2016 FORD EXPLORER — Complaint #2167070
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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE filed January 16, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2167070 (ODI reference 11711453) concerns a 2016 FORD EXPLORER and was filed on January 16, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 15, 2025. The vehicle had 85,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD EXPLORER cohort independently describe similar structure failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2016 FORD EXPLORER shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact received notifications of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V031000 (Structure) and 25V347000 (Structure); however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, air was entering through the front driverâs and passengerâs side A-pillar trims. Upon further inspection, the contact noticed that the sealant on the driverâs and passengerâs side A-pillar trims was deteriorating. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the driverâs side B-pillar trims partially detached and struck the rear driverâs side window and then flew off onto the road. The local dealer was contacted; however, the parts were not yet available. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 85,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2167070 |
| ODI Number | 11711453 |
| Date Filed | January 16, 2026 |
| Failure Date | December 15, 2025 |
| VIN | 1FM5K8FH7GG |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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