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2007 Ford Explorer seats problems

The 2007 Ford Explorer has 24 seats complaints filed with NHTSA — 9% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

24

Seats complaints

9%

Share of year

0

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Seats complaints by year

Explorer seats complaints by model year71 complaints1991: 16 complaints1992: 22 complaints1993: 30 complaints1994: 20 complaints1995: 20 complaints1996: 30 complaints1997: 40 complaints1998: 71 complaints1999: 69 complaints2000: 40 complaints2001: 25 complaints2002: 30 complaints2003: 12 complaints2004: 7 complaints2005: 3 complaints2006: 11 complaints2007: 24 complaints2008: 27 complaints2009: 4 complaints2010: 20 complaints2011: 7 complaints2012: 2 complaints2013: 10 complaints2014: 7 complaints2015: 16 complaints2016: 33 complaints2017: 16 complaints2018: 7 complaints2019: 3 complaints2020: 36 complaints2021: 13 complaints2022: 4 complaints2023: 1 complaints2024: 2 complaints2025: 1 complaints2026: 1 complaints
Explorer seats complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“DRIVER SEAT MOVES BACKWARDS WHILE DRIVING ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THIS HAS STARTED HAPPENING OCTOBER 2017. SINCE THEN IT HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT AND WILL HAPPEN AT RANDOM SO THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. SPEEDS CAN RANGE FROM 40 MPH TO 70 MPH. WHICH RESULTS IN NOT BEING ABLE TO REACH THE BREAK OR GAS…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Seats · October 1, 2017

Common questions

How many seats complaints does the 2007 Ford Explorer have?

NHTSA has 24 complaints about the 2007 Ford Explorer seats — 9% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.