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2017 Ford Explorer fuel system problems

49 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2017 Ford Explorer, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
49 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
22,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
6 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2017 Ford Explorer Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 22,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 12 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 6 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 0 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 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: 22,000 miles
Based on 26 complaints that include mileage. 92% 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 miles6
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles0
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 26 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 22,000 miles, and 92% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 6 injuries.

What owners wrote

Exhaust Fumes entering the passenger cabin through the heat/ac vents and causing carbon monoxide poisoning to passengers! Having medical issues due to this issue and it has been found twice and it’s been doing this since day 3 of owning it! Purchased new on February 21, 2018 with only 2 miles and 6 miles when paperwork was signed! On day 5, 02-26-2018, called dealer was told by the salesman Tommy, it was the new smell and it would go away, Never has and never will!

July 2022 Injury

I was driving on the highway and my car started shaking and sounding different. The vibrations kept getting worse. Then I was trying to accelerate and my speed was going down. I couldn't get my SUV to get any speed at all it got all the way down to zero MPH and I had to coast to the nearest parking lot. The light on my dash said terrain management system failure. Luckily there weren't any cars behind me as it was at night time. I turned my car off and on again and tried to restart the computer with no luck.

Reported at 40,000 miles, August 2018

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