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1995 Ford Explorer electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 58 complaints for the 1995 Ford Explorer, 6% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
58 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
157,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 16
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 1995 Ford Explorer Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 157,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 0 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 3 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 157,000 miles
Based on 13 complaints that include mileage. 8% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles0
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles3

What the data shows

Of the 13 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 157,000 miles, and 8% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 16 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

While parked, wires began to spark in the dash board and smelled of smoke then caught on fire. More information please.

May 1996 Fire

I got in my car a battery less than 2 weeks old was almost dead nothing was plugged in or on I drove got on the freeway about 20 min on freeway car stops won't move makes rev noise eventually starts long enough to stop again at bottom of freeway exit starts again get in into gas station I sit in gas station for about 12 hours add 5 quarts of transmission fluid eventually car will let me drive about two blocks but come to find out I was driving well on fire race to get my dog and I out car catches completely on…

Reported at 200,180 miles, May 2018 Fire

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