NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Ford Expedition Recalls
The 2016 Ford Expedition has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 3, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 217
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 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 2016 Ford Expedition
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 25V572000
- Reported
- September 3, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,456,417
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017 Expedition, 12 other models
Visibility: defroster/defogger/hvac system: fan/motor
- Campaign
- 22V648000
- Reported
- August 26, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 198,482
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017 Expedition, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist
- Campaign
- 22V150000
- Reported
- March 11, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 195,864
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Expedition, 2 other models
2016 Ford Expedition complaints by year
NHTSA has received 217 owner complaints about the 2016 Ford Expedition, the newest on September 28, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (4%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Ford Expedition, the component group named most often is the engine (17%), followed by the power train (17%) and the service brakes (16%).
None of the 2016 Ford Expedition's 3 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2016 Ford Expedition owners gave the mileage (128 complaints), the median was 66,520 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine37
- Power Train36
- Service Brakes35
- Electrical System33
- Vehicle Speed Control20
- Back Over Prevention19
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 23 | |
| 2019 | 23 | |
| 2020 | 27 | |
| 2021 | 20 | |
| 2022 | 22 | |
| 2023 | 28 | |
| 2024 | 16 | |
| 2025 | 23 | |
| 2026 | 21 |
Complaints about the 2016 Ford Expedition peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 28. 28% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Ford Expedition drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Ford Expedition year in the same window: 16th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 217 complaints about the 2016 Ford Expedition are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Expedition by model year
Other 2016 Ford models
Newest record on this page: September 28, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted