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Model year 2021 · U625 (2020–present)

2021 Ford Explorer specs

The 2021 Ford Explorer tows 3,000–5,600 lb, weighs 4,458–4,969 lb at the curb and measures 198.8 in long, by configuration, per Ford’s own documents.

We hold 5 configurations of the 2021 Explorer, and Ford gives a figure for every one.

Retail configurations
5
Documents
3
2022 Timberline 2.3L EcoBoost I4 4WD, drawn to scale from its published dimensions.

01 / Configurations

Every 2021 Explorer configuration

5 retail configurations sold in 2021, 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.

20215 configurations
2021 Ford Explorer U625: every configuration with its numbers
ConfigurationMax towingCurb weight
All trims 2.3L EcoBoost I4 RWD3,000 lb5,300 lb14,458 lb
All trims 2.3L EcoBoost I4 4WD3,000 lb5,300 lb14,458 lb
All trims 3.0L EcoBoost V6 4WD5,600 lb4,458 lb
All trims 3.3L Hybrid V6 RWD3,000 lb5,000 lb14,969 lb
All trims 3.3L Hybrid V6 4WD3,000 lb5,000 lb14,969 lb

MakerSources: 2021 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide · Canadian Vehicle Specifications, 2021 Ford Explorer (NHTSA vPIC GetCanadianVehicleSpecifications, metric)

  1. 1 With the Class III / IV Trailer Tow Package (52T): 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 2021

The 2021 Explorer against the 2020, the previous model year we hold. Only what Ford’s documents show: nothing here is inferred.

  • Dropped: 4 configurations (Limited 2.3L EcoBoost I4 RWD, Limited 2.3L EcoBoost I4 4WD, Limited 3.3L Hybrid V6 RWD and Limited 3.3L Hybrid V6 4WD).
  • Curb weight: 4,458–4,969 lb (2020: 4,345–4,969 lb).
  • Same range as the 2020: towing and length.
  • Curb weight differs on 1 of 5 configurations sold in both years: +113 lb.

03 / Sources

The 2021 documents

3 documents behind the 2021 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 U625Every U625 configuration, model year by model year, with clearance, angles and weights (2020–present).Open the U625 specs2021 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.