NHTSA Safety Recalls
2025 Ford Explorer Recalls
The 2025 Ford Explorer has 20 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 21, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2025 Ford Explorer. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 20
- Owner complaints
- 107
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2025 Ford Explorer, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
20 recalls on the 2025 Ford Explorer
Seats: front assembly: power adjust
- Campaign
- 26V470000
- Reported
- July 21, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 76,748
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Seats: mid/rear assembly
- Campaign
- 26V451000
- Reported
- July 14, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 387,911
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2020–2024 Explorer, 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling: engine: hard parts internal/mechanical
- Campaign
- 26V343000
- Reported
- May 27, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,536
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2025 Ford Explorer
Back over prevention: software
- Campaign
- 26V165000
- Reported
- March 18, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 254,640
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 26V159000
- Reported
- March 17, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 561
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 210, seat belt anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2020–2024 Explorer, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 26V121000
- Reported
- March 3, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 35,772
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- only the 2025 Ford Explorer
Engine and engine cooling: exhaust system: emission control: gas recirculation valve (egr valve)
- Campaign
- 26V122000
- Reported
- March 3, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 47,804
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Visibility: windshield
- Campaign
- 25V730000
- Reported
- October 24, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 56,841
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 205, glazing materials
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Trailer hitches
- Campaign
- 25V687000
- Reported
- October 10, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,412
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2024 Explorer, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: tail lights
- Campaign
- 25V543000
- Reported
- August 22, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 213,121
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling: engine: hard parts internal/mechanical
- Campaign
- 25V344000
- Reported
- June 13, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 156
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2025 Ford Explorer
Seats: mid/rear assembly
- Campaign
- 25V393000
- Reported
- June 13, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 304,662
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2020–2024 Explorer, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper
- Campaign
- 25V371000
- Reported
- June 3, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2025 Ford Explorer
Structure: frame and members
- Campaign
- 25V316000
- Reported
- May 9, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 206
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission: control module: software
- Campaign
- 25V239000
- Reported
- April 11, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 24,655
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2025 Ford Explorer
Power train: automatic transmission: fluid/lubricant: valves/valve body
- Campaign
- 25V164000
- Reported
- March 14, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 269
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 25V020000
- Reported
- January 17, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 259
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 24V852000
- Reported
- November 8, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 27,678
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2020–2024 Explorer, 6 other models
Back over prevention: software
- Campaign
- 24V801000
- Reported
- October 25, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 391
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline: fuel injection system: injectors
- Campaign
- 24V634000
- Reported
- August 23, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 24
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
2025 Ford Explorer complaints by year
NHTSA has received 107 owner complaints about the 2025 Ford Explorer, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (7%); owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2025 Ford Explorer, the component group named most often is the electrical system (21%), followed by the service brakes (17%) and the power train (15%).
3 of the 2025 Ford Explorer's 20 recalls also concern the power train.
Where 2025 Ford Explorer owners gave the mileage (15 complaints), the median was 3,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System23
- Service Brakes18
- Unknown Or Other18
- Power Train16
- Forward Collision Avoidance15
- Visibility/Wiper10
Complaints received, by year
| 2024 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | |
| 2026 | 49 |
Complaints about the 2025 Ford Explorer peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 53.
The 2025 is too new to rank against other Ford Explorer years: its window closes at the end of 2028.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 107 complaints about the 2025 Ford Explorer are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Explorer by model year
Other 2025 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted