Model year 2025 · U625 (2020–present)

2025 Ford Explorer specs

The 2025 Ford Explorer tows 5,000 lb, has 7.6–8.2 in of ground clearance, weighs 4,303–4,631 lb at the curb and measures 198.8 in long, by configuration, per Ford’s own documents.

We hold 10 configurations of the 2025 Explorer, and Ford gives a figure for every one.

Retail configurations: 10
Documents: 3

2025 Platinum 2.3L EcoBoost I4 RWD, drawn to scale from its published dimensions.

01 / Configurations

Every 2025 Explorer configuration

10 retail configurations sold in 2025, 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, towing and clearance and angles.

202510 configurations

2025 Ford Explorer U625: every configuration with its numbers
Configuration	Ground clearance	Approach	Breakover	Departure	Max towing	Curb weight	Tires
Active 2.3L EcoBoost I4 RWD	7.6 in	19.7°	16.5°	21.5°	5,000 lb	4,303 lb¹	P255/65R18
Active 2.3L EcoBoost I4 4WD	7.6 in	19.7°	16.5°	21.5°	5,000 lb	4,303 lb¹	P255/65R18
ST-Line 2.3L EcoBoost I4 RWD	7.6 in	19.7°	16.5°	21.5°	5,000 lb	4,303 lb¹	P255/55R20
ST-Line 2.3L EcoBoost I4 4WD	7.6 in	19.7°	16.5°	21.5°	5,000 lb	4,303 lb¹	P255/55R20
ST 3.0L EcoBoost V6 RWD	7.8 in	19.7°	16.8°	20.6°	5,000 lb	4,631 lb²	P275/45R21
ST 3.0L EcoBoost V6 4WD	7.8 in	19.7°	16.8°	20.6°	5,000 lb	4,631 lb²	P275/45R21
Platinum 2.3L EcoBoost I4 RWD	8.2 in	20.5°	17.6°	21.1°	5,000 lb	4,303 lb¹	P255/55R20
Platinum 3.0L EcoBoost V6 RWD	8.2 in	20.5°	17.6°	21.1°	5,000 lb	4,458 lb	P255/55R20
Platinum 2.3L EcoBoost I4 4WD	8.2 in	20.5°	17.6°	21.1°	5,000 lb	4,303 lb¹	P255/55R20
Platinum 3.0L EcoBoost V6 4WD	8.2 in	20.5°	17.6°	21.1°	5,000 lb	4,458 lb	P255/55R20

MakerSources: 2025 Ford Explorer Technical Specifications · 2025 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide · Canadian Vehicle Specifications, 2025 Ford Explorer (NHTSA vPIC GetCanadianVehicleSpecifications, metric)

¹ Ford’s documents disagree: 4,303 lb (spec book) vs 4,458 lb (government data).
² Ford’s documents disagree: 4,631 lb (spec book) vs 4,458 lb (government data).

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 2025

The 2025 Explorer against the 2024, the previous model year we hold. Only what Ford’s documents show: nothing here is inferred.

Added: 10 configurations (Active 2.3L EcoBoost I4 RWD, Active 2.3L EcoBoost I4 4WD, ST-Line 2.3L EcoBoost I4 RWD, ST-Line 2.3L EcoBoost I4 4WD, ST 3.0L EcoBoost V6 RWD and 5 more).
Dropped: 5 configurations (All trims 2.3L EcoBoost I4 RWD, All trims 2.3L EcoBoost I4 4WD, All trims 3.0L EcoBoost V6 RWD, All trims 3.0L EcoBoost V6 4WD and Timberline 2.3L EcoBoost I4 4WD).
Towing: 5,000 lb (2024: 3,000–5,600 lb).
Ground clearance: 7.6–8.2 in (2024: 7.9–8.7 in).
Curb weight: 4,303–4,631 lb (2024: 4,345–4,458 lb).
Length: 198.8 in (2024: 198.8–199.0 in).

03 / Tires

2025 Explorer stock tire sizes

The tire sizes Ford fits at the factory in 2025, the standard ones first.

2025 Ford Explorer stock tire sizes, with the configurations they are fitted to
Tire size	Wheel	Diameternominal
P255/65R18Standard: Active	18 in	31.1 in
P255/55R20Standard: ST-Line; Platinum	20 in	31.0 in
P275/45R21Standard: ST	21 in	30.7 in

Explorer tire sizes, with wheel specs and what bigger tires change

04 / Sources

The 2025 documents

3 documents behind the 2025 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 Oct 12, 2026. 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.

05 / 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 specs 2025 Explorer towingMax towing, GCWR, payload and tongue weight for every rated configuration.See the towing table Explorer tire sizesStock tire and wheel sizes by trim, and what bigger tires change.See tire sizes Explorer 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.