2016 Ford Explorer electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 131 complaints for the 2016 Ford Explorer, 4% of the complaints on file.

Complaints: 131 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 42,000 miles 85 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 1 and 6
Injuries and deaths: 4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Based on 85 complaints that include mileage. 66% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	30
20k to 40k miles	12
40k to 60k miles	14
60k to 80k miles	7
80k to 100k miles	4
100k to 120k miles	9
120k to 140k miles	3
140k to 160k miles	2
160k to 180k miles	1
180k to 200k miles	2
200k+ miles	1

What the data shows

Of the 85 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 42,000 miles, and 66% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 6 fires, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

The rear hatch opens and then while someone is loading the back of the car (with groceries, etc.), the hatch starts to close. The hatch hits the person and does not reverse. Instead, the hatch tries to close even tighter on the person who is trapped underneath. The vehicle was parked. This happened on several occasions and closed on me, my son and my dog. This is the 4th major problem with this brand new car!

Reported at 7,000 miles, August 2016 Injury

Was driving along busy road making a left turn at rush hour across two lanes of traffic. Car simply died. No response to accelerator. Wrench light on. I could have been hurt badly. Was able to get car out of traffic. Was told this is a severe problem with throttle body and ford is aware of this. Car has less than 5100 miles on it. This needs to be a recall situation.

Reported at 5,098 miles, June 2016

Electrical system problems in other years

Electrical system problems across all Ford models