NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Ford Expedition Recalls
The 2004 Ford Expedition has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 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
- 297
- Crashes reported
- 49
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
15 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 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 2004 Ford Expedition
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E023000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005–2006 Expedition, 17 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005 Expedition, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005–2006 Expedition, 19 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005–2006 Expedition, 57 other models
2004 Ford Expedition complaints by year
NHTSA has received 297 owner complaints about the 2004 Ford Expedition, the newest on October 15, 2026. Of these, 49 describe a crash (16%) and 15 a fire; owners reported 60 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2004 Ford Expedition, the component group named most often is the air bags (15%), followed by the electrical system (12%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (11%).
None of the 2004 Ford Expedition's 4 recalls concerns the air bags.
Where 2004 Ford Expedition owners gave the mileage (228 complaints), the median was 76,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags46
- Electrical System36
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic34
- Engine29
- Power Train27
- Engine And Engine Cooling26
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 52 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 31 | |
| 2006 | 20 | |
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 15 | |
| 2009 | 16 | |
| 2010 | 23 | |
| 2011 | 21 | |
| 2012 | 14 | |
| 2013 | 16 | |
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 13 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2004 Ford Expedition peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 52. 38% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Ford Expedition drew 1.8× the complaints of the median Ford Expedition year in the same window: 6th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
The 297 complaints about the 2004 Ford Expedition are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Expedition by model year
Other 2004 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted