2015 Ford Expedition

Typical pattern

5.7% of complaints about the 2015 Ford Expedition came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2015 vehicle — around the middle of the 195 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 6.8 yr in service. The most-reported system is electrical system (45 complaints), typically at 8.3 yr or about 109,000 miles.

Complaints: 227
Median age at failure: 6.8 yr
Median mileage: 70,000 n=156
Crash / fire / tow: 11% of reports
Safety recalls: 3

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

System

0y2y4y6y8y10y12y14y

Electrical system

45 reports · 109,000 mi

8.3 yr

6.7%

Engine

31 reports · 55,154 mi

4.6 yr

16.1%

Power train

28 reports · 77,000 mi

7.7 yr

7.1%

Fuel / propulsion

19 reports · 57,000 mi

3.5 yr

Back over prevention

17 reports · 115,000 mi

10.1 yr

Other

17 reports · 21,000 mi

8.9 yr

23.5%

Visibility

16 reports · 124,000 mi

8.2 yr

Speed control

15 reports · 46,000 mi

2.9 yr

13.3%

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

25V572000 2025-09-04

Back over prevention: sensing system: camera

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2015-2019 Lincoln MKC, Mustang, F-350 SD, F-250 SD, F-450 SD, 2015-2017 Lincoln Navigator, Expedition, 2015-2018 Edge, Transit Connect, 2016-2019 F-550 SD, Transit, 2017-2019 Econoline, and 2019 Ranger vehicles. The rearview camera may display a distorted, inverted, or blank image when the vehicle is in reverse.

A rearview camera that displays an inverted, distorted, or blank image can reduce the driver’s view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

25V270000 2025-04-23

Back over prevention: sensing system: camera

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2015 F-250, F-350, F-450, Expedition, Lincoln Navigator, and MKC vehicles. The rearview camera printed circuit board terminal header connector may be loose or damaged, which can result in a blank or distorted image.

A blank or distorted rearview camera image can reduce the driver's view of what is behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

22V648000 2022-08-26

Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac system:fan/motor

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2015-2017 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator vehicles. The front blower motor located behind the glove box may fail.

Front blower motor failure can increase the risk of a vehicle interior fire.

In owners’ own words

Power train 3,622 mi 9 mo in service

2015 FORD EXPEDITION EL LIMITED NOTED TO HAVE WHISTLING/WHINING NOISE WITH ACCELERATION. EVALUATED BY A FORD DEALER. FOUND TO HAVE DEFECTIVE SEAL ON REAR AXLE WITH LOSS OF LUBRICATING FLUID AND DAMAGE TO THE DIFFERENTIAL. THIS WAS NEAR MISS; NO ACCIDENT/INJURY OCCURRED. GIVEN THAT THIS PART FAILED ON A BRAND NEW VEHICLE (LESS THAN ONE MONTH OLD) AND DEALER IS UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE FOR 3-6 WEEKS DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF REPLACEMENT PARTS, I AM CONCERNED THAT FORD KNOWS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART BUT HAS CHOSEN NOT TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION.

Power train 37,000 mi 2.6 yr in service

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (70 MPH), WENT TO PASS TRAFFIC, TRUCK DOWNSHIFTED, SERVICE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON AND TRUCK LOST ALL POWER. TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK IN 4TH GEAR AND ENGINE WOULD NOT REV ABOVE IDLE. PULLED OVER AND SHUT OFF TRUCK. RESTARTED AND EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. A FEW DAYS LATER SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN, THIS TIME WAS ON A CITY STREET (20MPH) AND TRANS WAS STUCK IN 3RD GEAR.

Power train 50,000 mi 3.0 yr in service

DEFECTIVE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY CONTROL SYSTEMS THAT CAUSE THE VEHICLES TO SUDDENLY AND DANGEROUSLY LOSE POWER. WHILE TRAVELING 70MPH ON HIGHWAY, MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER, (ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT APPEARED ON DASH).

Back over prevention mileage not reported 9 mo in service

2015 FORD EXPEDITION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE BACK-UP SIGNAL SOUND IS VERY LOW. *SMD...UPDATED 08/12/15 *BF UPDATED 08/25/15*JB

Other Expedition model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.