NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Ford Expedition Recalls
The 2005 Ford Expedition has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Ford Expedition. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 315
- Crashes reported
- 20
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Ford Expedition, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2005 Ford Expedition
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E023000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006 Expedition, 17 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Expedition, 42 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2006 Expedition, 24 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006 Expedition, 19 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006 Expedition, 57 other models
2005 Ford Expedition complaints by year
NHTSA has received 315 owner complaints about the 2005 Ford Expedition, the newest on March 12, 2024. Of these, 20 describe a crash (6%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 20 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Ford Expedition, the component group named most often is the electrical system (24%), followed by the vehicle speed control (21%) and the engine (18%).
None of the 2005 Ford Expedition's 5 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2005 Ford Expedition owners gave the mileage (288 complaints), the median was 74,880 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System76
- Vehicle Speed Control66
- Engine57
- Engine And Engine Cooling47
- Power Train44
- Fuel System, Gasoline36
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 13 | |
| 2008 | 21 | |
| 2009 | 55 | |
| 2010 | 51 | |
| 2011 | 33 | |
| 2012 | 25 | |
| 2013 | 30 | |
| 2014 | 27 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 14 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Ford Expedition peaked in 2009, when NHTSA received 55. 17% 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 Expedition drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Ford Expedition year in the same window: 12th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
The 315 complaints about the 2005 Ford Expedition are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Expedition by model year
Other 2005 Ford models
Newest record on this page: March 12, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted