The Chicago Assembly Plant has been the exclusive production home of the Ford Explorer for more than a decade. In 2019, Ford spent $1 billion to transform the nearly century-old facility on the city’s Southeast Side, which phased out production of the Taurus sedan to focus on building SUVs, including the Explorer, Lincoln Aviator and Police Interceptor.
Ford recalls 661,000 Chicago-built Explorer SUVs over concerns of roof rail cover detaching
