24V031000
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
A detached trim piece can fall off the vehicle, becoming a road hazard and increasing the risk of a crash.
2012 FORD EXPLORER
5 safety recall campaigns, 4 defect investigations, 1,029 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations4
Owner complaints1,029
Complaints citing a crash15
Complaints citing a fire12
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 5 of 5
21V746000
SUSPENSION:REAR
A rear toe link fracture can result in a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.
19V435000
SUSPENSION:REAR
A fractured rear toe link will cause a sudden change in vehicle handling and increase the risk of a crash.
15V171000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
If the interior door handle return spring is unseated, the door may unlatch in the event of a side impact crash, increasing the risk of personal injury.
14V286000
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
If the vehicle experiences a loss of power steering assist it will require extra steering effort at lower speeds, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
What owners report most
- 347STEERING
- 103UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 79ENGINE
- 78STRUCTURE
- 61STRUCTURE:BODY
- 60ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 55POWER TRAIN
- 27FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 FORD EXPLORERs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.