2005 Ford Explorer electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 37 complaints for the 2005 Ford Explorer, 6% of the complaints on file.

Complaints: 37 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 78,000 miles 30 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 0 and 2
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Based on 30 complaints that include mileage. 43% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	4
20k to 40k miles	4
40k to 60k miles	5
60k to 80k miles	3
80k to 100k miles	7
100k to 120k miles	1
120k to 140k miles	3
140k to 160k miles	0
160k to 180k miles	2
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	1

What the data shows

Of the 30 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 78,000 miles, and 43% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 fires.

What owners wrote

A fire started in my 2005 ford explorer in the console area on the interior of the vehicle. The fire self extinguished as the oxygen was reduced. The fire caused extensive damage to the console area up through the center controls to the ceiling controls. Cause is unknown but the fire department believes it is due to an electrical malfunction in the console area.

Reported at 8,600 miles, October 2007 Fire

Continuous and repetitive malfunction of gas gauge. It occurs very often and is a well known problem in ford explorers. Additive has been added to no avail, I think ford just wants owners to have to pay for this and purposely continues to design vehicles like this. It is a major safety concern...what if I run out of gas in the freezing cold with two babies?

Reported at 57,500 miles, April 2008

Electrical system problems in other years

Electrical system problems across all Ford models