NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Ford Explorer Recalls
The 2015 Ford Explorer has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 13, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Ford Explorer. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 1,811
- Crashes reported
- 37
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 Ford Explorer, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2015 Ford Explorer
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 25V695000
- Reported
- October 13, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,448,655
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 9 other models
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 2011–2014, 2016–2019 Explorer
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 21V537000
- Reported
- July 15, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 631,176
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016–2017 Explorer
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 20V675000
- Reported
- March 12, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 454,941
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016–2017 Explorer
Power train: axle assembly: axle shaft
- Campaign
- 20V692000
- Reported
- November 10, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 15,587
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014, 2016 Explorer, 2 other models
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 19V435000
- Reported
- June 10, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,194,173
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2014, 2016–2017 Explorer
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 16V245000
- Reported
- April 26, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 75,364
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014 Explorer
Parking brake
- Campaign
- 15V464000
- Reported
- July 24, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,165
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 135, light vehicle brakes
- Same campaign
- also 2016 Explorer, 4 other models
Wheels: hub
- Campaign
- 17E048000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2014, 2016–2017 Explorer
2015 Ford Explorer complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,811 owner complaints about the 2015 Ford Explorer, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 37 describe a crash (2%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 98 injuries.
In complaints about the 2015 Ford Explorer, the component group named most often is the structure (23%), followed by the steering (19%) and the engine (13%).
1 of the 2015 Ford Explorer's 9 recalls also concerns the structure.
Where 2015 Ford Explorer owners gave the mileage (1,160 complaints), the median was 57,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure411
- Unknown Or Other404
- Steering347
- Engine227
- Back Over Prevention146
- Electrical System93
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 51 | |
| 2016 | 119 | |
| 2017 | 270 | |
| 2018 | 139 | |
| 2019 | 183 | |
| 2020 | 123 | |
| 2021 | 89 | |
| 2022 | 91 | |
| 2023 | 152 | |
| 2024 | 181 | |
| 2025 | 250 | |
| 2026 | 160 |
Complaints about the 2015 Ford Explorer peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 270. 32% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Ford Explorer drew 2.3× the complaints of the median Ford Explorer year in the same window: 4th highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2015 one of the Ford Explorer years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 1,811 complaints about the 2015 Ford Explorer are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Explorer by model year
Other 2015 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted