Safety Score
67
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-09-26 | 07V453000 |
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES | 1,497 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I got the car from my landlord, my husband never checked the oil or fluids even though I was on him, it died 2 months a… |
| 2022-12-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Report #1 - My grandma brought this 08' Explorer back in 2014, and after she passed, my mom drove it for the next 2 yea… |
| 2021-01-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AN ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON ON MY DASHBOARD AND I CAN'T PICK UP SPEED. I'VE HAD IT LOOKED AT A FEW TIMES AND NO ONE… |
| 2020-12-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY 2008 FORD EXPLORER HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUES RECENTLY WHERE IT TURNS OVER AND WILL NOT START, THEN WILL START. TODAY WH… |
| 2020-07-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND WRENCH LIGHT ALL CAME ON AND CAR WENT TO IDLE AND WOULD NOT REV UP LIKE IT … |
| 2020-06-15 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | The wiring harness going into the back of what I believe is the throttle position sensor has a 180° turn in the wiring … |
| 2019-11-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION ON MY FORD EXPLORER V8 4.6 LIMITED NOT CHANGING INTO LAST GEAR. WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP TRANSMISSIO… |
| 2019-08-14 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN, IF I GO THROUGH A PUDDLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR, THE POWER STEERING FAILS FOR VARYI… |
| 2019-07-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | STOPPED AT THE 4 WAY ..AND MY TURN TO GO..MY CAR GOES MAYBE 2 SECONDS THEN IT REVVS WHEN I PRESSED THE PEDAL BIT MYCAR… |
| 2019-07-12 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | INTERIOR DOME LIGHTS TURN ON WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND HAS HAPPENED AT VARI… |
| 2019-06-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY FRIEND LET ME USE HIS VEHICLE BUT HE ALTERED IT AND IT IS MALFUNCTIONING . HE EXPLAINS AS IF WHEN I DON'T "BEHAVE" I… |
| 2019-05-28 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | ON OR ABOUT MAY 15TH, 2019, WHILE SITTING STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION, MY 2008 EXPLORER SUDDENLY STARTED TO ACCELERATE W… |
| 2018-10-29 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE CAR STOPS ACCELERATING. THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON BUT THE ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING BUT WHE… |
| 2018-06-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILURE, FRONT DRIVER SEAT WILL NOT ADJUST BEFORE GOING OUT WOULD MOVE ON ITS OWN AND CAUSE INTERIOR LIGHT… |
| 2018-06-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION GOING OUT AT 100,000MILES AND COOLIANT PROBLEMS. |
| 2018-06-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | "TRANSMISSION FAILURE" AT 100233 MILES THE WRENCH AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME WHILE DRIVING. UPON PARKING & TURNING OFF THE… |
| 2018-04-09 | STEERING | No | 0 | STIFFNESS IN STEERING WHEN YOU TURN THE WHEEL . NO SOUNDS COMING FROM POWER STEERING/BELT OR ANYTHING FOR THAT MATTER … |
| 2018-04-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE IGNITION SWITCH WILL ACTIVATE THE DRIVER'S SEAT, CAUSING IT TO MOVE FORWARD AND BACKWARD,… |
| 2018-03-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | LOSS OF STEERING. "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT" THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND DOCUMENTED ISSUE AND FORD IS 'SELECTIVELY' CH… |
| 2018-03-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE IGNITION SWITCH WILL ACTIVATE THE MEMORY SEAT FUNCTION CAUSING INTERIOR LIGHTS TO ACTIVA… |
| 2018-02-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS… |
| 2017-09-08 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE VEHICL… |
| 2017-07-11 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE DRIVER'S SAFETY DEVICE (SEAT BELT) DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO CLICK/LOCK IT IN PLACE, EVE… |
| 2017-06-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I'VE HAD MY 2008 EDDIE BAUER FORD EXPLORER JUST OVER A YEAR. AS I'M DRIVING ON A LOCAL ROAD, IT STARTS ACTING LIKE IT'S… |
| 2017-04-06 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED IT CAME FROM NOWHERE. I WAS DRIVING AS NORMAL THEN THERE WAS AN INITIAL LOSS OF POWER AS I NO… |
| 2016-12-28 | SEATS | No | 0 | WHILE I AM DRIVING THE DRIVERS SEAT AUTOMATICALLY SLIDES AS FAR BACK AS IT CAN, AND THE OVERHEAD LIGHTS COME ON. TH… |
| 2016-12-10 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE DRIVER SAFETY SEAT BELT DOES NOT EASILY LOCK IN PLACE EVEN WITH A HARD PUSH AND COMES OUT OF THE RETAINER UNDER PRE… |
| 2016-12-02 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHEN THE ABS SENSORS IN THE FRONT HUB ASSEMBLIES FAIL, THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM GOES INTO A SPORADIC LIMP MODE THAT … |
| 2016-11-05 | SEATS | No | 0 | IF I HIT A BUMP WHILE DRIVING OR THE KEYS JIGGLE IN THE IGNITION THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT WILL MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD A… |
| 2016-09-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET MY SUV COMPLETELY SHUT OFF, STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND I COULDN'T STEER IT AND THE BRAK… |
| 2016-09-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TIRE SENSOR WAS ON AND TRANSMISSOIN IS LEAKING |
| 2016-06-23 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKES FAILED ! I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN ( ABOUT 80 ANGLE ) INTO A STORE PLAZA THAT HAS A SLIGHT HILL . WHILE MAKING TH… |
| 2016-05-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EXPLORER. AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING OR MOVING, THE SERVICE E… |
| 2016-04-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | IN MY 2008 FORD EXPLORER EDDIE BAUER, WHILE DRIVING, STOPPED OR BACKING AT ANY TIME IF THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION GET JIG… |
| 2016-03-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION KEEPS TRYING TO DOWNSHIFT, THIS WAS A PROBLEM A FEW YEARS AGO. FREDRICK FORD IN SEAFORD DELAWARE HAD TO RE… |
| 2016-02-26 | SEATS | No | 0 | SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING, DRIVER'S POWERED SEAT MOVES BACK. |
| 2016-02-16 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHILE I WAS DRIVING I FELT THE SEAT MOVE AND NOTICED THAT IF I WOULD HIT THE KEY WHILE IT WAS IN THE IGNITION THE DRIVE… |
| 2016-02-09 | SEATS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT MOVED OUT OF POSITION WHILE THE VE… |
| 2016-01-15 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE WINDSHIELD BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN… |
| 2015-11-24 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE ENGINE AND THE RA… |
| 2015-11-08 | SEATS | No | 0 | WHILE STATIONARY, WHEN THE KEY IS PUT IN THE IGNITION TO START THE VEHICLE, SOMETIMES THE POWER SEAT WILL GO BACKWARDS … |
| 2015-10-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF COOLANT WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE DURING MY WORK DAY. SUDDENLY, STEAM CAME POURING OUT OF THE… |
| 2015-10-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE IN OPERATION, VEHICLE SEAT GOES BACK AND FORTH, INTERIOR LIGHTS COME ON AND GO OFF AND PEDAL HEIGHTS MOVE. UPON… |
| 2015-05-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY WHEN SHIFTED INTO GEAR… |
| 2015-05-24 | WHEELS | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FOR MORE THAN 15 MINUTES, THE TPMS REGISTERS MONITOR THEN SENSOR FAULT READING. AT REDU… |
| 2015-05-04 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS ON AND STAYS ON. I TOOK IT TO MY FORD DEALER AND THEY ARE SAYING I NEED A NEW MODULE IN… |
| 2015-04-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH OVER A BUMP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED … |
| 2015-03-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE PASSENGER SEAT IN OUR 2008 FORD EXPLORER STARTED ON FIRE, LIKELY FROM THE SEAT HEATER. THIS RESULTED IN MASSIVE FI… |
| 2015-02-02 | SEATS | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMP, THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SEAT… |
| 2015-01-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN MOVING THE INTERIOR LIGHTS COME ON. WENT TO FORD DEALER WHERE PURCHASED RECENTLY TO SEE IF THERE WAS RECALL FOR I… |