WOULD TURN MY VEHICLE SEAT WILL ADJUST AND, NOW WHEN I AM DRIVING THE SEAT MOVES BACK BY ITSELF. AND I HAVE TRO… |
| 2017-10-01 | SEATS | No | 0 | DRIVER SEAT MOVES BACKWARDS WHILE DRIVING ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THIS HAS STARTED HAPPENING OCTOBER 2017. SINCE THEN IT… |
| 2017-09-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | OUT TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED MANY TIMES AND T… |
| 2017-07-08 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2007 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO T… |
| 2017-06-05 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | DRIVING VEHICLE ON FREEWAY AND IT LOST POWER, RODE ROUGH AND WOULD ONLY MOVE ABOUT 5MPH. WRENCH LIGHT APPEARS ON THE DA… |
| 2017-06-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPLORER. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE DRIVE SHA… |
| 2017-03-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | YES DRIVING MY VEHICLE THE POWER TRAIN LIGHT CAME ON PULL UP AT THE STOPLIGHT TAKING OFF THE CAR WENT INTO A LOWER GEA… |
| 2017-02-18 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A CHURCH PARKING LOT, I HAD JUST EXITED THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND IT WAS STILL OPEN, THE TA… |
| 2016-12-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | VEHICLE WILL JOLT, SHIFT HARD WHILE SHIFTING TO REVERSE. HAVE TAKEN TO MECHANIC TO LOOK AT AND IT WILL NOT SHOW ANY CO… |
| 2016-10-25 | SEATS | No | 0 | SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR THE DRIVERS SEAT INADVERTENTLY MOVES FORWARD AND BACK WHILE DRIVING. I CANNOT ASSOCIA… |
| 2016-09-14 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LUNGED FORWARD AND STALLED WITHOU… |
| 2016-09-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | ABS LIGHT STAY ON. I WAS TOLD IT WAS C-1095 CODE. |
| 2016-08-22 | SEATS | No | 0 | SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING, DRIVER'S POWERED SEAT MOVES BACK |
| 2016-07-01 | SEATS | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEAT MOVES BACKWARD WHILE DRIVING RESULTING IN DRIVER'S INABILITY TO REACH GAS/BREAK PEDALS. OCCURS AT TIMES W… |
| 2016-06-29 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN ATTEMPTING TO FILL THE FUEL TANK IT TAKES FUEL VERY SLOWLY AND MOST OF THE TIME FUEL WILL COME BACK OUT OF THE FIL… |
| 2016-06-14 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT DRIVES A 2007 FORD EXPLORER OWNED BY THE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, TH… |
| 2016-06-02 | SEATS | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEAT MOVES BACKWARD WHILE DRIVING RESULTING IN DRIVER'S INABILITY TO REACH GAS/BREAK PEDALS. OCCURS AT TIMES … |
| 2016-05-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2007 FORD EXPLORER WITH 94,000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND GRINDING. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE TRANSMIS… |
| 2016-04-05 | WHEELS | Yes | 0 | IN MAY OF 2015 WHILE I WAS DRIVING, THE LEFT REAR WHEEL FELL OFF. NOW ON APRIL 5, 2016 WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING, THE … |
| 2016-04-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE LEVEL INCREASED ABNORMALLY AND… |
| 2016-03-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2007 FORD EXPLORER WITH 71,000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND GRINDING. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE TRANS… |
| 2016-02-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE TRUCK SWERVES AND MANEUVERS TO EACH OTHER SIDE ESPECIALLY ON THE EXPRESSWAY. THIS HAS ALMOST LET ME TO NUMEROUS CAR… |
| 2016-01-31 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WE ARE ORIGINAL OWNERS. BOUGHT NEW IN 2007 WITH EXT WARRANTY. CAR WITH <THAN 60K MLS, NEVER IN AN ACCIDENT, TAKEN CARE … |
| 2016-01-29 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Yes | 0 | WHILE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY/PARKED, BACK LIFT GATE GLASS EXPLODED. THIS HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 26, 2015. AFTER HAVING IT… |
| 2015-12-29 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM) | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SHUT OFF WITH… |
| 2015-12-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING DURING THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THE POWER SEAT HAS MOVED BACKWARDS ON ITS OWN, CAUSI… |
| 2015-12-07 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOOSE AND SHOOK UNCO… |
| 2015-11-23 | SEATS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET I HIT A BUMP AND THE SEAT WENT ALL THE WAY BACK. I COULD NOT REACH THE BRAKE PEDAL AND … |
| 2015-11-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION STARTED TO HAVE HARD SHIFTING, SLIPPING BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEAR. JUMPS VERY HARD WHEN PUT IN REVERSE. THI… |
| 2015-11-10 | SEATS | No | 0 | WHILE IN MOTION, THE DRIVER POWER SEAT WILL MAKE UN-COMMANDED MOVEMENT BACKWARDS AND AWAY FROM STEERING WHEEL AND PEDAL… |