NHTSA Safety Recalls
2007 Ford Explorer Recalls
The 2007 Ford Explorer has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 25, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2007 Ford Explorer. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 208
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2007 Ford Explorer, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2007 Ford Explorer
Steering
- Campaign
- 07V181000
- Reported
- April 25, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 11
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Visibility: glass, side/rear
- Campaign
- 07E104000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2006, 2008 Explorer, 9 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 10E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006, 2008–2010 Explorer, 10 other models
2007 Ford Explorer complaints by year
NHTSA has received 208 owner complaints about the 2007 Ford Explorer, the newest on August 6, 2024. Of these, 11 describe a crash (5%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2007 Ford Explorer, the component group named most often is the power train (27%), followed by the engine (13%) and the electrical system (12%).
None of the 2007 Ford Explorer's 3 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2007 Ford Explorer owners gave the mileage (184 complaints), the median was 67,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train57
- Engine28
- Electrical System25
- Seats24
- Tires21
- Vehicle Speed Control13
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 16 | |
| 2009 | 12 | |
| 2010 | 19 | |
| 2011 | 18 | |
| 2012 | 11 | |
| 2013 | 15 | |
| 2014 | 29 | |
| 2015 | 25 | |
| 2016 | 21 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2007 Ford Explorer peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 29. 28% arrived between 2006 and 2010, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2007 vehicles, the 2007 Ford Explorer drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Ford Explorer year in the same window: 21st highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2007 one of the three best-measured Ford Explorer years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 208 complaints about the 2007 Ford Explorer are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Explorer by model year
Other 2007 Ford models
Newest record on this page: August 6, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted