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2016 Ford Explorer Platinum

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Vehicle Details

VIN1FM5K8HT7GGC47168
TrimPlatinum
Exterior ColorBlack
Drivetrain4WD
Engine3.5L V6
TransmissionAutomatic
Fuel TypePremium Unleaded
Inventory Typeused
Days on Lot28

Federal records · buyer verification

2016 Ford Explorer

A component is listed below if NHTSA records a vehicle recall campaign, a manufacturer warranty extension or service campaign, or at least 10 distinct consumer complaints.

Recall campaigns

NHTSA lists these campaigns as covering certain 2016 Ford Explorer vehicles. One campaign can list several components, so adding these counts is not a way to total the campaigns — 14 vehicle campaigns are on record for this model-year.

  • Structure4 campaigns584 distinct complaints
  • Engine1 campaign482 distinct complaints
  • Power Train1 campaign214 distinct complaints
  • Fuel/Propulsion System1 campaign112 distinct complaints

    85 carried a usable odometer reading; the middle 50% of those readings fell between 4,900 and 41,000 miles.

  • Suspension3 campaigns73 distinct complaints

Federal law requires the manufacturer to remedy a safety recall at no cost to the owner — by repair, replacement or refund — for vehicles not more than 15 years old on the date the defect was determined.

Parts are sometimes on back-order and some remedies are interim, so a dealer may not be able to complete the work immediately. A specific vehicle’s current recall status is available through NHTSA’s VIN recall lookup.

OAV lists only communications filed as warranty extensions or service campaigns. Ford filed 198 other service communications for this model year; those are not listed.

These federal records are not an input to OAV’s price verdict.

These records describe the 2016 model-year, not any individual vehicle, and are not an inspection. One complaint can be recorded against more than one component, so counts do not sum to the model-year total. Service records for any component listed here are worth requesting from the seller. Showing 5 of 18 components with records above OAV’s publication floor — see all 18 for this model-year.

Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. Mileage is self-reported and frequently rounded. Complaint records as of 2026-09-21. Recall records as of 2026-09-21. Manufacturer communications as of 2026-09-21.

Platinum

Fair Price
$15,445113,035 mi

New Castle, DE 19720

Is this 2016 Ford Explorer Platinum a good deal?

OAV verdict: Fair Price

Why: Listed at $15,445, comparable market range $7,799–$17,986, based on 53 comparable listings.

Market context (not a verdict input): Listed 28 days · about typical for comparable local listings (typical ~30–75 days).

Market price position

$15,445 · within market range

Comparable range
$7,799 – $17,986
vs. market
$7,646 above low · $2,541 below high
Comparable vehicles
53

Market Retail Price (MRP™)

$12,893

This vehicle $15,445 · $2,552 (20%) above MRP

MRP™ is the midpoint of the comparable market range — the representative price the market is asking for similar vehicles. How MRP works.

True Retail Value (TRV™)

$14,988

This vehicle $15,445 · $457 (3%) above TRV

TRV™ is the average paid price for cars like this in the last 60 days (sold data through 2026-09-26) — an estimate, not an appraisal. How TRV works.

Comparable vehicles nationally recently sold in an estimated 12–44 days.

What does Demand-Verified mean?

Local Market Range

Comparable listings in this vehicle's local market, rebuilt from the market snapshot shown above.

Local Range$15,990 – $15,990

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New Castle, DE

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About This 2016 Ford Explorer

Listing updated: Sep 26, 2026

Listed by a franchise dealer in New Castle, DE · On lot for 28 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA

This used 2016 Ford Explorer Platinum is listed at $15,445 by carman lincoln in New Castle, DE 19720. It has 113,035 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). The exterior color is Black. It features a 4WD drivetrain with a 3.5L V6 engine and Automatic transmission.

OAV's independent, evidence-backed Price-to-Market analysis rates this vehicle as Fair Price — priced in line with the supported comparable range. Based on 53 comparable listings matched to this vehicle, the estimated market range is $7,799 to $17,986. These comparisons match year, make, and model, using trim where the data supports it. OAV does not adjust comparable prices for mileage — every price shown is the real advertised price. On used vehicles, mileage can still cause OAV to withhold a verdict — very high or unreliable mileage, or a lower price better explained by higher-than-typical mileage than by a genuine market discount — rather than call it a deal it can't support.

This vehicle has been on the lot for 28 days.

Analysis powered by OAV's patented inventory standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477). Verdict methodology ptm-verdict-v1 · snapshot Sep 26, 2026. The comparable band (patent pending) is the input; ptm-verdict-v1 is the versioned OAV rule set that turns it into this verdict.

Market context

This listing is part of OAV's broader New Castle, DE suvs market analysis. OAV rates each vehicle against its comparable range and comparable count — local-first, widening the comparison set only when local inventory is too thin to support a reliable range; days-on-lot and demand signals are shown separately, not as verdict inputs.

How this deal is rated

OAV compares this 2016 Ford Explorer against similar vehicles currently available for sale — same make, model, and year range, using trim where the data supports it. OAV does not adjust comparable prices for mileage; on used vehicles it withholds a verdict when mileage would distort the comparison — very high or unreliable mileage, or a lower price better explained by higher-than-typical mileage than by a genuine market discount — rather than overstate a deal. Based on where this listing falls in that comparable set, it is rated:

  • Great Deal — priced below the comparable-range floor by at least OAV's minimum-gap margin; a smaller gap under the floor is Fair Price.
  • Fair Price — priced within the comparable range, or below the floor by less than that margin.
  • Overpriced — priced above the comparable range.
  • Unscored — OAV withholds a verdict when the evidence cannot support one: too few or too widely spread comparables, a price it cannot validate, a branded or salvage title, or mileage that would distort the comparison. The listing stays visible; only the rating is withheld.

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How this listing is verified

This vehicle listing was aggregated from a franchise dealer in New Castle, DE, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN 1FM5K8HT7GGC47168 can be independently verified via the U.S. Department of Transportation's NHTSA VIN decoder, and safety recalls at NHTSA's recall database.

Vehicle attributes (year, make, model, trim, mileage, location) are standardized using OAV's patented vehicle market standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477), which normalizes naming conventions and deduplicates cross-listed inventory across the dealership network. Listing data is processed daily; Price-to-Market analysis uses comparable vehicles.

2016 Ford Explorer Market in DE

DE Market Listings

35

Average Price

$14,487

Price Range

$10,218–$17,897

Avg Days on Lot

46

Based on all 35 2014-2018 Ford Explorer listings in the DE market, the average asking price is $14,487. This listing at $15,445 is $958 above the broader DE average (7% above the DE average). This is a wider, all-trim comparison across DE; OAV's price verdict above uses the closer comparable set. Comparable prices in DE range from $10,218 to $17,897. Similar vehicles spend an average of 46 days on dealer lots in this market.

Similar Ford Explorer Listings in DE

8 similar listings shown (closest matches by model year and mileage) (subject trim: Platinum — compare trims below)

This is a broad, statewide same-model set (any trim, mileage, or title) — not the qualified comparable cohort behind the verdict above; lower prices here typically reflect a different trim, higher mileage, or a branded title.