https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Ford Explorer Hybrid. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 03:29:58 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid#complaint-1970805 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT Vehicle was within 3 feet of curb in our parking space at home. Vehicle suddenly surged forward and crashed into our building. This happened October 20,2023. the Vehicle has been in the shop since October 21,2013. Statefarm Insurance paid for investigation in the the black box. Investigation yielded no conclusive results. Upon further investigation the vehicle surged for the investigator as well. https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid#complaint-1970806 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT Vehicle was within 3 feet of curb in our parking space at home. Vehicle suddenly surged forward and crashed into our building. This happened October 20,2023. the Vehicle has been in the shop since October 21,2013. Statefarm Insurance paid for investigation in the the black box. Investigation yielded no conclusive results. Upon further investigation the vehicle surged for the investigator as well. https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid#complaint-1970807 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT Vehicle was within 3 feet of curb in our parking space at home. Vehicle suddenly surged forward and crashed into our building. This happened October 20,2023. the Vehicle has been in the shop since October 21,2013. Statefarm Insurance paid for investigation in the the black box. Investigation yielded no conclusive results. Upon further investigation the vehicle surged for the investigator as well. https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid#complaint-1945265 Fri, 24 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2021 Ford Explorer Hybrid. The contact stated that after restarting the vehicle, there was a burning odor present. The message "Pull Over Possible Powertrain Damage" was displayed. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer who determined that the high voltage junction box had overheated and was burned. The high voltage junction box and high voltage junction box wiring harness we https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid#complaint-1944474 Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT A Police Officer's Ford Explorer Interceptor Hybrid SUV while driving had a vehicle malfunction where the rear wheels began to wobble/vibrate and while driving in a straight line with front wheels facing straight caused the vehicle to fishtail out of the control (loss of control to the rear wheels) and slam into a tree at approximately 50mph injuring the officer. Officer's injuries were broken lef https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid#complaint-1944475 Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT A Police Officer's Ford Explorer Interceptor Hybrid SUV while driving had a vehicle malfunction where the rear wheels began to wobble/vibrate and while driving in a straight line with front wheels facing straight caused the vehicle to fishtail out of the control (loss of control to the rear wheels) and slam into a tree at approximately 50mph injuring the officer. Officer's injuries were broken lef https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid#complaint-1944476 Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT A Police Officer's Ford Explorer Interceptor Hybrid SUV while driving had a vehicle malfunction where the rear wheels began to wobble/vibrate and while driving in a straight line with front wheels facing straight caused the vehicle to fishtail out of the control (loss of control to the rear wheels) and slam into a tree at approximately 50mph injuring the officer. Officer's injuries were broken lef https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid#complaint-1882571 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT I was making a slow speed u-turn to stop a speeding motorist. As I came out of the u-turn, the wheel did not come back to center and I continued the turn going up a curb and striking a chain link fence. When I realized what was occurring, I manually began to turn the steering wheel to the right to get back on the roadway. There is patrol car dash cam footage of this collision. Police report# 23-68 https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid#complaint-1865124 Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2021 Ford Explorer Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the electronic "lift gate ajar" warning was activated; however, the liftgate was not open. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who adjusted the liftgate striker, and the failure was remedied; however, the failure reoccurred. Additionally, while driving at speeds between 5 - 20 MPH, the vehi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid#complaint-1865125 Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2021 Ford Explorer Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the electronic "lift gate ajar" warning was activated; however, the liftgate was not open. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who adjusted the liftgate striker, and the failure was remedied; however, the failure reoccurred. Additionally, while driving at speeds between 5 - 20 MPH, the vehi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid#recall-22V255000-ford-ford-explorer-hybrid-2021 Thu, 14 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Explorer Police FHEV, Explorer Police 3.3L, and 2020-2022 Explorer 2.3L RWD, 3.0L PHEV, 3.3L FHEV, and 3.0L ST GAS vehicles. The rear axle horizontal mounting bolt may fracture and cause the driveshaft to disconnect. https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid#recall-22V255000-ford-ford-explorer-hybrid-2020 Thu, 14 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Explorer Police FHEV, Explorer Police 3.3L, and 2020-2022 Explorer 2.3L RWD, 3.0L PHEV, 3.3L FHEV, and 3.0L ST GAS vehicles. The rear axle horizontal mounting bolt may fracture and cause the driveshaft to disconnect. https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-explorer-hybrid#complaint-1713155 Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SHOP MAKING NECESSARY REPAIRS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WENT UP IN FLAMES INSIDE THE GARAGE OF THE INDEPENDENT SHOP. NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THERE WAS PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES AND DEEMED THE VEHICLE A TOTAL LOSS. A POLI