The Expedition offered up to nine-passenger seating in model years before 2007 (with a front bench seat option in the first row) 2007–present model year Expeditions have bucket seats in the first row and seats eight passengers.

9.2 Terrain Management System (2018–present).

After 2009, the Ford Expedition was moved to the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky. Prior to 2009, the Ford Expedition was assembled at the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan (previously home to the Ford Bronco). The third Ford vehicle to use the Expedition nameplate, the full-size SUV follows a 1992 F-150 Eddie Bauer concept vehicle and a 1995 trim level package on the two-door Ford Explorer Sport.

Since 1997, the Lincoln division has marketed the Ford Expedition as the Lincoln Navigator, the first full-size SUV sold by a luxury auto brand in North America (the Expedition was never sold as a Mercury). Similar to the configuration of the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, the Ford Expedition is sold in regular and extended lengths (the Ford Expedition EL/Max) sold since 2007, the latter functionally serves as the replacement for the Ford Excursion.

The fourth-generation Ford Expedition began production for the 2018 model year. For its entire production life, the Ford Expedition has been derived from the corresponding generation of the Ford F-150 in production, sharing some body and mechanical components. Introduced for the 1997 model year as the successor of the Ford Bronco, the Expedition was the first full-size Ford SUV sold with a four-door body. The Ford Expedition is a full-size three-row SUV, manufactured by Ford.

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