Ford Expedition Complaints (1998)

836 consumer complaints on file.

#857547February 25, 2000
SUSPENSION
AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856325February 4, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR
TORSION BAR CRACKED. VEHICLE IN DEALER SHOP FOR REPAIRS DUE TO WARRANTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855461January 24, 2000
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
RECALL NUMBER 98V095000; RECALL REMEDY DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM, WHILE DRIVING FIVE LUGS: NUTS DISENGAGED FROM THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL, CAUSING THE WHEEL AND TIRE TO NEARLY COME OFF. LOCAL DEALER REIMBURSED OWNER FOR REPAIRS. *AK.ET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854415December 27, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR
DEFECTIVE TORSION BAR BROKE, CAUSING A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.THE BAR MAY ENTER THE VEHICLE AND INJURE THE OCCUPANT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854203December 21, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON A SHEET OF ICE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND SLID INTO A GUARDRAIL. UPON A FRONTAL IMPACT, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICHNOT PROTECTING THE OCCUPANTS. ALSO, DRIVER'S SEATBELT DID NOT RETRACT, WHICH DID NOT HOLD THE OCCUPANT IN SEAT, AND CAUSING OCCUPANT TO SUSTAIN INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#854218December 21, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER COLLISION, SPEED UNDETERMINED. VEHICLE HIT SEVERAL TREES BEFORE AND DURING ROLLOVER. BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#784360December 14, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING,THE VEHICLE IS STALLING, ONCE IT STALLED WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854002December 13, 1999
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
REFLECTIVE PART OF THE MIRROR IS DETERIORATING FROM THE INSIDE. DEALER SAYS MIRROR HAS TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853126November 19, 1999
SUSPENSION:REAR
REAREND IS MAKING A GRINDING NOISE WHEN DECELERATING. MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO REPLACE REAREND ASSEMBLY. *AK *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853078November 17, 1999
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
ON-GOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH LAP BELT LATCH IN 2ND. ROW, FAILING TO ENGAGE, LEAVING OCCUPANT WITHOUT ANY RESTRAINT IF INVOLVED IN A VEHICLE COLLISION. DEALER NOTIFIED. UNABLE TO USE THIS POSITION FOR CHILD SAFETY SEAT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714091October 30, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKING SYSTEM WENT INTO SKID OF OWN VOLITION, CAUSED VEHICLE TO CRASH AND DRIVER TO BE INJURED. ANTI-LOCK BRAKE PROBLEM NOTED IN PAST BUT DEALERSHIPS REFUSED TO REPAIR.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#851847October 26, 1999
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH ON THE FREEWAY ROOF LUGGAGE RACK AND LUGGAGE CAME OFF VEHICLE . DEALER NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713745October 23, 1999
WHEELS
MY VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN RECALL 98S14 AND DEALER DID NOT HAVE REPLACEMENT LUG NUTS, SO THEY TIGHTENED THE DEFECTIVE ONES. WE WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE WHEEL SHEERED OFF AT THE LUG NUTS ROLLING OUR VEHICLE OVER 4-5 TIMES. I SUFFERED A BROKEN NECK IN TWO PLACES AND A CRUSHED DISC WHICH HAD TO BE REMOVED AN THE VERTIBRAE FUSED. I FEEL FORD WAS NEGLIGENT AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCIDENT. WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING LEGAL ADVISE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#713746October 23, 1999
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
REAR DRIVER SIDE LUG NUTS FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO FISH TAIL, ROLLING OVER 4-5 TIMES RESTING UPSIDE DOWN. TWO ADULT AND THREE CHILDREN AGES 5,12 AND 18 INVOLVED IN THE CRASH. ONE ADULT SUFFERED BROKEN NECK IN TWO PLACES AND CRUSHED DISC. ONE WEEK HOSPITAL STAY WITH SURGERY TO REMOVE CRUSHED DISC AND FUSION OF TWO VERTIBRAE. OTHER ADULT AND TWO CHILDREN SUFFERED MINOR CUTS AND ABRAISIONS ONE CHILD EJECTED FROM VEHICLE ONTO HIGHWAY.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#850947October 18, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR
WHILE DRIVING TORSION BAR BROKE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BECOME HARD TO STEER TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. DEALER HAS FIXED THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849885October 5, 1999
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
WHEN INSTALLING CSS ON LEFT SIDE OF SECOND ROW THE MIDDLE SEATBELT RETRACTOR WILL QUIT WORKING DUE TO PRESSURE ON THE LEFT SEAT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849995October 5, 1999
STEERING:LINKAGES
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 25 MPH PITMAN ARM BROKE, CAUSING TO DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF TRUCK AND STRIKE A LIGHT POST. VEHCLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849779October 4, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. APPLIED BRAKES AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849827October 4, 1999
WHEELS
PASSENGER'S REAR WHEEL FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848958September 28, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING OUT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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