What is it like to own a 2016 Ford Explorer in NYC?
1,332 are registered in the five boroughs. Here is what they cost to fuel, what owners report to NHTSA, and which recalls are open.
There are 1,332 2016 Ford Explorers actively registered in New York City, most of them in Queens at 503. EPA rates it at 18 to 22 MPG combined. NHTSA lists 15 safety recall campaigns covering this vehicle and holds 3,053 complaints submitted by owners and drivers.
- Registered in NYC
- 1,332
- Combined MPG
- 18 to 22
- Recall campaigns
- 15
- Complaints to NHTSA
- 3,053
Data: NYS DMV August 17, 2026 snapshot, NHTSA and EPA as of August 17, 2026
Will I see myself coming and going?
1,332 2016 Ford Explorers are actively registered in New York City, across 5 of the five boroughs. Queens has the most at 503, and Manhattan the fewest at 132.
| Borough | Registered | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Queens | 503 | 37.8% |
| Brooklyn | 289 | 21.7% |
| The Bronx | 263 | 19.7% |
| Staten Island | 145 | 10.9% |
| Manhattan | 132 | 9.9% |
| All five boroughs | 1,332 | 100% |
What will fuel cost me?
EPA rates the 2016 Ford Explorer at 18 to 22 MPG combined across its 7 EPA configurations, 16 to 19 in the city and 22 to 27 on the highway. City driving is the lower end of that in practice, and New York is city driving.
| Configuration | City | Highway | Combined | Annual fuel cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3L, 4-cyl, Automatic (S6), Front-Wheel Drive | 19 | 27 | 22 | $2,800 |
| 2.3L, 4-cyl, Automatic (S6), All-Wheel Drive | 18 | 26 | 21 | $2,950 |
| 3.5L, 6-cyl, Automatic (S6), Front-Wheel Drive | 17 | 24 | 20 | $3,100 |
| 3.5L, 6-cyl, Automatic (S6), Front-Wheel Drive | 17 | 24 | 20 | $3,100 |
| 3.5L, 6-cyl, Automatic (S6), All-Wheel Drive | 16 | 23 | 19 | $3,250 |
| 3.5L, 6-cyl, Automatic (S6), All-Wheel Drive | 16 | 23 | 19 | $3,250 |
Six of 7 configurations shown. The full table is on the specs page, with engine, drive, transmission and fuel type for each.
What goes wrong with it?
Owners and drivers have submitted 3,053 complaints about the 2016 Ford Explorer to NHTSA, across 39 component categories. The most reported is structure, with 584. These are reports, not confirmed defects and not a failure rate: a car that sold well collects more of them than a rare one for no reason other than that more people own it.
| Component | Complaints submitted | Latest report |
|---|---|---|
| Structure | 584 | July 17, 2026 |
| Steering | 535 | June 25, 2026 |
| Unknown or other | 425 | July 27, 2026 |
| Engine | 380 | July 3, 2026 |
| Power train | 216 | July 26, 2026 |
| Electrical system | 128 | July 3, 2026 |
| Engine and engine cooling | 115 | May 20, 2026 |
| Fuel/propulsion system | 104 | July 3, 2026 |
A complaint is somebody telling the federal government that something happened to their car. It has not been investigated, confirmed or agreed to by the manufacturer, and the count says as much about how many of these were sold as about the car itself. If you want to know what a symptom means rather than how often it is reported, the symptoms guide is the page for that.
Is mine affected by a recall?
NHTSA lists 15 safety recall campaigns covering the 2016 Ford Explorer. A campaign covers a range of vehicles, not every one built, so the only way to know whether yours is included is to check your own VIN against NHTSA's lookup.
| Campaign | Component | Reported |
|---|---|---|
| 26V448000 | Structure:body | July 14, 2026 |
| 25V685000 | Equipment:electrical:engine block heater | October 10, 2025 |
| 25V347000 | Structure:body | May 23, 2025 |
| 24V031000 | Structure:body:roof and pillars | January 19, 2024 |
| 21V537000 | Suspension:rear | July 15, 2021 |
Who works on Explorers in Brooklyn?
We do. Nacmias Service Center is at 619 Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn, family owned since 1977: diagnostics, brakes, suspension, engine and transmission work on the Explorer. If it will not start where it sits, the flatbed that brings it in is ours too.
Registration counts: New York State DMV registration file, five New York City counties, August 17, 2026 snapshot. A registration is a record in a state database, not a car on the road, and the borough is where the registrant receives mail rather than where the car is driven. How we counted.
Fuel economy: EPA and DOE ratings published at FuelEconomy.gov, unaveraged, so each configuration is its own row. Recalls and complaints: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, the agency's own wording, as ingested August 17, 2026. Complaints are reports members of the public filed, not confirmed defects. The NYC registration study is the analysis these counts sit on top of.
234 vehicles in this directory, covering 520,848 registered cars. Data as of August 17, 2026.