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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.
1FMEU73E56U••••••2006 Ford EXPLORER
This build draws 1.9× more complaints than the average 2006 Ford EXPLORER build (5 vs 3).
5on this build
467on the model
182builds in total
Most reportedPower Train 3Suspension 1Fuel/propulsion System 1
What owners of this build wrote
Power TrainJun 2014
I was driving down the highway when suddenly the vehicle lunged forward. I thought someone hit me. It did this two more times before I could exit the highway. Then it started being very slow to shift into gear or would not shift at all with out shutting off the vehicle for 3 to…
Fuel/propulsion SystemJul 2012
My 2006 ford explorer is randomly accelerating and stalling. I am on the road alot and it has almost caused a few accidents. The engine light and wrench light comes on but resets itself. It just happened again today and I was infront of an auto zone. I stopped in and left the…
SuspensionMar 2007
I have had the control arms bolts on both sides of the vehicle now loosened up sufficiently enough to cause the vehicle to swerve suddenly when braking. Fortunately was able to control vehicle. The left side failed first now the right side. Extremely dangerous and I was lucky I…
Power TrainDec 2009
Last night the car was in drive but would keep kicking out of gear... I would push the gas, the engine would rev, but the car wouldn't go anywhere. I even rolled backwards down a hill on a highway and almost hit another car! I had to shut the car off, and restart it in order to…
Power TrainJun 2009
Was driving home from work ABS,traction and wrench light came on. A grinding noise started and felt like the brakes were being used even though I was touching the gas pedal. Could have caused a accident if I wasn't driving in a neighborhood. We now have a car sitting in our…
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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 1FMEU73E56UA95601 · decoded Nov 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.