2004 Ford Explorer: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists no recall campaign for the 2004 Ford Explorer. NHTSA has 1,285 complaints on file for this model year. 4 NHTSA investigations name this model year.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Recall campaigns
No NHTSA recall campaign names the 2004 Ford Explorer. The model year has a page because NHTSA has 1,285 complaints for it.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
1,285 complaints, 1,620 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
- 2004 Ford Explorer
- All 2004 vehicles
| Component | 2004 Explorer | All 2004 vehicles | Explorer, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 290.7 | 116.1 | 146.1 | 471 |
| Structure | 269.8 | 71.1 | 83.7 | 437 |
| Visibility | 63 | 41.4 | 38.9 | 102 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 46.3 | 42.3 | 56.8 | 75 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 44.4 | 63.7 | 61.5 | 72 |
| Electrical System | 34.6 | 130.9 | 48.9 | 56 |
| Engine | 25.3 | 35.2 | 35.3 | 41 |
| Steering | 24.7 | 71.4 | 60.8 | 40 |
| Wheels | 24.7 | 10.5 | 14.5 | 40 |
| Suspension | 24.1 | 49.3 | 52 | 39 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 30.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 57
- Complaints that report a fire
- 14
- Injuries in the complaints
- 79
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 6 Feb 2019
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
| Number | Type | Subject | Component | Opened | Closed | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EA09013 | Engineering analysis | Vehicle Rollaway Allegations | Power Train / Automatic Transmission / Gear Position Indication (Prndl) | 18 Aug 2009 | 12 Feb 2013 | |
| PE09020 | Preliminary evaluation | VEHICLE ROLLAWAY ALLEGATIONS | Steering / Column | 21 Apr 2009 | 19 Aug 2009 | |
| RQ08003 | Recall query | REAR LIFTGATE GLASS HATCH FAILURE | Structure / Body / Hatchback/Liftgate | 23 Jun 2008 | 24 Oct 2008 | |
| DP05005 | Defect petition | SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM CYLINDER HEAD | Engine and Engine Cooling / Engine | 22 Sep 2005 | 4 Jan 2006 |
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19770
- 19840
- 19850
- 19860
- 19870
- 19880
- 19890
- 19900
- 19918
- 19924
- 19936
- 19944
- 19955
- 19966
- 19977
- 19989
- 19999
- 20009
- 20016
- 20024
- 20032
- 20040
- 20050
- 20061
- 20071
- 20081
- 20090
- 20101
- 20116
- 20125
- 201311
- 20146
- 20158
- 201614
- 201713
- 20187
- 20196
- 202033
- 202126
- 202224
- 202315
- 202410
- 202520
- 202614
- 20271
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 2004 Ford ExplorerThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2004 Ford Explorer: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/explorer/2004/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many recall campaigns does the Ford Explorer have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 142 recall campaigns for the Ford Explorer, model years 1977 to 2027. None of them names the 2004 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2004 Ford Explorer name most often?
- Power Train: 471 of 1,620 component mentions, or 290.7 per 1,000. For all 2004 vehicles the figure is 116.1 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2004 Ford Explorer open?
- No. Each of the 4 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.