2004 Ford Expedition problems
The 2004 Ford Expedition has 384 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (14%) concerns engine. After that come air bags (13%) and brakes (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 384 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 14% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 60 and 16
- Injuries and deaths
- 76 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 80,000 miles 287 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 62 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 30 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 19 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 28 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 40 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 33 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 23 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 17 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 10 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 13 |
| 200k+ miles | 12 |
What the data shows
Among the 287 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 80,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 110,000 miles (43 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 60 complaints mention a crash; 16 complaints mention a fire; 76 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 92% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2004 ranks 15th most-complained-about out of 29 model years of the Ford Expedition with enough data (191 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
My husband was driving down a county road at around 9:00 pm in our 2004 eddie bauer edition expedition ,from dps it was told he could have been going at a rate of up to 100 MPH when he reached a curve he missed it and tried to get back on the road but lost control of the vehicle which flipped multiple times ,the only airbags that deployed were the side airbags even though there was very serious front end damage the frontal driver and passenger airbags did not deploy ,which could have saved his life.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford expedition. While driving approximately 40 MPH under dry conditions, a vehicle cut in front of the contact while making a left turn. The contact crashed into the other vehicle and the air bags failed to deploy. As a result, the driver and passenger were injured and had to be taken to the hospital. The vehicle has not been taken to the dealer and is in storage for insurance observation. The contact has a police and fire report. The engine size was unknown.
We were driving with continental tires (p265/70r17113s) on an arizona highway when our rear right tire separated. Our vehicle immediately veered to the left and went up a guardrail with a 30' drop below. Our vehicle (ford expedition) flipped 360 degrees, landing on its passenger side. The vehicle was well maintained. The tires had sufficient tread. The authorities on site took pictures of the tread separation and recommended reporting this as the tire appeared to be defective.
1. We were driving to go on vacation on I-95 in georgia when the car became out of control we spun and hit a guard rail before we came to a stop. The car had to be towed. There was over 6500.00 in damage to my vehicle. The insurance paid for 3 tires but not the one that caused the accident.
Vehicle lost power for 3-5 seconds at highway speeds approximately 65 MPH on three separate events. Vehicle slowed down due to power loss while in heavy traffic. Three other times at idle speed in drive and in park engine stalled and immediately restarted. Loss of power steering due to engine not running when stall event happened. I performed inspection of fuel pump relay which is internal to passenger side fuse block.