MODELYEARINDEX

Ford Expedition

1,648 complaints across 12 scored model years and 52 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Ford Expedition Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2020 vs model median 2.2×
Model median3× median
Drivetrain 115
Engine 32
Electrical 20
Avoid

2020 · 2021

Best

2013 · 2014

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
0.32× 34 A
2011
0.29× 36 A
2012
0.40× 45 B
2013
0.26× 36 A
2014
0.19× 17 A
2015
1.00× 87 C
2016
1.00× 105 C
2017
1.16× 112 C
2018
1.06× 124 C
2019
1.18× 148 C
2020
2.22× 267 F
2021
1.64× 214 D
2022 P
1.25× 167 D
2023 P
0.95× 93 C
2024 P
0.96× 112 C
2025 P
0.54× 51 B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG18.5
City / Highway15.5 / 23
Engine3.5L, 6 cyl
DriveRear-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,325

Recalls

52 campaigns on record, 2 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
26V104000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL 2022–2025 4,381,878
25V572000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2015–2017 1,456,417
25V315000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2022–2024 1,076,138
25V455000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2022 850,318
26V402000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 2018–2021 741,195
23V420000 EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL 2018–2023 691,133
22V250000 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES 2020, 2021 652,996
19V633000 SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER 2019, 2020 639,137

+ 44 further campaigns

Others in Full-Size SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
BMW X7
none flagged
C
Buick Enclave
20102011
C
Cadillac Escalade
20162021
B
Chevrolet Suburban
20152021
C
Chevrolet Tahoe
20152021
C
GMC Yukon
20152021
C
GMC Yukon XL
20162021
C
Infiniti QX56
none flagged
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2020 Expedition
Complaints in window
267
Severity-weighted
386.5
Model median (weighted)
174
vs model median
2.22×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
20
Open investigations
1
Score 26.2 F