2018 Ford Expedition — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 479 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)147 (30.7%)Official recall records for this system: 21, covering model years 1997–2023.
• Engine121 (25.3%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 2020–2025.
• Electrical system33 (6.9%)Official recall records for this system: 11, covering model years 1997–2026.
• Suspension24 (5.0%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 1997–2019.
• Lights23 (4.8%)Official recall records for this system: 16, covering model years 1997–2026.
• Speed control & accelerator15 (3.1%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1997–2002.

Other / uncategorized: 32 classifications (6.7%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (18,566 records, model years 1997–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and electrical system.
• Safety recalls (265 records, model years 1997–2026) are most frequently classified under: lights, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and electrical system.
• Transport Canada recalls (189 records, model years 1997–2026) are most frequently classified under: visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors), brakes and seat belts.
• Manufacturer communications (5,226 records, model years 1997–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and equipment & accessories.
• Investigations (68 records, model years 1997–2022) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, speed control & accelerator and seat belts.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 129reports included a mileage
• 62,088average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1997 1,250 records for 1997 1,250
2. 1998 1,147 records for 1998 1,147
3. 1999 1,260 records for 1999 1,260
4. 2000 1,117 records for 2000 1,117
5. 2001 745 records for 2001 745
6. 2002 450 records for 2002 450
7. 2003 774 records for 2003 774
8. 2004 393 records for 2004 393
9. 2005 388 records for 2005 388
10. 2006 341 records for 2006 341
11. 2007 253 records for 2007 253
12. 2008 183 records for 2008 183
13. 2009 63 records for 2009 63
14. 2010 97 records for 2010 97
15. 2011 113 records for 2011 113
16. 2012 189 records for 2012 189
17. 2013 165 records for 2013 165
18. 2014 131 records for 2014 131
19. 2015 242 records for 2015 242
20. 2016 336 records for 2016 336
21. 2017 479 records for 2017 479
22. 2018 563 records for 2018 563
23. 2019 662 records for 2019 662
24. 2020 613 records for 2020 613
25. 2021 394 records for 2021 394
26. 2022 336 records for 2022 336
27. 2023 238 records for 2023 238
28. 2024 189 records for 2024 189
29. 2025 176 records for 2025 176
30. 2026 55 records for 2026 55

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 8mention a crash
• 2mention a fire
• 25mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 14
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 165
• Investigations NHTSA 1
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 11
• Owner complaints NHTSA 372

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0087 in 2 records
• P025A in 1 record
• P0729 in 1 record
• P0731 in 1 record
• P0732 in 1 record
• P0733 in 1 record
• P0734 in 1 record
• P0735 in 1 record
• P0736 in 1 record
• P0751 in 1 record
• P0752 in 1 record
• P0756 in 1 record

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.