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Model year 2012 · U502 (2011–2019)

2012 Ford Explorer specs

The 2012 Ford Explorer tows 2,000–5,000 lb, weighs 4,557–4,731 lb at the curb and measures 197.2 in long, by configuration, per Ford’s own documents.

We hold 3 configurations of the 2012 Explorer, and Ford gives a figure for every one.

Retail configurations
3
Documents
3
2016 Sport 3.5L EcoBoost V6 4WD, drawn to scale from its published dimensions.

01 / Configurations

Every 2012 Explorer configuration

3 retail configurations sold in 2012, each with the figures Ford publishes for it. A number a factory package raises shows under the configuration’s own. Ford gives figures for weights, dimensions and towing.

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2012 Ford Explorer U502: every configuration with its numbers
ConfigurationMax towingCurb weight
All trims 3.5L Ti-VCT V6 FWD2,000 lb5,000 lb14,557 lb
All trims 3.5L Ti-VCT V6 4WD2,000 lb5,000 lb14,731 lb
All trims 2.0L EcoBoost I4 FWD2,000 lb4,557 lb

MakerSources: 2012 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide · Canadian Vehicle Specifications, 2012 Ford Explorer (NHTSA vPIC GetCanadianVehicleSpecifications, metric)

  1. 1 With the Class III Trailer Tow Package (52T; Heavy-Duty Trailer Tow Package in 2011-2015 guides): the maker’s figure for the configuration with that factory option.

A dash means the maker’s documents we have don’t give that number for that configuration, and a column with no number for any configuration of the year isn’t shown. “Door label” means the maker prints it only on each vehicle’s certification label, and “not published” that the maker doesn’t print it, or points elsewhere. “Up to” is a ceiling the maker prints over several configurations; a range is the maker’s own, printed across the grades of that configuration.

02 / What changed

New for 2012

The 2012 Explorer against the 2011, the previous model year we hold. Only what Ford’s documents show: nothing here is inferred.

  • Added: 1 configuration (All trims 2.0L EcoBoost I4 FWD).
  • Same range as the 2011: towing, curb weight and length.

03 / Sources

The 2012 documents

3 documents behind the 2012 Explorer’s figures. The maker’s own come first; a third-party page fills in only a number the maker doesn’t publish, and wears its own mark.

Documents last checked . How we read them and what the marks mean: how we source the numbers. A figure doesn’t match its document? Report a wrong number.

04 / Keep going

More on the Explorer

Explorer U502Every U502 configuration, model year by model year, with clearance, angles and weights (2011–2019).Open the U502 specs2012 Explorer towingMax towing, GCWR, payload and tongue weight for every rated configuration.See the towing tableExplorer tire sizesStock tire and wheel sizes by trim, and what bigger tires change.See tire sizesExplorer specsEvery generation, the spec plate and the rig builder.Open the model page

These are Ford’s published figures for the models it describes, not a weighbridge or a tape measure; your own vehicle’s options change them. Found a figure that doesn’t match the document? Tell us.