2011 Ford Explorer stability control problems
Owners reported stability control problems in 28 complaints for the 2011 Ford Explorer, 2% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 28 2% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 38,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When stability control problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 8 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 26 stability control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 38,000 miles, and 73% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 crash.
What owners wrote
2011 ford explorer was just returned two weeks ago for national recall on electronic power steering control module failure. On august 21st at 9:30 am my wife was approaching a red light. She applied the brakes and felt an immediate power loss issue with the breaks. She impacted the vehicle in front of her around 15 MPH. Air bags were not deployed at time of accident. She did noticed the terrain management failure light was illuminated at time of impact.
This is the 4th time my vehicle has lost its power steering. I was driving in traffic at about 45 MPH and the power steering. I have to find a place on the side of the highway to pull over and turn my car off and wait a while then restart it and sometimes it fixes the problem and sometimes it doesn't. There is only a matter of time that this will happen going at a higher rate of speed and cause injury or worse! Ford needs to recall this asap!
Other problems reported for the 2011 Ford Explorer
- Steering 748 complaints
- Body & structure 111 complaints
- Engine 104 complaints
- Electrical system 95 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 63 complaints
- Air bags 44 complaints
- Fuel system 40 complaints
- Brakes 29 complaints