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2005 Ford Expedition electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 76 complaints for the 2005 Ford Expedition, 17% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
76 17% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
73,000 miles 70 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 4
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2005 Ford Expedition Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 73,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 12 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 21 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 12 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 7 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 5 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 73,000 miles
Based on 70 complaints that include mileage. 29% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles4
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles12
60k to 80k miles21
80k to 100k miles12
100k to 120k miles7
120k to 140k miles5
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 70 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 73,000 miles, and 29% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 4 fires.

What owners wrote

Tl* - while driving a 2005 ford expedition at approximately at 5 MPH she noticed black smoke coming from the interior of the vehicle. The contact stated she had her phone charger plugged into the cigarette light adapter. The contact initially thought the fire was coming from under the hood, she then discovered the fire was coming from inside the car. The plastic around the phone charger caught fire. The contact poured baby formula on the flames to extinguish the fire. The failure mileage was 39,000.

Reported at 39,000 miles, February 2007 Fire

While driving our 2005 ford expedition the "check throttle" light came on. The car immediately quit running and fortunately I was able to coast to a stop. We called our ford dealership and was told they thought a recall had been issued for this problem. We took the car to the ford dealership and was told then that they could not find a recall for this problem. It costs us $626.37. We have since learned that there have been numerous complaints about this same problem on 2005 ford expeditions.

Reported at 89,923 miles, May 2009

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