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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
1FM5K8HT0JG••••••2018 Ford EXPLORER
That is about average for the 2018 Ford EXPLORER — 5 complaints per build across 142 builds.
5on this build
711on the model
142builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedStructure 2Air Bags 1Seat Belts 1Fuel/propulsion System 1
What owners of this build wrote
Air BagscrashNov 2019
Both. Vehicles were moving. The explorer front hit the right rear panel of a 2011 ford ranger. Both vehicles were going approximately 30 mph. No injuries sustained by either driver. My ford explorer air bags did not deploy. I was on a city street the other vehicle was just…
StructureJan 2023
The contact’s wife owns a 2018 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that the dashboard had started to peel. The contact also noticed that bubbles had started to form on the passenger’s side dashboard to the driver’s side dashboard above the air bag housing. The contact also stated…
Fuel/propulsion SystemMar 2022
The fuel pressure sensor alarm
Seat BeltsSep 2020
The contact owns a 2018 ford explorer. The contact stated that the inflatable seat belt failed to retract with britax frontier click tight child safety seat while using the high back with the rear passenger shoulder strap failed to secure the child in the vehicle. As the child…
Unknown Or OtherOct 2018
Inquiring about NHTSA id 10144949. Ford has known about this since aug 2018 (ssm 47499) and no one at my dealership, or ford customer service, is interested in making any calls on my behalf to see when ford expects this to be fixed
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 1FM5K8HT0JGC80083 · decoded Nov 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.