NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Ford Explorer Recalls
The 2001 Ford Explorer has 12 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 13, 2009.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Ford Explorer. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 12
- Owner complaints
- 375
- Crashes reported
- 64
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
21 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Ford Explorer, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
12 recalls on the 2001 Ford Explorer
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 09V399000
- Reported
- October 13, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,500,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Explorer, 10 other models
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 07V336000
- Reported
- August 3, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,600,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Explorer, 7 other models
Vehicle speed control: cables
- Campaign
- 03V280000
- Reported
- August 5, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 448,005
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Explorer, 1 other model
Seats: front assembly: recliner
- Campaign
- 03V281000
- Reported
- August 5, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,552,880
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Explorer, 3 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 03V094000
- Reported
- March 7, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 Explorer, 9 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 00V313000
- Reported
- October 17, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2001 Ford Explorer
Tires: tread/belt
- Campaign
- 01X001000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Explorer, 5 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2005 Explorer, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2006 Explorer, 23 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Explorer, 24 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 Explorer, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Explorer, 46 other models
2001 Ford Explorer complaints by year
NHTSA has received 375 owner complaints about the 2001 Ford Explorer, the newest on May 5, 2021. Of these, 64 describe a crash (17%) and 21 a fire; owners reported 65 injuries and 6 deaths.
In complaints about the 2001 Ford Explorer, the component group named most often is the tires (17%), followed by the suspension (11%) and the power train (11%).
1 of the 2001 Ford Explorer's 12 recalls also concerns the tires.
Where 2001 Ford Explorer owners gave the mileage (113 complaints), the median was 90,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Tires62
- Suspension43
- Power Train42
- Engine And Engine Cooling39
- Vehicle Speed Control36
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic31
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 42 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 80 | |
| 2002 | 75 | |
| 2003 | 30 | |
| 2004 | 21 | |
| 2005 | 22 | |
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 14 | |
| 2008 | 17 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 12 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2001 Ford Explorer peaked in 2001, when NHTSA received 80. 66% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Ford Explorer drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Ford Explorer year in the same window: 15th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 2/5
The 375 complaints about the 2001 Ford Explorer are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Explorer by model year
Other 2001 Ford models
Newest record on this page: May 5, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted