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Ford Expedition by model year

12,123 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Ford Expedition across 31 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

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Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Ford Expedition 0 750 1,500 1997: 1,065 '97 1998: 1,022 1999: 1,137 '99 2000: 1,136 2001: 742 '01 2002: 415 2003: 800 '03 2004: 384 2005: 452 '05 2006: 395 2007: 267 '07 2008: 179 2009: 42 '09 2010: 74 2011: 92 '11 2012: 167 2013: 116 '13 2014: 97 2015: 229 '15 2016: 282 2017: 481 '17 2018: 494 2019: 672 '19 2020: 572 2021: 311 '21 2022: 182 2023: 95 '23 2024: 124 2025: 70 '25 2026: 19
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
19971,065
19981,022
19991,137
20001,136
2001742
2002415
2003800
2004384
2005452
2006395
2007267
2008179
200942
201074
201192
2012167
2013116
201497
2015229
2016282
2017481
2018494
2019672
2020572
2021311
2022182
202395
2024124
202570
202619

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2027 2 18
2026 19 2 18 to 19
2025 70 Forward collision avoidance (14%) 6 18 to 19 5 stars
2024 124 Forward collision avoidance (15%) 7 17 to 19 5 stars
2023 95 Electrical system (19%) 8 17 to 19 5 stars
2022 182 Forward collision avoidance (13%) 12 17 to 19 5 stars
2021 311 Drivetrain & axles (36%) 12 18 to 19 5 stars
2020 572 Drivetrain & axles (46%) 18 18 to 19 5 stars
2019 672 Drivetrain & axles (32%) 11 18 to 20 5 stars
2018 494 Drivetrain & axles (30%) 14 18 to 20 5 stars
2017 481 Electrical system (19%) 4 16 to 18 5 stars
2016 282 Brakes (18%) 3 16 to 18 5 stars
2015 229 Electrical system (20%) 3 16 to 18 5 stars
2014 97 Drivetrain & axles (33%) 15 to 16 4 stars
2013 116 Drivetrain & axles (35%) 15 to 16 4 stars
2012 167 Drivetrain & axles (37%) 3 15 to 16 4 stars
2011 92 Drivetrain & axles (24%) 13 to 16
2010 74 Electrical system (14%) 14 to 16
2009 42 Body & structure (19%) 1 16
2008 179 Brakes (20%) 3 14
2007 267 Fuel system (14%) 2 15
2006 395 Engine (41%) 2 14
2005 452 Engine (23%) 14
2004 384 Engine (14%) 13 to 15
2003 800 Engine (21%) 1 14
2002 415 Engine (29%) 2 13 to 16
2001 742 Engine (19%) 6 13 to 16
2000 1,136 Electrical system (19%) 7 13 to 15
1999 1,137 Engine (24%) 5 12 to 14
1998 1,022 Suspension (15%) 5 13 to 15
1997 1,065 Suspension (14%) 7 13 to 15