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2015 Ford Explorer backover prevention problems

146 complaints about backover prevention have been filed for the 2015 Ford Explorer, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
146 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
100,000 miles 88 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When backover prevention problems show up

Backover prevention complaints by mileage, 2015 Ford Explorer Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 100,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 13 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 23 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 17 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 8 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 13 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 6 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 100,000 miles
Based on 88 complaints that include mileage. 6% 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles13
80k to 100k miles23
100k to 120k miles17
120k to 140k miles8
140k to 160k miles13
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles6
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 88 backover prevention complaints that report mileage, the median is about 100,000 miles, and 6% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes.

What owners wrote

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while his son was reversing, the vehicle crashed into a stop sign. The contact stated that the back over prevention camera was inoperable during the crash. There were no warning lights illuminated. There were no reported injuries. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V695000 (Back Over Prevention). The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure.

Reported at 155,000 miles, May 2026 Crash

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Explorer. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V695000 (Back Over Prevention); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact stated that while in reverse(R), the back over prevention camera displayed a distorted image, or a green or black screen.

Reported at 240,000 miles, October 2025

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Backover prevention problems across all Ford models