1995 Ford Explorer problems
The 1995 Ford Explorer has 1,048 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (21%) concerns tires. Next are transmission (10%) and suspension (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 1,048 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Tires 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 107 and 39
- Injuries and deaths
- 144 and 9
- Typical mileage
- 125,000 miles 121 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 8 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 16 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 14 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 25 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 17 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 14 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 5 |
| 200k+ miles | 11 |
What the data shows
Of the 121 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 125,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 107 complaints mention a crash; 39 complaints mention a fire; 144 injuries reported; 9 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 83% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1995 ranks 17th most-complained-about out of 36 model years of the Ford Explorer with enough data (609 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Pe00 020; consumer traveling about 75MPH on highway and heard a loud noise. Then, lost control of the vehicle, and it rolled three or more times on the highway. Left front tire tread separated. Tires were firestone wilderness #at, p23575r15. There were one fatality and three injuries.
Low sped impact to left rear caused rollover. Ne-and one-half rotations, coming to rest on its roof. Passenger's side window shattered, causing partial ejection of 11-year -old passenger, crushing his skull and killing child. Two other passengers were injured.
On 9/18/99, my father, husband, son and I were involved in a rollover accident on I-10 because of the tread separation on the left rear tire. As a result of the accident, my father was taken by helicopter to a local hospital where he died 2 days later as a result of his injuries. My son was not harmed, my husband suffered minor injuries and was transported by ambulance to the same local hospital, and I had very minor cuts and bruises.( DOT number: )
95 ford explorer parked in carport with engine shut off for 5 min while carried groceries up stairs - I had left dog in crate til finished unloading but when I came down noticed electrical smell, got out looked around car but did not notice any burning, got dog out and returned in three minutes to find key no longer unlocked door and could not see through windows - when door was opened smoke bellowed out, interior was covered with black soot, a hole bigger than a basketball was burnt out of seat and back of…
Our 1995 ford explorer was parked on the side of our garage, well off a quiet street. When we came out in the morning to go to work we discovered that the back liftgate window exploded. Thankfully, this happened when it was parked. It would have potentially caused a major accident if we had been driving alone or with our children or friends. As we had talked with neighbors and called to get estimates we heard about this happening four times to other people.