NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Ford Explorer Recalls
The 2009 Ford Explorer has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Ford Explorer. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 33
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Ford Explorer, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2009 Ford Explorer
Equipment
- Campaign
- 10E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2008, 2010 Explorer, 10 other models
2009 Ford Explorer complaints by year
NHTSA has received 33 owner complaints about the 2009 Ford Explorer, the newest on April 19, 2021. Of these, 5 describe a crash (15%); owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Ford Explorer, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (15%), followed by the engine (12%) and the power train (9%).
The 2009 Ford Explorer's only recall does not concern the vehicle speed control.
Where 2009 Ford Explorer owners gave the mileage (26 complaints), the median was 76,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other5
- Vehicle Speed Control5
- Engine4
- Power Train3
- Seats3
- Wheels3
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2009 Ford Explorer peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 6. 36% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Ford Explorer drew 0.1× the complaints of the median Ford Explorer year in the same window: 23rd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2009 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 33 complaints about the 2009 Ford Explorer are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Explorer by model year
Other 2009 Ford models
Newest record on this page: April 19, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted