Editing Ford Explorer (section)

=== Safety and security ===
Safety features include: Dual front adaptive SRS airbags, dual front-seat side-impact airbags, dual rear safety belt airbags (beginning first quarter, 2011), and side curtain head, torso and rollover protection airbags. Other optional safety features include BLIS [[blind spot information system]] with [[Intersection assistant|rear cross traffic alert]], [[forward collision warning with brake support]] [[precrash system]], [[Auto high-beam]], [[Roll Stability Control]] (RSC), [[Electronic stability control]] (ESC) and [[Curve Control]].

The fifth-generation Explorer was the first-ever vehicle to be equipped with dual rear [[inflatable safety belt]]s. Airbags are sewn into the inside of the seat belts, and inflate with cold air to prevent burns. Ford claims it will be released as an option and to introduce inflatable seat belts on other Ford models eventually.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 5, 2009 |title=2011 Ford Explorer Will Offer Inflatable Seatbelts to Rear Seat Passengers – Automotive News & Car Rumors at Automobile Magazine |url=http://rumors.automobilemag.com/6574402/news/2011-ford-explorer-will-offer-inflatable-seatbelts-to-rear-seat-passengers/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100519123200/http://rumors.automobilemag.com/6574402/news/2011-ford-explorer-will-offer-inflatable-seatbelts-to-rear-seat-passengers/index.html |archive-date=May 19, 2010 |access-date=October 7, 2010 |website=Rumors.automobilemag.com}}</ref>

====NHTSA====
{| class="wikitable"	
|+[[National Highway Traffic Safety Administration|NHTSA]] Ford Explorer:<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.safercar.gov/Vehicle+Shoppers/5-Star+Safety+Ratings/2011-Newer+Vehicles/Search-Results?searchtype=model&make=FORD&model=EXPLORER&year= |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160106230219/http://www.safercar.gov/Vehicle+Shoppers/5-Star+Safety+Ratings/2011-Newer+Vehicles/Search-Results?searchtype=model&make=FORD&model=EXPLORER&year= |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 6, 2016 |title=2011 & Newer – Search Results: Ford Explorer – Safercar – National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) |work=safercar.gov }}</ref>
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|Overall <small>(2013–present)</small>	
|{{rating|5|5}}	
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|Overall <small>(2012)</small>	
|{{rating|4|5}}	
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|Frontal Driver	
|{{rating|4|5}}
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|Frontal Passenger <small>(2013–present)</small>	
|{{rating|5|5}}	
|-
|Frontal Passenger <small>(2012)</small>
|{{rating|4|5}}	
|-
|Side Driver	
|{{rating|5|5}}
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|Side Passenger	
|{{rating|5|5}}	
|-	
|Side Pole Driver	
|{{rating|5|5}}	
|-	
|Rollover FWD
|{{rating|4|5}} / <small>16.9%</small>	
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|[[Vehicle rollover|Rollover]] AWD
|{{rating|4|5}} / <small>17.4%</small>
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Ford Explorer [[Insurance Institute for Highway Safety|IIHS]] scores<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/vehicle/v/ford/explorer|title= Ford Explorer|work= iihs.org|access-date= April 10, 2014|archive-date= April 13, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140413142124/http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/vehicle/v/ford/explorer|url-status= dead}}</ref>
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|Moderate overlap frontal offset||Good
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|Small overlap frontal offset (passenger side)||Poor
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|Small overlap frontal offset (driver side)||Marginal*<small>(2013–2019)</small> 
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|Side impact||Good
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|Roof strength||Good
|}
<sup>*vehicle structure rated "Poor"</sup>