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2011 Ford Explorer drivetrain & axles problems

63 complaints about drivetrain & axles have been filed for the 2011 Ford Explorer, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
63 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
48,000 miles 51 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When drivetrain & axles problems show up

Drivetrain & axles complaints by mileage, 2011 Ford Explorer Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 48,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 7 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 14 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 8 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 7 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 7 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 48,000 miles
Based on 51 complaints that include mileage. 57% 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 miles7
20k to 40k miles14
40k to 60k miles8
60k to 80k miles7
80k to 100k miles7
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 51 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 48,000 miles, and 57% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Upon medium to heavy acceleration, such as accelerating onto a freeway, the vehicle cabin is filled with exhaust fumes from the engine. This injures the respiratory system of the passengers. They are working on a fix (after my family has been breathing polluted air for almost two and a half years). Ford has finally admitted that there is a problem, and send me a letter that said.

Reported at 12,852 miles, August 2012 Injury

I was leaving my house pulling a kayak trailer with one kayak on it, went about a half block and the engine slowed down and the ford explorer would hardly move. Was able to go around the block and make it back to my driveway. After stopping and restarting the problem was gone. I had the ford explorer towed to the dealer were I bought it, they checked it and said it didn't show a error code on the computer and drove it twice and could not make it happen so there was nothing they could do.

Reported at 38,000 miles, June 2016

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