NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Ford Expedition Recalls
The 2012 Ford Expedition has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 27, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Ford Expedition. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 118
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Ford Expedition, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2012 Ford Expedition
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 16V248000
- Reported
- April 27, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 153,581
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 12V190000
- Reported
- May 3, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,500
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Seats: mid/rear assembly
- Campaign
- 12V034000
- Reported
- February 2, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 569
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 202, head restraints
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2012 Ford Expedition complaints by year
NHTSA has received 118 owner complaints about the 2012 Ford Expedition, the newest on August 12, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (5%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Ford Expedition, the component group named most often is the power train (54%), followed by the electrical system (17%) and the vehicle speed control (15%).
2 of the 2012 Ford Expedition's 3 recalls also concern the power train.
Where 2012 Ford Expedition owners gave the mileage (85 complaints), the median was 82,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train64
- Electrical System20
- Vehicle Speed Control18
- Structure15
- Engine12
- Unknown Or Other9
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 16 | |
| 2017 | 15 | |
| 2018 | 21 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 9 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2012 Ford Expedition peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 21. 16% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Ford Expedition drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Ford Expedition year in the same window: 20th highest of the 22 ranked years.
That makes 2012 one of the three best-measured Ford Expedition years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 118 complaints about the 2012 Ford Expedition are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Expedition by model year
Other 2012 Ford models
Newest record on this page: August 12, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted