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2015 Ford Explorer seat belts problems

Owners reported seat belts problems in 38 complaints for the 2015 Ford Explorer, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
38 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
68,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
8 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When seat belts problems show up

Seat belts complaints by mileage, 2015 Ford Explorer Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 68,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 8 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 68,000 miles
Based on 26 complaints that include mileage. 31% 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 miles5
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles8
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 26 seat belts complaints that report mileage, the median is about 68,000 miles, and 31% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 8 injuries.

What owners wrote

Slowly pulling out of narrow parking lot exit lane, through opened gate. Rapid unexplained acceleration, seemed to launch car across one way city street into restaurant building. Passenger seat belt (fastened, left bruises) released upon impact; passenger dash board airbag did not deploy; drivers' airbag weak. Passenger hospitalized from lower airbag, broken leg, severe laceration.

Reported at 55,000 miles, February 2020 CrashInjury

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while his daughter was seated in the rear passenger’s side seat, the seat belt failed to latch securely. The contact stated that the seat belt casing had fractured. The contact then stated that the failure reoccurred while his daughter was seated in the driver's side rear seat. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the rear passenger’s and driver’s side seat belts needed to be replaced.

Reported at 28,000 miles, February 2022

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