Ford Expedition Complaints (1999)

946 consumer complaints on file.

#10134569August 26, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE FIRE - POSSIBLE ENGINE FIRE WITH EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10134102August 24, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD FLICKER ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. THE WINDSHEILD WIPERS WOULD TURN ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. THE RADIO WOULD TURN ON AND OFF WITHOUT ANYBODY TOUCHING THE CONTROLS. TRUCK SWITCHES INTO 4X4 MODE WHEN DRIVEN THRU CAR WASH. I COULD HAVE NEGLECTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT, DECIDED TO HAVE NECESSARY REPAIRS DONE TO THE 1999 FORD EXPEDITION AT A COST OF ALMOST $2000 TO ME..... MY EXTENDED WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THE NECESSARY REPAIRS.......AND FORD (THE MANUFACTURER), WOULD NOT HELP EITHER. I HAD 2" GEM MODULES" REPLACED IN THIS VEHICLE WITHIN 1 AND 2 YEARS. THE SECOND TIME FORD/FORD DEALER REPLACED THE GEM MODULE. THE VEHICLE STILL SWITCHES INTO 4X4 AFTER GOING THROUGH A "DRIVE THRU" CAR WASH......WATER MUST BE CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM SOMEWHERE UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK??????? THE FIRST GEM MODULE IS AVAILABLE----I PAID FOR IT, SO I KEPT IT.....BROOKDALKE FORD (DEALERSHIP), SAID THERE WAS WATER DAMAGE TO THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD WHICH IS WHAT THE GEM MODULE IS MADE UP OF.......THERE IS NO VISIBLE WATER DAMAGE TO THIS PART. I WORK FOR AN ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURER......AND A FEW OF OUR TECHNICIANS AGREED ---NO WATER DAMAGE.......IT'S A DESIGN PROBLEM BY THE MANUFACTURER OR THE DESIGNER....... THANK YOU, DELANO MAUDAL 3082 HIGHCREST ROAD ROSEVILLE, MN 55113
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130800August 23, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE VEHICLE LOST ALL BRAKING POWER AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, AND HE STATED THAT BRAKE LINES CORRODED. THEY CORRODED IN THE BOX FRAME UNDER THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND THE BRAKLINE BROKE ALLOWING ALL OF THE BRAKING FLUID RUN OUT. THIS HAPPENED ON JUNE 19, 2005. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO CRASH. THIS WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON A LEVEL ROAD AND ONLY GOING 25 MPH. *AK *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133547August 19, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT: VEHICLE WAS PARKED TO THE SIDE OF CONSUMER'S HOUSE AFTER 10 MINUTES CONSUMER'S HUSBAND HEARD THE FAN SHUT OFF, WENT OUTSIDE TO LOOK AND THE CAR WAS IN FLAMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10132312August 15, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
THE 1999 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED THE ENTIRE CAR AND GARAGE IT WAS STORED IN. THE FIRE INVESTIGATION REPORTS THE FIRE STARTED IN THE FUSE PANEL. *JB *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131549August 4, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
1) NOTICED IN MID MAY THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL ON MY 1999 FORD EXPEDITION STOPPED WORKING. NO OTHER PERFORMANCE ISSUES WERE NOTICED AND SINCE IT WAS NOT CRITICAL IT WAS NOT REPAIRED AT THAT TIME. 2) ON JULY 27, 2005 THE 1999 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED. THE FIRE CHIEF ON SITE INDICATED THAT THE FIRE STARTED IN THE AREA OF THE MASTER CYLINDER, WHERE THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH IS LOCATED. 3) MY INSURANCE COMPANY, USAA IS IN THE PROCESS OF INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE AND I AM AWAITING INFORMATION FROM THEM. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED FORD AT THIS TIME. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131129August 2, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DT: 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. CONSUMER HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT. THE SPARK PLUG CAME OUT WHEN CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING. THE PLUG WAS STILL ATTACHED, AND THERE WERE SPARKS COMING FROM THIS. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF. CONSUMER HEARD A FUNNY NOISE. A LOCAL MECHANIC STATED THEY CAN FIX IT WITH A THREAD INSERT. WHEN CONSUMER CALLED FORD, THEY STATED THEY WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY WOULD CHANGE THE HEAD. THIS HAPPENED ON AUGUST 1, 2005, AT 100,000 MILES. THE OWNER'S MANUAL STATED THERE SHOULD BE NO SPARK PLUG MAINTENANCE UNTIL 100,000 MILES. THESE WERE THE ORIGINAL SPARK PLUGS. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130433July 28, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
I WAS TRAVELING 46 MPH I FELL ASLEEP HITTING A STEEL TRAFFIC POLE HEAD ON, WHEN MY PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED BUT MY DRIVERS SIDE DID NOT. MY CAR BURST INTO FLAMES I WAS PULLED OUT OF MY VEHICLE AT THAT TIME MY VEHICLE WAS 190 DEGREES. NOW I HAVE SEIZURES DAILY,BROKEN RIBS, BROKEN DISC IN MY BACK, AND UNABLE TO WORK OR DRIVE DUE TO MY INJURIES. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10129970July 25, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
I HAVE A '99 FORD EXPEDITION AND I DEVELOPED A PROBLEM WHERE I LOST THE BRAKE AND TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS IN MY CAR. I REPLACED THE FUSED AND IT IMMEDIATELY POPPED AGAIN. SO I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC, AND HE LOOKED AT IT. THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID UP IN THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH, ALL THE WAY UP IN THE CABLE HARNESS (IN THE WIRES), AND IN THE CONNECTOR AT THE JUNCTION/FUSE BOX. WHEN HE REMOVED THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH, HE DISCOVERED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH WAS THE NEW SWITCH AND IT SPARKED AND IT CAUGHT FIRE. LUCKILY THE FLAME WAS CONTAINED TO JUST THE SWITCH AND THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO CUT THE SWITCH OUT OF THE CAR AND BLOW IT OUT BEFORE THE FIRE SPREAD. HE TOLD ME THE CAR HAD TO GO TO FORD AND HE SUGGESTED THAT I NOT DRIVE IT, AS IT WAS A FIRE HAZARD. SO IT WAS TOWED. THE FORD DEALERSHIP GOT IN AND INVESTIGATED AND THEY DETERMINED THAT I NEEDED A WHOLE NEW CABLING HARNESS BECAUSE OF MELTED WIRES AND BRAKE FLUID CONTAMINATION AND THAT THE PRICE WAS GOING TO BE $500 AND A NEW CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH AND FUSES. I INSTRUCTED FORD TO GO AHEAD WITH THE REPAIRS AND TO SAVE ALL OF THE OLD PARTS. FORD SAID THAT BECAUSE THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT SUBJECT TO THE RECALL DESPITE THE ENTIRE LIST OF OTHER COINCIDENTAL FAILURES THAT COULD HAVE LED TO A FIRE AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF LIFE. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT HAD THE OLD SWITCH STILL BEEN IN PLACE, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A FIRE ALREADY. AS THINGS WERE, MY MECHANIC JOE TAYLOR, AT TAYLOR'S AUTOMOTIVE SAID IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS ONE WOULD GO UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129690July 22, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR, PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
1999 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER 4X4 THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS REMOVED BY THE DEALER WHEN THEY SOLD IT TO ME AND NEVER PUT ONE ON IT, ALSO THE /C BLOWS OUT HOT AIR UP FRONT AND COLD IN THE BACK, AND THE ODOMITTER DOES NOT WORK, IT GOES IN AND OUT AND THE DEALER REFUSES TO FIX IT. SEVERAL OF MY FRIENDS HAVE THE SAME TRUCK AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129222July 18, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
HI. I HAVE A 99 FORD EXPEDITION AND READ ON CNN YOU ARE CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION. I HAVE HAD SO MANY ISSUES WITH THE LEAKING WINDSHIELD, AND SPENT OVER 2200 DOLLARS WITH NO RESOLUTION. IN THE END, I FOUND YOU COULD DRILL HOLES IN PARTS OF THE FUSE BOX. THE REALLY FRUSTRATING THING IS I WENT INTO MANY DIFFERENT FORD DEALERS WITH DOCUMENTATION IN HAND REGARDING OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE, AND THEY ALL ACTED LIKE THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM BEFORE. IT'S VERY UPSETTING. CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT ELSE I NEED TO DO TO ENSURE MY COMPLAINTS ARE CONSIDERED AS PART OF YOUR INVESTIGATION?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10129024July 17, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
MY 1999 FORD EXPEDITION HAS HAD TO HAVE THE IGNITION COIL PACKS REPLACED AT LEAST 4 TIMES. THE SYMPTOMS ARE MISFIRE AND A RESULTING SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION UPON ACCELERATION. ONCE THE VEHICLE REACHES A CRUISING SPEED, THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO GO AWAY, BUT ONLY UNTIL YOU ACCELERATE AGAIN. FORD MOTOR COMPANY KNOWS THERE IS IS DESIGN FLAW IN THESE VEHICLES WHICH CAUSES WATER DRIPPING FROM SOME SOURCE (THE AIR CONDITIONER OR A WINDSHIELD THAT IS NOT SEALED) TO SHORT OUT THE IGNITION COIL PACKS. THEY HAVE A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON THE PROBLEM, BUT THE PROBLEM IS NOT ALWAYS REPORTED AS A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THEY FAIL TO DIAGNOSE THIS PROPERLY IN SOME CASES. THE FIRST 2 TIMES THIS HAPPENED, I TOOK THE CAR TO TWO DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIPS. BOTH TRIPS COST ME CLOSE TO $400 EACH TIME. THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPENED, WE WENT TO OUR LOCAL GARAGE AND THE GUY SAID THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, WELL KNOWN TO AUTO MECHANICS, BUT THAT THE INDIVIDUAL FAILING CYLINDER COULD NOT BE READILY DIAGNOSED BY THE COMPUTER CODES, SO IT WAS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR BECAUSE THEY MIGHT HAVE TO TRY ALL 8 COIL PACKS TO LOCATE AND IDENTIFY THE OFFENDER. THE LAST COIL PACK THAT FAILED WAS REPLACED BY MY HUSBAND AT A COST OF $45.00 AS THE FAILING UNIT WAS EASILY ACCESSIBLE. YOU CAN SEE THE GREAT DIFFERENCE IN COST OF DOING IT YOURSELF VS. BOTH OF MY TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP. MY TRUCK IS FAILING AGAIN NOW AND OF COURSE, IT IS EXHIBITING THE SAME SYMPTOMS OF A COIL PACK FAILURE. THIS TIME, HOWEVER, THE COIL PACK IN QUESTION IS NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR THE HOME MECHANIC AND WE WILL BE FORCED TO TAKE IT IN FOR REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128354July 11, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. SHE STATES THAT WHILE THEY WERE IN A PARKING LOT THEY PUT THE TRUCK IN REVERSE AND IT TOOK OFF ACROSS THE PARKING LOT AND HIT ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP AND IT WAS JERKING. THE PERSON THAT THEY HIT HIS WIFE OWNS AN EXPEDITION SAID THAT THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO THEM. SHE CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SAID THAT SHE NEEDED TO TAKE HER VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127342July 2, 2005
EQUIPMENT
I HAVE A 1999 EXPEDITION THAT HAS A PISTON THAT IS SLAPPING. IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 1999 EXPEDITIONS. I WANTED TO ASK IF THERE ARE ANY RECALLS ON THE HORIZON FOR THIS CONSISTENT PROBELM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126618June 26, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
1999 FORD EXPEDITION 5.4L 4WD DRIVING DOWN ROAD AND SPARK PLUG SHOT OUT OF THE HEAD. CAUSING A LOUD POPPING NOISE AND BAD IDLE. REPLACED SPARKPLUG AND HAD HELI-COIL INSTALLED. TWO WEEKS LATER, ANOTHER SPARK PLUG SHOT OUT OF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HEAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126512June 24, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WATER LEAKING UNDER DASH AROUND WINDSHIELD DEALER TRIED TWICE TO FIX PROBLEM AND TO DATE IT LEAKS WHEN SUBJECTED TO RAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126384June 23, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
DT: THE CONSUMER STATES WHENEVER IT RAINS OR SNOWS, THE WINDSHIELD LEAKS CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO STOP WORKING, THE LIGHTS FLASHED, THE RADIO DID NOT WORKING, AND THEN AT TIMES THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. THE MODULE HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES AND THE WINDSHIELD HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE, NOW IT IS BEING REPLACED AGAIN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126034June 21, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, WHEELS, WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
DT: THE VEHICLE DOES NOT START WHEN THERE IT RAINS, SNOWS OR ANY WATER RELATING ISSUES. ALSO, CAUSES OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. DEALER KEEPS REPLACING THE COMPUTER, WHICH NEVER LAST. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD, AND THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. FORD HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY THE OWNER. FORD RECOMMENDED THAT THE OWNER TRY ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. THE OWNER HAS BEEN TO MORE THAN ONE DEALERSHIP TO TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM, AND THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM EITHER. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP OVER THESE ISSUES BETWEEN 6-12 TIMES, AND NOW THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT EVEN GIVE THE OWNER AN INVOICE. OWNER HAS SPENT ABOUT $4,000.00 OVER 8 MONTHS ON TRYING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THIS OWNER IS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE DEALERSHIP OR FORD. THE WATER PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO YEARS. THE WHEEL CAME OFF LAST YEAR IN JULY. THE WHEEL STARTED VIBRATING AND THE WHEEL JUST CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE WHEEL LUGS: NUTS AND BOLTS BROKENOFF. 4 OUT OF 5 LUGS AND NUTS WERE MISSING. THE ODOMETER DOES NOT WORK. IT BLINKS OFF AND ON. THE ODOMETER WILL STAY OFF FOR MONTHS, WHEN IT COMES BACK ON THE MILEAGE MAY GO FORWARD OR IT MAY GO BACKWARDS. THE OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE IN AND HAD THE LUG SAND NUTS A LONG WITH THE RIM AND WHEEL REPALCED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126108June 21, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
HAD TO HAVE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND FUSE BOX REPLACED DUE TO WINDSHIELD LEAKING WATER INTO 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. ALSO REPLACED WINSHIELD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10126161June 21, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IN RAIN, WIPERS FAIL, DASH LIGHTS FAIL, RADIO FAILS, HVAC FAILS, 4X4 ENGAGES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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