2015 Ford Explorer Body Problems
- 42
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 42 stored complaint records:
- 3 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- side windshield · 9 records
- passenger side · 7 records
- exhaust fumes · 6 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 14 |
| 30–60k mi | 12 |
| 60–100k mi | 8 |
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Body
Was driving on the highway about 60 mph, heard weird sound around on my driver side, pulled over and the trim around my windshield was hanging. I thought it was snapped back in, and when i got to work it was completely gone. I will take pics and add them to this later on.
ODI 11280305
Body
The driver and passenger side door arm rests are coming apart at the seams as is the center console. The interior of my 2015 explorer with 45k miles looks terrible. Looks like it's 20 years old. I am shocked.
ODI 11302562
Body
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford explorer. While driving at an unknown speed, the strip behind the hood detached from the vehicle. The contact was surprised, lost control of the vehicle, swerved, and almost crashed into another vehicle. The part that detached struck the driver's side window. The vehicle was taken to tri county ford (4032 commerce pkwy, buckner, ky 40010, [redacted]) and repaired. The manufacturer…
ODI 11253721
Body
When having the recalls fixed on my explorer the back liftgate is not center even the dealership fixing it said it was not also. They informed me i would need to bring it to a body shop to have it fixed. I have never been in an accident or hit anything so there is no reason for it not to be centered.
ODI 11243855
Body
Front passenger side windshield molding became loose and broke off while driving on highway. The windshield seal also flew up and approximately 3 feet of the the seal came off and was flapping against passenger window before coming completely detached. It looks like some of the white clips are broken on that side windshield panel so we are unsure how to fix this. So now we are missing the entire side windshield…
ODI 11299504
Body
I was driving down the highway at 75 mph and heard a huge pop on the passenger window and something black fly by. We pulled over and saw that the plastic black trim on the sides of the windshield broke in half and the rubber was hanging off. I had to cut it off. After taking a closer look, it appears there are several pieces of the plastic trim that are warping and even the driver's side panel was lose so i'm sure…
ODI 11216925
Body · Engine
The side panel popped out in the front passenger side of the vehicle for no apparent reason. The ford dealership i took it to was aware of it. The second issue we had at 66,000 miles was an error called 'terrain management fault'. Both times this error occurred, we were moving. The first time it happened it fixed itself. The second time, we had to have it towed. This is so dangerous and someone is going to get hurt…
ODI 11217200
Body
At the edge of the hood the paint is bubbling, my claim at ford has been denied at under 4 years old.
ODI 11203323
Body · Fuel/Propulsion System
There is a terrible exhaust smell that comes into the interior cabin. The smell is even worse upon extended hard acceleration. In addition, there is bubbling in my hood due to faulty hoods being produced on ford explorers. Ford has acknowledged both issues - as there is a tsb. Ford's "fix" tsb-16016 is not a fix at all. It merely is a bandage for the problem as my family still smells exhaust in the vehicle. My 3…
ODI 11279283
Body · Seat Belts
At around 100,000 miles drivers seat belt would not lock or unlock...started sticking around 95,000 miles. Never had to replace a seatbelt before especially in a car that was only three years old. Also, at around the same time the drivers side windshield pillar broke off and flew off while driving on the highway at around 65 mph. The passenger side flew off at 115,000 miles while driving on the highway as well.…
ODI 11195334
Body · Service Brakes
Hood have detail retaining dents. When i back up swelling sounds
ODI 11203446
Body · Unknown Or Other
Exterior door handle came unhindered and it made the door to the point it cannot close.
ODI 11165321
Body
Paint is peeling on the edge of the hood. Two explorers 2015 family owns and peeling in the same location. Contacted ford and was told we had to buy a new hood. There are many complaints on the internet saying the same thing. This paint less hood needs to be recalled due to factory fault or repainted how ever ford does it. Around 2000.00 for a new one they told us. Paint should last more then 3 to 4 years.
ODI 11196582
Body
My vehicle exhibited a bubbling or blistering under the paint on aluminum body parts (hood). It was stated on ford's technical service bulletins tsb 04-25-1, tsb # 06-25-15, and the latest tsb 16-0028 that this was due to iron contamination of the aluminum panel. Ford's warranty shows to be 5yr/unlimited mileage. For not wanting to warranty corrosion issue. We noticed the issue on thanksgiving 11/22/18, but from the…
ODI 11154454
Body
I discovered 5 inches of standing water in the interior of the vehicle where the spare tire is stored. There is no clear source of the leak on my inspection but the carpets are soaked and there is a smell of mold and mildew in the interior. The vehicle has not been in a flood zone or driven through standing water.
ODI 11153657
Body
Car hood paint is bubbling and painting. There have been no accidents and the car only has 33,000 miles on it. Ford will not cover it under the mfgr warranty since the in service date is over 3 years.
ODI 11154246
Body
I have a 2015 ford explorer, my driver side windshield pillar/trim flew off while on the expressway. I called the dealership that stated they would have to determine if this was a defect. I found this forum that has a few complaints about the same problem but yet a recall has not been issued. At the dealership the service man stated they would have to replace both sides? Odd, not exactly they are aware that at some…
ODI 11145368
Body
The suv is only 3 years old we bought it new from the lot then. I noticed today the hood is bubbling up and the paint is chipping off. This drivers door is cracking at the seem. Very poor quality from ford.
ODI 11145244
Body
The hood on our 2015's paint is peeling off. We are told the same hood is on the 2016 explorer and there is a recall on the paint...we have bumper to bumper warranty. How do we get this repainted.
ODI 11103003
Body
Wife was driving car on highway. Driver side window molding blew off while going 60 mph on highway. Had to swerve to miss it. This is the second time this has happened. It happened last week to passenger side.
ODI 11102660
Body
Passenger side windshield trim flew off while traveling on the highway at 70 mph.
ODI 11109674
Body
Passenger side "a post" window molding blew off during highway driving at 60mph. Molding showed no signs of failure prior to incident.
ODI 11101206
Body
One instance while driving on the freeway left side windshield rubber seal starts flapping against side window then eventually flies off. Next while driving on freeway the windshield side trim breaks off. Now the right side trim has ripped & flown off on freeway. Which will mean the trim will probably break as well.
ODI 11229349
Air Bags · Body · Exterior Lighting
I started with headaches ,and always nassau, always. Tired ,when i push on the accelerator i smelled fumes coming out of my a/c ..i was driving wide awake on 95 north ,processing to go home .i was in orangeburg s.c.i had been talking through my radio connected bluetooth, i had a little over a hour to go .a deer .my airbags on the driver side deployed but not the passengers .and they did not stay up to long ,a godly…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11046551
Body · Engine · Unknown Or Other
The vehicle was tested and found to have 30 ppm of co in the vehicle while in operation.
ODI 11011621