NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Ford Explorer Recalls
The 2010 Ford Explorer has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 20, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Ford Explorer. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 115
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 Ford Explorer, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2010 Ford Explorer
Seats: front assembly: recliner
- Campaign
- 10V161000
- Reported
- April 20, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 33,256
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 202, head restraints
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 10E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2009 Explorer, 10 other models
2010 Ford Explorer complaints by year
NHTSA has received 115 owner complaints about the 2010 Ford Explorer, the newest on February 23, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (7%); owners reported 13 injuries and 50 deaths.
In complaints about the 2010 Ford Explorer, the component group named most often is the power train (24%), followed by the seats (17%) and the engine (12%).
1 of the 2010 Ford Explorer's 2 recalls also concerns the seats.
Where 2010 Ford Explorer owners gave the mileage (95 complaints), the median was 40,707 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train28
- Seats20
- Engine14
- Vehicle Speed Control14
- Electrical System12
- Service Brakes9
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 20 | |
| 2011 | 18 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 15 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2010 Ford Explorer peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 20. 43% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Ford Explorer drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Ford Explorer year in the same window: 20th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 115 complaints about the 2010 Ford Explorer are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Explorer by model year
Other 2010 Ford models
Newest record on this page: February 23, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted