2024 Ford Expedition Reliability Report

The brake pedal goes soft and sinks to the floor, and the vehicle does not stop. One such report ended in a crash through a fence into a tree. Dealers have found brake fluid leaking at the master cylinder and declared vehicles unsafe to drive. Several filings involve a brake repair that dealers cannot perform yet because parts are unavailable. Other reports describe brakes locking up at low speed with a brake system failure message, and driver-assist faults that disable automatic emergency braking. Some dealers charge each time they clear these faults.

Serious drivetrain defects show up very early. Reports include a rear axle separating from the wheel hub at 715 miles because of a cross-threaded retaining bolt, and a cracked transmission housing that leaked and needed a new transmission. Intermittent transmission failure leaves vehicles unable to move, in one case stranded on an interstate, and the problem returns after repair. Owners also describe the engine cutting out briefly at 35 to 40 mph and a vehicle rolling backward on its own after being put in Park.

The whole driver-assist suite fails together. Warnings for blind spot monitoring, cross-traffic alert, pre-collision assist, the front camera, parking sensors and lane keeping appear at startup, and some owners report this from the first drive. Cruise control, including normal cruise, often stops working too. Dealers reset the system or wait for a software fix that keeps getting pushed back, and some tell owners the problem cannot be fixed at the dealership.

Windshield wipers stop working at random, even in rain, while the washer spray still works. Dealers blame software in the APIM module, and a software update has not fixed it for every owner. Other reports describe the driver's door switch unit dying all at once, leaving a window stuck down and the side mirrors impossible to adjust or fold. The rearview camera picture can also be grainy or pixelated, especially at night, and owners say Ford offers no repair for it.

The panoramic sunroof explodes while the vehicle is moving and throws glass into the cabin. One report describes the roof bursting at about 65 mph with no object striking it, injuring an adult and two children. Another sunroof shattered 2 days after the vehicle was bought new. These match the moonroof failures filed under other categories, which makes spontaneous roof glass breakage one of this model year's clearer patterns.

Front seatbacks collapse rearward in a rear-end collision. The one crash report says both front seats laid back on impact and both occupants were hurt. A separate filing blames seat design for severe sciatic pain and leg numbness while driving, affecting more than one rider, including in a middle-row captain's chair. With only two filings, neither issue forms a broad pattern.

Both filings come from frontal crashes, and both include an injury. In one, the steering wheel airbag came out but never inflated when the vehicle hit a truck head-on. Both owners also suspect the brakes did not slow the vehicle normally before impact. One mentions ongoing cross-traffic warnings and no forward collision alert before the crash. These are individual crash reports, not a broad pattern of airbag failures.