NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Ford Excursion Recalls
The 2005 Ford Excursion has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 13, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Ford Excursion. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 65
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2005 Ford Excursion, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2005 Ford Excursion
Exterior lighting: tail lights
- Campaign
- 11V352000
- Reported
- July 13, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26,715
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004 Excursion, 7 other models
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 05V270000
- Reported
- June 10, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 180,104
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Excursion, 6 other models
2005 Ford Excursion complaints by year
NHTSA has received 65 owner complaints about the 2005 Ford Excursion, the newest on August 14, 2025. Of these, 2 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Ford Excursion, the component group named most often is the electrical system (31%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (22%) and the engine (14%).
1 of the 2005 Ford Excursion's 2 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2005 Ford Excursion owners gave the mileage (59 complaints), the median was 84,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System20
- Engine And Engine Cooling14
- Engine9
- Fuel System, Diesel6
- Fuel/Propulsion System5
- Power Train4
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 11 | |
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Ford Excursion peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 11. 15% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Ford Excursion drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Ford Excursion year in the same window: 6th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Ford Excursion years.
The 65 complaints about the 2005 Ford Excursion are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Excursion by model year
Other 2005 Ford models
Newest record on this page: August 14, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted