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2016 Ford Explorer fuel system problems

112 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2016 Ford Explorer, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
112 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
10,000 miles 85 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 1
Injuries and deaths
7 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2016 Ford Explorer Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 10,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 51 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 10 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 11 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 7 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 10,000 miles
Based on 85 complaints that include mileage. 85% 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 miles51
20k to 40k miles10
40k to 60k miles11
60k to 80k miles7
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 85 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 10,000 miles, and 85% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire, 7 injuries.

What owners wrote

On 3/21/19 I was driving when a car stopped in front of me and I hit them. My airbag went off and was smoking black smoke. There was also a fire, about 1.5 ft tall that appeared from the passenger side of the hood. I sat in shock until someone told me to get out. I got out and grabbed my 4 year old daughter. She was in a car seat and still secured after the accident. Thankfully we were not seriously injured. We sat watching my car quickly engulf in flames.

Reported at 45,000 miles, March 2019 CrashFireInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford explorer. When the accelerator pedal was depressed, the contact noticed a rotten egg odor without warning. The manufacturer advised not to touch the failure due to a lack of remedy. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to NHTSA. The failure was neither diagnosed nor remedied. The failure mileage was approximately 500.

Reported at 500 miles, May 2016

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