2014 Ford Explorer — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 2,044 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Steering496 (24.3%)Official recall records for this system: 12, covering model years 1995–2023.
• Body & structure277 (13.6%)Official recall records for this system: 27, covering model years 1995–2026.
• Engine227 (11.1%)Official recall records for this system: 29, covering model years 1996–2026.
• Suspension102 (5.0%)Official recall records for this system: 20, covering model years 1995–2023.
• Electrical system100 (4.9%)Official recall records for this system: 18, covering model years 1998–2024.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)79 (3.9%)Official recall records for this system: 33, covering model years 1999–2025.

Other / uncategorized: 334 classifications (16.3%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (61,970 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), body & structure and steering.
• Safety recalls (498 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), body & structure and fuel system.
• Transport Canada recalls (372 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: seat belts, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors).
• Manufacturer communications (7,301 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), electrical system and engine.
• Investigations (130 records, model years 1995–2022) are most frequently classified under: speed control & accelerator, body & structure and electrical system.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 1,038reports included a mileage
• 71,369average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 1,058 records for 1995 1,058
2. 1996 1,708 records for 1996 1,708
3. 1997 2,124 records for 1997 2,124
4. 1998 2,340 records for 1998 2,340
5. 1999 1,792 records for 1999 1,792
6. 2000 1,249 records for 2000 1,249
7. 2001 511 records for 2001 511
8. 2002 3,576 records for 2002 3,576
9. 2003 1,264 records for 2003 1,264
10. 2004 1,421 records for 2004 1,421
11. 2005 556 records for 2005 556
12. 2006 675 records for 2006 675
13. 2007 238 records for 2007 238
14. 2008 176 records for 2008 176
15. 2009 54 records for 2009 54
16. 2010 144 records for 2010 144
17. 2011 1,294 records for 2011 1,294
18. 2012 933 records for 2012 933
19. 2013 2,400 records for 2013 2,400
20. 2014 1,822 records for 2014 1,822
21. 2015 1,918 records for 2015 1,918
22. 2016 2,675 records for 2016 2,675
23. 2017 1,911 records for 2017 1,911
24. 2018 932 records for 2018 932
25. 2019 439 records for 2019 439
26. 2020 1,623 records for 2020 1,623
27. 2021 752 records for 2021 752
28. 2022 531 records for 2022 531
29. 2023 290 records for 2023 290
30. 2024 137 records for 2024 137
31. 2025 304 records for 2025 304
32. 2026 97 records for 2026 97

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 32mention a crash
• 6mention a fire
• 38mention an injury
• 2mention a fatality

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 7
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 130
• Investigations NHTSA 4
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 7
• Owner complaints NHTSA 1,674

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P013A in 1 record

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.