The 2021 Ford Expedition has 420 owner-filed NHTSA complaints and 12 recalls on record. The most-reported areas are power train and engine. Owners most often flag 10-speed automatic transmission failures: very frequent reports of harsh shifting, jerking, clunking, banging, complete loss of acceleration, and total transmission failure requiring replacement, sometimes multiple times under 100,000 miles. frequency: very frequent.
Source: NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for 2021 Ford Expedition vehicles (US, public record).
Across the 10 Expedition model years we track, complaint volume runs from 3 (1996) to 1,007 (1999). With 420 complaints, the 2021 Expedition sits abovethe model's median of 315.
These are raw NHTSA complaint totals, not adjusted for how many cars sold or how long each model year has been on the road. Older and higher-selling years accumulate more complaints.
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Campaign 21V805000Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2022 Super Duty F-250, F-350, 2021 F-150, Expedition, and Lincoln Navigator vehicles. The front-door side impact pressure sensor modules may have been damaged during supplie…
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Campaign 22V250000Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2020-2021 F-150, Expedition, 2020-2022 Super Duty F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550, and 2020-2021 Lincoln Navigator vehicles. The windshield wiper arms may break, causing the wind…
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Campaign 22V346000Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2021 Expedition and Lincoln Navigator vehicles. An engine compartment fire may occur while driving or parked, even with the ignition in the "Off" position.
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Campaign 23V420000Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2018-2023 Expedition and Lincoln Navigator vehicles equipped with third-row seating; and 2019-2023 F-Super Duty F-250, F-350, F-450, and F-550 SuperCab vehicles. The owner's…
Mixed sentiment with a clear generational divide. Long-term owners of older models, particularly those with the 5.4L Triton V8 (e.g., 2013 model), report very high reliability with only routine maintenance required, describing them as…
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Used Expedition listings typically run $29,722–$73,294 across 2014 to 2026 model years.
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