2006 Ford Explorer electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 39 complaints for the 2006 Ford Explorer, 5% of the complaints on file.

Complaints: 39 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 58,000 miles 32 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 32 complaints that include mileage. 50% 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	6
20k to 40k miles	4
40k to 60k miles	6
60k to 80k miles	5
80k to 100k miles	1
100k to 120k miles	3
120k to 140k miles	2
140k to 160k miles	2
160k to 180k miles	2
180k to 200k miles	1
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 32 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 58,000 miles, and 50% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 fires.

What owners wrote

2006 ford explorer eddie baurer- within 12 hours of purchasing the car, the starter caught on fire, car was out of service 1 week. Transmission hesitated from a cold start especiallly bad when pulling out into traffic. Engine roared at times, sounded like a jet taking off. Dealer said this was normal, it was the engine fan ???? Car lurched forward when starting on several occasions.

Reported at 600 miles, June 2006 Fire

Driving on a highway I-95 in florida. The vehicle started to miss as we accelerated. We took the car into a ford dealer service for plug replacement. This auto has a 4.6 litre v-8 engine. We were amazed to find that it will cost upwards of $1000.00 to replace 8 spark plugs. That cost esculates if any plugs are broken. The plugs are two piece construction and separate on removal. Only ford can remove the plugs and more will be charged for any broken. It is impossible to remove these plugs without breakage.

Reported at 61,000 miles, September 2015

Electrical system problems in other years

Electrical system problems across all Ford models