2017 FORD EXPLORER — Complaint #2172425
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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE filed February 2, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2172425 (ODI reference 11715014) concerns a 2017 FORD EXPLORER and was filed on February 2, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 1, 2025. The report was geocoded to South Carolina 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 2017 FORD EXPLORER shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
See attached document for complaint. Iâm writing to voice my concerns about my inability to have my vehicle repaired. Iâve received these safety recall notices for years. Every year I call both local Ford dealerships (Classic Ford of Columbia, Dick Smith Ford) and both tell me I must leave my vehicle for 7 to 10 days or longer and without access to a loaner vehicle. Any assistance that you can provide to have the Safety Recall repairs completed on my vehicle will be appreciated.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2172425 |
| ODI Number | 11715014 |
| Date Filed | February 2, 2026 |
| Failure Date | December 1, 2025 |
| VIN | 1FM5K7D8XHG |
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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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