Ford Explorer Side/Window Problems
- 31
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 9
- Years with records
- 1999–2010
- Stored years
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 31 stored complaint records:
- 7 indicate a crash
- 8 indicate injury
- 2 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- passenger side · 8 records
- side curtain · 7 records
- side deployed · 7 records
- side door · 5 records
- curtain airbags · 5 records
- side impact · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 7 |
| 1–30k mi | 7 |
| 60–100k mi | 3 |
| 100–150k mi | 2 |
| 150–400k mi | 1 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Side/Window
2004 ford explorer xlt side air bag deploy without any reason. *tr
ODI 10404322
Engine And Engine Cooling · Side/Window
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 ford explorer. While the contact was driving on a bumpy road approximately 10 mph the side air bags deployed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and who performed a diagnostic test and the computer detected via black box that a crash had occurred. The vehicle was being repaired when the complaint was filed. The technicians were replacing the air bags, the lining where the air bags were…
ODI 10367883
Frontal · Side/Window
My 85 pound, 55 year old, 5 foot 3 inch, good health wife is not protected by air bags when sitting in the passenger front seat. Air bags in my ford 2010 explorer are designed to go inactive when a person of my wife's stature is sitting in the passenger front seat the auto company tried several different explorers to determine if this was the same in all of their explorers, only one explorer worked properly and…
ODI 10339193
Electrical System · Interior Lighting · Latches/Locks/Linkages · Side/Window
The side curtain airbag spontaneously deployed upon side door closure of a ford explorer. The vehicle was sitting after re-fueling. Concurrent with and immediately prior to the deployment of the airbag, the door alarm system was chiming that a door was ajar, and after inspection by a mechanic it was determined that the security/door warning system module has failed. Ford was sent the airbag module for inspection,…
ODI 10377155
Side/Window
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 ford explorer. While driving less than 35 mph, both the driver's and passenger side window air bags deployed without warning. The vehicle became engulfed with chemicals and made a very loud sound that shocked the driver. There were no injuries. There were no warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel prior to the deployment. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and it was requested…
ODI 10273623
Air Bags · Frontal · Side/Window
In avoidance of hitting a cow, i rolled my ford explorer at least 3 times and none of the airbags deployed, front nor the side curtain airbags. My husband and myself were fortunate to come out with minor injuries. I have contacted ford motor company and the have not yet offered to settle. *tr
Crash reported · 2 injuries
ODI 10234186
Side/Window
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 ford explorer. While driving 20 mph, the side air bags suddenly deployed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for repair. The contact feels that the ford manufacturer should replace the air bags for free due to the failure being technical in nature. The current mileage was 80,544 and failure mileage was 80,400.
ODI 10230516
Side/Window
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford explorer. While driving 30 mph, the side air bags deployed without warning. There was no crash before the failure occurred. The dealer was unable to determine the cause of failure. The failure and current mileages were 49,172.
ODI 10198829