NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Ford Expedition Recalls
The 2006 Ford Expedition has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 9, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Ford Expedition. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 299
- Crashes reported
- 19
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Ford Expedition, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2006 Ford Expedition
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 05V520000
- Reported
- November 9, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 199,942
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 12 other models
Tires: tread/belt
- Campaign
- 05V310000
- Reported
- July 6, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,061
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E023000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2005 Expedition, 17 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2005 Expedition, 24 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2005 Expedition, 19 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2005 Expedition, 57 other models
2006 Ford Expedition complaints by year
NHTSA has received 299 owner complaints about the 2006 Ford Expedition, the newest on January 8, 2024. Of these, 19 describe a crash (6%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 24 injuries and 3 deaths.
In complaints about the 2006 Ford Expedition, the component group named most often is the engine (29%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (25%) and the electrical system (11%).
None of the 2006 Ford Expedition's 6 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2006 Ford Expedition owners gave the mileage (263 complaints), the median was 80,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine87
- Engine And Engine Cooling75
- Electrical System32
- Vehicle Speed Control29
- Power Train22
- Structure19
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 14 | |
| 2007 | 15 | |
| 2008 | 18 | |
| 2009 | 21 | |
| 2010 | 34 | |
| 2011 | 46 | |
| 2012 | 34 | |
| 2013 | 25 | |
| 2014 | 25 | |
| 2015 | 24 | |
| 2016 | 15 | |
| 2017 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Ford Expedition peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 46. 23% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Ford Expedition drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Ford Expedition year in the same window: 9th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 299 complaints about the 2006 Ford Expedition are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Expedition by model year
Other 2006 Ford models
Newest record on this page: January 8, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted