The 2026 Ford Explorer carries the nameplate through one more model year – and just like its predecessor, the crossover offers a number of optional packages packed with all sorts of features from tech to aesthetic upgrades. Below, we’re taking a look at the 2026 Explorer packages, including content, availability, and pricing for each one.
As a reminder, the 2026 Explorer trim level lineup continues to include ST-Line, ST-Line Select, ST-Line Elite, Platinum, and PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle).
Each Tech Pack bundle includes handy technology upgrades for the 2026 Ford Escape. The first, Tech Pack #1, is tagged with order code 68B, and is offered on the Escape Active, ST-Line and ST-Line Select for $995. Note that it cannot be combined with Tech Pack #2.
This package includes the following content:
New for 2025, and available on the Active trim only, the Active Premium Tech Pack (option code 66N) contains everything in Tech Pack #1 plus more. This package, which costs $4,370, includes the following:
Tech Pack #2 is an upgraded version of Tech Pack #1, bundling all of the same technology and more. Tagged with option code 68C, it’s only offered on the ST-Line Select, and costs $3,700. It cannot be combined with Tech Pack #1, and includes the following:
Customers who live in cooler climates can opt for the Cold Weather Package. Identifiable by option code 19H, the Cold Weather Package is optional for the 2026 Escape Active and ST-Line, and costs $995. Content is as follows:
Tagged with option code 66D, the Premium Technology Package is available on the 2026 Ford Escape ST-Line Elite and Platinum trims. Priced at $1,910, this package includes the following:
Optional on the 2026 Ford Escape ST-Line Select, ST-Line Elite, Platinum and PHEV, the Class II Trailer Tow Package is a $495 choice tagged with code 536. Choosing this package significantly increases the Escape towing capacity. The following is included in this bundle:
As its name implies, the PHEV Premium Package is only offered on the 2026 Escape PHEV, where it costs $4,530. This option includes the following content:
The future of the Ford Escape seemed murky until a few months ago, when Ford Authority reported that the crossover would live to see the 2026 model year after all. With its unexpected return comes a handful of changes and updates, headlined by the deletion of the front-wheel-drive (FWD) hybrid powertrain. The hybrid isn’t going away entirely; it’s simply now offered exclusively with all-wheel-drive (AWD).
While the 2026 Ford Escape is officially on offer, its run may be brief. Availability will be limited to select U.S. states, as the model isn’t being built to meet California-compliant emissions standards, meaning it won’t be sold in California, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Oregon, and Washington and all CARB states.
Pricing for the 2026 Ford Escape starts at $30,350.
Amazing that that little of damage totaled it.
A pretty stellar example of the luxury sedan.
Still plenty of options for charging devices, though.
Stay tuned. We'll tell you the truth.
Now featuring the standard XLT wheel instead.
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At these absurd and inflated Escape prices, you'd think the Cold Weather Package would be standard as it is on a lot of the competition. How do you spell Gouging?
Article needs editing for use of "Explorer" instead of "Escape".