Ford Explorer Driver-assist systems problems
0.25 vs. all vehicles Too few recent reports to judge
46 of the 3,270 complaints about the Ford Explorer (1.4%) concern Driver-assist systems, making it the model's #13 problem area. That share is 0.2× the Driver-assist systems share across all tracked vehicles.
46Complaints · Driver-assist systems
1.4%Share of complaints
0.25×vs. all vehicles
13Last 12 months
10.9%Share involving a crash or fire
0Related recalls
Analysis
13 Driver-assist systems complaints were filed in the last 12 months.
5 of these reports (10.9%) describe a crash or fire, with 6 injuries and 0 deaths mentioned.
No recall campaign addresses Driver-assist systems for the tracked model years.
By model year
When complaints were filed
Last 12 months: 13 · Previous 12 months: 6
What owners report
While using Ford Blue Cruise, the Blue Cruise system failed to maintain lane control and fought the driver's steering wheel input, resulting in the vehicle colliding with a traffic cone.
On [XXX] my 2022 Ford Explorer was involved in a collision during my morning commute to work. On [XXX] while stopped at a stoplight across from Sheetz, with the auto brake hold engaged for a minute or two already, my vehicle accelerated forward into the…
Traveling of the freeway at 80 mph, pull left to pass Semi, upon getting halfway past the truck the adaptive cruise Control activates and brings the vehicle to under 65 mph extremely fast. After a few seconds the vehicle rapidly accelerates back to 80 mph.
I was making a left hand turn with incoming traffic. I had pleanty of time to make the turn. Next thing I know my forward pre collision alarm goes off, locks up breaks, alarms started going off.
I am writing to formally express serious concerns regarding the safety of a Ford vehicle that continues to carry a 5-star safety rating despite multiple known, safety-critical defects that emerged after relatively low mileage.
The light for the right hand mirror blind spot warning came loose within the mirror housing. The light still works and activates when a vehicle is in the blind spot, but the light has fallen to the bottom of the mirror housing and is barely visible (a yellow…
Excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA, trimmed for length. The ODI number is NHTSA's record identifier.
Related recalls
No recall campaign addresses Driver-assist systems for the tracked model years.
Problem areas · Ford Explorer
- Transmission / powertrain721
- Body & structure679
- Electrical439
- Unspecified or other422
- Engine400
- Brakes100
- Wheels, tires & suspension98
- Fuel system88
- Airbags & seat belts68
- Steering68
- Lighting60
- Driver-assist systems46
Ford Explorer problems, complaints & recalls by model year ›
Related reading
- Phantom braking and other driver-assist complaints: what goes wrong and where the complaints concentrateHow automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise and lane keeping produce false alarms, which tracked models have the highest share of their own complaints in this category, what NHTSA has investigated, and what to test before buying.