The median 2013 Ford Explorer in the Canadian market sits at $8,999. That's your anchor. If a seller is asking well north of that without a reason you can point to, they're testing the water.
Most of these land between $5,500 and $9,000, and that spread tells you something. The gap between the low end and the median is wide, so condition and history are doing a lot of the pricing work here. A clean example near the top of the range and a rougher one near $5,500 are the same vehicle on paper. What separates them is service records, accident history, and how hard the previous owner leaned on it.
What the mileage tells you
The typical 2013 Explorer on the market has about 254,865 km on it. That's real distance. At this age, you're not paying for a low-km find, you're paying for one that was looked after. Ask for maintenance receipts and check whether the big-ticket stuff has been done. On a truck with a quarter-million kilometres, a documented service trail is worth more than a couple hundred dollars off the sticker.
So where does that leave a buyer? Treat $8,999 as fair for a solid, well-kept one and push toward the middle-to-low $6,000s for anything with gaps in the record or cosmetic wear. Under $5,500 usually means something needs sorting, so budget for it.
Numbers reflect live listings across Canada over the last 90 days, filtered for outliers. Data as of . Prices in CAD.