NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Ford Expedition Recalls
The 2008 Ford Expedition has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 11, 2008.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 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
- 146
- Crashes reported
- 24
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 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 2008 Ford Expedition
Tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems
- Campaign
- 08V166000
- Reported
- April 11, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 158
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 138, tire pressure monitoring
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 08V058000
- Reported
- February 5, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 123,632
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Expedition, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 07V541000
- Reported
- November 21, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 45
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Service brakes, air: antilock: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 07E105000
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2008 Ford Expedition complaints by year
NHTSA has received 146 owner complaints about the 2008 Ford Expedition, the newest on February 10, 2026. Of these, 24 describe a crash (16%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 20 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2008 Ford Expedition, the component group named most often is the structure (23%), followed by the service brakes (13%) and the power train (10%).
None of the 2008 Ford Expedition's 4 recalls concerns the structure.
Where 2008 Ford Expedition owners gave the mileage (117 complaints), the median was 62,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure34
- Service Brakes19
- Power Train14
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic13
- Vehicle Speed Control13
- Electrical System9
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 19 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 14 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Ford Expedition peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 19. 34% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Ford Expedition drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Ford Expedition year in the same window: 15th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 146 complaints about the 2008 Ford Expedition are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Expedition by model year
Other 2008 Ford models
Newest record on this page: February 10, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted