NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Ford Expedition Recalls
The 2002 Ford Expedition has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 7, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Ford Expedition. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 340
- Crashes reported
- 19
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
69 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Ford Expedition, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2002 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 2000–2001 Expedition, 3 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 03V094000
- Reported
- March 7, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 Expedition, 9 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2005–2006 Expedition, 24 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E067000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Expedition, 1 other model
2002 Ford Expedition complaints by year
NHTSA has received 340 owner complaints about the 2002 Ford Expedition, the newest on July 20, 2024. Of these, 19 describe a crash (6%) and 69 a fire; owners reported 27 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2002 Ford Expedition, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (28%), followed by the vehicle speed control (17%) and the electrical system (14%).
1 of the 2002 Ford Expedition's 4 recalls also concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2002 Ford Expedition owners gave the mileage (262 complaints), the median was 83,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling95
- Vehicle Speed Control58
- Electrical System46
- Engine27
- Tires26
- Seat Belts20
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 21 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 27 | |
| 2004 | 21 | |
| 2005 | 36 | |
| 2006 | 28 | |
| 2007 | 28 | |
| 2008 | 32 | |
| 2009 | 25 | |
| 2010 | 29 | |
| 2011 | 21 | |
| 2012 | 24 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2002 Ford Expedition peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 36. 31% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Ford Expedition drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Ford Expedition year in the same window: 8th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Rollover: 2/5
The 340 complaints about the 2002 Ford Expedition are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Expedition by model year
Other 2002 Ford models
Newest record on this page: July 20, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted