NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Ford Expedition Recalls
The 2000 Ford Expedition has 11 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 7, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Ford Expedition. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 11
- Owner complaints
- 890
- Crashes reported
- 55
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
199 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Ford Expedition, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
11 recalls on the 2000 Ford Expedition
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 05V388000
- Reported
- September 7, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,500,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Expedition, 3 other models
Vehicle speed control: cruise control
- Campaign
- 05V017000
- Reported
- January 27, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 738,490
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 03V094000
- Reported
- March 7, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Expedition, 9 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 02V239000
- Reported
- September 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 80,254
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 120, tire and rim selection for vehicles other than cars
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 01V258000
- Reported
- August 8, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,083,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Expedition, 14 other models
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 00V396000
- Reported
- November 28, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 495,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Expedition, 4 other models
Trailer hitches
- Campaign
- 00V073000
- Reported
- March 7, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 565,800
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Tires: tread/belt
- Campaign
- 01X001000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Expedition, 5 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002, 2005–2006 Expedition, 24 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E060000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Expedition, 12 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E067000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Expedition, 1 other model
2000 Ford Expedition complaints by year
NHTSA has received 890 owner complaints about the 2000 Ford Expedition, the newest on July 2, 2026. Of these, 55 describe a crash (6%) and 199 a fire; owners reported 43 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2000 Ford Expedition, the component group named most often is the electrical system (24%), followed by the tires (19%) and the vehicle speed control (14%).
1 of the 2000 Ford Expedition's 11 recalls also concerns the tires.
Where 2000 Ford Expedition owners gave the mileage (443 complaints), the median was 91,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System214
- Tires172
- Vehicle Speed Control124
- Engine And Engine Cooling116
- Visibility67
- Suspension63
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 77 | |
| 2001 | 77 | |
| 2002 | 86 | |
| 2003 | 90 | |
| 2004 | 87 | |
| 2005 | 138 | |
| 2006 | 47 | |
| 2007 | 54 | |
| 2008 | 55 | |
| 2009 | 40 | |
| 2010 | 35 | |
| 2011 | 21 | |
| 2012 | 18 | |
| 2013 | 15 | |
| 2014 | 15 | |
| 2015 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Ford Expedition peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 138. 37% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Ford Expedition drew 3.6× the complaints of the median Ford Expedition year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 22 ranked years.
That makes 2000 one of the Ford Expedition years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
The 890 complaints about the 2000 Ford Expedition are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Expedition by model year
Other 2000 Ford models
Newest record on this page: July 2, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted