Ford Expedition Complaints (1998)

836 consumer complaints on file.

#10109578February 2, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS AT WORK. THE COWORKER ALERTED THE CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT, HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CRUISE CONTROL NHTSA RECALL 05V017000. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109472February 1, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE. CONSUMER WENT TO THE GARAGE, AND UPON ARRIVING NOTICED THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN ON FIRE AND SMOLDERED OUT. *AK. VEHICLE WOULD NOT STEER. AAA TOWED VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH WIRING BURNED, ALONG WITH FUSE AND BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109146January 28, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
AFTER PARKING IN THE DRIVEWAY, WENT TO A NEIGHBORS HOUSE, AND CONSUMER HEARD THE ALARM GOING OFF. RUSHED TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON . CONSUMER NOTICED THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE COMPLETELY CONSUMED THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE HOUSE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE INVESTIGATORS REPORT DETERMINED PART FAILURE IN THE ENGINE DEPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109157January 28, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE. LATER THAT EVENING, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED. THE CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108170January 28, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
OUR 1998 FORD EXPEDITION WAS DESTROYED BY A ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT DAMAGED OUR HOME.THE TRUCK WAS LAST DRIVEN AT 9:30PM AND AT 11:30PM IT STARTED ON FIRE.THE TRUCK WAS TOTALED BY THE INSURANNC COMPANY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108051January 27, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE MY 1998 FORD EXPEDITION WAS PARKED IN DRIVE WAY, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF WARNING. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY MY HUSBAND AND OUR NEIGHBORS, ONLY TO REIGN NIGHT AGAIN. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND WAS ABLE TO PUT IT OUT FOR GOOD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107599January 20, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
FRONT WINDSHIELD/WIPER FLUID DISPENSER: CROSS-COUNTRY ROAD TRIP - FAILURE TO DISPENSE WIPER FLUID. SPORADIC DISPENSING OF WIPER FLUID ON ROAD TRIP AND CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. PUSHING BUTTON HARD & AT DIFFERENT ANGLES SOMETIMES WORKS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106323January 14, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I OWN A 1998 FORD EXPEDITION WITH A 5.4L V8 ENGINE. I HAVE IT SERVICED AT DIERS FORD IN FREMONT, NE. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN 2 HOURS AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN A LOUD POP WAS HEARD FOLLOWED BY ROUGH ENGINE OPERATION. UPON INSPECTION, ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE CYLINDER HEAD STRIPPING THE THREADS OUT OF THE HEAD AS IT WENT. UPON TOWING THE VEHICLE TO MY DEALER, I WAS GIVEN AN ESTIMATE OF $3,000 TO REPLACE THE HEAD. I HAVE GIVEN THE DEALER PERMISSION TO HAVE THE HEAD REPLACED BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD IT WILL NOT BE UNTIL LATE FEBRUARY UNTIL THEY CAN EVEN GET A HEAD TO REPLACE THE DAMAGED ONE. TO THIS POINT THEY HAVE LET ME USE A LOANER VEHICLE BUT HAVE NOW TOLD ME THEY WILL NO LONGER PROVIDE ME ONE. THUS, I AM OUT OF A VEHICLE FOR AT LEAST 8 WEEKS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110966January 13, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE VEHICLES THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH (COMBINATION TURN SIGNAL, WINDSHIELD WASHER/WIPER) HAD A DESIGN OR ASSEMBLY FLAW. *BF THE ORIGINAL SWITCH WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO CORROSION IN THE WASHER . A FEW MONTHS LATER THE REPLACEMENT FAILED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107356January 13, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. OWNER CONTACTED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. OWNER SAYS THAT THERE WAS NO MODIFICATIONS MADE TO THE ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS PERFECTLY FINE PRIOR TO THE FIRE. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107144January 10, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE BEING PARKED. THE CAUSE OF THIS WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110983January 6, 2005
AIR BAGS
NEVADA TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORT. *NM THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10105835January 6, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SPARK PLUG BLEW-OUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101632January 6, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 35 MPH AND NEITHER FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOY. NO INJURIES WAS REPORTED AT THIS TIME AND THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NM THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE IS EXPERIENCING SOME ON GOING LIGAMENT AND NERVE DAMAGE IN HER BACK AND NECK. *TC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10105627January 3, 2005
AIR BAGS
DRIVING FROM VA TO MI, HIT SNOW IN OH. HIT PATCH OF 'BLACK ICE', SPUN OUT, HIT TRACTOR TRAILER THAT WAS ON THE RIGHTS SIDE OF US WITH THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK(1998 FORD EXPEDITION), ROLLED 3-4 TIMES. SLIDE ABOUT 20 FEET. NO AIRBAG DEPLOYED THROUGH ALL OF THIS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10104771December 30, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
ON MAY 24, 2003, I (MELODY) BACKED IN MY 1998 EDDIE BAUER FORD EXPEDITION INTO MY GARAGE AROUND 8:15 PM FOR THE NIGHT. AROUND 8:30 PM, MY SON AND I LEFT WITH A NEIGHBOR TO A HOUSEWARMING PARTY 2 BLOCKS AWAY WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS ASLEEP IN THE HOUSE. WE RETURNED TO OUR HOME AROUND 10 PM AND DID EVEYTHING AS USUAL (SHOWER, BED). MY SON AND I FELL ASLEEP IN THE LIVING ROOM AREA WATCHING TELEVISION AROUND 11 PM. AROUND 1:15PM I HEARD THE GARAGE DOOR SOUND LIKE IT WAS OPENED AND I PROCEEDED OUT THE FRONT DOOR AS MY HUSBAND WAS RIGHT BEHIND ME; HE HAD HEARD THE SOUND ALSO IN THE BEDROOM. AS I CREPT DOWN A FEW STEPS, WE HAD SEEN SMOKE COMING FROM THE GARAGE AREA AND I YELLED "THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, RUN!" WE BOTH RAN BACK INTO THE HOUSE, I GRABBED MY SON SLEEPING BY THE WINDOWS AND MY HUSBAND GRABBED THE KEYS TO HIS TRUCK AND HIS CELL PHONE. MY SON AND I RAN TO NEIGHBORS HOUSES TO CALL THE FIRE DEPT. AND MY HUSBAND OPENED THE FRONT SIDE ENTRANCE INTO THE GARAGE AND MOVED HIS TRUCK THAT WAS PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY OF THE HOUSE. WE STOOD ACROSS THE STREET WATCHING OUR HOUSE BURN WHILE THE FIRE DEPT. EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. AS MY HUSBAND AND I SAT OUTSIDE OUR BURNED HOME THAT EARLY MORNING, WE CONTACTED STATE FARM TO MAKE A CLAIM AND FIND OUT WHAT TO DO. ON JUNE 9, 2003, INSURANCE INVESTIGATORS AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM FORD MOTOR CO. CAM TO THE HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE. LATER, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE INFORMED THAT QUITE POSSIBLY THE BRAKE PRESSURE SWITCH OR CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104786December 30, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY 1998 FORD EXPEDITION BLEW A SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE HEAD. I NOW LEARN THAT FORD'S ENGINEERS RECOGNIZED THIS DEFECT IN THE HEAD AND HAVE INCREASED THE THREAD COUNT IN THE HEAD FROM APPROXIMATELY 4 THREADS TO APPROXIMATELY 10 THREADS (PER POWER FORD, TORRANCE, CA). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105488December 29, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104747December 29, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I HAD A SKIING ACCIDENT AND SEVERELY DAMAGED MY KNEE. AS I WAS BEING TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN MY 1998 EXPEDITION, IT BLEW A SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE ENGINE. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER TODAY THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL FORD TRITON ALUMINUM ENGINES, HOWEVER, THERE WOULD BE NO COMPENSATION FOR THIS KNOWN DEFECT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105090December 20, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD, AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THEN, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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