2020 Ford Expedition defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2020 Ford Expedition. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Seat Belt Retractor Pretensioner Inadvertent Deployment
  Recall Query RQ24015 · opened Nov 15, 2024 · closed Jul 23, 2025 · led to recall 25V197

  On November 22, 2023, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation (PE) PE23021 to investigate complaints of front seat belt retractor pretensioner inadvertent deployment in model year (MY) 2019 Ford Expedition vehicles manufactured by Ford Motor Company. Some complaints alleged hearing a loud,…

• Rearview Camera FMVSS 111 Noncompliance
  Recall Query RQ21002 · opened Aug 3, 2021 · still open

  On September 23, 2020, Ford Motor Company (Ford) filed a noncompliance recall report under 49 CFR Part 573 (NHTSA Recall No. 20V-575), recalling 620,246 Model Year (MY) 2020 Ford F-150, F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550, Explorer, Mustang, Transit, Expedition, Escape, Ranger and Edge, and Lincoln Nautilus and Corsair vehicles…