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2015 Ford Explorer drivetrain & axles problems

85 complaints about drivetrain & axles have been filed for the 2015 Ford Explorer, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
85 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
50,000 miles 61 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 0
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When drivetrain & axles problems show up

Drivetrain & axles complaints by mileage, 2015 Ford Explorer Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 50,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 12 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 12 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 13 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 11 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 50,000 miles
Based on 61 complaints that include mileage. 61% 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 miles12
20k to 40k miles12
40k to 60k miles13
60k to 80k miles11
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 61 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 50,000 miles, and 61% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact works for a company that owns a 2015 ford explorer. While the vehicle was parked, the contact reached inside the vehicle to remove the key from the ignition and the vehicle started to roll backwards. The contact became caught between the door and the driver's seat when the vehicle started to roll backwards. The contact was dragged for approximately 4-5 feet before a teenager in the vicinity was able to enter the vehicle, place the gear into park, and stop the vehicle.

Reported at 64,999 miles, September 2019 CrashInjury

This vehicle is all wheel drive and comes equipped with a terrain management system to monitor and adjust to road conditions. I have owned the vehicle 6 months and have experienced a terrain management fault (failure) in the system which will disengage the power train and lose forward motion, I have had this happen twice in the roadway in forward motion while in traffic on a four lane roadway on the first failure and a two lane roadway in forward motion on second failure.

Reported at 101,250 miles, July 2018

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