Ford Expedition Engine Problems
1,788 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 26 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2003. Best year: 2025.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
TAMARA RECALL I WAS RECENTLY IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALED! I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 67 MPH AND HIT SOMETHING AT A DEAD STOP. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.
DIXIE DONELSON HAD ONLY PURCHASED HER FORD EXPEDITION THE MONTH PRIOR (EARLY JUNE), AND WAS JUST UNDERWAY FOR A TRIP TO VISIT HER DAUGHTER IN COLORADO. THE ORIGINAL POLICE REPORT DOCUMENTS HER LOSING CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE WITHIN THE FI...
Incident happened 06/26/2026. My wife was driving with our 4 kids down the highway to family event. My wife smelled a funny odor coming from the vents and was going to drive to the next exit and then noticed smoke. At that moment she was...
This was a rental vehicle hybrid, while driving on a highway, the vehicle first developed a flat tire. Afterward, while the vehicle was in motion, smoke appeared and the vehicle caught fire spontaneously. There was no collision or impact...
On May 16, 2026, my 2023 Ford Expedition with 6,197 miles caught fire while I was driving home from work. I smelled smoke inside the cabin, and within moments smoke began coming through the air vents. I pulled over and exited the vehicle...
I took my vehicle to the dealership to have all recall work done on Feb. 11th 2026. I was told i am up to date on all my recall work at that time. When I received my vehicle back It would intermittently just shut down for no apparent rea...
It made a loud boom I stopped thought it was a tire when I got out of the car flames started to come out of the driver side wheel well
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Hurricane Helene inundated our parking lot on September 27 with approximately 3-4 feet of storm surge. Many vehicles (20-25) were trapped and flooded. This vehicle caught fire and was totally consumed over the course of a 5-6 hour burn...
I was driving 70mph when suddenly a red alert on the dashboard said coolant alert 402 degrees the car was not heating up at all before that. I pulled to the side of the road right away. Smoke started coming out trunk ran and in less than...
The contact owns a 2022 Ford Expedition Max. The contact stated that while stopped with the brake pedal depressed in a parking lot, the vehicle accelerated inadvertently without warning. The vehicle crashed into the driver's side center ...
Vehicle caught fire on February 29, 2024, with family members inside the vehicle. The fire appeared to start under the hood on the right passenger side, which would directly correlate with the current open recall. The family had just mad...