2010 Ford Explorer
This year drew an ordinary 115 complaints for a Ford Explorer — the model's median is 568. What they were about is the unusual part: 8.7% of them mention rsc, against 2.4% across the other years of this generation.
Last year of its generation. This Ford Explorer ran from 2006 to 2010, so it had the whole run for its faults to be found and fixed. Last years are usually the most sorted of a generation.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 115 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 568 |
| Involving a crash | 8 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| EPA combined | 16 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- rsc — 8.7% of this year's complaints, against 2.4% across the other years of this generation (3.7×). Owners wrote it as: rsc, alarm, breaks, pass.
- intermittently — 8.7% of this year's complaints, against 3.1% across the other years of this generation (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: intermittently, particular, one year, resolve.
- applied — 6.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.4% across the other years of this generation (4.2×). Owners wrote it as: applied, applied brakes, mph contact.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
WHILE DRIVE THE RSC LIGHT CAME ON. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT THE ANTI SKID CAME ON LOCKING THE WHEELS. 4 WHEEL DRIVE CAME ON LOCKING THE WHEELS FURTHER AND THE BREAKS ENGAGED. CAR WOULD NOT TURN OR MOVE AND PUSHING THE GAS PETAL ONLY CAUSED BREAK SYSTEM TO LOCK U…
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE SCREWS AND LUG NUT COVERS WERE STILL ATTACHED TO T…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 10V161000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 10E043000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Ford Explorer was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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