NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Ford Expedition Recalls
The 2001 Ford Expedition has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 7, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Ford Expedition. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 578
- Crashes reported
- 38
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
95 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Ford Expedition, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2001 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 2000, 2002 Expedition, 3 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 03V094000
- Reported
- March 7, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 Expedition, 9 other models
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 2000 Expedition, 14 other models
Seat belts: front: buckle assembly
- Campaign
- 01V227001
- Reported
- July 16, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,400,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 12 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 01V082000
- Reported
- March 12, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 268
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 5 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 2000 Expedition, 4 other models
Tires: tread/belt
- Campaign
- 01X001000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Expedition, 5 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002, 2005–2006 Expedition, 24 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E060000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Expedition, 12 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E067000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Expedition, 1 other model
2001 Ford Expedition complaints by year
NHTSA has received 578 owner complaints about the 2001 Ford Expedition, the newest on September 2, 2026. Of these, 38 describe a crash (7%) and 95 a fire; owners reported 63 injuries and 5 deaths.
In complaints about the 2001 Ford Expedition, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (21%), followed by the electrical system (20%) and the vehicle speed control (17%).
1 of the 2001 Ford Expedition's 10 recalls also concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2001 Ford Expedition owners gave the mileage (375 complaints), the median was 91,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling122
- Electrical System118
- Vehicle Speed Control101
- Tires59
- Visibility41
- Power Train40
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 30 | |
| 2002 | 47 | |
| 2003 | 54 | |
| 2004 | 55 | |
| 2005 | 78 | |
| 2006 | 41 | |
| 2007 | 46 | |
| 2008 | 45 | |
| 2009 | 33 | |
| 2010 | 43 | |
| 2011 | 32 | |
| 2012 | 11 | |
| 2013 | 19 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2001 Ford Expedition peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 78. 32% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Ford Expedition drew 2.3× the complaints of the median Ford Expedition year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 22 ranked years.
That makes 2001 one of the Ford Expedition years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Rollover: 2/5
The 578 complaints about the 2001 Ford Expedition are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Expedition by model year
Other 2001 Ford models
Newest record on this page: September 2, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted