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2016 Ford Explorer engine problems

486 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2016 Ford Explorer, which is 16% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
486 16% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
26,000 miles 344 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 3
Injuries and deaths
13 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2016 Ford Explorer Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 26,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 150 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 47 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 40 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 30 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 28 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 26 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 14 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 26,000 miles
Based on 344 complaints that include mileage. 69% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles150
20k to 40k miles47
40k to 60k miles40
60k to 80k miles30
80k to 100k miles28
100k to 120k miles26
120k to 140k miles14
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 344 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 26,000 miles, and 69% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 3 fires, 13 injuries.

What owners wrote

My wife has been reporting experiencing nausea, dizziness, sleepiness and headaches during and after her drive home from work throughout October/November 2021and into December 2021. Our vehicle was involved in a high speed collision on December 24, 2021 while traveling EB on I-90 at approximately MP 101. I was driving at the time. It was at about 3:29pm. I couldn't quite recall what had happened and I was disoriented and confused for some time after the collision though I hadn't hit my head.

December 2021 CrashInjury

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, there was an abnormally strong odor coming into the cabin of the vehicle. The contact stopped the vehicle and rolled the windows down. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that Carbon Monoxide was leaking into the vehicle. After researching, the contact became aware that there were similar vehicles that were experiencing the same failure.

Reported at 98,000 miles, December 2021

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