2017 Ford Expedition
Complaints about this year name camera far more often than the other years of this generation — 15% of them, about 36× the usual rate of 0.4%.
Last year of its generation. This Ford Expedition ran from 2007 to 2017, so it had the whole run for its faults to be found and fixed. Last years are usually the most sorted of a generation.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 354 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 118 |
| Involving a crash | 21 |
| Involving a fire | 7 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 17.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- camera — 27.4% of this year's complaints, against 8.2% across the other years of this generation (3.3×). Owners wrote it as: camera, displayed, distorted, image.
- local dealer — 18.9% of this year's complaints, against 6.5% across the other years of this generation (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: local dealer, amount time, time recall, cause failure.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- brake fluid — 12% of complaints, 31× usual
- amount time — 10% of complaints, 25× usual
- time recall — 10% of complaints, 25× usual
What owners wrote
Backup camera does not always display on screen or has wavy lines causing hazard to when backing.
Breakfast fluid leaking, brake fluid light on. Found brake master cylinder leaking inside of brake booster.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 22V150000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 22V648000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 25V236000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 25V572000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Ford Expedition was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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