Model year report

2014 Ford Expedition: what breaks, and at what mileage

What breaks on the 2014 Ford Expedition

On the 2014 Ford Expedition, the failure owners report most often is other powertrain problem, and the reports cluster around 130,000 miles. Across every failure mode on this year, half the dated reports were filed before 90,000 miles. Overall it scores 62 out of 100, high risk for a 2014.

High risk for a 2014 — 258th riskiest of the 270 2014 vehicles we can rate. 96 owner reports; fleet size borrowed from other years of the same model.

What breaks on the 2014 Ford Expedition

Owners have reported 34 named failure modes on the 2014 Ford Expedition, and the three most-reported carry 36% of everything filed.

Other powertrain problem leads with 20 reports, about 0.3 per 1,000 vehicles and with the middle half of reports between 79k to 145,000 miles.

Other electrical problem follows with 9 reports, median 80,000 miles. 2 of those reports mention a fire.

Seat belt or retractor failure follows with 6 reports, median 10,000 miles.

By system, the reports fall mostly into transmission (21), electrical (17) and body (10).

The mileage the reports cluster at

57 of the reports on the 2014 Ford Expedition came with an odometer reading, and half of those were filed before 90,000 miles.

Cumulatively, 19% by 50,000 miles, 56% by 100,000 miles and 88% by 150,000 miles of the dated reports had been filed, with 4 filed above the top of the chart.

The busiest stretch is between 140,000 and 150,000 miles, which alone holds 14% of the dated reports.

12% of the dated reports were filed below 36,000 miles.

Median

Other powertrain problem

132k
Other electrical problem

80k
Seat belt or retractor failure

12k
Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure

150k
Other engine problem

147k
Window regulator or power window failure

90k
Blower motor or climate control failure

212k
Other speed control problem
no odometer readings given
—
Other body or interior problem

80k
Engine sensor failure

131k
ABS module or sensor failure

106k
Parking brake failure

116k

Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens

Showing the 12 most-reported failure modes of 34. The full list is in the table below.

How reports accumulate

Share of reports filed by each mileage

half by 90k

Every report with an odometer reading, cumulative, from 0 to 200,000 miles. A further 4 reports came in above that, which is why the line stops short of the top. A curve that climbs early is a car with early problems, whatever its total.

Line share of reports filed by that mileage
Dashed the median reported mileage

Severity, and what it costs

Across the named modes, 8 mention a crash, 2 a fire and 4 an injury. Those are the words owners used in their own complaints, and NHTSA does not verify them, but they are the closest thing in this data to a measure of what a failure actually did.

The average severity weight across every report on this year is 4.59, where a stalled engine or a failed airbag weighs many times more than a rattling trim panel, and a figure this high means the reports are dominated by failures with safety consequences rather than annoyances. The weighting is set out in full on the methodology page.

What the top failures cost to put right, as editorial estimates for an independent US shop rather than figures from NHTSA: other powertrain problem at $400–$4,500, other electrical problem at $250–$2,000, seat belt or retractor failure at $200–$900 and control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure at $700–$3,000. Dealer labour, a seized bolt or a part that is no longer made can push any of these past the top of its range.

30% of the reports on this year sit in the engine, transmission, drivetrain or cooling systems — the four where a repair bill is usually four figures.

Every reported failure mode

Mileage figures are percentiles of owner-reported readings. Click a column to sort.
Failure mode	System	Reports	With reading	25th	Median	75th	Per 1,000	Typical repair	Severity
Other powertrain problem	transmission	20	8	79k	132k	147k	0.3	$400–$4,500	High
Other electrical problem	electrical	9	5	—	80k	—	0.1	$250–$2,000	Moderate
Seat belt or retractor failure	airbag	6	5	—	12k	—	0.1	$200–$900	High
Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure	electrical	5	2	—	150k	—	0.1	$700–$3,000	High
Other engine problem	engine	5	4	—	147k	—	0.1	$300–$4,000	High
Window regulator or power window failure	body	3	3	—	90k	—	0.0	$250–$900	Moderate
Blower motor or climate control failure	hvac	3	2	—	212k	—	0.0	$250–$1,200	Moderate
Other speed control problem	adas	3	0	—	—	—	0.0	$250–$2,000	Critical
Other body or interior problem	body	3	1	—	80k	—	0.0	$200–$2,000	Moderate
Engine sensor failure	electrical	2	2	—	131k	—	0.0	$180–$900	Moderate
ABS module or sensor failure	brakes	2	2	—	106k	—	0.0	$500–$2,400	High
Parking brake failure	brakes	2	2	—	116k	—	0.0	$250–$1,300	Moderate
Cruise control failure	adas	2	0	—	—	—	0.0	$200–$1,400	High
Paint peeling or clear coat failure	body	2	2	—	72k	—	0.0	$600–$6,000	Low
Door latch or handle failure	body	2	2	—	112k	—	0.0	$250–$1,200	High
Other wheel or tire problem	wheels	2	2	—	105k	—	0.0	$200–$1,500	High
Other driver assistance problem	adas	2	2	—	65k	—	0.0	$250–$1,800	High
Oil leak	engine	1	1	—	21k	—	0.0	$250–$2,200	Moderate
No-start or intermittent start failure	engine	1	1	—	70k	—	0.0	$200–$1,800	Moderate
Misfire or rough idle	engine	1	1	—	90k	—	0.0	$250–$1,600	Moderate
Shifter, linkage or stuck-in-park failure	transmission	1	0	—	—	—	0.0	$250–$1,400	High
Fuel pump failure	fuel	1	1	—	106k	—	0.0	$600–$2,600	High
Fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure	fuel	1	0	—	—	—	0.0	$250–$1,800	Moderate
Ignition switch, key fob or immobilizer failure	electrical	1	0	—	—	—	0.0	$250–$1,500	High
Backup camera failure	infotainment	1	0	—	—	—	0.0	$250–$1,200	Moderate
Airbag failed to deploy in a crash	airbag	1	1	—	6k	—	0.0	$1,000–$5,000	Critical
Steering column or shaft failure	steering	1	0	—	—	—	0.0	$600–$2,500	Critical
Strut, shock or spring failure	suspension	1	1	—	52k	—	0.0	$500–$2,000	Moderate
Exhaust leak or fumes in the cabin	emissions	1	1	—	54k	—	0.0	$250–$2,000	High
Tail light, brake light or signal failure	lighting	1	1	—	149k	—	0.0	$100–$900	Moderate
Wiper or washer failure	glass	1	1	—	166k	—	0.0	$120–$800	Moderate
Other brake problem	brakes	1	0	—	—	—	0.0	$300–$1,800	High
Other suspension problem	suspension	1	1	—	44k	—	0.0	$350–$2,000	Moderate
Other seat belt problem	airbag	1	0	—	—	—	0.0	$200–$900	High
Unclassified problem	other	6	3	—	64k	—	0.1	—	Moderate

This year had no usable recall paperwork, so the fleet-size estimate is the median of other years of the same model. Repair costs are typical independent-shop ranges for the failure, not figures from these reports.

How often, against how many were built

Scaled by an estimate of how many of these cars exist, the 2014 Ford Expedition draws about 1.2 per 1,000 vehicles, which puts it in the 77th percentile of complaint rates among 2014 vehicles we can rate.

That denominator is the weakest number on the page and it is fair to say so plainly. This year had no usable recall paperwork, so the fleet-size estimate is the median of other years of the same model.

The working figure is 78,351 vehicles. If the true number is twice that, every rate on this page is half what it says; the ranking against other 2014 vehicles, which is what the risk score uses, is far more robust than the rate itself.

What owners wrote

Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The odometer reading is the one the owner gave.

Seat belt or retractor failure

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ford expedition. The contact stated that when a passenger was seated in the front passenger's side seat, the warning chime did not activate when the passenger's seat belt was not latched. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 80.

80 miles NHTSA complaint 1105052 filed 2014-09-02

Own a 2014 ford expedition. When a passenger is seated in the front passenger's side seat, the warning chime does not activate when the passenger's seat belt is not latched. The vehicle was diagnosed and rochester ford dealer service stated a part was not put it was optional and they did not repair it. The approximate failure mileage was unknown but reported at 12,000 miles.

12,000 miles NHTSA complaint 1227376 filed 2015-10-10

How it ranks in the 2014 field

The score at the top of the page, placed among its peers. The zones are the same thresholds the scorer applies, read out of the scorer itself, so the picture and the band word cannot disagree.

Risk score against the rest of the 2014 field

Scores are ranked within the model year, never across years, because an older car has had longer to accumulate reports.

Left fewer and less serious reports
Right more, or worse
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Better and worse years of the same car

High risk for a 2014 — 258th riskiest of the 270 2014 vehicles we can rate. Every score on this site is a rank inside its own model year, which is what makes a 2004 and a 2019 comparable at all.

Across the 30 model years of this car that carry enough reports to score, 2014 comes out best at 62 and 2018 worst at 78, with 2014 itself at 62.

No other year of this model scores meaningfully better than 2014, so if this generation is what you want, the year is not the lever.

Within the 2012–2014 generation specifically, 2014 is the strongest year at 62 and 2012 the weakest at 72.

Scores compare each year against other cars of the same model year, so a low number on an older car is a real result and not an artefact of age.

Risk score by model year, out of 100

Shorter is better. Years with too few reports to score are shown without a bar rather than as a zero, because no data is not good news.

Within the 2012-2014 generation, 2014 Ford Expedition scores best at 62 and 2012 Ford Expedition worst at 72.

Where to spend the inspection money

The mileages below are where the first quarter of reports for each mode had already been filed, which makes them the point at which a fault is worth looking for rather than the point at which it happens: other powertrain problem from about 79k.

On a 2014 Ford Expedition with more miles than that on it, the useful question to put to a seller or a mechanic is whether other powertrain problem has been dealt with, and if so with what parts and at whose expense. A car that has already had the repair is in a different position from one that has not.

None of this is a diagnosis. It is a list of what other owners of the same model year reported, ordered by when they reported it, which is a good place to point an inspection and a poor place to stop.

Where these figures stop being useful

96 owner reports; fleet size borrowed from other years of the same model. Every count on this page is therefore a floor: it is the number of owners who went to the trouble of filing with a federal agency, which is a small and self-selected fraction of the owners who had the fault.

Of those 96 reports, 57 carried an odometer reading, so the mileages here describe 59% of the sample rather than all of it. Owners also round: readings pile up on multiples of ten thousand, which is why this site publishes "about 90,000 miles" and not "91,438".

Named failure modes come from matching phrases in the complaint text, so a badly worded complaint can land in the wrong bucket. The effect washes out across hundreds of reports and does not wash out across five.

And nothing here predicts what one car will do. These are other people's complaints, filed years apart, on cars maintained by strangers. Read the page as a map of where this model year has previously gone wrong, then have the specific car in front of you inspected.

Questions this page answers

What are the most common problems with the 2014 Ford Expedition?

The most-reported failures are other powertrain problem (20 reports, median 130,000 miles), other electrical problem (9 reports, median 80,000 miles) and seat belt or retractor failure (6 reports, median 10,000 miles). Counts come from owner complaints filed with NHTSA, which are voluntary, so they show what owners bothered to report rather than every fault that occurred.

At what mileage do 2014 Ford Expedition problems start?

Other powertrain problem is the earliest failure mode to show up, with a median reported mileage of 130,000 miles and a quarter of reports before 80,000 miles. Across all failure modes on this year, the median report sits at 90,000 miles.

Is the 2014 Ford Expedition reliable?

It scores 62 out of 100 on our risk index, which is high — 258th riskiest of the 270 2014 vehicles we can rate. The score is a comparison against other 2014 vehicles, not a prediction about any individual car, and it is built from complaint rates, severity and how early failures appear.

Which year of the Ford Expedition is best?

Within the 2012–2014 generation, 2014 scores best at 62 out of 100 and 2012 worst at 72. Same body, same engines, different luck.

Where this comes from. Every figure above is computed from NHTSA owner complaints and recall records for this exact make, model and year. Complaints are voluntary and self-selected, so treat counts as a floor. The methodology page writes out each formula, and the same numbers are available as JSON.

What breaks at my mileage Compare with another car

Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt 20 August 2026 Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed