Federal complaint record · Ford Explorer · model year 2010

2010 Ford Explorer

Owners submitted 115 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 20th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2008 to 2012 midsize suv cohort. The largest reported component group is powertrain. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Powertrain · 19% · group n = 29Seats · 13% · group n = 20Engine · 11% · group n = 17Brakes · 10% · group n = 15Speed control · 9% · group n = 14
115
Complaint records on file
40,707
Median mileage at the reported problem · 95 complaints reported mileage
19%
Of classified component reports name powertrain · group n = 29
20th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 38 model years

Powertrain · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Powertrain19%

Powertrain reports

Ford Explorer · model year 2010

Reports in this group29
Share of classified reports19%
Component groups on file6
Open the failure files

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Brake performance · 29 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32010 Ford Explorer
Stalling or shutdown · 9 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 32010 Ford Explorer
Transmission behavior · 7 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 3 of 32010 Ford Explorer

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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