NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Ford Explorer Recalls
The 2011 Ford Explorer has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 19, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Ford Explorer. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 1,197
- Crashes reported
- 30
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
On a 2011 Ford Explorer, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2011 Ford Explorer
Structure: body: roof and pillars
- Campaign
- 24V031000
- Reported
- January 19, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,889,110
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2019 Explorer
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 21V746000
- Reported
- September 22, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 150,723
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2013 Explorer
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 19V435000
- Reported
- June 10, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,194,173
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2017 Explorer
Structure: body: door
- Campaign
- 15V171000
- Reported
- March 24, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 194,484
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2013 Explorer
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 14V286000
- Reported
- May 29, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 179,027
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2013 Explorer
Seats
- Campaign
- 11V063000
- Reported
- February 2, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,658
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 207, seating systems
- Same campaign
- only the 2011 Ford Explorer
Steering
- Campaign
- 14E001000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012 Explorer
Wheels: hub
- Campaign
- 17E048000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2017 Explorer
2011 Ford Explorer complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,197 owner complaints about the 2011 Ford Explorer, the newest on September 6, 2026. Of these, 30 describe a crash (3%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 15 injuries.
In complaints about the 2011 Ford Explorer, the component group named most often is the steering (62%), followed by the structure (9%) and the electrical system (8%).
2 of the 2011 Ford Explorer's 8 recalls also concern the steering.
Where 2011 Ford Explorer owners gave the mileage (878 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering742
- Unknown Or Other112
- Structure110
- Electrical System95
- Engine83
- Power Train64
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 20 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 141 | |
| 2013 | 98 | |
| 2014 | 89 | |
| 2015 | 67 | |
| 2016 | 59 | |
| 2017 | 91 | |
| 2018 | 71 | |
| 2019 | 73 | |
| 2020 | 44 | |
| 2021 | 53 | |
| 2022 | 103 | |
| 2023 | 84 | |
| 2024 | 96 | |
| 2025 | 82 | |
| 2026 | 26 |
Complaints about the 2011 Ford Explorer peaked in 2012, when NHTSA received 141. 29% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Ford Explorer drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Ford Explorer year in the same window: 7th highest of the 23 ranked years.
The 1,197 complaints about the 2011 Ford Explorer are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Explorer by model year
Other 2011 Ford models
Newest record on this page: September 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted