2007 Ford Expedition
This year drew an ordinary 215 complaints for a Ford Expedition — the model's median is 118. What they were about is the unusual part: 16.7% of them mention fuel, against 2.8% across the other years of this generation.
First year of a new generation. The Ford Expedition was redesigned for 2007. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 215 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 118 |
| Involving a crash | 8 |
| Involving a fire | 5 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| EPA combined | 15 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- fuel — 16.7% of this year's complaints, against 2.8% across the other years of this generation (5.9×).
- brake pedal — 8.8% of this year's complaints, against 1.7% across the other years of this generation (5.2×). Owners wrote it as: brake pedal, depressed.
- order — 10.7% of this year's complaints, against 4.2% across the other years of this generation (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: order, repaired vin, diagnose, local ford.
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.
What owners wrote
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE [VIN] WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILE…
THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. SHE HAD TO TAP THE PEDAL FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 SECONDS IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. SO FAR, THE FAILURE HAS ONLY OCCURRED ONCE. THE CO…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 08V058000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
- 08V057000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
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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