2001 FORD EXPEDITION Problems & Recalls

Front brake hose metal crimp completely rusted causing brake hose separation and failure. Design has rubber boot over crimp which actually retains moisture over many years. Boot may be intended to reduce stress at joint of metal to hose but actually enhanced failure mode. Drivers side came apart aft...

Driver seatbelt- Randomly releases from buckle when driving. Happened about 3-4 times already.

On the second row seat, passenger side door will not open using the door handle with the child safety switch in lock or unlock position. It will open from the outside handle. This is a safety concern. In case accident happen or fire in the vehicle occurs, the second and third row passengers can not...

Vehical burst into flames seems on passenger side under the hood...Had been parked all day. No one around or injured. Vehical is a total loss.

I gave a friend a ride to Wal mart in my 2001 Expedition to buy some power steering fluid, luckily I parked over by the automotive section. I turned it off and waited in vehicle till he returned, about 7 or 8 minutes. I started the engine, grabbed the brake and dropped it in reverse when engine revv...

I gave a friend a ride to Wal mart in my 2001 Expedition to buy some power steering fluid, luckily I parked over by the automotive section. I turned it off and waited in vehicle till he returned, about 7 or 8 minutes. I started the engine, grabbed the brake and dropped it in reverse when engine revv...

I gave a friend a ride to Wal mart in my 2001 Expedition to buy some power steering fluid, luckily I parked over by the automotive section. I turned it off and waited in vehicle till he returned, about 7 or 8 minutes. I started the engine, grabbed the brake and dropped it in reverse when engine revv...

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO AN INCORRECTLY INSTALLED HEAD LIGHT DUE TO A CRACKED PLUG ASSEMBLY. VEHICLE WAS IN A FAST-FOOD DRIVE THROUGH WHEN THE SMOKE AND SUBSEQUENT FLAMES WERE SEEN. DUE TO AGE OF THE VEHICLE THE TASK OF CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB WAS FARMED OUT TO LOCAL OIL CHANGE SHOP. WHILE CHAN...

Mileage: 192,000

MY VEHICLE YEAR,MAKE,AND MODEL HAS MULTIPLE MANUFACTURER RECALLS PERTAINING TO MY SPECIFIC VEHICLES VIN NUMBER. I HAVE 0 UNREPAIRED RECALLS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ASSESSED AND HAS HAD ZERO COMPONENTS REPLACED UNDER RECALLS FOR SPECIFIC COMPONENTS. EACH AND EVERY RECALLED COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED WITH M...

Mileage: 214,800

MY VEHICLE YEAR,MAKE,AND MODEL HAS MULTIPLE MANUFACTURER RECALLS PERTAINING TO MY SPECIFIC VEHICLES VIN NUMBER. I HAVE 0 UNREPAIRED RECALLS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ASSESSED AND HAS HAD ZERO COMPONENTS REPLACED UNDER RECALLS FOR SPECIFIC COMPONENTS. EACH AND EVERY RECALLED COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED WITH M...

Mileage: 214,800

MY VEHICLE YEAR,MAKE,AND MODEL HAS MULTIPLE MANUFACTURER RECALLS PERTAINING TO MY SPECIFIC VEHICLES VIN NUMBER. I HAVE 0 UNREPAIRED RECALLS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ASSESSED AND HAS HAD ZERO COMPONENTS REPLACED UNDER RECALLS FOR SPECIFIC COMPONENTS. EACH AND EVERY RECALLED COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED WITH M...

Mileage: 214,800

GOING TO MICHIGAN FROM TENNESSEE, DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY WHAT'S MY FORD EXPEDITION TRIDENT MOTOR V8 HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND ALMOST GOT IN AN ACCIDENT AND FOUND OUT ONCE AGAIN THE SPARKPLUG BLEW OUT OF THE MOTOR AGAIN WITH MY FAMILY IN THE VEHICLEE IT'S A 2001 AND I THINK YOUR COMPANY SHOULD P...

Mileage: 202,758

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN HIS APARTMENT COMPLEX, HIS VEHICLE SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD HEARD A LOUD BOOM FROM INSIDE WHICH PROMPTED HIM TO CHECK ON HIS VEHICLE. THE CONTACT IMMEDIAT...

Mileage: 110,000

FYI MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME SOFT BRAKE PROBLEM THAT WARRANTED THEM TO ISSUE RECALL #19S54. I HAVE CHANGED THE BRAKES AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS . FORD NEEDS TO INCLUDE THE 2001 EXPEDITIONS IN THIS RECALL. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO STOP THIS HEAVY VEHICLE WITH A SOFT BRAKE PEDAL ...

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS WOULD UNLATCH ON ITS OWN WITHOUT WARNING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT CALLED RAMP MOTORS (4869 NESCONSET HWY, PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NY 11776, 631-473-1550) AND WAS INFOR...

Mileage: 140,000

FUSES BLOWING AS SOON AS PUT IN BOX. SMOKE COMING FROM CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH

Mileage: 260,000

FUSES BLOWING AS SOON AS PUT IN BOX. SMOKE COMING FROM CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH

Mileage: 260,000

FUSES BLOWING AS SOON AS PUT IN BOX. SMOKE COMING FROM CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH

Mileage: 260,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BACK INJURY, WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE M...

Mileage: 170,000

#1 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF BLOCK HEAD. EJECTED FUEL WHILE ENGINE RUNNING.

Mileage: 130,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT RANDOMLY UNLATCHED FROM THE BUCKLE EVERYDAY. THE WARNING INDICATOR CHIME AND THE ACTUAL INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED FOR APPROXIMATELY THIRTY DAYS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGN...

Mileage: 150,000

WINDSHIELD LEAKING - CAUSING ELECTRICAL BOX TO SHORT OUT AND THEREFORE EVERYTHING ELECTRIAL MALFUNCTION - ITEMS COME ON GOING DOWN THE ROAD WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING - DANGEROUS

Mileage: 95,000

WINDSHIELD LEAKING - CAUSING ELECTRICAL BOX TO SHORT OUT AND THEREFORE EVERYTHING ELECTRIAL MALFUNCTION - ITEMS COME ON GOING DOWN THE ROAD WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING - DANGEROUS

Mileage: 95,000

THE HORN DOESN'T WORK AT ALL EVEN WHEN LOCKING WITH THE KEYLESS FOB. CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK AT ALL. I CAN ENGAGE THE E-BRAKE AND THE LIGHT WON'T TURN ON IN MY DASH. NONE OF THE CONTROLS ON MY STEERING WHEEL WORK AT ALL.

Mileage: 162,000

THE HORN DOESN'T WORK AT ALL EVEN WHEN LOCKING WITH THE KEYLESS FOB. CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK AT ALL. I CAN ENGAGE THE E-BRAKE AND THE LIGHT WON'T TURN ON IN MY DASH. NONE OF THE CONTROLS ON MY STEERING WHEEL WORK AT ALL.

Mileage: 162,000

THE HORN DOESN'T WORK AT ALL EVEN WHEN LOCKING WITH THE KEYLESS FOB. CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK AT ALL. I CAN ENGAGE THE E-BRAKE AND THE LIGHT WON'T TURN ON IN MY DASH. NONE OF THE CONTROLS ON MY STEERING WHEEL WORK AT ALL.

Mileage: 162,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT SMELLED A BURNING ODOR UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS ON FIRE. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT SMELLED A BURNING ODOR UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS ON FIRE. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES...

THE CHECK SUSPENSION LIGHT IS ON AND I NOTICED EVERY EXPEDITION IN THIS YEAR RANGE HAS SUSPENSION PROBLEMS AND THE WIREING SOMETIMES THE RADIO WILL GO OFF AND THE LIGHTS ON DASH AND SPEEDOMETER LIGHTS WILL SHUT OFF.

THE CHECK SUSPENSION LIGHT IS ON AND I NOTICED EVERY EXPEDITION IN THIS YEAR RANGE HAS SUSPENSION PROBLEMS AND THE WIREING SOMETIMES THE RADIO WILL GO OFF AND THE LIGHTS ON DASH AND SPEEDOMETER LIGHTS WILL SHUT OFF.

THE CHECK SUSPENSION LIGHT IS ON AND I NOTICED EVERY EXPEDITION IN THIS YEAR RANGE HAS SUSPENSION PROBLEMS AND THE WIREING SOMETIMES THE RADIO WILL GO OFF AND THE LIGHTS ON DASH AND SPEEDOMETER LIGHTS WILL SHUT OFF.

JUNE 2007 WHILE DRIVING TO MEXICO FOR FAMILY VACATION, A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE IN GILA BEND ARIZONA WHERE THE TEMPERATURES WERE CLOSE TO 110 DEGREES. I HAD OUR DOG WITH US SO WE COULD NOT GO INTO ANY AIR CONDITIONED BUILDINGS DUE TO HAVING A DOG. MY 8 AND 10 YEAR OLD BOYS ALONG WITH MY ...

Mileage: 141,000

SIDE AIR BAG IN DRIVER SEAT DEPLOYED WHILE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND IN PARK WITHOUT ANY COLLISION OR IMPACT OF ANY TYPE. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND HAD BEEN RUNNING LESS THAN 30-45 SECONDS AND DRIVER WAS REACHING FOR SEAT BELT WHEN AIR BAG EXPLODED WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO CAUSE A HAND LACERATION AND T...

Mileage: 200,000

WHILE MY TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND I WERE SITTING IN THE VEHICLE (VEHICLE WAS OFF) A PASSERBY KNOCKED ON THE WINDOW INFORMING ME THAT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. I EXITED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER HOOD AND BELOW THE CAR. COME TO FIND OUT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE FOR A FAULTY SP...

Mileage: 200,000

REAR UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT, RESULTING A DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATION. I HAVE VEHICLE SERVICED REGULARLY AT A FORD DEALER AND WAS NEVER INFORMED OF SUCH A HAZARD. WHILE DRIVING, HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND FELT A BAD JERK, REAR-END JUST FELL DOWN. HAD SEVERE MEDICAL ISSUES A...

Mileage: 101,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP SIGN OR WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE....

Mileage: 99,000

NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA05015 COMPONENT(S): ELECTRICAL SYSTEM , EXTERIOR LIGHTING , VISIBILITY I'M HAVING ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE SIMILAR TO THE ISSUES DESCRIBED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA05015. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE I'VE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST TIME THE UNIT WAS REPLACED, NOT COVE...

Mileage: 112,000

I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE 2012. I HAVE HAD THREE PLUG TO POP/ BLOW OUT, SINCE I'VE OWNED. 1ST TIME- WAS 9/2012. WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A POP, WAS IN MOTION,ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED AND HAD TO BE TOWED. 2ND TIME-WAS 6/2014 WAS ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD, IN MOTION AND LIGHT CAME ON HEARD A POP , VEHICLE L...

Mileage: 240,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND LATER BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF DETERMI...

Mileage: 103,000

WIPERS FAIL, CAME WITHIN INCHES OF MAJOR CRASH SEVERAL TIMES, DUE TO POOR OR NO VISIBILITY FROM RAIN OR SNOW BECAUSE OF WIPERS COMPLETE FAILURE. ALSO, POWER WINDOWS FAIL, INTERIOR LIGHTS FAIL, RADIO FAILS, 4 WHEEL DRIVE FAIL AND IT WAS STATED ON LINE THAT AIR BAG FAILURE IS ALSO A PROBLEM. CAN NO...

Mileage: 112,000

WIPERS FAIL, CAME WITHIN INCHES OF MAJOR CRASH SEVERAL TIMES, DUE TO POOR OR NO VISIBILITY FROM RAIN OR SNOW BECAUSE OF WIPERS COMPLETE FAILURE. ALSO, POWER WINDOWS FAIL, INTERIOR LIGHTS FAIL, RADIO FAILS, 4 WHEEL DRIVE FAIL AND IT WAS STATED ON LINE THAT AIR BAG FAILURE IS ALSO A PROBLEM. CAN NO...

Mileage: 112,000

WIPERS FAIL, CAME WITHIN INCHES OF MAJOR CRASH SEVERAL TIMES, DUE TO POOR OR NO VISIBILITY FROM RAIN OR SNOW BECAUSE OF WIPERS COMPLETE FAILURE. ALSO, POWER WINDOWS FAIL, INTERIOR LIGHTS FAIL, RADIO FAILS, 4 WHEEL DRIVE FAIL AND IT WAS STATED ON LINE THAT AIR BAG FAILURE IS ALSO A PROBLEM. CAN NO...

Mileage: 112,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO FUNCTION. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE AND THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BULBS NEEDED TO B...

Mileage: 187,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO FUNCTION. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE AND THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BULBS NEEDED TO B...

Mileage: 187,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO READ THE CORRECT SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPE...

Mileage: 177,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARMS/TRAILING ARMS WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE CONTACT WAS A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS...

Mileage: 208,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARMS/TRAILING ARMS WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE CONTACT WAS A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS...

Mileage: 208,000

THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE ACQUIRING THIS VEHICLE. THE BRAKES ARE VERY SOFT, THEY WILL PUMP UP BUT WHEN A QUICKER SLOW DOWN OR STOP IS NEEDED AN INDIVIDUAL DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO REMEMBER THAT. THERE HAVE BEEN NO INJURIES OR CRASHES AS OF THIS DATE. MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED ON MECHAN...

Mileage: 125,000

THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE ACQUIRING THIS VEHICLE. THE BRAKES ARE VERY SOFT, THEY WILL PUMP UP BUT WHEN A QUICKER SLOW DOWN OR STOP IS NEEDED AN INDIVIDUAL DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO REMEMBER THAT. THERE HAVE BEEN NO INJURIES OR CRASHES AS OF THIS DATE. MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED ON MECHAN...

Mileage: 125,000

WATER APPEARS TO HAVE LEAKED INTO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CAUSING THE WIPERS TO NOT FUNCTION AT ALL. WHEN THE WIPERS ARE TURNED ON, WE HEAR THE WIPER MOTOR CLICK; BUT WIPERS DO NOT CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD. *JS

Mileage: 240,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE SUSPENSION WAS CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS ...

Mileage: 59,000

THIS HAS BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE. GRANTED WE BOUGHT THE EXPEDITION USED 3 YEARS AGO, BUT HAVING THE PLUGS BLOW OUT 4 TIMES (4 DIFFERENT PLUGS) AND NOW HAVING TO GET INTO THE HEAD TO FIX THE FIRST ONE THAT THE SHOP REPLACED WITH A HELIX-COIL....THE HELIX-COIL ACTUALLY SHATTERED! SENDING BITS OF IT INT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A SUDDEN INCREASE OF ENGINE RPMS AND THE VEHICLE LUNGE FORWARD AS THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAI...

Mileage: 147,000

HAPPEN ON 04-02-2014 VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND JUST IGNITED ON FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BUCKLE UNLATCHED INDEPENDENTLY. THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WOULD NOT REMAIN FULLY CLOSED WHENEVER LATCHED. THERE WAS A RECALL A RECALL RELATED TO THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIG...

Mileage: 194,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FIELD. THE VEH...

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FIELD. THE VEH...

Mileage: 110,000

THE DRIVER SEAT BELT DOES NOT STAY LATCHED ALL THE WAY EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS IT DOES. RANDOMLY THE SEAT BELT WILL BECOME UNLATCHED WHILE DRIVING IN DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. IT WAS BUILT IN THE MICHIGAN PLANT LIKE THE RECALL ON YOUR WEBSITE BUT NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ACCORDING TO FORD BECAUSE OF THE ...

Mileage: 90,000

THIS IS THE 2ND TIME A SPARK PLUG BLEW, STRIPPING THE THREADS AGAIN. FORD REALLY NEEDS TO DO A RECALL. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GOOGLE FORDS BLOWN SPARK PLUG ITS THE FIRST THING THAT COMES UP. *TR

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IN REVERSE WITH HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKES, THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED AS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO FOUR DIFFERENT VEHICLES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT STATED SUSTAINED BRUISES TO ...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN EXCESSIVE WATER LEAK. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE INTAKE WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 212,000.

Mileage: 212,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPR...

Mileage: 129,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION, THE REAR FAME AND THE FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE FOUND TO BE CORRODED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE FRAME HAD ROTTE...

Mileage: 180,000

I JUST PURCHASED A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BOWER EDITION AND THE FRONT END SQUEAKS. SO I ACCESSED THIS SITE AND FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME CONDITION. AFTER READING THESE COMPLAINTS, I AM WORRIED THAT MINE WILL DO THE SAME THING. I'M CONSIDERING PARKING THE VEHICLE AND NEVER USING IT ...

I JUST PURCHASED A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BOWER EDITION AND THE FRONT END SQUEAKS. SO I ACCESSED THIS SITE AND FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME CONDITION. AFTER READING THESE COMPLAINTS, I AM WORRIED THAT MINE WILL DO THE SAME THING. I'M CONSIDERING PARKING THE VEHICLE AND NEVER USING IT ...

I JUST PURCHASED A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BOWER EDITION AND THE FRONT END SQUEAKS. SO I ACCESSED THIS SITE AND FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME CONDITION. AFTER READING THESE COMPLAINTS, I AM WORRIED THAT MINE WILL DO THE SAME THING. I'M CONSIDERING PARKING THE VEHICLE AND NEVER USING IT ...

I SENT THIS REQUEST TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY-I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CHILD SAFETY LOCK ON BOTH REAR DOORS ON MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE DOORS LOCK BY THEMSELVES AND CANNOT BE OPENED FROM INSIDE. I CANNOT FIND ONLINE WHERE FORD SAYS IT IS A MALFUNCTION AND HAS NO RECORD OF ANY COMPLAINTS. HERE I...

THE LIGHT FOR THE WIPERS SYSTEM HAS BEEN ON SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP. IT HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO SPRAY FLUID.

I STARTED MY TRUCK AND THERE WAS A VERY LOUD KNOCKING NOISE, MY HUSBAND LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED I BLEW A SPARKPLUG RIGHT OUT OF THE ENGINE HEAD AND ALSO BROKE A COIL. *TT

Mileage: 103,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS REPORTED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THE FIRE STARTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEA...

Mileage: 208,000

APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MINUTES AFTER I GOT HOME FROM WORK MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITIONS CATCHES ON FIRE. WE, MY WIFE AND 3 KIDS HERE A LOUD PRESSURE SOUND GO OFF OUTSIDE. NOT SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON, WE RUN TO THE FRONT DOOR AND AS MY WIFE OPENS THE DOORS SHE SCREAMS THAT THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE. WE RUN BACK IN...

Mileage: 134,000

APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MINUTES AFTER I GOT HOME FROM WORK MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITIONS CATCHES ON FIRE. WE, MY WIFE AND 3 KIDS HERE A LOUD PRESSURE SOUND GO OFF OUTSIDE. NOT SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON, WE RUN TO THE FRONT DOOR AND AS MY WIFE OPENS THE DOORS SHE SCREAMS THAT THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE. WE RUN BACK IN...

Mileage: 134,000

APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MINUTES AFTER I GOT HOME FROM WORK MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITIONS CATCHES ON FIRE. WE, MY WIFE AND 3 KIDS HERE A LOUD PRESSURE SOUND GO OFF OUTSIDE. NOT SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON, WE RUN TO THE FRONT DOOR AND AS MY WIFE OPENS THE DOORS SHE SCREAMS THAT THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE. WE RUN BACK IN...

Mileage: 134,000

I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD THIS LOUD CRASH AND BANG, AND WAS JERKED FORWARD. THOUGHT THE PICK UP TRUCK BEHIND ME REAR-ENDED ME. THAT DRIVER PULLED UP ASIDE OF ME AND TOLD ME YOU JUST DROPPED YOUR DRIVESHAFT. SINCE IT WAS DARK AND MY VEHICLE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROA...

Mileage: 127,510

I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD THIS LOUD CRASH AND BANG, AND WAS JERKED FORWARD. THOUGHT THE PICK UP TRUCK BEHIND ME REAR-ENDED ME. THAT DRIVER PULLED UP ASIDE OF ME AND TOLD ME YOU JUST DROPPED YOUR DRIVESHAFT. SINCE IT WAS DARK AND MY VEHICLE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROA...

Mileage: 127,510

I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD THIS LOUD CRASH AND BANG, AND WAS JERKED FORWARD. THOUGHT THE PICK UP TRUCK BEHIND ME REAR-ENDED ME. THAT DRIVER PULLED UP ASIDE OF ME AND TOLD ME YOU JUST DROPPED YOUR DRIVESHAFT. SINCE IT WAS DARK AND MY VEHICLE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROA...

Mileage: 127,510

I HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON WITH RUST, I FORGOT ABOUT MY BRAKES LINES BURSTING AND HAVING NO BRAKES AFTER HAVING THE FRONT BRAKES REPAIRED. THEY BURST DUE TO RUST!!!!!! *TR

Mileage: 125,818

FORD EXPEDITION 5.4L 2001 - SUDDEN BRAKE FAILURE WHILE TRAVELING 25 MPH IN PARKING LOT. BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH CAUSED SUDDEN BRAKE FAILURE. CAR HAD UNDERCARRIAGE CLEANING FREQUENTLY DURING WINTER MONTHS AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEMS. WHEN REPLACING THE BRAKE LINES, OWNER WAS INFORM...

Mileage: 110,000

FORD EXPEDITION 5.4L 2001 - SUDDEN BRAKE FAILURE WHILE TRAVELING 25 MPH IN PARKING LOT. BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH CAUSED SUDDEN BRAKE FAILURE. CAR HAD UNDERCARRIAGE CLEANING FREQUENTLY DURING WINTER MONTHS AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEMS. WHEN REPLACING THE BRAKE LINES, OWNER WAS INFORM...

Mileage: 110,000

FORD EXPEDITION 5.4L 2001 - SUDDEN BRAKE FAILURE WHILE TRAVELING 25 MPH IN PARKING LOT. BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH CAUSED SUDDEN BRAKE FAILURE. CAR HAD UNDERCARRIAGE CLEANING FREQUENTLY DURING WINTER MONTHS AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEMS. WHEN REPLACING THE BRAKE LINES, OWNER WAS INFORM...

Mileage: 110,000

MY CHEVY IMPALA FEW MONTHS I FILLED UP WITH GAS ALL THE WAY AND WHEN I GO T ON THE INTERSTATE THE FUEL GAUGE WENT DOWN FROM FULL TO HALF FULL OF GAS . THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE NO MECHANIC KNOWS WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH GAS I H...

Mileage: 147,000

MY CHEVY IMPALA FEW MONTHS I FILLED UP WITH GAS ALL THE WAY AND WHEN I GO T ON THE INTERSTATE THE FUEL GAUGE WENT DOWN FROM FULL TO HALF FULL OF GAS . THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE NO MECHANIC KNOWS WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH GAS I H...

Mileage: 147,000

THIS VEHICLE WAS BEING USED TO PULL A STUCK TRUCK FROM THE SAND AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS INCHING FORWARD TRYING TO PULL THE STUCK TRUCK WHEN THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND HIT THE DRIVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT NEAR ANY OTHER VEHICLES AND DID NOT TOUCH AN...

Mileage: 169,532

I AM HAVING VARIOUS ELECTRICAL ISSUES RANGING FROM CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOING ON PERIODICALLY WITH CODES NOT STORED WHEN CHECKED, ON, DOME LIGHT IN THE CAR NOT TURN ON WHEN DRIVER DOOR OPENED, RADIO NOT WORKING WHEN KEY IS IN ON POSITION, DASH LIGHTS GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY. ONE NIGHT DURING A VERY HEAV...

Mileage: 112,000

I AM HAVING VARIOUS ELECTRICAL ISSUES RANGING FROM CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOING ON PERIODICALLY WITH CODES NOT STORED WHEN CHECKED, ON, DOME LIGHT IN THE CAR NOT TURN ON WHEN DRIVER DOOR OPENED, RADIO NOT WORKING WHEN KEY IS IN ON POSITION, DASH LIGHTS GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY. ONE NIGHT DURING A VERY HEAV...

Mileage: 112,000

I AM HAVING VARIOUS ELECTRICAL ISSUES RANGING FROM CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOING ON PERIODICALLY WITH CODES NOT STORED WHEN CHECKED, ON, DOME LIGHT IN THE CAR NOT TURN ON WHEN DRIVER DOOR OPENED, RADIO NOT WORKING WHEN KEY IS IN ON POSITION, DASH LIGHTS GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY. ONE NIGHT DURING A VERY HEAV...

Mileage: 112,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE A POPPING NOISE, JERKED AND BEGAN TO LOSE ACCELERATION POWER WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED, WHICH DETERMINED THE FAILURE TO BE A SPARK PLUG T...

Mileage: 207,000

THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE MOTOR AND IT CAN NOT BE PUT BACK IN TO THE MOTOR. *TR

Mileage: 200,000

VEHICLE IS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION XLT 4X4 PURCHASED NEW IN APRIL 2001 AND OWNED CONTINUOUSLY BY CURRENT OWNER, ONLY SERVICED AT HUB FORD OF COLCHESTER, CT AND GIRARD FORD OF NORWICH CT. FAILURE OF SUSPENSION/DRIVETRAIN COMPONENTS OCCURRED WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO A HIGHWAY ONRAMP. BOTH REAR LOWER C...

Mileage: 150,000

VEHICLE IS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION XLT 4X4 PURCHASED NEW IN APRIL 2001 AND OWNED CONTINUOUSLY BY CURRENT OWNER, ONLY SERVICED AT HUB FORD OF COLCHESTER, CT AND GIRARD FORD OF NORWICH CT. FAILURE OF SUSPENSION/DRIVETRAIN COMPONENTS OCCURRED WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO A HIGHWAY ONRAMP. BOTH REAR LOWER C...

Mileage: 150,000

VEHICLE WAS HAVIN JERKIN ISSUES AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, TOOK TO SHOP AND IT WAS ABOUT TO BLOW OUT THE SPARK PLUG, I WAS LUCKY AND CAUGHT IT AND GOT IT REPLACED BUT I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND SEEN THAT MANY OTHERS HAVEN'T BEEN AND THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE. MY NEXT PROBLEM WAS ACCELERATION, ...

VEHICLE WAS HAVIN JERKIN ISSUES AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, TOOK TO SHOP AND IT WAS ABOUT TO BLOW OUT THE SPARK PLUG, I WAS LUCKY AND CAUGHT IT AND GOT IT REPLACED BUT I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND SEEN THAT MANY OTHERS HAVEN'T BEEN AND THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE. MY NEXT PROBLEM WAS ACCELERATION, ...

VEHICLE WAS HAVIN JERKIN ISSUES AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, TOOK TO SHOP AND IT WAS ABOUT TO BLOW OUT THE SPARK PLUG, I WAS LUCKY AND CAUGHT IT AND GOT IT REPLACED BUT I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND SEEN THAT MANY OTHERS HAVEN'T BEEN AND THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE. MY NEXT PROBLEM WAS ACCELERATION, ...

SLOWING FOR A LIGHT, TRUCK LUNGED FORWARD WHILE PLACING FOOT ON BRAKE. REPEATED SITUATION ON WED 05/30/12 WHILE SITTING AT A DRIVE THRU, ALMOST HIT CAR IN FRONT OF ME. *TR

Mileage: 178,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED, THE SPARE TIRE DETACHED FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE CHASSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAIL...

Mileage: 121,000

AFTER DROPPING OFF MY CHILDREN AT DAYCARE I STOPPED AT THE STORE. WHEN I GOT BACK INTO MY CAR AND STARTED IT, IT MADE A LOUD POP LIKE SOMETHING HAD CAME OFF. SO I PROCEEDED TO TURN THE IGNITION ON AND THEN SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE TOP VENTS AND THE TRUCK BEGAN MAKING A LOUD POPPING NOISE AND THE ENGINE...

Mileage: 179,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AS THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SWAY ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL AND IMMEDIATELY CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR UPPE...

Mileage: 136,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC STOP, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LUNGED FORWARD WHILE THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROX...

Mileage: 10,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE ENGINE EXHIBITED A POPPING NOISE AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED AND THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE NUMBER TWO SPARK PLUG. TH...

Mileage: 40,000

A SPARKPLUG BLEW OUT OF MY ENGINE AND ANOTHER WAS LOOSE. THE PLUG IN QUESTION RUINED THE THREADS IN THE CYLINDER HEAD, AND WILL REQUIRE $700-$1000 FOR THE DEALER TO FIX. A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH PROVES FORD HAD BEEN HAVING A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL YEARS, YET HAS DID NOTHING ABOU...

Mileage: 146,350

MY VEHICLE SUFFERED SPARK PLUG EJECTION. UPON PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD POP OR BANG AND BEGAN TO LOSE POWER IMMEDIATELY. UPON INSPECTION, THE COIL-OVER-PLUG ON THE NUMBER 3 CYLINDER WAS BROKEN FROM THE BRACKET AND A LOUD CLANKING NOISE CAME FROM THE ENGINE IN THAT SPOT....

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRAILING ARMS DETACHED WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER TRAILING ARMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTU...

Mileage: 128,400

ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 26, 2012 I PARKED MAY CAR AT MY EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT AT APPROXIMATELY 5:50AM. I HEAD TO WORK LIKE ANY ORDINARY DAY, AND AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30 AM, I HAD CO-WORKERS INFORMING ME THAT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. I RAN OUT TO THE PARKING LOT AND FOUND MY CAR IN FLAMES. MY 2001 FORD EXP...

Mileage: 111,600

ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 26, 2012 I PARKED MAY CAR AT MY EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT AT APPROXIMATELY 5:50AM. I HEAD TO WORK LIKE ANY ORDINARY DAY, AND AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30 AM, I HAD CO-WORKERS INFORMING ME THAT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. I RAN OUT TO THE PARKING LOT AND FOUND MY CAR IN FLAMES. MY 2001 FORD EXP...

Mileage: 111,600

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE HEARD FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE BEFORE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO...

Mileage: 125,000

MY HUSBAND WAS ON HIS WAY HOME FROM WORK. HE WAS GOING AT ABOUT 70-75 MPH WHEN THE #3 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. IT LEFT HIM STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT SPARK PLUG BLOWOUTS ARE A COMMON DEFECT ON MY VEHICLE YET FORD TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT, COSTING TH...

Mileage: 289,997

WHILE TWO HOURS FROM HOME BRINGING MY SON HOME FROM SURGERY, WHILE GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY MAY VEHICLE MADE A HORRIBLE SOUND LIKE A CHOPPER MOTORCYCLE AND WHEN I SPENT OVER A $1,000.00 TO TOW MY CAR HOME TO FIND OUT THE SPARK PLUG #3 BLEW OUT AND STRIPPED OUT SO NOW I HAVE NO VEHICLE AND TOLD BY FOR...

Mileage: 215,000

THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH IS FAILING WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL/COLUMN IS PUT INTO A LOWER POSITION. THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL FAILS AND GOES TO A RAPID PULSE UNLESS THE STEERING WHEEL IS IN THE HIGHEST POSITION. THIS IS THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH AFFECTING THE TURN SIGNALS ON MY 2001...

Mileage: 107,750

THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH IS FAILING WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL/COLUMN IS PUT INTO A LOWER POSITION. THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL FAILS AND GOES TO A RAPID PULSE UNLESS THE STEERING WHEEL IS IN THE HIGHEST POSITION. THIS IS THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH AFFECTING THE TURN SIGNALS ON MY 2001...

Mileage: 107,750

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, WHEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED TO THE GROUND. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT APPEARED ON THE SCENE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FIRE ORIGI...

Mileage: 93,000

#3 SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM CYLINDER HOLE AT FREEWAY SPEED. ORIGINAL PLUGS, NEVER CHANGED, NEVER REMOVED OR CHECKED FROM DEALER DELIVERY AT NEW CAR IN 2001. *TR

Mileage: 118,471

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT MY HOUSE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE MOTOR WENT ON FIRE. DO NOT KNOW WHY. THE FRONT LAFT SIDE. *TT

Mileage: 163,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE. THE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED HER THAT THEY WOULD INVESTIGATE THE FAILURE. THE ...

Mileage: 200,000

I WAS BACKING INTO MY BARN TO HOOK UP MY BOAT, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE REVVED UP TO MAX REVES AND IN A MATTER OF SECONDS HAD BOUNCED OFF THE BOAT SIDE , DAMAGING THE BOAT AND CONTINUED ON TO TEAR OUT A WALL IN MY BARN. NOT KNOWING THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE I APPLIED THE BRAKE AND SHIFTED INTO DR...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS ALSO AVAILABLE. THE DEALER DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ENGLUFED INTO FLAMES WITH OUT ANY WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY BURNT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE...

Mileage: 97,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE IGNITED AND BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED TO THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE...

BOUGHT A 2001 EXPEDITION FROM A USED CAR LOT. SINCE PURCHASE, CRUISE HAS NOT WORKED, SHORT IN IGNITION SWITCH WHICH RADIO AND BLOWER STAY ON AND KILL BATTERY. REPLACE TIE ROD ENDS, FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS, REAR SEAL LEAKING. REPLACE IGNITION SWITCH. NICE LOOKING VEHICLE BUT MANY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ...

Mileage: 97,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FIVE SPARK PLUGS HAVE BLOWN OUT OF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS THE RESULT OF THE ALUMINUM TIPS FROM THE SPARK PLUGS ENTERING THE CAST IRON HEADS OF T...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED. PRIOR TO THE FIRE, SHE NOTICED A BURNING SMELL WHEN SHE ACTIVATED THE CRUISE CONTROL FUNCTION. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. NEITHER T...

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED. PRIOR TO THE FIRE, SHE NOTICED A BURNING SMELL WHEN SHE ACTIVATED THE CRUISE CONTROL FUNCTION. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. NEITHER T...

Mileage: 200,000

A WEEK AGO I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION TO FRIENDS FOR A SOCIAL VISIT. ON THE WAY, I DROVE AS I NORMALLY DO THE SPEED LIMIT AS POSTED. AT AROUND 10:00 PM, IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, I ENCOUNTERED THE NOW WELL KNOWN AND DREADED SPARK PLUG EJECTION. THOUGHT I HAD BEEN SHOT AT THERE FOR A SECON...

Mileage: 163,579

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AT THE SPARK PLUG THREAD. THE LOCAL MECHANIC REINFORCED THE THREAD AT LOCATION NUMBER EIGHT BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUOUSLY RECUR...

Mileage: 143,000

I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK SUDDENLY JUMP FORWARD ABOUT 5FT AFTER ALREADY BEING STOPPED FOR A LITTLE BIT AT A STOP LIGHT. IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME MORE THEN ONCE AND MY FOOT IS PLANTED FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. IT FEELS ALMOST LIKE YOU ARE BEING HIT IN THE REAR BUT THERE IS NO ONE THERE SO WHAT GIVES? *TR

Mileage: 189,370

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ADVISED THAT THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE WAS THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. ...

Mileage: 117,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE WITHOUT WARNING AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO...

Mileage: 180,000

MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT FIRE IN MY DRIVEWAY SOON AFTER MY CRUISE CONTROL QUIT WORKING. IT BURNED AND CAUSED MY 2004 FORD F-250 TO BURN AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAUGHT MY HOUSE ON FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

ELECTRICAL: WINDSHIELD LEAKING FOR A FEW YEARS. FIRST A SMALL LEAK AND DID NOT THINK MUCH ABOUT IT. NOW IT SEEMS TO BE GREATER LEAKS INTO THE CAR WHEN IT RAINS- LEADING TO ELECTRICAL ISSUES SUCH AS DASH LIGHTS GO OUT, BLOWER STAYS ON, FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT READ RIGHT. RADIO SOMETIMES WILL NOT WORK R...

Mileage: 80,000

ELECTRICAL: WINDSHIELD LEAKING FOR A FEW YEARS. FIRST A SMALL LEAK AND DID NOT THINK MUCH ABOUT IT. NOW IT SEEMS TO BE GREATER LEAKS INTO THE CAR WHEN IT RAINS- LEADING TO ELECTRICAL ISSUES SUCH AS DASH LIGHTS GO OUT, BLOWER STAYS ON, FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT READ RIGHT. RADIO SOMETIMES WILL NOT WORK R...

Mileage: 80,000

ELECTRICAL: WINDSHIELD LEAKING FOR A FEW YEARS. FIRST A SMALL LEAK AND DID NOT THINK MUCH ABOUT IT. NOW IT SEEMS TO BE GREATER LEAKS INTO THE CAR WHEN IT RAINS- LEADING TO ELECTRICAL ISSUES SUCH AS DASH LIGHTS GO OUT, BLOWER STAYS ON, FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT READ RIGHT. RADIO SOMETIMES WILL NOT WORK R...

Mileage: 80,000

THIS VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF OUR DEALERSHIP AND HAD BEEN IDLE SINCE 5:00PM ON 5/6/2011. AT APPROXIMATELY 1:15PM ON 5/7/2011, THE VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAUGHT A LARGE PORTION OF THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON FIRE. THE TOTAL DAMAGE IS STILL UNTOLD, B...

Mileage: 136,894

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE AND EXITING, THE VEHICLE THEN SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE CALLED TO ASSIST. A FIRE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TOWED AND WAS WAITING ON AN...

Mileage: 135,000

THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH IN MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WASN'T SWITCHED OUT BY THE PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OUR TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE IN THE DRIVE WAY AND BURNED UP LAST MONTH MARCH 2011. *TR

Mileage: 123,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE SITTING IDLE IN THE RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY WITH THE ENGINE OFF. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND ADVISED HER THAT THE FIRE COULD HAVE ORIGINATED FROM THE ENGINE. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER...

Mileage: 150,000

PERSISTENT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE ARE FAILURES OF THE IGNITION COILS AND BOOTS (5.4L ONLY), AND RESTRICTION OF THE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR) PASSAGES INSIDE THE INTAKE PLENUM (4.6L ONLY). THE COST TO REPAIR THE IGNITION COILS AND BOOTS IS ESTIMATED AT $103.00 FOR PARTS AND $32.50 FOR LABOR...

Mileage: 45,000

HTTP://AUTOS.MSN.COM/RESEARCH/VIP/RELIABILITY.ASPX?YEAR=2001&MAKE=FORD&MODEL=EXPEDITION. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

HTTP://AUTOS.MSN.COM/RESEARCH/VIP/RELIABILITY.ASPX?YEAR=2001&MAKE=FORD&MODEL=EXPEDITION. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

HTTP://AUTOS.MSN.COM/RESEARCH/VIP/RELIABILITY.ASPX?YEAR=2001&MAKE=FORD&MODEL=EXPEDITION. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN HIS GARAGE FOR FOUR DAYS. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE STARTING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND PUT THE FIRE OUT AND STATED THE FIRE STARTED FROM THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL SW...

Mileage: 194,000

I WAS DRIVING WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP SOUND. MY VEHICLE STARTED MAKING THIS LOUD SUCKING SOUND AND NOISE SIMILAR TO THE SOUND OF A TRACTOR.

Mileage: 168,137

2001 FORD EXPEDITION 5.4L ENGINE WITH 75,000 MILES. THERE WAS A SLIGHT TICKING IN ENGINE ON DRIVERS SIDE, HAD MECHANIC CHECK, NO OBVIOUS PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING, LOUD POPPING NOISE, ENGINE BECAME VERY LOUD (TRACTOR LIKE SOUND) AND ENGINE FAILURE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC. SPARK PLUG WAS BLOWN OU...

Mileage: 75,000

WINDSHIELD LEAKING DUE TO FAULTY SEALANT. HAVE ALL KINDS OF SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE NOW. WATER LEAKS DIRECTLY INTO GEM MODULE WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TURNING ON AND OFF ALL FUNCTIONS OF MY FORD EXPEDITION. THINGS JUST RANDOMLY START AND STOP WORKING BY THEMSELVES, INCLUDING CRUISE CONTROL...

Mileage: 112,325

WAS CLOSING REAR LIFT GATE ON OUR 2001 FORD EXPEDITION THE STRAP ATTACHING MECHANISM BROKE CAUSING ME TO FALL BACKWARDS ON THE TO PAVEMENT STRIKING THE BACK OF MY HEAD AND SCRAPING MY ELBOW. THIS CAUSED ME TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT. *TR

Mileage: 100,147

I HAVE A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH APPROXIMATELY 130K MILES. THE SPARK PLUG IN CYLINDER 4 BLEW OUT YESTERDAY WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. WE DISCOVERED THE CYLINDER HEAD THREADS HAVE BEEN BLOWN OUT ALSO. I AM UNABLE TO REPLACE THE SPARK PLUG WITHOUT REPAIR TO THE HEAD. *TR

Mileage: 129,570

I HAVE A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH APPROXIMATELY 130K MILES. THE SPARK PLUG IN CYLINDER 4 BLEW OUT YESTERDAY WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. WE DISCOVERED THE CYLINDER HEAD THREADS HAVE BEEN BLOWN OUT ALSO. I AM UNABLE TO REPLACE THE SPARK PLUG WITHOUT REPAIR TO THE HEAD. *TR

Mileage: 129,570

THE # 3 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT THE HEAD WHILE DRIVING.

Mileage: 141,100

IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS, I HAVE NOTICED THAT WHEN IT RAINS, MY BLOWER MOTOR WILL RUN ON HIGH-SPEED AND MY LIGHTS WILL FLICKER AFTER I TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. AT FIRST IT WOULD STOP AFTER A FEW SECONDS, HOWEVER THIS LAST TIME, IT RAN FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND FINALLY SHUT OFF. I CALLED FORD MOTOR CO TO INQ...

Mileage: 85,000

SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM THE ENGINE OF MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE ENGINE IS A TRITON 5.4L V8. *TR

Mileage: 184,235

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE; THE HOOD WAS BURNED AND THE WINDSHIELD BLEW OUT AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE...

Mileage: 166,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD ILLUMINATE SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARRANT, THE RADIO WOULD ENGAGE INDEPENDENTLY, AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD ACTIVATE WITHOUT THE KEYS BEING IN THE IGNITION. IN ADDITION...

Mileage: 98,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD ILLUMINATE SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARRANT, THE RADIO WOULD ENGAGE INDEPENDENTLY, AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD ACTIVATE WITHOUT THE KEYS BEING IN THE IGNITION. IN ADDITION...

Mileage: 98,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER EDITION. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE WHICH ORIGINATED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACTS FAMILY WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICEL WAS DESTROYED. THE FAI...

Mileage: 115,000

FORD 2001 EXPEDITION HAS A BLOWN SPARK PLUG. THE ENGINE COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE I DROVE THE TRUCK WITH THE VAPORS POURING OUT OF THE PLUG SPOT (WHICH FLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE ON TO THE ROAD SOME WHERE BEHIND ME). FORD KNOWS THIS IS AN ENGINE DEFECT. WHY ARE WE NOT HAVING A RECALL FOR THIS PROB...

Mileage: 134,000

FORD 2001 EXPEDITION HAS A BLOWN SPARK PLUG. THE ENGINE COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE I DROVE THE TRUCK WITH THE VAPORS POURING OUT OF THE PLUG SPOT (WHICH FLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE ON TO THE ROAD SOME WHERE BEHIND ME). FORD KNOWS THIS IS AN ENGINE DEFECT. WHY ARE WE NOT HAVING A RECALL FOR THIS PROB...

Mileage: 134,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL CONTRI TRAC AW TIRES, LINE SIZE P275/60/R17. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THE TREAD OF THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE SEPARATED. THE CONTACT INSTALLED THE SPARE TIRE. HE STATED THAT HE HAD NOT NOTICED ANY PRIOR ISSUES WITH THE TIR...

Mileage: 85,239

THE SPARK PLUG (PASSENGER SIDE, SECOND BACK FROM FRONT OF ENGINE) EJECTED FROM THE ENGINE HEAD WHILE PARKED. WE HAD DRIVEN FOR 20 MINUTES, STOPPED AT A RESTAURANT, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, BUT RESTARTED IT WITHIN ABOUT 60 SECONDS. THE SPARK PLUG EJECTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED, WI...

Mileage: 130,000

WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE I HEARD A LOUD POP FROM THE ENGINE... WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC #8 SPARKPLUG BLEW OUT, DAMAGED THE HEAD AND PISTON....LOOKING AROUND $1200.00 IN REPAIRS PLUS CAR RENTAL. SPARKPLUGS GOT WATER IN THEM 3 DIFFERENT TIMES BEFORE THEY NEED TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROBL...

Mileage: 92,521

FORD 2001 EXPEDITION 5.4L V8 SPARKPLUG BLOWS OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. VAPORS, SMOKE , LOUD NOISE EXTREME HAZARD TO MY WIFE WHILE SHE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS ENGINE SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FORD SHOULD EFFECT THE REPAIR. MANY PEOPLE ARE AT DANGER DUE TO THIS OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW. *TR

Mileage: 168,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD, UNUSUAL POP HEARD FROM THE HOOD AREA. THE CONTACT MOVED OFF THE ROADWAY AND DISCOVERED THAT THE SPARK PLUGS HAD FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S PLACE OF RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS N...

Mileage: 114,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S HOME WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THERE WERE FLAMES SHOOTING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS I...

Mileage: 95,000

I WAS DRIVING MY FAMILY HOME FROM YELLOWSTONE ON I25, WHEN OUR 2001 FORD EXPEDITION BLEW A SPARK PLUG. WE WERE MILES FROM ANYWHERE WITH A TOW TRUCK, AND IT TOOK OVER 2 HOURS BEFORE A TOW TRUCK OPERATOR GOT US. AT THE SAME TIME, AN ESCAPED MURDERER WAS HITCHHIKING DOWN A DIFFERENT ROUTE HOME. (WHA...

Mileage: 113,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). SINCE REPAIRS, THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE WOULD EXHIBIT AN UNUSUALLY HIGH INCREASE IN RPMS WHEN UTILIZING THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE VEHI...

Mileage: 138,000

FORD TRUCK FIRES.. FORD EXPEDITION FIRE DUE TO DEFECTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. *TR

2001 FORD EXPEDITION BLOWS SPARK PLUGS, PIECES BREAK OFF FALL INTO CYLINDER AND DAMAGE ENGINE. FUEL GASES FROM OPEN CHAMBER HAVE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 145,000

2001 FORD EXPEDITION BLOWS SPARK PLUGS, PIECES BREAK OFF FALL INTO CYLINDER AND DAMAGE ENGINE. FUEL GASES FROM OPEN CHAMBER HAVE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 145,000

LEAKING WINDSHIELD CAUSING DIFFERENT SYSTEMS TO ACT UNPREDICTABLY. CURRENTLY AC BLOWER FAN CIRCUIT BLOWN (FIXED 4X), CRUISE CONTROL DEAD AFTER INTERMITTENTLY WORKING (HIGH POTENTIAL OF FATALITY IF ACCELERATION OUT OF CONTROL). RADIO COMES ON AN OFF. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON CONTINUOUSLY. NUMEROUS COD...

Mileage: 90,000

LEAKING WINDSHIELD CAUSING DIFFERENT SYSTEMS TO ACT UNPREDICTABLY. CURRENTLY AC BLOWER FAN CIRCUIT BLOWN (FIXED 4X), CRUISE CONTROL DEAD AFTER INTERMITTENTLY WORKING (HIGH POTENTIAL OF FATALITY IF ACCELERATION OUT OF CONTROL). RADIO COMES ON AN OFF. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON CONTINUOUSLY. NUMEROUS COD...

Mileage: 90,000

LEAKING WINDSHIELD CAUSING DIFFERENT SYSTEMS TO ACT UNPREDICTABLY. CURRENTLY AC BLOWER FAN CIRCUIT BLOWN (FIXED 4X), CRUISE CONTROL DEAD AFTER INTERMITTENTLY WORKING (HIGH POTENTIAL OF FATALITY IF ACCELERATION OUT OF CONTROL). RADIO COMES ON AN OFF. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON CONTINUOUSLY. NUMEROUS COD...

Mileage: 90,000

MY FAMILY'S FORD EXPEDITION HAD A GOODRICH LONG TRAIL T/A TIRE DISINTEGRATE DUE TO PLY SEPARATION. WE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING AND THE TIRE WAS PROPERLY INFLATED. THIS HAPPENED AT 10:30 PM ON A 70 MPH HIGHWAY. *TR

Mileage: 131,000

MY FAMILY'S FORD EXPEDITION HAD A GOODRICH LONG TRAIL T/A TIRE DISINTEGRATE DUE TO PLY SEPARATION. WE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING AND THE TIRE WAS PROPERLY INFLATED. THIS HAPPENED AT 10:30 PM ON A 70 MPH HIGHWAY. *TR

Mileage: 131,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. SHE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR 2 DAYS WITHOUT OPERATION YET THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ...

Mileage: 90,000

2001 FORD EXPEDITION WAS BEING DRIVEN AROUND 40MPH WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKES FAILED TO WORK. WITH THE HELP OF MY PASSENGER, WE WERE ABLE TO PULL HARD ON STEERING WHEEL AND GET IT TO TURN OFF ROAD AND INTO PARKING LOT. VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO CROSS SEVERAL LANES SAFELY ONLY BECAUSE THERE WAS N...

FOR THE PAST MONTH I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCE ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION AFTER HEAVY RAINFALLS. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS I HAVE HAD TO GET A JUMP TO START MY TRUCK AFTER IT RAINS AND ONCE IT STARTS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SEEMS TO GO HAYWIRE. THE RADIO TURNS ON AND OFF AND THERE AR...

Mileage: 146,000

FOR THE 5TH TIME, MY FORD EXPEDITION (2001) HAS BLOWN A SPARK PLUG FROM THE ENGINE. I HAVE NOW SUNK THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO REPAIRING THIS DEFECT, FURTHERMORE, I HAVE BEEN STRANDED ON A HIGHWAY OR CITY STREET WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR 2 TIMES THANKS TO THIS UNSAFE DEFECT. THIS ISSUE IS CLEARLY A...

Mileage: 60,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. ON FEBRUARY 19, 2010 WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH, SMOKE BEGAN TO EMIT FROM THE HOOD. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER BUT WAS OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT....

Mileage: 150,000

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) I WAS DRIVING A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION [XXX]. I WAS COMING FROM 290 EXPRESSWAY GOING TOWARDS CENTRAL AVE. I TURNED ON PARKSIDE AVE AS I WAS DRIVING MY 9 YEAR OLD SON STATED THAT THE CAR WAS SMOKING. I TOLD HI...

Mileage: 145,000

MY FORD 2001 EXPEDITION CAUGHT ON FIRE ON AUGUST 15, 2009 DUE TO A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT WITH THE SWITCH CONTROL. *TR

Mileage: 142,000

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND SUDDENLY LOSS CONTROL WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A TREE. THE ENGINE REVVED AFTER THE CRASH AND THE WHEELS CONTINUED TO SPIN. THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED DURING THE CRASH. ...

Mileage: 89,000

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A LOUD SOUND AND WOULDN'T HARDLY RUN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME. I TOLD HER TO CALL FOR A TOW TRUCK WHEN IT HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME AND HE TOLD HER THE SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE ENGINE ON THE LEFT BANK. THEN...

Mileage: 80,000

NUMBER 3 SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT. STRIPPED THREADS ON HEAD. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW ACTUATOR FAILED CAUSING WINDOW TO SUDDENLY DROP INTO DOOR WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN 25 DEGREE WEATHER. THIS IS MY FIRST OCCURRENCE WITH THIS HAPPENING (BUT I JUST BOUGHT THIS USED TRUCK LESS THAN A WEEK AGO) BUT IN DOING RESEARCH IT APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM R...

Mileage: 130,108

NO NEED FOR LONG DRAWN OUT SENTENCES, BLOWNOUT SPARK PLUGS AND FORD WONT OWN UP TO IT, IT'S REAL GREAT TO BE AN AMERICAN. *TR

BLOWN OUT SPARK PLUG FROM 2001 FORD EXPEDITION TRITON 4.6L ENGINE DURING OPERATION ON A PUBLIC ROAD. THE SECOND SPARK PLUG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE WHILE IT WAS BEING DRIVEN ON THE ROAD. THIS MADE A LOUD "BANG" SOUND AS IF A TIRE BLEW OUT. THE LOUD SOUND CONTINUED LIKE A LOUD ...

Mileage: 110,000

BLOWN OUT SPARK PLUG FROM 2001 FORD EXPEDITION TRITON 4.6L ENGINE DURING OPERATION ON A PUBLIC ROAD. THE SECOND SPARK PLUG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE WHILE IT WAS BEING DRIVEN ON THE ROAD. THIS MADE A LOUD "BANG" SOUND AS IF A TIRE BLEW OUT. THE LOUD SOUND CONTINUED LIKE A LOUD ...

Mileage: 110,000

ON 02/13/10 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 A.M., I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH THE 5.4 LITER V-8 DOWN US HIGHWAY 151 NORTH OF FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN. THE THROTTLE/ACCELERATOR STUCK AND THE EXPEDITION ACCELERATED TO OVER 60 MILES PER HOUR. I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT....

Mileage: 110,000

ON 02/13/10 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 A.M., I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH THE 5.4 LITER V-8 DOWN US HIGHWAY 151 NORTH OF FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN. THE THROTTLE/ACCELERATOR STUCK AND THE EXPEDITION ACCELERATED TO OVER 60 MILES PER HOUR. I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT....

Mileage: 110,000

LEAKING WINDSHIELD AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ON OUR 2001 EXPEDITION, WORRIED ABOUT A POSSIBLE FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 73,700

LEAKING WINDSHIELD AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ON OUR 2001 EXPEDITION, WORRIED ABOUT A POSSIBLE FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 73,700

FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER 2001 THE SPARK PLUG BURST OUT OF THE ENGINE HEAD; CAUSING SPARKS INSIDE THE FRONT AREA CAUSING DIFFICULT TO DRIVE THE CAR ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS A SLIGHT FIRE - LUCKILY NO INJURY. *TR

Mileage: 117,000

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN HEAVY RAIN WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. COULD NOT SEE 2 FEET INFRONT OF ME, SO I WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER ON A BUSY ROAD. PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK, AND WIPERS STARTED WORKING. PUT BACK IN DRIVE AND THEY STOPPED. FINALLY THE RAIN SLOWED ENOUGH FOR ME TO DRIVE WITH ...

Mileage: 102,000

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN HEAVY RAIN WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. COULD NOT SEE 2 FEET INFRONT OF ME, SO I WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER ON A BUSY ROAD. PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK, AND WIPERS STARTED WORKING. PUT BACK IN DRIVE AND THEY STOPPED. FINALLY THE RAIN SLOWED ENOUGH FOR ME TO DRIVE WITH ...

Mileage: 102,000

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN HEAVY RAIN WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. COULD NOT SEE 2 FEET INFRONT OF ME, SO I WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER ON A BUSY ROAD. PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK, AND WIPERS STARTED WORKING. PUT BACK IN DRIVE AND THEY STOPPED. FINALLY THE RAIN SLOWED ENOUGH FOR ME TO DRIVE WITH ...

Mileage: 102,000

CAR WOULD NOT START ON LOT WHEN I WENT TO LOOK AT IT TO PURCHASE. DEALER REPLACED BATTERY. AFEW MONTHS LATER AFTER CAR SAT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME(1-2 WEEKS) VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. DEALER REPLACED BATTERY SAFER RELAY. FEW WEEKS AFTER THAT SAME THING AGAIN. DEALER SAYS BATTERY MAY BE BAD. REPLACED!! ...

Mileage: 99,000

ON 01/04/10 WE HAD SNOW AND RAIN. I DROVE TO A STORE WITH MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION AND WHEN I WANTED TO LEAVE THE CAR FAILED TO START. I HAD TO SIT IN THE COLD (13'WEATHER) WAITING FOR SOME ONE TO HELP FOR ALMOST AN HOUR. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THEY SLAMMED ME WITH $100...

Mileage: 720,000

THERE SEEMS TO BE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS CAUSED BY A LEAKING WINDSHIELD. THIS CAUSES ERRATIC BEHAVIOR IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND I EXPERIENCE ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHEN I TOUCHED THE VEHICLE. I WILL CAUSE ACCIDENTS IF IT INTERFERE WITH THE POWER STEERING. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS VEHICLE ACCORDING...

Mileage: 72,000

I HAVE A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION 4.6 V8, AND MY SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT ON ME DAMAGING MY HEAD AND SNAPPING MY COIL. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS BECOMING A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD AND THEY NO ABOUT IT BUT REFUSE TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. I HAD TO REPLACE MY COIL AND TAKE MY HEAD TO A MACHINIST SO I CAN...

Mileage: 140,000

PARKED VEHICLE AT STORE AND TURNED IT OFF GOT OUT AND WENT INSIDE. THEN SOMEONE CAME INSIDE AND SAID THAT A BLACK SUV WAS ON FIRE. RETURNED TO CAR AND HURRIED AND OPENED THE HOOD. HAD A DRINK IN THE TRUCK SO GOT IT AND THREW IT ON THE FIRE GOT IT PUT OUT AND LOOKED IT HAD STARTED AT THE MASTER CYLIN...

PARKED VEHICLE AT STORE AND TURNED IT OFF GOT OUT AND WENT INSIDE. THEN SOMEONE CAME INSIDE AND SAID THAT A BLACK SUV WAS ON FIRE. RETURNED TO CAR AND HURRIED AND OPENED THE HOOD. HAD A DRINK IN THE TRUCK SO GOT IT AND THREW IT ON THE FIRE GOT IT PUT OUT AND LOOKED IT HAD STARTED AT THE MASTER CYLIN...

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HIS 2001 FORE EXPEDITION ON 78WEST , HE HEARD A POP SOUND AND SMOKE CAME IN THE TRUCK , HE PULLED OVER ON THE SHOULDER AND THE TRUCK CAUGHT OF FIRE, TOTALING THE TRUCK. THIS WAS FIRST OCCURRENCE. WE ONLY OWED 2000 LEFT TO PAY, AND NOW MY HUSBAND IS WITHOUT A VEHICLE TO GET TO...

Mileage: 122,000

ACCORDING TO FORD IS THE GEM/CJB THAT FAILS BECAUSE WINDSHIELD LEAKING. ANY ELECTRICAL COMPONENT INSIDE THE VEHICLE NOT WORKING (LOCKS, WINDOWS, ODOMETER, AND MISFIRING) TRANSMISSION NOT WORKING OK. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

ACCORDING TO FORD IS THE GEM/CJB THAT FAILS BECAUSE WINDSHIELD LEAKING. ANY ELECTRICAL COMPONENT INSIDE THE VEHICLE NOT WORKING (LOCKS, WINDOWS, ODOMETER, AND MISFIRING) TRANSMISSION NOT WORKING OK. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE PARKED HE NOTICED FLAMES CAME FROM THE COWLING ( WHERE THE WINDSHIELD WIPER ARMS ARE LOCATED) OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. A REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. . THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOWNSHIP CENTER FOR REPAIRS. THE FORD T...

Mileage: 162,000

MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION HAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM ,THAT CAUSES ME GREAT CONCERN AS TO THE SAFETY OF ME AND MY FAMILY DUE TO ELECTRICAL SHORT CIRCUIT FIRE & ECCT. ,SOMETIMES THE RADIO WILL COME ON WITH THE IGNITION OFF AND SOMETIMES THE HEATER FAN COMES ON FULL BLAST WHEN I CUT THE CAR OFF AND REMOVE...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WHEN SHIFTING INTO THE REVERSE GEAR, THE REAR PARKING SENSOR WAS INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE RELATED TO THE PARKING SENSOR. THE VEHICLE HA...

Mileage: 78,000

BLOWN #1 SPARK PLUG THAT HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES IN A YEAR HELICOIL WILL NOT HOLD. *TR

Mileage: 93,000

FORD EXPEDITION 2001 RAINING OUTSIDE YESTERDAY AND TODAY FOR FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. YESTERDAY, BATTERY LIGHT ON DASHBOARD (INDICATING ELECTRICAL PROBLEM) WENT ON FOR FIRST TIME. TONIGHT, WENT OUT WITH MY WIFE AND 3 YOUNG KIDS AND AS WE WERE DRIVING COULD TELL SOMETHING WAS DEFINITELY WRONG WITH THE ...

Mileage: 89,570

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CRUISE CONTROL ON THE VEHICLE WAS INOPERATIVE. A FUSE AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE WERE REPLACED. TWO WEEKS AFTER THE REPAIR, AND WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE SPREAD QUICKLY AND CAUSED A...

Mileage: 175,000

THE WIFE WAS LEAVING FOR WORK ON SUNDAY NOV. 22ND. SHE RETURNED A FEW MINUTES LATER AND THE VEHICLE WAS REALLY LOUD. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT A SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE MOTOR. THE VEHICLE IS STILL IN THE DRIVEWAY YET TO BE REPAIRED. 2001 FORD EXPEDITION 4.6L V8. *TR

Mileage: 105,569

MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION RECENTLY SUFFERED A TOTAL LOSS ENGINE FIRE -- ACCORDING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S INVESTIGATION, IT WAS LIKELY CAUSED BY A CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEM/MALFUNCTION THAT WAS DUE TO FAULTY MANUFACTURING BY THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED-OFF AND PARKED IN THE PARKING...

Mileage: 130,142

I PARKED MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION XLT SUV IN MY PARKING STALL ON THE AFTERNOON OF NOVEMBER 2, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1600HRS. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED UNTIL TIME OF THE FIRE WHICH OCCURRED BETWEEN 1600HRS AND 2325HRS. THE ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BURNED THE FIRE WAS SO INTENSE THAT THE HOOD OF THE CAR...

Mileage: 169,000

SPARK PLUG WAS BLOWN OUT ON MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION (5.4 L). THIS POSES A CONCERN OVER THE RISK OF A FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 91,600

WITH ALL THE TALK ABOUT THE TOYOTA ACCELERATION PROBLEM, IT MADE ME RECALL TWO TIMES WHEN MY FORD EXPEDITION DID THE SAME THING. IT WAS ONLY MOMENTARILY THOUGH AND DID NOT SURGE UP TO HIGH SPEEDS. IT WAS JUST A SURGE OF POWER AND MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR ...IT ONLY HAPPENED TWICE SO I NE...

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY 4 CHILDREN INSIDE WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION, MY FORD EXPEDITION ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING VERY WRONG. WE PULLED INTO A GAS STATION, LIFTED THE HOOD AND YOU COULD SMELL THE GAS AND FEEL AIR BLOWING OUTSIDE OF WEAR THE SPARK PLUG USED TO BE. WE ...

Mileage: 110,000

MY FORD EXPEDITION 2001 IS STUCK IN PARK POSITION AND THE INTERIOR ROOF LIGHTS ARE DEAD ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE RIDING ON THAT CIRCUIT. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY ADVISE IT'S A DEFECTIVE BRAKE RELEASE SWITCH. I REPLACED THE SWITCH AND THAT DID NOT RESOLVE MY PROBLEM AS THE 5A FUSE KEEPS POPPI...

Mileage: 100,000

FORD EXPEDITION 2001 TRITON V8. TWO BLOWN SPARK PLUG ENGINE FAILURES WITHIN THE LAST 6 WEEKS. FIRST WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FAILURE, #7 WAS FIXED, THOROUGH AND CAREFUL REPLACEMENT OF ALL SPARK PLUGS. JUST EXPERIENCED A SECOND AND VIOLENT BLOWOUT DURING LABOR DAY HOLIDAY TRAFFIC. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. PULLED VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC. THE WHOLE MOTOR HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

DAY BEFORE FIRE, NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD. COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHERE PROBLEM WAS. FRIDAY,JULY 31, 2009 DROVE TO WORK BY 8:00AM .ENTERED BLDG AND SOMEONE SHOUTED FIRE!FIRE! IT WAS UNDER MY HOOD OF TRUCK AND THE TRUCK BURNED FROM MOTOR TO DASHBOARD,STEERINGWHEEL,FRONT DRIVER TIRE W/EXTENSIVE SMOK...

Mileage: 130,000

THERE WAS BASICALLY NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR, MY BOYFRIEND DROVE IT BACK FROM CORPUS CHRISTI THAT SAME DAY AND THERE WAS NO OVERHEATING WHATSOEVER. AT AROUND 930 PM. WE WERE INSIDE OUR HOME AND HEARD POPPIN NOISES. WE OPENED THE DOOR AND THE VEHICLE IN TOTAL AND COMPLETE FLAMES. WE CALLED THE FIR...

I HAVE EXPERIENCED A WINDSHIELD LEAK ON MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THIS HAS LEAD TO UNWANTED ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS UNATTENDED. THIS HAS INCLUDED THE RADIO COMING ON OR THE BLOWER MOTOR RUNNING AND EVEN THE STARTER ENGAGING WITH THE KEY REMOVED. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT A POSSIBL...

Mileage: 99,750

I HAVE EXPERIENCED A WINDSHIELD LEAK ON MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THIS HAS LEAD TO UNWANTED ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS UNATTENDED. THIS HAS INCLUDED THE RADIO COMING ON OR THE BLOWER MOTOR RUNNING AND EVEN THE STARTER ENGAGING WITH THE KEY REMOVED. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT A POSSIBL...

Mileage: 99,750

2001 FORD EXPEDITION 5.4L V8 ENGINGE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF HEAD. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

SPARKPLUG BLOWOUT #3 CYLINDER. *TR

SPARK PLUG WAS BLOWN OUT OF ENGINE WHEN VEHICLE WAS STARTED, BREAKING THE COIL WHICH SITS ON TOP OF SPARK PLUG. FOUND INFO ON INTERNET THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD TRITON ENGINES DUE TO FAILURE OF ALUMINUM THREADS IN ENGINE INTAKE; PROBLEM PRESENTS A FIRE HAZARD SHOULD FUEL BE INJECTED IN...

Mileage: 110,000

MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION ERUPTED IN FLAMES AT 3 AM ON MAY 29TH, 2009. IT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR 12 HOURS IN MY DRIVEWAY. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BY FORD ABOUT A RECALL, NOR DID MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO SERVICED MY EXPEDITION WARN ME OF A RECALL. AFTER ARSON AND EXPLOSIVE DETECTIVES AND DEPARTMENTS EXAMINED ...

Mileage: 160,254

MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE VA REGIONAL OFFICE. I LEARNED LATER THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL FEATURE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE THE CAUSE OF THE OCCURRENCE. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER BEING OFF & PARKED FOR 3 1/2 HOURS. *TR

Mileage: 108,000

DRIVING ALONG INTERSTATE,HEARD A HORRIBLE NOISE. STOPPED, LIFTED HOOD AND REALIZED FACTORY INSTALLED SPARK PLUG ON MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH 5.4 TRITON MOTOR HAD BLOWN OUT. MECHANIC REPLACED COIL,HELI=COIL AND SPARK PLUG. *TR

Mileage: 156,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN ALASKA GOING ABOUT 70 WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD BANGING SOUND AND IT FELT LIKE I LOST COMPRESSION. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT AND CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET BUT UPON HAVING IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST SHOP IT WAS DETE...

Mileage: 75,000

WINDSHIELD LEAKING WATER CAUSING ERRATIC AND UNPREDICTABLE INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL FAILURES IN A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WINDSHIELD WIPER OPERATION IS EFFECTED BY WATER INTRUSION INTO THE FUSE PANEL AND GEM AS STATED IN FORD MOTOR COMPANY ADVISORY. WHEN VEHICLE IS PLACED INTO DRIVE IT OPERATION OF TH...

Mileage: 50,000

WINDSHIELD LEAKING WATER CAUSING ERRATIC AND UNPREDICTABLE INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL FAILURES IN A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WINDSHIELD WIPER OPERATION IS EFFECTED BY WATER INTRUSION INTO THE FUSE PANEL AND GEM AS STATED IN FORD MOTOR COMPANY ADVISORY. WHEN VEHICLE IS PLACED INTO DRIVE IT OPERATION OF TH...

Mileage: 50,000

THE BLOWER IN THE FRONT DASH WOULD KEEP BLOWING EVEN WHEN I TOOK THE KEY OUT. I HAD TO LEAVE IT BLOWING ALL NIGHT AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX....I WAS WORRIED THAT IT MIGHT CATCH N FIRE. IN THE MORNING, THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. I CALLED MY REPAIR SHOP, THEY CAME AND JUMP-STARTED MY EXPEDITION. THEY HA...

2001 FORD EXPEDITION BLEW SPARK PLUG OUT OF CYLINDER. *TR

Mileage: 146,000

2001 FORD EXPEDITION 4.6L TRITON V8 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

SAFETY RELATED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS DURING RAINY CONDITIONS, INCLUDING FAILURE OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

SAFETY RELATED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS DURING RAINY CONDITIONS, INCLUDING FAILURE OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES FAILED. IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE RESTRAINT SYSTEM MAY NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE OCCUPANT PROTECTION AND INCREASE THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT HER VIN WAS EXCLUDED...

ON THE MORNING OF 12/1/08 MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WOULD NOT START, BATTERY WAS DEAD. I JUMPED IT OFF AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER. THE AC FAN AND RADIO REMAINED ON EVEN WITH THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. I HAVE ALSO LEARNED THE ABS SYSTEM COULD BE AFFECTED. ALSO; DUE TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHORTING...

Mileage: 91,000

DURING WET WEATHER MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WILL HAVE VARIOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDING WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING, RADIO TURNING ON/OFF, DOOR LOCKS NOT WORKING AND WINDOWS NOT WORKING. SOMETIMES CAR WILL NOT START AT ALL. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

DURING WET WEATHER MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WILL HAVE VARIOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDING WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING, RADIO TURNING ON/OFF, DOOR LOCKS NOT WORKING AND WINDOWS NOT WORKING. SOMETIMES CAR WILL NOT START AT ALL. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

DURING WET WEATHER MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WILL HAVE VARIOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDING WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING, RADIO TURNING ON/OFF, DOOR LOCKS NOT WORKING AND WINDOWS NOT WORKING. SOMETIMES CAR WILL NOT START AT ALL. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

DURING WET WEATHER MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WILL HAVE VARIOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDING WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING, RADIO TURNING ON/OFF, DOOR LOCKS NOT WORKING AND WINDOWS NOT WORKING. SOMETIMES CAR WILL NOT START AT ALL. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 70MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD "POPPING" NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. DISCOVERED ONE THE SPARK PLUGS HAD BEEN "EJECTED" FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD. THE COIL THAT SITS ABOVE THE SPARK PLUG HAD BEEN BROKEN AS WELL. I WAS ABLE TO REPLACE THE SPARK PLUG AND TIGHTEN IT DOW...

Mileage: 102,239

HAVE OWNED MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS. HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY AND WHEN IN RAINS, I HAVE TO KEEP TOWELS IN THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF LEAKING WINDOWS. IT DOES NOT ALWAYS LEAK IN THE SAME SPOT. MANY TIMES I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO START MY VEHICLE AND THE BATTERY IS DEAD. NOW WHEN I S...

Mileage: 96,410

WINDSHIELD LEAKING WATER CAUSING ERRATIC AND UNPREDICTABLE INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL FAILURES IN A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THIS IS DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

WINDSHIELD LEAKING WATER CAUSING ERRATIC AND UNPREDICTABLE INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL FAILURES IN A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THIS IS DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

2001 EXPEDITION CAUGHT ON FIRE WENT TO RECEIVE PART COMPLETED ON VEHICLE SERVICE WERE OUT OF STOCK OF PARTS. DUE TO FORD NOT COMPLETING RECALL VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TR

MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO THE CRUISE CONTROL AND BURNED OUR HOUSE TO A TOTAL LOSS AND ALL OF OUT OTHER AUTOMOBILES WERE BURNED TO A TOTAL LOSS ALSO WE LOST EVERYTHING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH TO VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CLOSE THE SEAT BELT; HOWEVER, IT CONTINUED TO UNLATCH WHEN HE MOVED AROUND. THE SEAT BELT ALSO OPENED WHEN HE STOPPED AT ...

Mileage: 80,000

I HAVE A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION THAT BLEW OUT THE #3 SPARK PLUG SIX MONTHS AGO. THE REPAIR COST AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP COST $450.00 WITH NO WARRANTY. THIS MORNING I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND HEARS THE LOUD POP AND KNEW THAT A SPARK PLUG HAD AGAIN BEEN EJECTED. I WAS SEVEN MILES FROM HOME SO I THOUGHT...

Mileage: 131,953

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN RUNNING VERY ROUGHLY. SHE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SMELLED GASOLINE FUMES COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THE NUMBER 3 SPARK PLUG HAD EJEC...

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE VEHICLE HAD CONTINENTAL GRABBER AW TIRES, SIZE P275/60R17 (NA) THREE YEARS AGO. AT THAT TIME, ALL FOUR TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE DROVE ROUGHLY AND THE TIRES BEGAN TO FORM BUBBLES. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED AT 30,000 MILES AT THE CON...

Mileage: 30,000

MY DAUGHTER WAS AT HERMANN HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON FOR BRAIN AND SPINE SURGERY. I DROVE MY OLDER DAUGHTER THERE AT 9:00PM. AT 4:00AM I WAS AWAKEN BY SECURITY TO INFORM ME THAT MY VEHICLE WAS BURNING IN THE PARKING GARAGE. IT IS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER. THE ENTIRE FRONT END WAS CONSUMED BY...

Mileage: 132,000

THE ENGINE EJECTED THE #3 SPARK PLUG, TEARING UP THE THREADS IN THE PROCESS. THE REPAIR INVOLVED INSTALLATION OF A HELICOIL, ALTHOUGH THE DEALER (PACKEY-WEBB OF DOWNERS GROVE IL) INSISTED THAT THE ONLY AVAILABLE REPAIR WOULD BE INSTALLING A NEW HEAD ASSEMBLY. THE HEAD ASSEMBLY, INCLUDING LABOR, W...

Mileage: 85,000

2001 FORD EXPEDITION. DROVE FOR FIVE MINUTES AND PARKED, THEN WALKED INTO HOUSE AND TURNED TO LOOK BACK AT CAR AND SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE HOOD. I RAN OVER THERE AND FOUND THE WHOLE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON FIRE. I SPRAYED WITH HOSE AND UNHOOKED BATTERY. THE PART THAT LOOKS LIKE IT STARTED THE FIRE...

Mileage: 151,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT T-BONED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED BACK TO THE MIDDLE WHERE THE TIRES ARE LOCATED. THE CROSS MEMBER OF THE FRONT OF THE FRAME SPLIT IN HALF. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER...

Mileage: 130,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS BACKING UP THE VEHICLE AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL SIMPLY FELL OFF. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS REATTACHED BY A MECHANIC. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE FAILURE COULD HAVE OCCURRED WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING,...

Mileage: 82,208

SPARKPLUG STRIPPED ITSELF OUT OF ITS SEATING. THE MECHANIC HAS NOTED THIS THREE OTHER TIMES OVER THE YEARS WITHIN HIS BUSINESS ALONE. *TR

Mileage: 111,000

WATER LEAKED THROUGH WINDSHIELD. CAR STAYS ON WHEN KEY IS OUT AT TIMES WASTING ALL GAS. BLOWER AND DASH LIGHTS STAY ON AT TIMES DRAINING BATTERY. *TR

Mileage: 89,000

WATER LEAKED THROUGH WINDSHIELD. CAR STAYS ON WHEN KEY IS OUT AT TIMES WASTING ALL GAS. BLOWER AND DASH LIGHTS STAY ON AT TIMES DRAINING BATTERY. *TR

Mileage: 89,000

ONE OF MY SPARK PLUGS IN MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION SUDDENLY SHOT OUT OF THE ENGINE BLOCK WHILE DRIVING SPRAYING FUEL ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE REPAIRMAN AT THE DEALER STATED "THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPEN TO ALUMINUM BLOCK ENGINES, AND IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN TO THE ONE WE REPAIRED OR AN...

Mileage: 74,164

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES, IT CAUGHT FIRE IN THE CONTACT'S DRIVEWAY APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES LATER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL RECALL LETTER APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AFTER THE FIRE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED...

Mileage: 130,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE BRAKE AND AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND SMOKE APPEARED. THE CONTACT PULLED INTO A LOCAL GAS STATION, OPENED THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE, AND NOTICED FLAMES. SHE SAFELY EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE ...

Mileage: 59,100

I BOUGHT A 2001 USED FORD EXPEDITION IN DECEMBER 2006. BY AUGUST 2007 WHILE IN HAY WAY 11 FROM EL CENTRO TO CALEXICO I MADE A STOP IN A STOPLIGHT IN HEBER AVENUE. AS I ACCELERATED I NOTICE THE CAR RUNNING ROUGHLY. I STOPPED AND OPEN THE HOOD AND I NOTICE THAT SPARK PLUG # 3 BLEW OUT OF ITS PLACE. I ...

Mileage: 100,000

SIMILAR TO OTHER COMPLAINTS, PAINT ON HOOD STARTED BUBBLING AND PEELING ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO AND CONTINUES TO WORSEN EVEN THOUGH THE SUV IS GARAGE KEPT AND THERE IS NO RUST ANYWHERE ON THE VEHICLE. COST TO REPLACE AND REPAINT HOOD - $1500 - *TR

Mileage: 75,000

THE SPARK PLUG ON THE 8TH CYLINDER BLEW UP AND CAUSE A SHORT ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *TR

Mileage: 61,300

AFTER SITTING FOR 7 HOURS THE EXPEDITION SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTION AND BURNED UP. *TR

Mileage: 116,000

A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAD (POSITION #3) ON MY SUV. THE TRUCK WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 45MPH AT THE TIME UNDER NORMAL (LIGHT) DRIVING CONDITIONS. MY MECHANIC IS WORKING UP AN ESTIMATE, BUT BELIEVES IT WILL COST SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPAIR. I FOLLOWED UP BY RESEARCHING THIS...

Mileage: 80,000

MY FORD EXPEDITION BLEW OUT THE #3 CYLINDER SPARK PLUG. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

2001 FORD EXPEDITION 5.4 V8 TRITON ENGINE KEEPS BLOWING OUT SPARK PLUGS. THIS HAPPENED 2 MONTHS AGO FOR THE 1ST TIME. I REPLACED THE SPARK PLUG. 1 MONTH AFTER THAT, THE SAME SPARK PLUG BLEW AGAIN WITH MY WIFE AND TWO KIDS. ONCE AGAIN I FIXED IT. THEN 2 WEEKS LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN WHIL...

Mileage: 119,000

2001 FORD EXPEDITION: SPARK PLUG BLOWOUT. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AS IT HAS OCCURRED ON THOUSANDS OF FORD VEHICLES. THERE SHOULD BE A MANDATORY RECALL! *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2001 EXPEDITION 9 MONTHS AGO, IT BROKE FOR THE FIRST TIME 3 DAYS AFTER BUYING IT. IT HAS SINCE BLOWN OUT A SPARK PLUG 6 DIFFERENT TIMES. I HAVE SENT IT TO 3 DIFFERENT GARAGES INCLUDING FORD DEALERSHIPS, EVERY TIME IT BREAKS DOWN ABOUT A MONTH LATER. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE IN 2003 FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: CRUISE CONTROL. HE HAS RECEIVED FIVE NOTICES SINCE THAT TIME AND HAS BEEN TO FIVE DIFFERENT FORD DEALERS. THE DEALERS CONTINUE TO STATE THAT THE PARTS ARE UNAVAILABLE. T...

CAR WAS PARKED CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. HAD CITY OF SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE MARSHAL INVESTIGATOR SHOWED UP ALSO HE DETERMINED FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL. HE GAVE ME A REPORT NUMBER I ALSO REPORTED INCIDENT TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY. MY CAR IS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. AFTER READING ...

Mileage: 94,000

BUBBLING AND BLISTERING OF PAINT ON HOOD BEGINNING ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO AND HAS SINCE GOTTEN MUCH WORSE. FORD EXPEDITION 2001. *TR

IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, I HAVE NOTICED THAT WHEN IT RAINS, MY BLOWER MOTOR WILL RUN ON HIGH-SPEED AND MY LIGHTS WILL FLICKER AFTER I TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. AT FIRST IT WOULD STOP AFTER A FEW SECONDS, HOWEVER THIS LAST TIME, IT RAN FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND FINALLY SHUT OFF. I HAVE A CO-WORKER WHO HA...

Mileage: 94,000

IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, I HAVE NOTICED THAT WHEN IT RAINS, MY BLOWER MOTOR WILL RUN ON HIGH-SPEED AND MY LIGHTS WILL FLICKER AFTER I TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. AT FIRST IT WOULD STOP AFTER A FEW SECONDS, HOWEVER THIS LAST TIME, IT RAN FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND FINALLY SHUT OFF. I HAVE A CO-WORKER WHO HA...

Mileage: 94,000

IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, I HAVE NOTICED THAT WHEN IT RAINS, MY BLOWER MOTOR WILL RUN ON HIGH-SPEED AND MY LIGHTS WILL FLICKER AFTER I TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. AT FIRST IT WOULD STOP AFTER A FEW SECONDS, HOWEVER THIS LAST TIME, IT RAN FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND FINALLY SHUT OFF. I HAVE A CO-WORKER WHO HA...

Mileage: 94,000

WATER LEAK IN THE FRONT WINDSHIELD (FOLLOWING A FEW CONSECUTIVE RAINY DAYS), CAUSING ELECTRICAL FAILURE OF THE DOME LIGHT, WIPERS, RADIO AND GEAR SELECTOR. FORD SERVICE ADVISED REPLACING THE FUSE BOX AND GEM MODULE FOR $1,100. THIS IS MY FAMILY VEHICLE AND I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY CAUSE...

Mileage: 79,500

WATER LEAK IN THE FRONT WINDSHIELD (FOLLOWING A FEW CONSECUTIVE RAINY DAYS), CAUSING ELECTRICAL FAILURE OF THE DOME LIGHT, WIPERS, RADIO AND GEAR SELECTOR. FORD SERVICE ADVISED REPLACING THE FUSE BOX AND GEM MODULE FOR $1,100. THIS IS MY FAMILY VEHICLE AND I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY CAUSE...

Mileage: 79,500

WATER LEAK IN THE FRONT WINDSHIELD (FOLLOWING A FEW CONSECUTIVE RAINY DAYS), CAUSING ELECTRICAL FAILURE OF THE DOME LIGHT, WIPERS, RADIO AND GEAR SELECTOR. FORD SERVICE ADVISED REPLACING THE FUSE BOX AND GEM MODULE FOR $1,100. THIS IS MY FAMILY VEHICLE AND I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY CAUSE...

Mileage: 79,500

2001 FORD EXPEDITION HAS ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION WIPERS DON'T WORK WHEN VEHICLE IS PUT IN GEAR. LIGHTS STAY ON AFTER VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND LIGHT SWITCH IS OFF. RADIO COMES ON WHEN VEHICLE IS OFF. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

1. THE AIR BAG SYSTEM FAILS WHEN I TURN THE TRUCK OFF AND THE REAR END LOWERS TO THE GROUND. I HAVE TO WAIT A LONG TIME WITH THE IGNITION ON WHEN I AM PARKED FOR THE TRUCK TO RAISE UP. IT ALSO LOWERS WHILE DRIVING AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND WAIT FOR IT TO RAISE UP AGAIN. THIS HAPPENS THROUGHOUT EV...

Mileage: 65,000

1. THE AIR BAG SYSTEM FAILS WHEN I TURN THE TRUCK OFF AND THE REAR END LOWERS TO THE GROUND. I HAVE TO WAIT A LONG TIME WITH THE IGNITION ON WHEN I AM PARKED FOR THE TRUCK TO RAISE UP. IT ALSO LOWERS WHILE DRIVING AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND WAIT FOR IT TO RAISE UP AGAIN. THIS HAPPENS THROUGHOUT EV...

Mileage: 65,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WAS STRIPPED TO THE POINT WHERE HE COULD NOT USE IT TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE HANDLE FINALLY DETACHED FROM THE DOOR AND CANNOT BE BOLTED BACK. FORD STATED THAT THERE WERE...

Mileage: 93,450

ON 2 FEBRUARY 2008, MY WIFE PUT OUR 2001 FORD EXPEDITION IN REVERSE TO BACK INTO A PARKING SPOT. AT THIS MOMENT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT AN EXTREME RATE OF SPEED BACKWARDS. MY WIFE ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE GLANCED ...

Mileage: 85,327

ON 2 FEBRUARY 2008, MY WIFE PUT OUR 2001 FORD EXPEDITION IN REVERSE TO BACK INTO A PARKING SPOT. AT THIS MOMENT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT AN EXTREME RATE OF SPEED BACKWARDS. MY WIFE ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE GLANCED ...

Mileage: 85,327

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ACTIVATES CONTINUOUSLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT A NEW ELECTRICAL BOX, WHICH CONTROLS THE HORN AND ALL OTHER ELECTRIC INSTRUMENTS, NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUES. T...

Mileage: 108,000

NUMBER #4 SPARK PLUG ON MY 2001 EXPIDITION W/ THE 5.4 ENGINE BLEW OUT. *TR

Mileage: 93,215

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL IN AUGUST OF 2007, AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. SHE IS UPSET BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS THEIR AVAILABILITY. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE V...

AFTER RAIN OR HEAVY FOG WE EXPERIENCED MANY ELECTRICAL ISSUES ON OUR 01 EXPEDITION INCL. HORN NOT WORKING NORMAL,FRONT & REAR WIPERS NOT WORKING OR COMING ON BY THEMSELVES,DOOR LOCKS LOCKING/UNLOCKING WHILE DRIVING, INTERIOR & EXTERIOR LIGHTS NOT WORKING,ALARM SYSTEM GOING OFF WHILE SUV WAS BEING DR...

Mileage: 80,000

AFTER RAIN OR HEAVY FOG WE EXPERIENCED MANY ELECTRICAL ISSUES ON OUR 01 EXPEDITION INCL. HORN NOT WORKING NORMAL,FRONT & REAR WIPERS NOT WORKING OR COMING ON BY THEMSELVES,DOOR LOCKS LOCKING/UNLOCKING WHILE DRIVING, INTERIOR & EXTERIOR LIGHTS NOT WORKING,ALARM SYSTEM GOING OFF WHILE SUV WAS BEING DR...

Mileage: 80,000

AFTER RAIN OR HEAVY FOG WE EXPERIENCED MANY ELECTRICAL ISSUES ON OUR 01 EXPEDITION INCL. HORN NOT WORKING NORMAL,FRONT & REAR WIPERS NOT WORKING OR COMING ON BY THEMSELVES,DOOR LOCKS LOCKING/UNLOCKING WHILE DRIVING, INTERIOR & EXTERIOR LIGHTS NOT WORKING,ALARM SYSTEM GOING OFF WHILE SUV WAS BEING DR...

Mileage: 80,000

AFTER RAIN OR HEAVY FOG WE EXPERIENCED MANY ELECTRICAL ISSUES ON OUR 01 EXPEDITION INCL. HORN NOT WORKING NORMAL,FRONT & REAR WIPERS NOT WORKING OR COMING ON BY THEMSELVES,DOOR LOCKS LOCKING/UNLOCKING WHILE DRIVING, INTERIOR & EXTERIOR LIGHTS NOT WORKING,ALARM SYSTEM GOING OFF WHILE SUV WAS BEING DR...

Mileage: 80,000

AFTER RAIN OR HEAVY FOG WE EXPERIENCED MANY ELECTRICAL ISSUES ON OUR 01 EXPEDITION INCL. HORN NOT WORKING NORMAL,FRONT & REAR WIPERS NOT WORKING OR COMING ON BY THEMSELVES,DOOR LOCKS LOCKING/UNLOCKING WHILE DRIVING, INTERIOR & EXTERIOR LIGHTS NOT WORKING,ALARM SYSTEM GOING OFF WHILE SUV WAS BEING DR...

Mileage: 80,000

AFTER RAIN OR HEAVY FOG WE EXPERIENCED MANY ELECTRICAL ISSUES ON OUR 01 EXPEDITION INCL. HORN NOT WORKING NORMAL,FRONT & REAR WIPERS NOT WORKING OR COMING ON BY THEMSELVES,DOOR LOCKS LOCKING/UNLOCKING WHILE DRIVING, INTERIOR & EXTERIOR LIGHTS NOT WORKING,ALARM SYSTEM GOING OFF WHILE SUV WAS BEING DR...

Mileage: 80,000

AFTER RAIN OR HEAVY FOG WE EXPERIENCED MANY ELECTRICAL ISSUES ON OUR 01 EXPEDITION INCL. HORN NOT WORKING NORMAL,FRONT & REAR WIPERS NOT WORKING OR COMING ON BY THEMSELVES,DOOR LOCKS LOCKING/UNLOCKING WHILE DRIVING, INTERIOR & EXTERIOR LIGHTS NOT WORKING,ALARM SYSTEM GOING OFF WHILE SUV WAS BEING DR...

Mileage: 80,000

AFTER RAIN OR HEAVY FOG WE EXPERIENCED MANY ELECTRICAL ISSUES ON OUR 01 EXPEDITION INCL. HORN NOT WORKING NORMAL,FRONT & REAR WIPERS NOT WORKING OR COMING ON BY THEMSELVES,DOOR LOCKS LOCKING/UNLOCKING WHILE DRIVING, INTERIOR & EXTERIOR LIGHTS NOT WORKING,ALARM SYSTEM GOING OFF WHILE SUV WAS BEING DR...

Mileage: 80,000

WITHIN MONTHS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IT BEGAN TO SPONTANEOUSLY GO INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE. INITIALLY I THOUGHT I HAD HIT THE SWITCH WHICH IS NOWHERE NEAR THE STEERING WHEEL. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE AND IT SEEMED FINE. IT BEGAN HAPPENING MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY. ON ONE OC...

Mileage: 9,000

I WAS COMING HOME FROM CHURCH IN HEAVY RAIN IN 2001 EXPEDITION WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND RADIO QUIT. I WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE ROAD AHEAD. I SHIFTED INTO PARK AND THE RADIO AND WIPERS CAME ON. BUT AS SOON AS I SHIFTED BACK INTO DRIVE THEY QUIT AGAIN. SO I WAITED OUT...

Mileage: 80,995

I WAS COMING HOME FROM CHURCH IN HEAVY RAIN IN 2001 EXPEDITION WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND RADIO QUIT. I WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE ROAD AHEAD. I SHIFTED INTO PARK AND THE RADIO AND WIPERS CAME ON. BUT AS SOON AS I SHIFTED BACK INTO DRIVE THEY QUIT AGAIN. SO I WAITED OUT...

Mileage: 80,995

NITTO TIRE BUBBLE ON SIDEWALL. *TR

Mileage: 96,560

2001 FORD EXPEDITION #3 SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM ENGINE WHILE DRIVING. 95,000 MILES. ORIGINAL PLUGS. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

UNWANTED ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY. THE BLOWER MOTOR COMES ON (SOMETIMES) WHEN THE IGNITION IS TURNED OFF. ALSO HEARD A CLICKING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD, MAY BE THE ABS. WILL NOT START AS BATTERY IS LOW. *TR

RE A RECALL ON HIS 2001 FORD EXPEDITION, WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS. *KB THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND HE BELIEVED IT WAS RELATED TO THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. THE CONSUMER STATED HE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER, HOWEVER THE MANUFACTURER STATED IT WAS M...

EVERY TIME IT RAINS, MY CAR WON'T START, FRONT DASH LIGHTS WILL TURN ON AUTOMATICALLY, WIPERS WON'T WORK, RADIO WON'T WORK, ABS AND THEFT LIGHT COMES ON, IT HAS SMOKED AND SOMETIMES SMELLS LIKE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. WATER POOLS IN THE FRONT LEFT OF MY DASH, IT IS COMPLETELY RUSTED UNDERNEATH MY DASH ...

WHILE RETURNING FROM A FISHING TRIP, MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH 28,000 MILES ON IT, STARTED NOT SHIFTING OUT OF SECOND GEAR. THE OVERDRIVE OFF LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH ON THE GEAR SHIFT,AND THE CHECK ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON. I SHIFTED INTO 2ND AND DROVE THE REMAINING 50 MILES AT 45 MPH. I UNLOADED...

Mileage: 28,860

I AM HAVING THE SAME WATER LEAK PROBLEMS THAT I'VE SEEN ON HERE BEFORE. WATER IS GETTING INTO MY FUSEBOX EVERY TIME IT RAINS. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO REPAIR THIS SO IT IS AN ONGOING SAFETY HAZARD FOR ME. I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN RECALLED AFTER VIEWING ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THE IN...

I AM HAVING THE SAME WATER LEAK PROBLEMS THAT I'VE SEEN ON HERE BEFORE. WATER IS GETTING INTO MY FUSEBOX EVERY TIME IT RAINS. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO REPAIR THIS SO IT IS AN ONGOING SAFETY HAZARD FOR ME. I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN RECALLED AFTER VIEWING ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THE IN...

SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT ON FORD EXPEDITION. *JB

I HAVE A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION AND 1 YEAR AGO THE HEATER WOULD STAY ON AFTER I WOULD REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION AND THE BATTERY WOULD BE DEAD EVERY MORNING. 4 MONTHS AGO I WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN AND WHEN I PUT MY CAR INTO PARK THE RADIO WOULD TURN ON AND I WOULD PUT IT INTO DRIVE AND IT WOULD ...

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 HOURS WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE BUSHES AND CONCRETE WERE DAMAGED. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT...

Mileage: 128,000

SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM ENGINE. STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE #3 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF HEAD WHICH BROKE THE IGNITION COIL PACK ABOVE IT. MECHANIC (NOT DEALER) INSTALLED AN AFTERMARKET KIT MADE FOR THE FORD MOTOR. 2001 EXPEDITION 5.4L TRITON 113,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 113,000

2001 FORD EXPEDITION HAD ITS 2ND SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT THIS WEEK. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 76,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT WOKE UP TO FIND HER VEHICLE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE HAD APPARENTLY CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT SHE SHOULD RECEIVE A RECALL NOTICE...

Mileage: 109,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANG WHEN HE STARTED THE VEHICLE. HE DROVE TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SPARK PLUGS BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE BLOCK AND DESTROYED THE COIL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 95,000.

Mileage: 95,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED NEXT TO THE HOUSE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED AND STATED THAT THE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE VEHICLE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. AN INVESTIGATOR FROM HIS HOME OWNER'S INSURANCE COMPANY STATED THAT THE FIRE ...

Mileage: 95,000

THE SPARK PLUG EXPLODED FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD DUE TO A MECHANICAL DEFECT IN MY CYLINDER HEAD, AND MY EXPEDITION IS THE ONLY VEHICLE I OWN WHICH LEGALLY FITS ALL OF MY CHILDREN IN THEIR BOOSTER SEATS. THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY WON'T FIX THE PROBLEM UNLESS I PAY THEM $750, WHICH I DON'T HAVE, AND DON'T...

Mileage: 117,009

THE SPARK PLUG EXPLODED FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD DUE TO A MECHANICAL DEFECT IN MY CYLINDER HEAD, AND MY EXPEDITION IS THE ONLY VEHICLE I OWN WHICH LEGALLY FITS ALL OF MY CHILDREN IN THEIR BOOSTER SEATS. THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY WON'T FIX THE PROBLEM UNLESS I PAY THEM $750, WHICH I DON'T HAVE, AND DON'T...

Mileage: 117,009

CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH IN 2001 FORD EXPEDITION CAUSED SUV TO CATCH ON FIRE AFTER SITTING PARKED FOR 2 HOURS IN A HOSPITAL PARKING LOT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT HEARD AN UNFAMILIAR NOISE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER MADE THE REPAIR, BUT THREE DAYS LATER THE VEHICLE FAILED TO DRIVE IN REVERSE. T...

Mileage: 58,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT HEARD AN UNFAMILIAR NOISE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER MADE THE REPAIR, BUT THREE DAYS LATER THE VEHICLE FAILED TO DRIVE IN REVERSE. T...

Mileage: 58,000

2001 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT FIRE ON THE DRIVEWAY OF MY HOME. *JB

Mileage: 10,500

MY COMPLAINT IS BECAUSE, I OWNED A FORD EXPEDITION 2001 THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE ON AUGUST 9, 2007. IT WAS OUT OF MY HOUSE IN THE NIGHT WHEN WE STARTED TO SEE SMOKE IN THE STREET, AND WHEN WE WENT OUT OF THE HOUSE, THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE, AND STARTED TO ADVANCE BACKWARDS THE FIRE, UNTIL THE FIREMEN CAME...

Mileage: 112,000

I HAVE A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION 5.4. I WAS DRIVING HOME WITH MY TWO CHILDREN WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG/POP AND MY TRUCK CAME TO A HALT. I HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP TO FIND OUT THE NOISE I HEARD WAS MY SPARK PLUG THAT HAD BLOWN OUT AND HIT THE ALUMINUM HEADS CAUSING DAMAGE. THE HEADS WERE SENT...

Mileage: 75,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER BEING PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR FOUR HOURS. THE FIRE SPREAD TO HER HOUSE. THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR STATED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE CONTACT'S SISTER WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR...

Mileage: 100,000

MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH CONTINENTAL 265/70 TIRES PURCHASED AT WAL-MART ON 8/05 STARTED VIBRATING REALLY BAD ON 5/07, WENT TO WAL-MART FOR BALANCE & ROTATE AND TIRE INSPECTION. WAL-MART SAID TIRES LOOKED FINE. DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY 1 TIRE SEPARATED. GOT IN REPLACED WITH THE SAME BRAND. 6/07 ANO...

Mileage: 120,000

THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT AIRBAG DEPOLYED,AND CAUSES SOME INJURIES, ON FEB. 5, 2007,

Mileage: 118,166

WHILE DRIVING BACK FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE TO VIRGINIA, MY 2001 EXPEDITION POPPED A PLUG FROM ITS ENGINE. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED 200 MILES BECAUSE THE SMELL OF FUEL IT WAS LATE FRIDAY AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO UNTIL MONDAY. I CALLED THE CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE IN DEARBORN, MI. I WAS TOLD BY THE F...

Mileage: 74,981

WHILE DRIVING BACK FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE TO VIRGINIA, MY 2001 EXPEDITION POPPED A PLUG FROM ITS ENGINE. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED 200 MILES BECAUSE THE SMELL OF FUEL IT WAS LATE FRIDAY AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO UNTIL MONDAY. I CALLED THE CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE IN DEARBORN, MI. I WAS TOLD BY THE F...

Mileage: 74,981

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 71000. WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH THE SPARK PLUGS SPITS AND IT AFFECTED THE CYLINDER HEAD, WHICH AFFECTED THE ENGINE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO RUN. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH HER INSURANCE COMPANY ,AND THEY STATED THAT THERE...

Mileage: 71,000

I HAVE A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION (EDDIE BAUER). THE TRUCK IS EXPERIENCING ERRATIC ELECTRONIC PROBLEMS SUCH AS DYING DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, ELECTRIC FUNCTIONS TURNING ON AND OFF WHILE VEHICLE IS UNATTENDED, SECURITY LIGHT FLASHING, MILEAGE INDICATOR HAS LINES THROUGH IT, RADIO TURING ON AND OFF, BLOWER ...

Mileage: 109,000

MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION BLOW A SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE ENGINE HEAD. RESEARCH INDICATES THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD ALUMINUM HEAD ENGINES. FORD WILL NOT PROVIDE THE CONSUMER WITH A PROGRAM TO HELP WITH THE COST TO REPAIR THIS OBVIOUS DESIGN DEFECT. THEY HAVE A REDESIGNED HEAD THAT WILL REPL...

Mileage: 98,000

MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION BLOW A SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE ENGINE HEAD. RESEARCH INDICATES THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD ALUMINUM HEAD ENGINES. FORD WILL NOT PROVIDE THE CONSUMER WITH A PROGRAM TO HELP WITH THE COST TO REPAIR THIS OBVIOUS DESIGN DEFECT. THEY HAVE A REDESIGNED HEAD THAT WILL REPL...

Mileage: 98,000

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH A CURRENT ODOMETER READING OF 122,000 MILES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONTACT CAME OUT AND WITNESSED THE VEHICLE SMOKING, AND AS THEY PUT OUT THE FIRE, THE CONTACT SAW THAT THE FIRE CAME FROM THE MASTER ...

Mileage: 122,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE RISING FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE , AND IT WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL 05V388000. AFTER REVIEWING THE PICTURES OF ...

Mileage: 84,000

TL*- THE CONTACT HAS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 100,010 MILES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UNDER WET OR SNOWING CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. WHEN THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD HIM THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A BATTERY PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAD CHANGED ...

Mileage: 100,010

WINDSHIELD WIPERS, REAR WINDOW WIPER, WINDOWS, INTERIOR LIGHTS AND MOON ROOF QUIT WORKING, APPARENT CAUSE WAS GEM MODULE DUE TO LEAKING WINDSHIELD? *JB

Mileage: 145,000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS, REAR WINDOW WIPER, WINDOWS, INTERIOR LIGHTS AND MOON ROOF QUIT WORKING, APPARENT CAUSE WAS GEM MODULE DUE TO LEAKING WINDSHIELD? *JB

Mileage: 145,000

AFTER A RAIN AND ICE STORM WATER LEAKED AROUND THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING ELECTRICAL FAILURES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND THE HEADLAMPS. WATER ENTERED THE ENGINE OF THE VEHICLE THROUGH AN IMPROPERLY SEALED WINDSHIELD CAUSING THE POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX AND THE GENERIC ELECTRO...

Mileage: 159,900

AFTER A RAIN AND ICE STORM WATER LEAKED AROUND THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING ELECTRICAL FAILURES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND THE HEADLAMPS. WATER ENTERED THE ENGINE OF THE VEHICLE THROUGH AN IMPROPERLY SEALED WINDSHIELD CAUSING THE POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX AND THE GENERIC ELECTRO...

Mileage: 159,900

SEAT BELT LATCH FAILED THEN FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *JB

SEAT BELT LATCH FAILED THEN FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *JB

UNEXPLAINED ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY WHEN THE CAR IS UNATTENDED. SMELL OF BURNING PLASTIC/WIRING AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN SHUT OFF. CLICKING/HISSING COMING FROM UNDER DASH AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN SHUT OFF AND KEY REMOVED. HEATER, RADIO WILL CONTINUE TO RUN AFTER KEY HAS BEEN REMOVED, HAS EVEN COME ON BY I...

BLOWN SPARK PLUG IN 2001 FORD EXPEDITION 2006, HAD IT REPAIRED FOR $2,000. TODAY 2/14/07 IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN, I WILL HAVE IT TOWED TO THE SAME PLACE FOR REPAIRS PROBABLY COSTING ANOTHER $2,000 - $3,000. *JB

Mileage: 76,500

BLOWN SPARK PLUG IN 2001 FORD EXPEDITION 2006, HAD IT REPAIRED FOR $2,000. TODAY 2/14/07 IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN, I WILL HAVE IT TOWED TO THE SAME PLACE FOR REPAIRS PROBABLY COSTING ANOTHER $2,000 - $3,000. *JB

Mileage: 76,500

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER DRIVING THE 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH 94000 FAILURE MILEAGE AND BEING PARKED FOR APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THREE FIRE ENGINES WERE DISPATCHED BECAUSE THE FIRE SPREAD TO THE CONTACT'S HOUSE. THE VEHICLE HAD EXTENSIVE DAMAG...

Mileage: 94,000

SEVERAL TIMES, USUALLY AT STOP LIGHTS, WHILE IDLING WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE ENGINE SURGES UP TO APPROX 1000 RPM FOR APPROX 3-5 SEC. IF FOOT WAS NOT ON THE BRAKE, THE TRUCK COULD HAVE ACCELERATED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, OR INTO THE INTERSECTION. EVERY TIME I'M AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP I HAVE...

Mileage: 60,000

SEVERAL TIMES, USUALLY AT STOP LIGHTS, WHILE IDLING WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE ENGINE SURGES UP TO APPROX 1000 RPM FOR APPROX 3-5 SEC. IF FOOT WAS NOT ON THE BRAKE, THE TRUCK COULD HAVE ACCELERATED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, OR INTO THE INTERSECTION. EVERY TIME I'M AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP I HAVE...

Mileage: 60,000

ACCELERATOR STICKS AT FREEWAY SPEEDS WHEN VERY COLD OUTSIDE AND DRIVING AT A STEADY SPEED OVER TIME. CAUSES UNSAFE CONDITION, ONLY WAY TO STOP IS SHUT OFF VEHICLE. *NM

Mileage: 40,000

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED WHILE IN THE 2001 FORD EXPEDITION AND ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED UNEXPECTED ON THE PASSENGER FRONT SIDE INTO THE PASSENGER, TWISTING HIM AROUND. THE CONTAC WAS IN FEAR OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 92,000

SEAT BELT RETRACT MECHANISM WEAK ON DRIVERS SIDE. OFTEN DOES NOT RETRACT AND DOOR SLAMS ON IT. FOUND THIS ALSO TO BE TRUE FOR MY DADS 2001 FORD RANGER. *NM

Mileage: 92,000

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS 2001 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT HAD DRIVEN THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 8 HOURS EARLIER AND THERE HAD BEEN NO WARNING SIGNS. A WITNESS TOLD THE CONTACT THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE CONTACT STATED THERE...

Mileage: 110,000

MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION HAS UNWANTED ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY WHEN THE CAR IS UNATTENDED AND HAS RAN THE BATTERY OUT. IT CAN CAUSE A FIRE. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT IT IS A LEAKING WINDSHIELD AND IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS YEAR OF VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT THE GEM AND FUSE BOX WERE GETTING WE...

MY WINDSHIELD ON MY 201 FORD EXPEDITION IS LEAKING AND HAS CAUSED MY GEM MODULE TO ACT UP. MOST NOTABLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING, RADIO ON AND OFF. *NM

Mileage: 86,000

MY WINDSHIELD ON MY 201 FORD EXPEDITION IS LEAKING AND HAS CAUSED MY GEM MODULE TO ACT UP. MOST NOTABLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING, RADIO ON AND OFF. *NM

Mileage: 86,000

HVAC BLOWER MOTOR RUNS WHEN ENGINE IS OFF. NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WATER ALSO GETS IN THE CAB SOMEHOW WHEN IT RAINS. *NM

HVAC BLOWER MOTOR RUNS WHEN ENGINE IS OFF. NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WATER ALSO GETS IN THE CAB SOMEHOW WHEN IT RAINS. *NM

THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ON MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WAS COMPROMISED AND REQUIRED REPAIR DUE TO A LEAKING FRONT WINDSHIELD. DURING HEAVY RAINSTORMS THE WINDSHIELD LEAKED AND SOAKED MY ELECTRICAL BOX CAUSING SHORTAGES IN ALL OF MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. DRIVING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE VEHICLES EL...

Mileage: 42,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN AN INTERSECTION WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER BUT THE REASON WHY THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DEEME...

Mileage: 46,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER DRIVING 55 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, A MISSING CAP WAS NOTICED IN THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. THE PLASTIC PRONGS FRACTURED, AND REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE BRACKETS. THE CONTACT PURCHASED A NEW CAP AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE SAME INCIDENT RECURRED AFTER A YEAR ON THE REAR D...

Mileage: 86,000

I BOUGHT MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION BRAND NEW. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN MY TRUCK HAS SURGED. IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE WAITING AT AN INTERSECTION WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE TRUCK SURGES AS IF SOMEONE HAS STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR. EVEN THE RADIO GET LOUDER. LUCKILY I HAVE ALWAYS HAD ...

I HAD A MISFIRE ON #7 SPARK PLUG ON MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. IT WAS REPAIRED ON FRIDAY AT A SHOP. SATURDAY AFTERNOON @ 12:30 # 2 SPARK PLUG WAS BLOWN OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPLETELY NOW IT HAS A BLOWN MOTOR. I HAVE OWNED THIS SUV FOR 4 MONTHS. I HAVE THE OLD SPARK PLUG AND COIL PACK FROM #7 AND I ONLY ...

Mileage: 131,000

ELECTRICAL HAZARD DUE TO WATER INTRUSION RESULTING FROM WINDSHIELD LEAK. 2001 FORD EXPEDITION EXPERIENCED SEVERAL ELECTRICAL FAILURES DURING RAIN STORM INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE, HEADLAMP FAILURE, WINDOW/DOOR LOCK FAILURE, AC RUNS WITH IGNITION OFF AND KEYS REMOVED, CAR A...

Mileage: 59,061

ELECTRICAL HAZARD DUE TO WATER INTRUSION RESULTING FROM WINDSHIELD LEAK. 2001 FORD EXPEDITION EXPERIENCED SEVERAL ELECTRICAL FAILURES DURING RAIN STORM INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE, HEADLAMP FAILURE, WINDOW/DOOR LOCK FAILURE, AC RUNS WITH IGNITION OFF AND KEYS REMOVED, CAR A...

Mileage: 59,061

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN WHILE APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT TRAVELING 5-10 MPH. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ACTIVATED AT THE TIME. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE WHILE STOPPED AT THE LIGHT. IN ORDER TO STOP THE ACCELERATION THE CONTACT PUT THE VEHICLE IN THE P...

Mileage: 111,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL INSTEAD OF OVERDRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED, WHICH MOMENTARILY FIXED THE PROBLEM. AFTER 20 MILES, HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE STAYED IN NEUTRAL AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE ANY OTHER GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED...

Mileage: 68,100

THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT RELEASES PERIODICALLY FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE SEAT BELT WILL FASTEN WITH A CLICK AND APPEARS SECURELY FASTENED. THEN OCCASIONALLY (AT LEAST ONCE PER WEEK) WHILE DRIVING IT WILL RELEASE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURING OVER THE PAST 6 MONTHS (AT LEAST).

UNDERBODY SPARE TIRE CARRIER/WINCH CABLE FAILED CAUSING THE SPARE TO FALL INTO THE ROAD. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A SMALL METAL PIECE PRESSED ONTO THE END OF THE CABLE WHICH BROKE OFF. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY RESULTED BUT IF THE TIRE HAD FALLEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED IT COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE. *NM

Mileage: 78,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 80000 MILES. THE CONTACT FOUND INFORMATION ONLINE THAT THIS VEHICLE HAD A TENDENCY FOR EARLY FAILURE. A NON-SERVICE DEALER STATED THAT THESE TRANSMISSIONS CONSISTENTLY FAILED AT ABOUT 80000 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS N...

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED, THE NUMBER THREE SPARK PLUG SHOT OUT RENDERING MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION UNUSABLE. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAVILY TRAVELED ROAD. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. *JB

Mileage: 75,000

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED, THE NUMBER THREE SPARK PLUG SHOT OUT RENDERING MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION UNUSABLE. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAVILY TRAVELED ROAD. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. *JB

Mileage: 75,000

EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF SEVERAL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - ELECTRIC DOOR WINDOWS ON RIGHT FRONT, REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER, CRUISE CONTROL, INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN OFF, BATTERY WORE DOWN, SUNROOF WINDOW. THE DEALER STATED THAT WATER GOT INTO THE CAR AND HAD TO REPLACE THE FUSE BOX AND COMPUTER AND T...

Mileage: 67,000

EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF SEVERAL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - ELECTRIC DOOR WINDOWS ON RIGHT FRONT, REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER, CRUISE CONTROL, INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN OFF, BATTERY WORE DOWN, SUNROOF WINDOW. THE DEALER STATED THAT WATER GOT INTO THE CAR AND HAD TO REPLACE THE FUSE BOX AND COMPUTER AND T...

Mileage: 67,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN. THIS OCCURS APPROXIMATELY TWO TIMES A WEEK. THE DEALER DETERMINED IT IS A FAULTY MASS AIRFLOW CENSOR. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED IT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED DUE TO A WARRANTY DISPUTE. THE DEFECT ONLY BEGAN A FEW MONTHS AGO.

2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH LESS THAN 52,000 MILES ON IT LUNGED FORWARD AT A STOP SIGN AND THEN WOULD NOT GO WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS PUSHED. FINALLY WENT AS I ENTERED THE FREEWAY WITH LUNGING AND DE-ACCELERATION FOR ABOUT 15-20 MILES. AS SOON AS I GOT OFF THE FREEWAY THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AN...

Mileage: 51,928

TODAY (7/21/06) I AGAIN CONTACTED THE FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP CENTER CONCERNING A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN MY 2001 EXPEDITION. IT HAS CONTINUALLY EATEN BATTERIES AND THE BATTERY SAVER RELAY DUE TO A WINDSHIELD LEAK THAT FORD CLAIMS THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF, YET NHTSA HAS BEEN RECEIVING...

Mileage: 28,441

THE DRIVER STEPPED ON THE GAS, AND THEN SUDDENLY STEPPED ON THE BRAKE. THE MIDDLE PASSENGER IN THE 2ND ROW OF SEATS WAS BELTED IN. SHE, WHO IS ALSO 2 1/2 TO 3 MONTHS PREGNANT WAS THROWN TO THE FRONT ROW, HER UPPER PART OF HER BODY REACHING ALL THE WAY INTO THE FRONT SEAT AREA BECAUSE THE SEAT BELT F...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE VEHICLE LOST SPEED AND BEGAN TO BUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC SHOP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE. THE NUMBER 8, 7, 5, AND 4 ENGINE COILS HAVE BEEN...

Mileage: 75,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE VEHICLE LOST SPEED AND BEGAN TO BUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC SHOP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE. THE NUMBER 8, 7, 5, AND 4 ENGINE COILS HAVE BEEN...

Mileage: 75,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD LEAKED RAINWATER INTO THE VEHICLE AND THE DASH PANEL AREA. AFTERWARDS, THE POWER AND ELECTRICAL FEATURES DID NOT WORK. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO DETERMINED DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN THE WINDSHIELD SEAL LEAKED AND THE WATER CAUSED AN ELECTRI...

Mileage: 78,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD LEAKED RAINWATER INTO THE VEHICLE AND THE DASH PANEL AREA. AFTERWARDS, THE POWER AND ELECTRICAL FEATURES DID NOT WORK. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO DETERMINED DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN THE WINDSHIELD SEAL LEAKED AND THE WATER CAUSED AN ELECTRI...

Mileage: 78,000

WINDSHIELD ON 2001 EXPEDITION LEAKS AND GEM MODULE HAS SHORTED OUT. *NM

Mileage: 109,375

WINDSHIELD ON 2001 EXPEDITION LEAKS AND GEM MODULE HAS SHORTED OUT. *NM

Mileage: 109,375

1. FORD FIRESTONE TIRE RECALL: 12/2/02 ALL TIRES REPLACED AS PER RECALL REQUIREMENTS. MILEAGE: 15750. 2. FRIDAY, 4/21/2006: DURING A ROAD TRIP THIS PAST WEEKEND, MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE SHREDDED. I HEARD THUDDING NOISES, PULLED OFF THE I-75, CHECKED AROUND MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION, WAS UNABLE TO SEE A...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE AND OVER DRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTERWARDS, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE IT WAS RESTARTED HOWEVER, THE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. IT WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH DETERMINED THE TOR...

Mileage: 27,100

PREMATURE TIRE WEAR DO TO EARLY SWAY BAR LINK FAILURE. *NM

FORD EXPEDITION 2001 WINDSHIELD LEAKING THROUGH HAND HOLDS ON RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE. DIAGNOSED AS WINDSHIELD SEALANT FAILURE BETWEEN THE HAND AND THE GLASS OVER APPROXIMATELY 75% OF THE SEALANT BAND AREA. SOLUTION: REMOVE GLASS, STRIP ALL SEALANTS, PRIME BODY, PRIME GLASS, REPLACE GLASS (BROKEN DURI...

FORD EXPEDITION 2001 WINDSHIELD LEAKING THROUGH HAND HOLDS ON RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE. DIAGNOSED AS WINDSHIELD SEALANT FAILURE BETWEEN THE HAND AND THE GLASS OVER APPROXIMATELY 75% OF THE SEALANT BAND AREA. SOLUTION: REMOVE GLASS, STRIP ALL SEALANTS, PRIME BODY, PRIME GLASS, REPLACE GLASS (BROKEN DURI...

SINCE PURCHASE I HAVE TRAVELED 80000 MILES AND HAVE REPLACED THE ROTORS 3 TIMES AND THE PADS 4 TIMES ON THE FRONT. THE MOST CURRENT TIME THE VEHICLE SHAKES SO BAD WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKE THAT I HAVE TO ALTER MY DRIVING WHILE STOPPING TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH OTHER VEHICLES. I HAVE PURCHASED THE HIGH H...

Mileage: 106,000

SINCE PURCHASE I HAVE TRAVELED 80000 MILES AND HAVE REPLACED THE ROTORS 3 TIMES AND THE PADS 4 TIMES ON THE FRONT. THE MOST CURRENT TIME THE VEHICLE SHAKES SO BAD WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKE THAT I HAVE TO ALTER MY DRIVING WHILE STOPPING TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH OTHER VEHICLES. I HAVE PURCHASED THE HIGH H...

Mileage: 106,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE SHIFTS INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE LOW ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. THE TRANSFER CASE PUMP AND GEM MODULE WAS REPLACED, NEITHER OF THESE REPAIRS FIXED THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH IN A TURN, ...

Mileage: 31,896

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED ALL THREE OF THE MIDDLE ROW SEAT BELTS ARE INOPERABLE. TWO OF THE SEATBELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES HAVE COMPLETELY BROKEN APART. THE SPRINGS AND RELEASE BUTTONS EJECTED FROM THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY. THE THIRD SEAT BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLY FAILS TO FULLY LOCK. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, ...

Mileage: 91,000

I OWN A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. FOR ABOUT THE LAST 3 MONTHS, WHEN IT RAINS, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. IT STARTED ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO WHEN THE HEATER FAN WOULD CONTINUE TO BLOW ON HIGH AFTER THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. IT WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN UNTIL THE BATTERY DIED. ...

Mileage: 72,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE AND MIDDLE SEATBELTS ARE INOPERABLE. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER WAS ALERTED, NO INSPECTION HAS BEEN MADE.

Mileage: 58,000

LEAKY WINDSHIELD CAUSED ELECTRICAL FAILURE OF THE GENERAL ELECTRONIC MODULE, CAUSING MOST SYSTEMS IN VEHICLE TO MALFUNCTION, INCLUDING TRANSFER CASE SWITCHING, TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. FORD, NOR ADVANTAGE WARRANTY COMPANY WOULD STAND BEHIND THE COST OF THIS FAILURE BROUGHT ON BY POOR QUALITY IN MANUFA...

Mileage: 50,000

LEAKY WINDSHIELD CAUSED ELECTRICAL FAILURE OF THE GENERAL ELECTRONIC MODULE, CAUSING MOST SYSTEMS IN VEHICLE TO MALFUNCTION, INCLUDING TRANSFER CASE SWITCHING, TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. FORD, NOR ADVANTAGE WARRANTY COMPANY WOULD STAND BEHIND THE COST OF THIS FAILURE BROUGHT ON BY POOR QUALITY IN MANUFA...

Mileage: 50,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH A 5.4 LITER ENGINE, THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD AND DAMAGED IT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WELL KEPT AND FROM SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FORD ENGINES. I FEEL IT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED, IF THIS IS A RECURRING P...

Mileage: 73,000

I HAVE A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH OPTIONAL SIDE AIR BAGS. WHILE I WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT MY SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AS THE DRIVER STARTED THE CAR. NOTHING WAS DONE YET TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. *JB

Mileage: 120,000

2001 FORD EXPEDITION LEAKAGE FROM WINDSHIELD INTO INTERIOR OF VEHICLE ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES. SERVICED BY CELLA FORD NEW BERN NC ON 10-12-05. COST OF REPAIR $225.00. *JB

Mileage: 60,000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS, RADIO, CLOCK, ALL STOP WORKING DUE TO WATER LEAK. IT WAS RAINING FOR SEVERAL HOURS. IN ADDITION, THE AC BLOWER WAS RUNNING WITH THE ENGINE OFF AND WITH NO KEYS IN THE IGNITION. DEALER FIXED WINSHIELD WATER LEAK AND INSTALLED SOP PARTS GEM MODULE AND CJB; ALSO REPLACED CENTRAL JUN...

Mileage: 33,906

ON MAY 18 2005 MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION VIN #[XXX] STOPPED WORKING WHILE AT A LOCAL WALMART STORE I HAD TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO TOW MY VEHICLE TO MY HOME BEING THAT IT WAS ABOUT 11 PM AND NO SHOPS WERE OPEN I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY ADDRESS AND PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE NEXT EVENING WHIL...

Mileage: 69,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE USING THE TURN SIGNALS, THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED. WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH DISENGAGED BEFORE COMPLETING THE CURVE. THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH PERMANENTLY MALFUNCTIONED AND IS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE DEALER VERBA...

Mileage: 101,000

2001 FORD EXPEDITION WINDSHIELD LEAKING INTO FUSE BOX AND GEM MODULE , CAUSING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND SHORTS.*AK

Mileage: 55,000

2001 FORD EXPEDITION WINDSHIELD LEAKING INTO FUSE BOX AND GEM MODULE , CAUSING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND SHORTS.*AK

Mileage: 55,000

OPENED MY SUN ROOF ON FRIDAY JANUARY 20, 2006 WAS A VERY NICE DAY, IT STARTED TO RAIN AND THE SUN ROOF WOULD NOT CLOSE STOP AT THE DEALERSHIP ROUNDTREE MOORE OF LAKE CITY, AND WE TRY FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO CLOSE AND COULD NOT. I LEFT AND PUT MY VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE, AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHI...

Mileage: 87,000

2001 FORD EXPEDITION IGNITION COILS CONTINUE TO SHORT OUT WHEN WET AND ALWAYS AFTER A RAIN - WATER SEEPS INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND INEVITABLY THAT AN IGNITION COIL WILL BEGIN TO SHORT OUT / BEGIN MISSING AND LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING. BECAUSE THIS ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAPPEN DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER...

Mileage: 60,000

I PURCHASED A USED 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE (1 YEAR AGO) WE NOTICED THE SEAT BELT WOULD RANDOMLY RELEASE FROM A SECURELY LATCHED POSITION. WE WOULD HAVE TO RE-LATCH IT WHILE DRIVING, NOT KNOWING WHEN IT WOULD RELEASE AGAIN. OBVIOUSLY A DANGEROUS SITUATION. ACCORDING TO YOUR WE...

Mileage: 47,000

FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS SINCE I OWNED MY VEHICLE IT MALFUNCTIONS WHEN IT RAINS. THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS GO HAYWIRE AND THEY CONTINUES TO RUN WHEN I TURN THE CAR OFF AND TAKE THE KEYS OUT. EVENTUALLY THE BATTERY DIES AND IT DOES NOT GO AWAY UNTIL THE RAIN STOPS FOR AT LEAST 3 DAYS. I CANNOT DRIVE THE ...

Mileage: 65,000

ON 3 OCCASIONS THIS YEAR,2005 ( JULY, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER) WHEN HUMIDITY IS REALLY HIGH, AND/OR SNOW WOULD COVER MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION, I WOULD HAVE UNEXPLAINABLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. EITHER MY HEADLIGHT WON'T SHUT OFF, THE BLOWER WOULD NOT SHUT WHEN TURNING ENGINE OFF, POWER WINDOWS WONT WORK, ...

SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT ON FORD EXPEDITION. THREADS IN HEAD STRIPPED CAUSING PREMATURE FAILURE. *NM

Mileage: 127,995

MY FORD EXPEDITION WAS PURCHASED IN AUGUST OF 2001. BY NOVEMBER OF '01 THE BATTERY HAD DIED. TO SHORTEN THE STORY, I HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS. BASICALLY IT WAS DETERMINED BY MYSELF AND FORD THAT IF THE VEHICLE WAS UNTOUCHED FOR MORE THAN 2 WEEKS, THE ACTIVE POWER DRAIN ON THE VEHICLE WAS SUBSTANTIAL EN...

Mileage: 150

DT: THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. FIRST, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. THE DEALER CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH SEEMED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WOULD SOMETIMES SURGE FORWARD. SHE THOUGHT THE SURGING WAS RELATED TO APPARENT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. SHE FINALLY...

Mileage: 39,000

DT: THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. FIRST, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. THE DEALER CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH SEEMED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WOULD SOMETIMES SURGE FORWARD. SHE THOUGHT THE SURGING WAS RELATED TO APPARENT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. SHE FINALLY...

Mileage: 39,000

DT: THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. FIRST, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. THE DEALER CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH SEEMED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WOULD SOMETIMES SURGE FORWARD. SHE THOUGHT THE SURGING WAS RELATED TO APPARENT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. SHE FINALLY...

Mileage: 39,000

DT: THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. FIRST, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. THE DEALER CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH SEEMED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WOULD SOMETIMES SURGE FORWARD. SHE THOUGHT THE SURGING WAS RELATED TO APPARENT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. SHE FINALLY...

Mileage: 39,000

DT: THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. FIRST, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. THE DEALER CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH SEEMED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WOULD SOMETIMES SURGE FORWARD. SHE THOUGHT THE SURGING WAS RELATED TO APPARENT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. SHE FINALLY...

Mileage: 39,000

NO EVENTS PRIOR TO FAILURE. BLOW OUT OF #3 SPARK PLUG FROM CYLINDER HEAD. FORD ESTIMATES $3,600.00 TO REPAIR. NO REPAIR DONE. DECIDING WHAT TO DO. *NM

Mileage: 116,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V388000 CONCERNING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. HE SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK

Mileage: 75,909

INCIDENT: 2001 FORD EXPEDITION 1. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK, RADIO WOULD GO OFF WHEN VEHICLE WAS PUT IN GEAR, BLOWER, COMPASS, THERMOMETER LETS & BELLS WOULD NOT WORK, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, BATTERY EVENTUALLY WENT DEAD, ETC 2. HAD TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE FOR SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE REAS...

Mileage: 41,733

INCIDENT: 2001 FORD EXPEDITION 1. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK, RADIO WOULD GO OFF WHEN VEHICLE WAS PUT IN GEAR, BLOWER, COMPASS, THERMOMETER LETS & BELLS WOULD NOT WORK, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, BATTERY EVENTUALLY WENT DEAD, ETC 2. HAD TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE FOR SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE REAS...

Mileage: 41,733

INCIDENT: 2001 FORD EXPEDITION 1. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK, RADIO WOULD GO OFF WHEN VEHICLE WAS PUT IN GEAR, BLOWER, COMPASS, THERMOMETER LETS & BELLS WOULD NOT WORK, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, BATTERY EVENTUALLY WENT DEAD, ETC 2. HAD TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE FOR SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE REAS...

Mileage: 41,733

2001 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER WITH A 5.4 V8. SITTING AT A STOP SIGN, AS SOON AS I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO PROCEED THE ENGINE BLEW THE 3RD SPARK PLUG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. TOWED TO FORD DEALER ESTIMATES TO FIX ARE 800 FOR HELI COIL, 3500 FOR HEAD REPLACEMENT. *JB

Mileage: 80,452

THERE WAS A HEAVY RAIN THE EXPEDITION WAS PARKED OUTSIDE. THERE WAS WATER ON THE FLOOR MAT. THE HEADLIGHTS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, RADIO WORKED WHEN THE EXPEDITION WAS OFF. YET WOULD NOT WORK WHEN THE CAR WAS ON. THE EXPEDITION ACTED ON ITS OWN. WE TOOK THE EXPEDITION TO THE DEALERSHIP (JIM KEIM F...

Mileage: 69,300

THERE WAS A HEAVY RAIN THE EXPEDITION WAS PARKED OUTSIDE. THERE WAS WATER ON THE FLOOR MAT. THE HEADLIGHTS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, RADIO WORKED WHEN THE EXPEDITION WAS OFF. YET WOULD NOT WORK WHEN THE CAR WAS ON. THE EXPEDITION ACTED ON ITS OWN. WE TOOK THE EXPEDITION TO THE DEALERSHIP (JIM KEIM F...

Mileage: 69,300

THERE WAS A HEAVY RAIN THE EXPEDITION WAS PARKED OUTSIDE. THERE WAS WATER ON THE FLOOR MAT. THE HEADLIGHTS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, RADIO WORKED WHEN THE EXPEDITION WAS OFF. YET WOULD NOT WORK WHEN THE CAR WAS ON. THE EXPEDITION ACTED ON ITS OWN. WE TOOK THE EXPEDITION TO THE DEALERSHIP (JIM KEIM F...

Mileage: 69,300

THERE WAS A HEAVY RAIN THE EXPEDITION WAS PARKED OUTSIDE. THERE WAS WATER ON THE FLOOR MAT. THE HEADLIGHTS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, RADIO WORKED WHEN THE EXPEDITION WAS OFF. YET WOULD NOT WORK WHEN THE CAR WAS ON. THE EXPEDITION ACTED ON ITS OWN. WE TOOK THE EXPEDITION TO THE DEALERSHIP (JIM KEIM F...

Mileage: 69,300

THERE WAS A HEAVY RAIN THE EXPEDITION WAS PARKED OUTSIDE. THERE WAS WATER ON THE FLOOR MAT. THE HEADLIGHTS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, RADIO WORKED WHEN THE EXPEDITION WAS OFF. YET WOULD NOT WORK WHEN THE CAR WAS ON. THE EXPEDITION ACTED ON ITS OWN. WE TOOK THE EXPEDITION TO THE DEALERSHIP (JIM KEIM F...

Mileage: 69,300

THERE WAS A HEAVY RAIN THE EXPEDITION WAS PARKED OUTSIDE. THERE WAS WATER ON THE FLOOR MAT. THE HEADLIGHTS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, RADIO WORKED WHEN THE EXPEDITION WAS OFF. YET WOULD NOT WORK WHEN THE CAR WAS ON. THE EXPEDITION ACTED ON ITS OWN. WE TOOK THE EXPEDITION TO THE DEALERSHIP (JIM KEIM F...

Mileage: 69,300

SINCE I GOT THE TRUCK THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM HAS BEEN FAILING, ALSO THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE WHILE ON THE FREEWAY AND ALMOST HAD US KILLED. THE BACK DOOR LOCKS BY ITSELF AND CAN'T BE OPENED. AIR COMES IN FROM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND IT ALSO LEAKS WHEN IT RAINS. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE VERY WASTED, ALS...

Mileage: 69,800

SINCE I GOT THE TRUCK THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM HAS BEEN FAILING, ALSO THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE WHILE ON THE FREEWAY AND ALMOST HAD US KILLED. THE BACK DOOR LOCKS BY ITSELF AND CAN'T BE OPENED. AIR COMES IN FROM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND IT ALSO LEAKS WHEN IT RAINS. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE VERY WASTED, ALS...

Mileage: 69,800

SINCE I GOT THE TRUCK THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM HAS BEEN FAILING, ALSO THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE WHILE ON THE FREEWAY AND ALMOST HAD US KILLED. THE BACK DOOR LOCKS BY ITSELF AND CAN'T BE OPENED. AIR COMES IN FROM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND IT ALSO LEAKS WHEN IT RAINS. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE VERY WASTED, ALS...

Mileage: 69,800

SINCE I GOT THE TRUCK THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM HAS BEEN FAILING, ALSO THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE WHILE ON THE FREEWAY AND ALMOST HAD US KILLED. THE BACK DOOR LOCKS BY ITSELF AND CAN'T BE OPENED. AIR COMES IN FROM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND IT ALSO LEAKS WHEN IT RAINS. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE VERY WASTED, ALS...

Mileage: 69,800

SINCE I GOT THE TRUCK THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM HAS BEEN FAILING, ALSO THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE WHILE ON THE FREEWAY AND ALMOST HAD US KILLED. THE BACK DOOR LOCKS BY ITSELF AND CAN'T BE OPENED. AIR COMES IN FROM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND IT ALSO LEAKS WHEN IT RAINS. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE VERY WASTED, ALS...

Mileage: 69,800

DT: THE CONTACT STATED HER VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING TO THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL 05V3880...

Mileage: 60,000

THE CHILD SAFE LOCKS ON THE REAR DOORS OF MY 2ND FORD EXPEDITION ACTIVATE THROUGH NORMAL DOOR OPERATION. THEY ARE ACTIVATED BY USING THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS AS WELL AS NORMAL INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE USE. I HAVE OWNED TWO EXPEDITION AND THIS HAS OCCURRED ON EACH VEHICLE ( A 1997 XLY EXPEDITION AS WELL...

DT: CONTACT STATES THE CAR TAKES A LONG TIME TO START, IT'S LIKE THE BATTERY IS DEAD. WHEN VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE BATTERY WAS GOOD. WHEN HITTING THE ALARM THE HORN WILL SOUND VERY LOW, SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT MAKE A SOUND AT ALL. THE AUTOMATIC LOCKS WILL NOT ENGAGE UNTI...

Mileage: 75,000

DT: CONTACT STATES THE CAR TAKES A LONG TIME TO START, IT'S LIKE THE BATTERY IS DEAD. WHEN VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE BATTERY WAS GOOD. WHEN HITTING THE ALARM THE HORN WILL SOUND VERY LOW, SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT MAKE A SOUND AT ALL. THE AUTOMATIC LOCKS WILL NOT ENGAGE UNTI...

Mileage: 75,000

VEHICLE WAS LEFT OUTSIDE DURING SEVERAL RAINY DAYS. UPON STARTING VEHICLE, WIPERS, FANS WOULD NOT WORK. RADIO WOULD NOT OPERATE. WHEN VEHICLE WAS LEFT IN AUXILIARY POSITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD START ITSELF WITHOUT TURNING THE KEY. IF THE CAR WAS LEFT RUNNING AND IN PARK, THE VEHICLE WOULD TRY TO S...

Mileage: 68,000

2001 FORD EXPEDITION LEAKING FRONT WINDSHIELD CAUSED ELECTRICAL DAMAGE TO FUSE BLOCK AND ASSEMBLY. VEHICLE BECAME A NO START RESULTING IN OUT OF POCKET REPAIRS BY FORD DEALER IN STOCKBRIDGE, MI. MECHANIC COMMENTED AT TIME OF REPAIR HE HAD ALREADY FIXED SEVERAL VEHICLES PREVIOUSLY TO MY REPAIR FOR...

CERTIFIED LTR REQUESTING NHTSA INITIATE A DEFECT INVESTIGATION RE SELECTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY VEHICLES LEFT FRONT INNER BEARINGS FOR ADVANCED FATIGUE CRACKS. *TS COMPLAINANT WAS RECENTLY ASKED TO CONSULT IN THE MATTER OF A FATAL HIGH SPEED HEAD ON TWO-VEHICLE COLLISION. WHILE DRIVING WESTBOUND ...

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING AND THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT THE SPARK PLUG, BUT THE #3 CYLINDER HEAD. THE CONSUMER COULD...

Mileage: 90,000

I OWN A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WHICH HAS HAD FAILURE OF ONE OF THE REAR SEAT BELTS. WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO LOCK THE SEAT BELT INTO THE BUCKLE IT DOES NOT LOCK. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM COULD BE FIXED IF I WAS TO PAY OUT OF MY POCKET THE EXPENSES BECAUSE MY WARRAN...

IT JUST KEEPS FEELING LIKE SOMEONE IS REAR ENDED US EVERY TIME WE GO TO STOP AND I HAD THE TRANSMISSION CHECKED OUT AND ITS FINE. *JB

I HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION SINCE MARCH 2004. THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE FUSE THAT DISPLAYS LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD. THIS FUSE REPEATEDLY BLOWS. SO I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ALLAN VIGIL FORD IN MORROW, GEORGIA AND THE REPEATEDLY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. AT THIS PRES...

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2005, THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, WENT HOME, PICKED UP HIS FAMILY AND STARTED DRIVING AGAIN. WHILE IN MOTION THE CONTACT BEGAN SMELLING AND ELECTRICAL BURN. THE CONTACT HAD RECEIVED A RECALL ABOUT THE SPEED SENSOR ...

5.4 ENGINE SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT. *JB

Mileage: 96,000

THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. I WAS CRANKING THE VEHICLE AND HEARD A LOUD POP AND THEN THE MOTOR STARTED POPPING AND SHAKING. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE FORD DEALER THAT HAS HANDLED ALL MY REPAIRS. THEY CLAIM THE ALUMINUM IN THE HEAD IS FAULTY AND THERE ARE NO THREADS ON ...

Mileage: 70,000

ON 09-15-2005 AT 12:10 AM I DISCOVERED A LARGE FIRE IN MY GARAGE. MY FAMILY AND I ESCAPED WITHOUT HARM. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED QUICKLY AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. ALL CONTENTS OF THE GARAGE WERE DESTROYED. SOME DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE HOME. ACCORDING TO THE FIRE INVESTIGATOR (CAL STATE LIC...

NEW 2001 EXPEDITION. STARTED LURCHING FORWARD IN 2002. THIS HAPPENS WHEN I WAS PARKING IN THE GARAGE, THE FOOT IS NOT TOUCHING ANY OF THE PEDALS ITS COASTING VERY VERY SLOWLY CAUSE YOUR GOING TO PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE BREAK TO STOP. ALL OF A SUDDEN IT LUNGES FORWARD AT THE SAME TIME RADIO GOES LOUDE...

Mileage: 28,000

2001 FORD EXPEDITION 5.4L FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS AN EXHAUST LEAK. HAD AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE EXHAUST LOOKED AT ON 9/6/05. COMING HOME FROM WORK ON 9/2/05, WAS STUCK IN SLOW TRAFFIC. WHEN TRAFFIC BROKE UP, I STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND HEARD A POP AND LOST POWER. I HAD TO GET ...

Mileage: 88,945

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHEN THE CHECK ENG LIGHT STARTED RAPIDLY FLASHING. ,PULLED OVER OPENED THE HOOD AND BURST INTO FLAMES , NOW I AM OUT THE DOWN PAYMENT AND THE REMAINING AMOUNT THAT THE INS DID NOT PAY . I AM NOT ABLE TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE PUTTING ME INTO A BIND. *NM

Mileage: 80,000

I WAS DROPPING MY GRANDMOTHER OFF AT CHURCH. I PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE. WHEN I WENT TO START THE TRUCK, THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING NOISES AND I SAW AND SMELLED SMOKE. I OPENED THE HOOD AND I SAW THE ENGINE SHAKING WENT THE TRUCK WAS ON. TODAY, FORD IS RECALLING 2000 EXPEDITIONS ALONG WITH OTH...

Mileage: 75,000

I WAS DROPPING MY GRANDMOTHER OFF AT CHURCH. I PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE. WHEN I WENT TO START THE TRUCK, THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING NOISES AND I SAW AND SMELLED SMOKE. I OPENED THE HOOD AND I SAW THE ENGINE SHAKING WENT THE TRUCK WAS ON. TODAY, FORD IS RECALLING 2000 EXPEDITIONS ALONG WITH OTH...

Mileage: 75,000

MY WINDSHIELD ON MY 2001 EXPEDITION IS LEAKING WATER IN THE DRIVER SIDE LOWER CORNER. IT'S SEEPING INTO THE FLOOR BOARDS AND INTO THE ENGINE ELECTRICAL COMPARTMENT UNDER THE HOOD. *JB

Mileage: 48,110

MY WINDSHIELD ON MY 2001 EXPEDITION IS LEAKING WATER IN THE DRIVER SIDE LOWER CORNER. IT'S SEEPING INTO THE FLOOR BOARDS AND INTO THE ENGINE ELECTRICAL COMPARTMENT UNDER THE HOOD. *JB

Mileage: 48,110

(1)WOULDN'T SHIFT OUT OF PARK, DUE TO BLOWING FUSES; HAD TO CONSTANTLY REPLACE #15 FUSE-TOOK TO A FORD DEALER IN SPARTANBURG, SC AND IN MYRTLE BEACH, SC, WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED AT EITHER PLACE (2)SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION CONTROL DEVICE CAUGHT ON FIRE, BURNING COMPONENTS AROUND IT (3)...

Mileage: 63,927

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION ON A TIRE. THE TIRE WAS LOCATED ON THE PASSENGER REAR SIDE. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 65-70 MPH. THE DEALERSHIP STATED TO SUBMIT THE TIRES TO CONTINENTAL TIRE FOR EVALUATION OF THE TIRES. THE MA...

Mileage: 40,200

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2001 FORD EXPEDITON, RECENTLY (AUGUST 22,2005) I EXPERIENCED A SPARK PLUG BLOW-OUT IN THIS VEHICLE.I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST OF REPAIR FOR THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM, AND THE DANGER ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROBLEM. IN A RECENT ARTICLE IT WAS STATED THAT IF THIS PLUG WERE TO POP OUT I...

Mileage: 68,780

MY VEHICLE, A 2002 FORD EXPEDITION. SPONTANEOUSLY WENT INTO FLAMES AS IT WAS PARKED BEHIND MY BAKERY BUSINESS IN HIALEAH, FLORIDA. IT WAS DESTROYED AND IT ALSO CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO MY BAKERY BUSINESS. THIS VEHICLE WAS OFF WHEN IT WENT INTO FLAMES.

2001 FORD EXPEDITION FIRE RESULTING FROM SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH OF THE CRUISE CONTROL COMPONENTS. *NM

DT: 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE BACK DOOR HAS TWO HYDRAULIC LIFTS TO HOLD THE DOOR OPEN. ONE ON DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE LOOSE FROM THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTION THEY FOUND THE OTHER LIFT WAS WELDED IN SIX PLACES, AND THIS ONE WAS ONLY WELDED IN ONE PLACE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP...

2001 FORD EXPEDITION CRUISE CONTROL CAUGHT ON FIRE.*MR WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE. THE CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE, CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED FLAMES. THE CONSUMER EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WHICH WAS LOCATED AT THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD STOPPED WORKING A FEW WEE...

TRUCK WAS JUST SITTING THERE WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE

Mileage: 85,000

TRUCK WAS JUST SITTING THERE WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE

Mileage: 85,000

DT: THE CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT, THE MEMBRANE BROKE. THE BRAKE FLUID FILLED THE SERVO OF THE CRUISE CONTROL. IT WAS FROM THE BROKEN MEMBRANE ON THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. DEACTIVATION SWITCH WAS LEAKING, CRUISE CONTROL SERVO WAS FULL OF FLUID. THAT WAS THE STATEMENT FROM THE INVOICE. THE CON...

FUSE BOX AND MODULE ALL KINDS OF ELECTRIAL PROBLEMS ALSO CAR WILL START ON ITS OWN THE CAR WILL JUMP INTO REVERSE

Mileage: 28,000

FUSE BOX AND MODULE ALL KINDS OF ELECTRIAL PROBLEMS ALSO CAR WILL START ON ITS OWN THE CAR WILL JUMP INTO REVERSE

Mileage: 28,000

THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT-BELT BUCKLE BECOMES UNLATCHED ON AN INTERMITTANT BASIS. BELT BUCKLE WILL INSERT AND SNAP MOST OF HTE TIME, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INSTANCES WHEN THE BUCKLE SNAPPED AS IF IT WAS LATCHED, BUT COME UNLATCHED WHEN A FORCE WAS APPLIED TO THE BUCKLE (AS WHEN LEANING FORWARD)...

THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT-BELT BUCKLE BECOMES UNLATCHED ON AN INTERMITTANT BASIS. BELT BUCKLE WILL INSERT AND SNAP MOST OF HTE TIME, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INSTANCES WHEN THE BUCKLE SNAPPED AS IF IT WAS LATCHED, BUT COME UNLATCHED WHEN A FORCE WAS APPLIED TO THE BUCKLE (AS WHEN LEANING FORWARD)...

THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT-BELT BUCKLE BECOMES UNLATCHED ON AN INTERMITTANT BASIS. BELT BUCKLE WILL INSERT AND SNAP MOST OF HTE TIME, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INSTANCES WHEN THE BUCKLE SNAPPED AS IF IT WAS LATCHED, BUT COME UNLATCHED WHEN A FORCE WAS APPLIED TO THE BUCKLE (AS WHEN LEANING FORWARD)...

BEGINNING ABOUT 8-12 MONTH'S AGO, THE RIGHT REAR CHILD SAFETY LOCK FREQUENTLY SWITCHES FROM THE "UNLOCKED" POSITION TO THE "LOCKED" POSITION, APPROXIMATELY EVERY 3RD-TO-4TH TIME THE RIGHT REAR DOOR IS SHUT. THIS MALFUNTION OF A SAFETY FEATURE CREATES SITUATIONS WHERE THE PASSENGER IS LOCKED WIT...

MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION'S (65300 MILES) CABLE WHICH MOUNTS THE SPARE TIRE UNDER THE VEHICLE HAS FRAYED AND THE TIRE HAS FALLEN OFF. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, WHICH JUST WORKED ON THE CAR, AND THEY SAID, "YA, WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN A FEW TIMES... THE CABLE RUSTS OUT, AND THE TIRE FALLS OFF." ...

THIS EXPEDITION STARTS UP WITH NO KEY WIPERS START AND STOP DOOR LOKES OPEN AND CLOSE 4 WHEEL DRIVE ENGAGES AND DISENGAGES IN PARK OR NEUTRAL THE CAR TRIES TO START AGAIN WHEN IT IS ALREADY RUNNING . THE CAR WAS PARKED WHILE I WENT INTO THE STORE MY WIFE WAS IN THE CAR IT JUMPED INTO REVERSE SHE JUM...

Mileage: 28,000

THIS EXPEDITION STARTS UP WITH NO KEY WIPERS START AND STOP DOOR LOKES OPEN AND CLOSE 4 WHEEL DRIVE ENGAGES AND DISENGAGES IN PARK OR NEUTRAL THE CAR TRIES TO START AGAIN WHEN IT IS ALREADY RUNNING . THE CAR WAS PARKED WHILE I WENT INTO THE STORE MY WIFE WAS IN THE CAR IT JUMPED INTO REVERSE SHE JUM...

Mileage: 28,000

DT: CONTACT STATES THE WINDSHIELD IS LEAKING, CAUSING THE COMPUTER IN THE FUSE PANEL TO SHORT OUT. THE STEREO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND THE AIR CONDITIONER COME ON WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN USE. WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED. WARRANTY EXPIRED , AND ELECTRONIC PANEL HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. FORD MANUF...

DT: CONTACT STATES THE WINDSHIELD IS LEAKING, CAUSING THE COMPUTER IN THE FUSE PANEL TO SHORT OUT. THE STEREO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND THE AIR CONDITIONER COME ON WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN USE. WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED. WARRANTY EXPIRED , AND ELECTRONIC PANEL HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. FORD MANUF...

DT: CONTACT STATES THE WINDSHIELD IS LEAKING, CAUSING THE COMPUTER IN THE FUSE PANEL TO SHORT OUT. THE STEREO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND THE AIR CONDITIONER COME ON WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN USE. WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED. WARRANTY EXPIRED , AND ELECTRONIC PANEL HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. FORD MANUF...

DT: CONTACT STATES THE WINDSHIELD IS LEAKING, CAUSING THE COMPUTER IN THE FUSE PANEL TO SHORT OUT. THE STEREO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND THE AIR CONDITIONER COME ON WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN USE. WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED. WARRANTY EXPIRED , AND ELECTRONIC PANEL HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. FORD MANUF...

DT: CONTACT STATES THE WINDSHIELD IS LEAKING, CAUSING THE COMPUTER IN THE FUSE PANEL TO SHORT OUT. THE STEREO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND THE AIR CONDITIONER COME ON WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN USE. WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED. WARRANTY EXPIRED , AND ELECTRONIC PANEL HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. FORD MANUF...

2001 FORD EXPEDITION (EDDIE BAUER) HAS HAD REPEATED WATER LEAKS IN FRONT WINDSHIELD. I'VE HAD THE WINDOW REPLACED ONCE AND REPAIRED 2 MORE TIMES, SO FAR IN THE PAST 2 YEARS. IT CAUSED MY AUTOMATIC HEAD-LIGHT CONTROL SWITCH TO FAIL. ALSO MY REAR-WINSHIELD WIPERS FAILED ONCE, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF IT...

Mileage: 35,600

I HAD COMPLETE FAILURE OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS DUE TO WATER LEAK AROUND FRONT WINDSHIELD AND/OR MOON ROOF

Mileage: 69,159

NO FAILURE AT THIS TIME, HOWEVER WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE GIVEN THE SERIOUS NATURE OF THE FIRE HAZARD (CRUISE CONTROL).

PURCHASED A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION FROM MAROONE FORD IN MARGATE ON 11/05/2004. THE TIRES THAT CAME WITH THIS VEHICLE WERE THE CONTITRAC AW ID # 02T012000. ON 04/02/05 WHILE TRAVELING ON I-95 AT THE SPEED OF 55 MPH MY LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK UNDER CONTROL WITHOUT HIT...

Mileage: 56,325

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED, COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES

Mileage: 65,000

DT: THERE ARE RECALLS THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED CAR IS A 2001, BUT THEY WILL NOT RECOGNIZE CAR AS A RECALL BECAUSE THEY RECALLED THE 2000 MODELS AND NOT THE 2001. THIS CAR WAS DELIVERED IN 2001, AND THEY USED 2000 PARTS, ALTHOUGH IT IS A 2001 MODEL. THEY CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION DESIGN. *AK

Mileage: 83,000

THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY BURNED DUE TO A FIRE THAT ORIGINATED FROM THE FUSE OF THE MASTER CRUISE CONTROL MODULATOR AREA OF MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER. *JB THIS MAKE/MODEL IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY CPSC FOR A MNUFACTIRER DEFECT OF THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM. *SC *JB

Mileage: 40,000

TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE TRAVELING CAUSING VEHICLE TO FISHTAIL FROM SIDE TO SIDE, NO CRASH

Mileage: 31,000

VEHICLE PARKED FOR APPROX. 22 HOURS, CC QUIT WORKING 1 WEEK PRIOR, ONE DAY BEFORE VEHICLE FIRE WOULD NOT GET OUT OF PARK

Mileage: 60,000

2001 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE STEERING WHEEL AREA UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. *MR THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE DAY BEFORE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. AROUND 9 AM THE CONSUMER VIEWED SMOKE COMING FORM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *SC *JB

VEHICLE PARKED IN GARAGE AND STARTED ON FIRE. CRUISE CONTROL QUIT WORKING PRIOR TO FIRE. VEHICLE SEVERELY DESTROYED AND FUSES OBLITERATED. CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH COMPONENETS RECOVERED AND XRAYED. INTERNAL CONTACTS ARCED AND SPLATTERED. ALSO ARCING ON WIRING HARNESS ADJACENT TO VACUUM B...

THIS IS THE SECOND SPARK PLUG IN LESS THAN 4 MONTHS THAT HAS BLOWN OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD OUT OF OUR 2001FORD EXPEDITION. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM AS IT IS OCCURRING TO MANY PEOPLE. IT IS DEFINITELY A FLAW IN DESIGN AND IS COSTING PEOPLE TOO MUCH MONEY TO CONTINUE TO FIX. FORD HAS BEEN N...

Mileage: 72,000

THIS IS THE SECOND SPARK PLUG IN LESS THAN 4 MONTHS THAT HAS BLOWN OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD OUT OF OUR 2001FORD EXPEDITION. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM AS IT IS OCCURRING TO MANY PEOPLE. IT IS DEFINITELY A FLAW IN DESIGN AND IS COSTING PEOPLE TOO MUCH MONEY TO CONTINUE TO FIX. FORD HAS BEEN N...

Mileage: 72,000

DRIVING ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR IN MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION W/ TRITON V8 5.4L WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP. VEHICLE WAS VERY LOUD AFTERWARDS BUT STILL DRIVEABLE. HAD TO STAY UNDER 15 MPH TO TURN AROUND AND DRIVE IT THE ONE MILE I HAD ALREADY DRIVEN TO RETURN HOME. GREATER THAN 15 MPH PRODUCED SOUNDS SI...

Mileage: 82,399

SURGE GAS/ODI NO.10108106- 010,ODI895445,ODI897959,ODI8009292,ODI8012749,ODI10037108,ODI10041253.ODI10066799,ODI10080504, I HAVE A LOT MORE OFF YOUR SITE, SURGE IS GOING TO HURT SOMEONE PLEASE, THIS DOES WARRENT A SAFETY ON THIS. PLEASE RESPOND, MY GARBAGE CAN COULD HAVE BEEN A CHILD IN CROSSWALK.*...

VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR OVER 38 HOURS. AT 2:30 AM ON MONDAY APRIL 4, 2005 OWNER WAS AWAKENED BY A NEIGHBOR INFORMING HER THAT VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO NOTIFIED. LATER, THE OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN THE REC...

Mileage: 48,000

ELECTRONIC SHORTAGES IS CAUSING MALFUNCTIONS IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, WIPERS, RUNNING LIGHTS AND RADIO. THESE MALFUNCTIONS SEEM TO WORSEN WHEN IT RAINS. THE VEHICLE STARTS BY ITS SELF WHILE UNATTENDED. WHEN DRIVING IF THE WIPERS DONT WORK, I HAVE TO SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION TO NEUTRL FOR THEM TO OPERA...

Mileage: 53,000

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK, CAUSING A VEHICLE ROLL OVER WHEN T CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE BRAKES. CONSUMER/PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED.*AK

Mileage: 6,000

WHILE PARKED IN THE GARAGE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED SOURCE OF THE FIRE WAS CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. *AK

Mileage: 32,000

TIRE ROTATION/BALANCE/ALLIGNMENT DONE 1/18/05. ON 3/3/05 HAD SUDDEN VIBRATION ON INTERSTATE 75. FOUND AREA ON THE REAR PASS. SIDE TIRE APRROX 6-8 INCHES LONG & 3/4 WIDTH OF THE TIRE WITH TREAD SEPARATION. THESE WERE THE ORIGINAL GRABBERS (ON MY 2001 EXPEDITION) LOT 1377, WHICH WAS NOT PART O...

OWNER DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 51/2 HOURS, AND THEN IT SAT FOR 1 1/2 HOURS. WHEN DRIVING OFF THE FERRY AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH ENGINE EJECTED THE SPARK PLUG FROM THE SEVENTH CYLINDER . OWNER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. OWNER WAS WAITING FOR THE RESULTS OF THE DEFECT...

Mileage: 55,000

I HAVE A 1997 FORD EXPEDITION, I WAS DRIVING HOME THROUGH THE COUNTRY, WHEN GOING INTO A CURVE, I HEARD A POP COME FROM THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. TRUCK WENT INTO A HARD LEAN , BUT I WAS ABLE TO KEEP UNDER CONTROL. FROM PREVIOUS OWNERSHIP OF A FORD EXPLORER, I KNEW WHAT HAPPENED. UPON INSPECTION SWAY B...

Mileage: 144,024

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS A PART OF THE RECALL FOR FORD EXPEDITION FIRES. HOWEVER, HE WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMETIME BEFORE THE REPAIRS COULD BE DONE. CONSUMER FEELS AS THOUGHT THIS IS NOT UNACCEPTABLE. *AK

AFTER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES WE PARKED OUR 2001 EXPEDITION IN THE CAR PORT AND WENT TO BED. APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR WE WOKE UP WITH OUR HOUSE ON FIRE AT THE WEST END WHERE THE CAR PORT IS LOCATED. INVESTIGATORS AND FIRE INSPECTORS DETERMINED THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE EXPEDITION BUT DUE T...

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2001 EXPEDITION HOME FROM WORK WHICH IS ABOUT 35 MILES AWAY WHEN THE #2 SPARK PLUG "BLEW" OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD OF THE ENGINE CAUSING IT TO MISFIRE BADLY. SHE HAD TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN SOMEONES YARD. LUCKILY THE PERSON THERE LET HER USE A PHONE TO CALL ME. I ...

Mileage: 49,530

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE IT. *AK

Mileage: 59,000

I OWN A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION, I WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF MY PARENTS HOME FOR APPROX. 2 1/2 HOURS, WHEN MY FIANCE WALKED OUTSIDE AN SAW THAT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE STARTED ON THE DRIVER SIDE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I HAVE REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO MY INSURANCE CARRIER. BUT I HEARD OF THE RECALLS TH...

Mileage: 48,000

I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR ONLY 3 MONTHS AND BOUGHT IT FROM A DEALER WITH LOW MILES. TWICE NOW IN THAT THREE MONTHS I HAVE BEEN COMPLETLY STOPPED WITH FOOT ON BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD AS IF IT HAD BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND. TODAY IN HEAVY FREEWAY TRAFFIC IT DID THE SAME. ALMOST HITTING TH...

Mileage: 55,000

MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION XLT LURCHES FORWARD WHEN I AM STOPPED IN TRAFFIC OR AT A LIGHT. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED. THEY CANNOT FIND A REASON WHY MY CAR DOES THIS. THE SERVICE MANAGER EVEN DROVE THE CAR AROUND FOR A FEW DAYS AND COULD NOT FIGURE I...

RECALL CAMPAIGN FOR FORD CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION. *BF THE CONSUMER WANED TO KNOW IF THE 2001 FORD EXPEDITION VEHICLES WOULD BE RECALLED, BECAUSE HE KNEW AT LEAST 2 HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONSUMER DID NOT STATE THAT ONE OF THE VEHICLES WAS HIS. *JB RECALL305V017000

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE OF THE GARAGE WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED OUT TO EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. TWO PEOPLE SUSTAINED INJURIES AND WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED OUT BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. PLEASE PROVIDE...

MY FORD EXPEDITION WAS REAR ENDED BY A LARGE GARBAGE TRUCK. MY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AT THAT HIT. MY TRUCK WENT INTO A SPIN AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH THE FRONT AND DRIVER SIDE AND AGAIN THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I SUSTAINED BROKEN RIBS, BLACK EYE, BRUISED JAW, AND BRUISED TAILBONE. WHY DIDN...

Mileage: 70,000

ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS FAIL WHEN THE CAR IS PUT IN DRIVE, INCLUDING RADIO, REAR WIPER, FOG LAMPS, COMPASS, OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE, POWER WINDOWS, AND DASH WARNING LIGHTS. DEALER REPORTS WINDSHIELD LEAKING, CAUSING COMPONENT FAILURES AND REPAIRS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *NM

Mileage: 64,500

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. FORD DEALER AND FORD "CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE" 800-392-FORD REFUSED TO REPAIR PROBLEM OF WATER IN DRIVER COMPARTMENT FUSE BOX CAUSED BY LEAKING ORIGINAL WINDSHIELD, RESULTING IN SHORTING OUT OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND OTHER DASH EQUIPMENT W...

Mileage: 65,809

WHILE PLACING THE KEY INSIDE OF THE IGNITION VEHICLE WOULD TURN OFF. BUT CONSUMER COULD TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH MANUALLY WITHOUT THE KEY INSIDE. VEHICLE WOULD TURN ON, AND THE WINDOWS WOULD ROLL UP. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM....

WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION AT 50 MPH I HEARD A POP AND THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY ERRATIC HANDLING AND POOR IDLE. AN INSPECTION LATER REVEALED A SPARK PLUG WHICH EJECTED OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD AND STRIPPED THE THREADS WITH IT. THE COST TO REPAIR THE HEAD WAS $600.00. INITIALLY I WAS TOLD I WO...

Mileage: 68,250

WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION AT 50 MPH I HEARD A POP AND THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY ERRATIC HANDLING AND POOR IDLE. AN INSPECTION LATER REVEALED A SPARK PLUG WHICH EJECTED OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD AND STRIPPED THE THREADS WITH IT. THE COST TO REPAIR THE HEAD WAS $600.00. INITIALLY I WAS TOLD I WO...

Mileage: 68,250

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO WORK WHEN SUV IN DRIVE;WHEN LIGHTS ON;4X4, WIPER AND ABS INDICATOR ON DASH FLASHING ON AND OFF. RADIO SHUTTING OFF WHEN VEHICLE PUT IN DRIVE. PW NOT WORKING WHEN VEHICLE IN DRIVE. 11/20/04 WAS FIRST OCCURRENCE. HAPPENED APPROX. 8 TIMES BETWEEN THEN AND 12/23/2004. *N...

Mileage: 41,000

ON 12-21-04 WHILE DRIVING OUR '01 FORD EXPEDITION HOME FROM WORK, THERE WAS A LOUD POP, FOLLOWED BY RATTLING AND THE ENGINE CUT OFF. MY HUSBAND FOUND THAT A SPARK PLUG HAD EXPLODED OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO A FORD DEALER AND HE STATED THAT THE SPARK PLUG EXPLODED OUT PF THE HE...

THERE IS A LEAK THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, ENABLING WATER TO RUN DOWN THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC MODULE. THIS IS CAUSING THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS TO TURN ON INTERMITTENTLY, AND CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF. DEALER WILL REPAIR FOR THE SECOND TIME AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.*AK

ON JANUARY 11, 2004 CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXPLODED WHILE BEING PARKED IN THE GARAGE. THIS EXPLOSION DAMAGED ABOUT 80% OF HOUSE PROPERTY. WHEN THIS WAS INVESTIGATED IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS DUE TO A DEFAULT IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WIRING. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE SERVICED TWICE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.*...

2001 FORD EXPEDITION FUEL SYSTEM INDICATOR PROBLEM. WITH VEHICLE TANK CAPACITY AT 1/4 FULL AND WHEN PARKED ON AN INCLINE (ENGINE DOWN) VEHICLE HAS REPETITIVE IGNITION PROBLEMS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT FUEL PICK UP. SERVICE TECHNICIANS FROM FORD DEALERSHIP INDICATE THEY ARE AWARE OF SUCH, BUT CAN ONLY REC...

Mileage: 32,500

2001 FORD EXPEDITION FUEL SYSTEM INDICATOR PROBLEM. WITH VEHICLE TANK CAPACITY AT 1/4 FULL AND WHEN PARKED ON AN INCLINE (ENGINE DOWN) VEHICLE HAS REPETITIVE IGNITION PROBLEMS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT FUEL PICK UP. SERVICE TECHNICIANS FROM FORD DEALERSHIP INDICATE THEY ARE AWARE OF SUCH, BUT CAN ONLY REC...

Mileage: 32,500

MY FORD EXPEDITION SURGES WHEN I AM IDLE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR JUST STOPPED. IT IS SO SEVERE THAT I SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE I HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER CAR. NOTHING BAD HAS HAPPENED YET BUT I AM AFRAID I MAY HIT A PEDESTRIAN AT AN INTERSECTION I AM STOPPED AT OR I MAY RUN INTO ANOTHER CAR. *JB

Mileage: 50,000

FORD EXPEDITION 2001 CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED, REF.,ODI NUMBER 10115928. *BF THE FIRE WAS POSSIBLY DUE TO A FAULTY CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. *JB

A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF SOCKET #3 CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RUN ON 7 CYLINDERS. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

Mileage: 66,000

TIRE SEPARATION ON A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT AND SIDE PANEL OF THE VEHICLE. *NM

THE COMPLAINT WAS SENT VIA E-MAIL. I RECENTLY HAD A NEAR ACCIDENT WHILE TRAVELING. THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN LOCKED UP AND SLAMMED OUT OF GEAR. LUCKILY I HAD JUST EXITED OFF A BUSY HIGHWAY, AND WAS SPARED A POSSIBLE DEADLY ACCIDENT. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP I WA...

RE DEFECTIVE GENERAL "GRABBER AW" SUV TIRES. *BF DEFECT NUMBER COULD NOT BE FOUND. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO BE REINBURSED FOR THE COST OF REPLACING VEHICLE TIRES. *TC

SPARE TIRE CABLE BROKE UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH OR LESS, CAUSING THE SPARE TIRE TO ROLL INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK

Mileage: 60,000

BEGINING IN THE FALL OF 2003 MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH THE 4.6L ENGINE BEGAIN TO MAKE A TICKING SOUND AT START UP (WHEN ENGINE IS COLD). I'VE HAD THE VEHICLE IN THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY HAVE HEARD THE SOUND, BUT THEY HAVE OFFERED NO REASONABLE EXPLANATION OF THE CAUSE OR NATURE OF THE P...

REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED. CONSUMER TRIED TO UNLOCK THE SEAT BELT FROM THE BELT BUCKLE AND WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THEREFORE, CONSUMER CUT THE SEAT BELT IN PIECES. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. *AK

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED AN INSPECTION LETTER FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO HAVE THE TIE RODS INSPECTED. THE CONSUMER LATER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND ASKED WHY? SINCE THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 68,000 MILES ON IT AND WHY SHOULD THE TIE RODS BE SUSPECT TO FAILURE AT ONLY 68,000 MILES. THE MANUFACTURER FAILED ...

Mileage: 68,560

THE LEFT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A TREAD SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH WITH TWO ADULTS IN A FORD, EXPLORER 2001. THE PROBLEM WAS NOTICED WHEN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS WOBBLING, AND SOMETHING WAS FLAPPING AGAINST THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE 275/60R17, AND DOT #ADT044T010...

Mileage: 38,585

TREAD SEPARATION 2ND TIRE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING FROM LA TO OH WE EXPERIENCED TIRE TREAD SEPARATION ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE WHILE GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR ON THE HWY.THE TIRES ARE ORIGINAL TO THE 2001 EXPEDITION.CONTINENTAL ISSUED A RECALL ON CERTAIN P275/60R17 TIRES ON 2000 & 2001 EXPEDITIONS AND NAVIGATORS.THE RECALL WAS ISSUED ...

Mileage: 38,500

TRUCK SHOCKS/ SPRINGS ARE NO GOOD. VERY SQUEECKY FRONT TIRES. HARD TO CONTROL AFTER HITTING A BUMP OR POT HOLE AT THE LOWEST OF SPEEDS. *AK

TRUCK SHOCKS/ SPRINGS ARE NO GOOD. VERY SQUEECKY FRONT TIRES. HARD TO CONTROL AFTER HITTING A BUMP OR POT HOLE AT THE LOWEST OF SPEEDS. *AK

DEFECTIVE GENERAL GRABBER AW SUV TIRES.*MR THE CONSUMER'S EXPERIENCED A TIRE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE RETAILER AND THE REPAIRMAN NOTICED A SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TREAD RIBS WAS FORMING. A REPLACEMENT OF THE SAME TIRE WAS NOT AVAILABLE THEREFORE THE TECHNICIAN MOVED THE TIRE TO THE...

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DET...

Mileage: 70,000

I HAVE A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION THAT CAME EQUIPPED WITH GENERAL GRABBER AW TIRES, 275/60R 17 (ALL HAVE DOT # ADTO 44T 2401). THESE PARTICULAR TIRES WERE RECALLED DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION AND I TOOK THEM TO A FORD DEALER WHEN I HEARD OF THE RECALL. I WAS INFORMED THAT MY TIRES WERE NOT COVERED BY THE RE...

WHILE DRIVING UP A MOUNTAIN VEHICLE STALLED. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT. DEALERSHIP SERVICED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO REMEDY THE FAILURE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE IT. *A...

Mileage: 32,000

WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT WITH FOOT ON BRAKE TRUCK WIL ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD. COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. TAKEN VEHICLE IN TO DEALER 5 TIMES BUT THEY ARE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND REFUSE TO FIX IT. FORD ENGINEER WAS SENT TO LOOK AT THE TRUCK AND WAS ALSO U...

WHILE AT A STOP VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 62,000

REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT WAS HARD TO UNLOCK FROM THE BELT BUCKLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 55,000

WHEN THE VEHICLE SAT ON AN INCLINE, THE ENGINE STALLED. IF THE VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN HALF TANK OF FUEL, IT WOULD STALL. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED OVER FIVE TIMES, BUT THE DEALER WAS NOT CONSULTED. *AK *SC *JB

Mileage: 30,000

WHEN THE VEHICLE SAT ON AN INCLINE, THE ENGINE STALLED. IF THE VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN HALF TANK OF FUEL, IT WOULD STALL. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED OVER FIVE TIMES, BUT THE DEALER WAS NOT CONSULTED. *AK *SC *JB

Mileage: 30,000

4R100 AUTOMATICTRANSMISSION ON 2001 EXPEDITION WITH 45,700 STARTED LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. MECHANIC FOUND FRONT BUSHING THAT WAS WORN OUT AND STATED THAT BUSHING LOOKED TO HAVE 150,000 MILES ON IT RATHER THATN 45,700. OVIOUSLY A DEFECTIVE PART. AFTER REPLACING BUSHING, SEALS GASKETS, BEARINGS AN...

Mileage: 45,700

PINION SEAL LEAKING AT 34,000 MILES. TOOK TO HOLMES TUTTLE FORD DEALERSHIP IN TUCSON, AZ FOR REPAIRS. SIX THOUSAND MILES LATER PINION SEALS AGAIN FAILED PREMATURELY. FORD DEALERSHIP WILLNOT CALL BACK AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS. *AK

Mileage: 34,289

LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE ,NO WARNING. LOWER BALL JOIT ,RIGHT SIDE-RIGHT FRONT AXLE(INNER AND OUTER C/V JOINTS. REPLACED BALL JOIT AND AXLE AT OWN EXPENSE. FORD SAID BALL JOINTS SHOULD LAST 100,000 MILES , VEHICLE ONLY HAS 55,600 MILES. *AK

Mileage: 55,583

LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE ,NO WARNING. LOWER BALL JOIT ,RIGHT SIDE-RIGHT FRONT AXLE(INNER AND OUTER C/V JOINTS. REPLACED BALL JOIT AND AXLE AT OWN EXPENSE. FORD SAID BALL JOINTS SHOULD LAST 100,000 MILES , VEHICLE ONLY HAS 55,600 MILES. *AK

Mileage: 55,583

I HAVE A 2001 FORD EXPIDITION WITH ONLY 35000 MILES ON IT AND THE TRANSMISSION BURNED UP. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WAS COMMON WITH THE EXPIDITION AND IT WAS FLAWED IN ITS DESIGN. IT COST ME $2,200 TO OVERHALL THE TRANSMISSION, I ASKED FORD TO COVER THE REPAIR, THEY SAID NO, PL...

Mileage: 35,000

VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHILE IDLING. A RECORDING BOX WAS AFFIXED TO THE VEHICLE AND DOCUMENTATION WAS AVAILABLE. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE TEN TIMES, BUT COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *LA

Mileage: 34,000

I PAID $48000 FOR A FORD EXPEDITION AND THE TRANSMISSION BURN UP WITH ONLY 35000 MILES ON IT. THE REPAIR SHOP SAYS ITS COMMON WITH THE EXPEDITION AND THE DESIGN IS FLAWED. I WOULD LIKE FORD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, THEY SAY ITS NOT COVERED. *LA

Mileage: 35,000

WHEN EVER YOU PARK ON A HILL WITH MY 2001 EXPEDITON THE TRUNKGOES DEAD WILL NOT COME BACK ON UNLESS ON A LEVEL SURFACE ITHAS DONE THIS NUMEROUS TIMES. THE WINDOW SHEILD WASHER SENSOR AL WAYS COMES ON EVEN WHEN FULL.*AK

Mileage: 30,000

WHEN EVER YOU PARK ON A HILL WITH MY 2001 EXPEDITON THE TRUNKGOES DEAD WILL NOT COME BACK ON UNLESS ON A LEVEL SURFACE ITHAS DONE THIS NUMEROUS TIMES. THE WINDOW SHEILD WASHER SENSOR AL WAYS COMES ON EVEN WHEN FULL.*AK

Mileage: 30,000

I OWN A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. IN THE YEARS SINCE I HAVE HAD IT I HAVE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION NUMEROUS TIMES. I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE IN THAT WHEN THE SUDDEN ACCELARATION HAPPENS I HAVE BEEN AT A STAND STILL AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR HEAVY TRAFFIC AND THEREFOR ALREADY STEPPING ON THE BRAKES. TH...

MY SUV OCCASIONALLY ACCELERATES WHEN THE RPMS ARE LOW I.E. WHEN IDLING AT A LIGHT OR COMING TO A SLOW STOP. I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT OR INJURY YET BUT I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY BUT THEY SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE ACCELER...

I OWN A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION 5.4L AND ON AT LEAST TEN DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE HAS SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. LUCKILY, EVERY TIME THIS HAS OCCURED THE VEHICLE WAS AT A FULL STOP AND MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WOULD SURGE FORWARD AND THE TACHOMETER WOULD JUMP TO ABOUT 3500 TO 4000 ...

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND WOULDN'T GO INTO REVERSE. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE BELTS WERE BAD, AND THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE REPLACED.*AK

Mileage: 70,000

STEELING FAILURE, LOST CONTROL OF CAR, CAR CRASHED TO THE WALL. WROTE TO FORD. BUT NO RESPONSE.*AK

Mileage: 22,000

AT 30 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED ONE OF THE TIRES WAS MAKING A RUMBLING NOISE. CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. FIRESTON STELLTEX, SIZE ATLT265/75R16. *AK

IGNITION COILED BURNED OUT CAUSING A 30 AMP FUSE TO FAIL. THE CAR IMMEDIATELY STALLED AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN DUE TO ELECTRONIC SYSTEM SHUTDOWN. THE CAR HAS ONLY 40,000 MILES AND IT AND HAS HAD ALL RECOMMENDED SERVICE. THE FORD DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHO MADE THE REPAIR STATED THAT THERE...

Mileage: 40,400

BLOWER MOTOR (INSIDE DASH) STOPPED WORKING. DEALER WAS PUZZLED BY THIS FALILURE AT 31.406 MILES. BLOWER MOTOR WAS JUST REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. ON 4/14/04, (33,500 MILES) AIR CONDITIONING WAS BLOWING EVEN WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. RADIO. CLOCK AND WINSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. APPARENT...

Mileage: 33,500

AT 30 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED ONE OF THE TIRES WAS MAKING A RUMBLING NOISE. CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. FIRESTONE, STELLTEX AT, LT265/75R16. *AK

WE OWN A 2001 EXPEDITION THE TIRES ON THIS VEHICLE ARE THE SAME TIRES RECALLED P275/60R17. I WENT TO GREENVILLE TO PICK UP MY SON ON THE WAY HOME I FELT THE VEHICLE SHAKING AND DID'NT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND WE HEAR A BANG NOISE I PULLED OVER INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND ...

Mileage: 39,263

DESPITE BACK TO DEALER THREE TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM STILL NOT RESOLVED. VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD ABOUT 1-3 INCHES WHEN STARTED AS IF IN GEAR. ALTHOUGH PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT IT DOES SEEM TO OCCUR MOST FREQUENTLY WHEN FIRST STARTED IN THE MORNING. *AK

TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. (NAR) *PH WHILE DRIVING A PIECE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD CAME OFF THE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH THE SPARE. NEXT THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHICH CAUSED TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL. THE TIRE DAMAGED THE REAR BUMPER AND WHEEL WELL. WHILE D...

TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. (NAR) *PH WHILE DRIVING A PIECE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD CAME OFF THE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH THE SPARE. NEXT THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHICH CAUSED TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL. THE TIRE DAMAGED THE REAR BUMPER AND WHEEL WELL. WHILE D...

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE WHEEL BEARINGS. WHEN THE WHEEL WAS REMOVED, THE SPINDLE HAD NO THREADS AND WAS PRACTICALLY WORN AWAY. ROTORS AND SPINDLE WERE REPLACED. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. JB *MR

Mileage: 47,750

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY SHEARED OFF. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A GUARD RAIL. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY SHEARED OFF. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A GUARD RAIL. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP. *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED SHIFTING GEARS PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO GO INTO REVERSE AND THERE WAS A METAL TO METAL NOISE. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED WHICH CAUSED THIS FAILURE. *AK *SC *JB

Mileage: 51,000

AT ANY SPEED, OR WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THE ENGINE REVVED AND RACED INTERMITTENTLY. THE THROTTLE HAD BECOME STUCK ON MANY OCCASIONS. THE CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND THE THROTTLE BECAME STUCK. THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND CROSSED THE STREET, STRUCK A VEHICLE, AND COL...

Mileage: 50,000

I AM BEING TOLD MY EXPEDITION TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT. ORIGINALLY (TWO WEEKS AGO) WAS TOLD IT WAS A TORQUE CONVERTER, AND NOTICED NO DIFFERECE AFTER SPENDING $885.00. AFTER TAKING CAR BACK IN, I AM BEING TOLD TRANSMISSION NEEDS REBUILDING. TOTAL COST IS $2200.00, CHAMPION FORD SAYS FORD ...

Mileage: 44,000

I HAVE HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS FROM THE BEGINING, THEN TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THEN REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION OVER 6 TIMES. THIS VEHICLE HAS BECOME UNRELIABLE AT THIS POINT. I AM TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE FORD DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BOARD AT THIS POINT BUT I AM LOOKING FOR ALL ...

Mileage: 25

I HAVE HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS FROM THE BEGINING, THEN TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THEN REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION OVER 6 TIMES. THIS VEHICLE HAS BECOME UNRELIABLE AT THIS POINT. I AM TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE FORD DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BOARD AT THIS POINT BUT I AM LOOKING FOR ALL ...

Mileage: 25

I HAVE HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS FROM THE BEGINING, THEN TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THEN REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION OVER 6 TIMES. THIS VEHICLE HAS BECOME UNRELIABLE AT THIS POINT. I AM TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE FORD DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BOARD AT THIS POINT BUT I AM LOOKING FOR ALL ...

Mileage: 25

WITHOUT ANY INDICATION WHILE TRAVELING 23 MPH AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED. THEN, A LOUD NOISE CAME FROM THE FRONT. A TECHNICIAN SERVICING THE VEHICLE NOTICED THAT THE 4TH SPARK PLUG HAD EXPLODED.*AK LEAVING THREADED PARTS INSIDE THE ENGINE HEAD, UNABLE TO BE REMOVED NORMALLY, THE ENGINE HEAD HAD TO BE R...

Mileage: 42,494

THE BRAKE PEDAL SEPARATED FROM ITS LINKAGE. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN NEEDED. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO IMPACT A CURB. POLICE INSPECTOR INDICATED THAT IT WAS DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.*AK

Mileage: 40,000

WHILE DRIVING REAR LEFT TIRE FELL OFF OF VEHICLE. *MR *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT GOT TANGLED IN THE SEAT BACK RELEASE. THIS HAPPENED AT LEAST THREE TIMES. DEALER REPLACED SEAT BELT, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. *AK

Mileage: 15,000

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH SEAT BELTS. SEAT BELTS WILL NOT LOCK PROPERLY. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL. *AK SEAT BELTS STARTED COMING UNLATCHED WHILE DRIVING. AT FIRST, CONSUMER THOUGHT SHE DIDN'T LATCH IT PROPERLY. IT CO...

Mileage: 62,000

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A SEAT BELT PROBLEM. THE DASH LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AS IF VEHICLE WAS ABOUT TO START, HOWEVER NOT VEHICLE WOULD NOT START.*AK

Mileage: 63,000

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A SEAT BELT PROBLEM. THE DASH LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AS IF VEHICLE WAS ABOUT TO START, HOWEVER NOT VEHICLE WOULD NOT START.*AK

Mileage: 63,000

2001 FORD EXPEDITION SUFFERED FROM TIRE TREAD SEPARATION.*MR WHILE DRIVING THE TREAD OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED. THE TREAD SEPARATION CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. IT BENT THE EXHAUST PIPE, RIPPED OFF THE WHEEL WELL TRIM, SMASHED THE TURN SIGNAL COMPARTMENT AND SCRAPED THE BUMPER. ...

I PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. EXITED THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE ACROSS THE STREET STRIKING A TREE CAUSING OVER $2700 IN DAMAGES. *LA

Mileage: 32,000

2001 FORD EXPEDITION TRANSMISSION 4R100 FAILED AT 44,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION "LOCKED UP" WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH. TOTAL REPLACEMENT NEEDED. TOTAL COST $3200. NUMEROUS SERVICE BULLETINS ISSUED ON THIS MODEL TRANSMISSION. THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A DEFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS PRODUCT ...

Mileage: 44,000

4R100 TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED AT 49,000 MILES. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM BASED ON NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND SERVICE BULLETINS. WHY NO RECALL. FORD NEEDS TO FIX THEIR TRANSMISSION.*AK

Mileage: 48,000

SEAT BELT WILL NOT STAY LOCKED IN THE REAR. THE PASSENGERS ARE NOT PROPERLY RESTRAINED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING HAD APPLIED THE BRAKES AND CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT BOTH FRONT ROTORS AND PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED . *AK

Mileage: 30,800

WHILE DRIVING HAD APPLIED THE BRAKES AND CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT BOTH FRONT ROTORS AND PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED . *AK

Mileage: 30,800

I WAS SITTING BEHIND ONE VEHICLE STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE. THE ENGINE SUDDENLY REVVED AND LUNGED FORWARD. DESPITE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE AS HARD AS I COULD, I WAS UNABLE TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM CRASHING INTO THE CAR IN FRONT. I BELIEVE THIS SURGE MAY HAVE HAPPENED ...

Mileage: 81,700

I AM TOLD THAT I NEED TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION AT 70,000 MILES. THE PROBLEM IS REPORTED IN TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 01137. I THINK IT SHOULD BE A RECALL.

WHILE DRIVING FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

WHILE AT A STOP WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED, THE ENGINE REVVED. THE CONSUMER FELT THE FORCE OF THE TRUCK AS IF IT WANTED TO PULL OFF. THE CONSUMER PRESSED HARDER ON THE BRAKE AND PLACED THE GEAR IN NEUTRAL AND AT THAT TIMED THE REVVING OF THE ENGINE STOPPED. *AK *PH *JB

Mileage: 62,000

AT LEAST 5 DIFFERENT TIMES MY SUV HAS SURGED AND EACH TIME I TAKE IT IN TO THE SHOP AND THEY NEVER CAN SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM. IT USUALLY HAPPENS AT LOW IDLE SPEEDS AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL DO IT.ONCE I ABOUT WENT THROUGH THE BLOCK BUSTERS LARGE WINDOW. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET HURT IF FORD...

THIS IS A MODIFIED COPY OF A LETTER SENT TO CONTINENTAL TIRE OF NORTH AMERICA, INC. AND TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY. THE REASON FOR INFORMING THE NHTSA OF THIS IS THE HOPE THAT THESE COMPANIES WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE PRODUCTS THEY SELL THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. I DRIVE IS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION, WHI...

Mileage: 26,000

ENGINE STALLS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AT 10-DEGREE ANGLE OR GREATER. OCCURS REGARDLESS OF FUEL LEVEL OR ENGINE TEMPERATURE. THE VEHICLE MUST BE MOVED TO A LEVEL POSITION TO BE RESTARTED. HAZARDOUS OR DEADLY IN HOT WEATHER TO UNATTENDED OCCUPANTS OR AT RAILROAD CROSSINGS AND INTERSECTIONS. ...

Mileage: 1,200

DRIVING A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION W/ TOW PACKAGE AND 2TRAILERS AT 55MPH, BACK TRAILER STARTED TO SWERVE WAS UNABLE TO BRING UNDER CONTROL DO TO THE EXPEDITIONS LACK OF SUSPENSION. TOW RATINGS FOR VECHICLE NOT REALIISTIC. LOST CONTROL OF ALL 3 VECH. AND ROLLED THEM ON 7/27/03. BOUGHT EXPEDITION WITH LAR...

Mileage: 24,768

AS WE WERE DRIVING WE HAD A TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. LUCKLY, WE DID NOT FLIP OVER IN OUR 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. TO OUR KNOWLEDGE WHEN WE GOT HOME WE CHECKED THE TIRES NUMBER AND IT WAS A RECALLED GENERAL- GRABBER AW.FORTUNATELY, WE ALL SURVIVED BUT OUR CAR HAS MAJOR DAMAGE. THE RECALL ON THE TIRES ENDE...

Mileage: 27,900

WE WERE ON VACATION AND WERE NEAR PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA TRAVELLING ON THE I-10 W/B WHEN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT REAR QUARTER PANEL. IF THE SEPARATED TREAD HADN'T HIT THE TAILPIPE AND QUARTER PANEL, THEN THE TIRE MAY HAVE COME UP AND HIT THE REAR PASS...

THE TREAD ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE PEELED AWAY FROM THE SIDEWAYY. I HAVE OTHER TIRES SEPERATE, BUT THIS BY FAR WAS THE CLEANES SEPERATION THAT I HAVE SEEN. I WAS ON VACATION AND HAD ALL OTHER TIRES REPLACED AND MY COST. I NEVER HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL IN 2002 AND I AM VERY AGITATED WITH THIS, BECUASE I ...

Mileage: 28,500

WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. VEHICLE WILL BE TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. *AK

THE TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. SIZE#P27560R17 DOT#44T3400. *JB THREE OF THE TIRES SEPARATED WHILE TRAVELING WITH PASSENGERS (1 CHILD & 3 ADULTS) THE TIRE CAUSED A TERRIBLE VIBRATION IN THE VEHICLE, ROCKED BACK AND FORTH, AND FROM SIDE TO SI...

Mileage: 39,313

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 50MPH AND WITH NO WARNING THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEWOUT. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT WORK WHILE VEHICLE'S GEAR IS IN DRIVE. WIPERS ONLY WORK WHEN GEAR IS IN PARK OR NEUTRAL. DEALER PREVIOUSLY REPLACED WIPER MOTOR, BUT PROBLEM OCCURRED. RELATED TO RECALL 01258000. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WITH KEY REMOVED FROM IGNITION. WINDSHIELD WIPERS, RADIO,AND DVD ACCESSORY BEGAN OPERATING WITHOUT WARNING.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WITH KEY REMOVED FROM IGNITION. WINDSHIELD WIPERS, RADIO,AND DVD ACCESSORY BEGAN OPERATING WITHOUT WARNING.*AK

VEHICLE HAS KEYLESS ENTRY AND REMOTE START FUNCTIONALITY. CONSUMER HAS INTERMITTENTLY WITNESSED VEHICLE START WITHOUT INITIATION OF REMOTE START FEATURE.*AK

RUNNING BOARD LIGHTS OVERHEATED,RESULTING IN THEIR FAILURE. RELATED RECALL 03V094000, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

GAS TANK IS INVERTING ITSELF. WHEN THE GAS TANK GETS TO 1/4 THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF LIKE THERE IS NO GAS IN THE TANK. GAS TANK AND ITS COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE BY THE DEALER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED HEARED A NOISE. FRONT WHEEL BEARING FAILED, AND WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

Mileage: 37,635

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED HEARED A NOISE. FRONT WHEEL BEARING FAILED, AND WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

Mileage: 37,635

WHILE STOPPING WE WOULD HEAR A THUD SOUND COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION AS WELL AS IT WOULD SURGE. THEN IT LOST THE ABILITY TO DISENGAGE FROM 4TH GEAR. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAD IT FOR A WEEK. GOT IT BACK, AND ON THE WAY HOME THE PROBLEMS STARTED AGAIN AND THE ERROR CODE STARTED AGAIN. T...

Mileage: 28,000

TIRE RECALL FROM CONTINENTAL TIRES. *MR. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE VEHICLE HAD A BUMPY RIDE, WHEN HE CHECKED THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS DAMAGED, THE RUBBER HAD PARTIALLY SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE AND THE WIRES WERE EXPOSED. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM 3 MONTHS LATE...

VEHICLE'S RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT CAUSE.

Mileage: 24,000

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON 10/25/02 FROM CONTINENTAL WHICH STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CONTINENTAL TIRES GENERAL GRABBER AW P275/60R17. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT RECEIVED REPLACEMENT TIRES BECAUSE THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER. RECALL #02T012000. *NLM

THE DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR A RECALL ISSUED RELATED TO TREAD SEPARATION OF CONTINENTAL TIRES. *NLM

IN 07/01 THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A SIDEWALL BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TIRE. THE REPLACEMENT TIRE VIBRATED EXCESSIVELY WHILE DRIVING. TIRE DEALER STATED THE TIRE COULD NOT BE BALANCED, BECAUSE THE TIRE WAS COMING APART ON THE INSIDE. TIRE INFO: CONTINENTAL GENERAL AW ...

Mileage: 2,400

THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHEN THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM

Mileage: 43,000

I HAVE TWO INTERMITTENT ISSUES WITH MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER. 1. ON 4 OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE HAS SURGED FORWARD. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE AT 5 MPH, 50 MPH, AND 15 MPH. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ON. AT THE SLOWER SPEEDS I WAS EITHER SLOWING DOWN OR COASTING AND THE RMP RAPIDLY INCREASE...

THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *JB

CONSUMER LEARNED OF 17" CONTI TRAC AND GRABBER AW TIRE VOLUNTARY RECALL PROGRAM, HOWEVER THE FILING PERIOD HAD EXPIRED, REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT WAS DENIED. *TT *JB

ENGINE ACCELERATED AND VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO CREEP FORWARD WHEN SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, THEN TO PARK, CAUSING DAMAGE TO SECURITY GATE AND VEHICLE. VEHICLE STOPPED ONLY WHEN ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. *JB

Mileage: 15,438

THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION.*JB

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY, AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG CAUGHT ON FIRE. *JB SCC

Mileage: 30,000

THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STUCK WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL. *JB

SOMETIMES WHEN STARTING, VEHICLE WILL LUNG FOWARD AS IF IT WAS IN GEAR. IT MAY ONLY MOVE AND INCH OR SO BUT IT FEELS AS IF YOU ARE STARTING A CAR IN GEAR. *JB

Mileage: 31,240

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLL OVER ACCIDENT, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*JB

CONSUMER INQUIRED ABOUT REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM FOR FAILED TIRES. *AK *JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE VEHICLE'S TIRES. THE RECALL REQUEST WAS DENIED BY THE MANUFACTURER/CONTINENTAL TIRE, DUE TO THE RECEIPT THE CONSUMER SUBMITTED FELL OUTSIDE THE DATES OF PURCHASE WHICH WOULD QUALIFY FOR REIMBURSEMENT. SCC *JB

WHEN VEHICLE IS PUT IN REVERSE GEAR ,IT DOESN'T REVERSE, IT JUST MAKES A GRINDING NOISE. THE DEALERSHIP DID A FULL DIAGNOSE, BUT COULDN'T FIND THE CAUSE.*AK

Mileage: 22,000

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STOP ACCELERATING BUT THE MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN AND THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL FROM THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER COASTED THE VEHICLE HOME. BURNING SMELL WAS CAUSED BY THE ASBESTOS FROM THE BACK BRAKES.*AK

Mileage: 22,000

WHEN DRIVEN IN COLD WEATHER, VEHICLE THROTTLE WILL SUDDENLY STICK AND ACCELERATE TO VERY HIGH RPM. BRAKING SYSTEM IS UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. WENT TO DEALER WITH SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER AND WAS LAUGHED AT. TOLD ME TO LEAVE VEHICLE WITH THEM.

Mileage: 50,000

CONSUMER STATES RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FROM FORD MANUFACTURER ON TIRE GENERAL GRABBER AW, SIZE P275/60R17. FORD MOTOR STATED THEY DIDN'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RECALL. CONTINENTAL AGREED T...

GENERAL TIRES RECALL ON 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHICH CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER REGARDING THE DEFECTIVE TIRES. *JB

CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT TIRE RECALL REPLACEMENT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE OWNERS MANUAL INSTRUCTIONS. TIRE RECALL CALLED FOR REPLACED CONTINENTAL TIRE P275/60R17 GENERAL GRABBER AW WITH SMALLER TIRES P265/70R17 CONTENTIAL CONTITRAC TIRES. *TT *NLM

CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES PRIOR TO RECALL DUE TO TO UNUSUAL TREAD WEAR AND NOISE WHILE DRIVING AT 64 MILES PER HOUR, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FROM CONTINENTAL TIRES.*JB

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WHEN SHE SUDDENLY HAD NO BRAKES. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND FAILED TO RESPOND. SHE THEN BEGAN TO PUMP THEM WILDLY AND GOT SOME BRAKING ACTION. (THIS IS IN AN NEW FORD EXPEDITION WITH ONLY 47,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. ) SHE DROVE...

Mileage: 47,600

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WHEN SHE SUDDENLY HAD NO BRAKES. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND FAILED TO RESPOND. SHE THEN BEGAN TO PUMP THEM WILDLY AND GOT SOME BRAKING ACTION. (THIS IS IN AN NEW FORD EXPEDITION WITH ONLY 47,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. ) SHE DROVE...

Mileage: 47,600

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WHEN SHE SUDDENLY HAD NO BRAKES. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND FAILED TO RESPOND. SHE THEN BEGAN TO PUMP THEM WILDLY AND GOT SOME BRAKING ACTION. (THIS IS IN AN NEW FORD EXPEDITION WITH ONLY 47,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. ) SHE DROVE...

Mileage: 47,600

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WHEN SHE SUDDENLY HAD NO BRAKES. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND FAILED TO RESPOND. SHE THEN BEGAN TO PUMP THEM WILDLY AND GOT SOME BRAKING ACTION. (THIS IS IN AN NEW FORD EXPEDITION WITH ONLY 47,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. ) SHE DROVE...

Mileage: 47,600

SINCE APPROXIMATELY MARCH OF 2002 I HAVE EXPERIENCED FOUR SEPERATE INCIDENTS WHERE MY TRUCK SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. EACH TIME I WAS MOVING SLOWLY USING THE ENGINE IDLE SPEED TO PROPEL THE TRUCK FORWARD WHEN THE TRUCK SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. TWICE I WAS PULLING INTO MY GARAGE, ONCE PULLING INTO A INSTA...

(NHTSA RECALL# 02T012000) CONTINENTAL TIRE TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE NUMBERS DIDN'T MATCH, THEREFORE THE SERVICE WAS DECLINED. THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL DID IN FACT INCLUDE HER VEHICLE'S...

WHITE FLAKES BLOWS OUT OF AIR CONDITIONER WHEN IN USE.

THE KNOB TO TURN ON AND OFF THE HEADLIGHTS BREAKS OFF UNDER NORMAL USAGE. THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE WAY TO CONTROL THE HEADLIGHTS. THEY ARE STUCK ON OR OFF. DT

THE HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING UNIT HAS BEEN BLOWING WHITE FLAKES INTO THE FACE OF THE DRIVER AND OTHER PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE. SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE HAD TO QUICKLY GET OFF THE HIGHWAY, TO CLEAR MY EYES OF THE FLAKES. SEVERAL TIME COMING CLOSE TO RUNNING INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. FORD REP STA...

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE VIBRATES UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION OF TIRE. THE TIRE IS A CONTINTENTAL. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

THE CONSUMER DIDN'T RECEIVE A RECALL NOTICE FROM THE TIRE MANUFACTURER. SHE WILL GIVE MORE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MR

TREAD ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED COMPLETELY CAUSING THE DRIVER TO TAKE EVASIVE MANUVERS GOING IN A CLOCKWISE MOVEMENT AND ROLLING OVER (FLORIDA TRAFFIC REPORT). (GENERAL TIRES GRABBER AW) LAWYER ON BEHALF OF CLIENT.*SCC *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT DURING A VEHICLE ACCIDENT THE FRONT SEAT BELTS UNLOCK CAUSING INJURIES TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. TS

HIGH RPMS WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED, VEHICLE WILL SURGE FOWARD WITHOUT THE DRIVERS FOOT ON THE GAS. THIS HAS OCCURRED A TOTAL OF 6 OR MORE TIMES IT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERYDAY. SOMETIMES WEEKS CAN PASS FOR IT TO HAPPEN. HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO REMEDY PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. IT'S AT THE...

SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION AT OR NEAR IDLE WHILE IN GEAR. DT

LEFT REAR TIRE WENT FLAT IN DRIVE WAY DUE TO ROAD HAZARD, WHEN TIRE WAS CHANGED NOTICED 3" CRACK IN SIDEWALL. WENT TO GENERAL REPRESENTATIVE, WHERE THEY FOUND ALL OTHER TIRES HAD CRACK IN SIDEWALL ALL OF WHICH WERE AT LEAST 1" WIDE. GENERAL REP., STATES THEY ARE UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON. TIRE MANUF. UNC...

BECAUSE OF CONSUMERS LARGE GIRTH, CONSUMER NEEDS TO UTILIZE A SEAT BELT EXTENDER. CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED CONTINUOUS DIFFICULTY GETTING THE BUCKLE ON THE SEAT BELT EXTENSION TO STAY LATCHED INTO THE FIXED BUCKLE RECEPTOR MOUNTED IN THE VEHICLE. THE BUCKLE ON THE BELT ITSELF, DOES STAY LATCHED TO ...

FREQUENTLY, WHEN I AM IDLE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND PROCEED TO PULL OFF OR MERGE INTO TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN COMPLETELY AS I TRY TO ACCELERATE. SOMETIMES I CAN RESTART THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY AND OTHER TIMES I HAVE TO WAIT FIVE MINUTES. I'VE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO THE REGENCY FORD DEALERSHIP...

Mileage: 10,000

WHILE DRIVING, THE LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL, WHICH RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE ROLLING OVER ONCE. THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. GENERAL TIRE GRABBER AW (LAWYER HARVEY FRIEDMAN ON BEHALF OF CLIENT) *JB *SCC

WHEN FOT RELEASED ACCELERATOR, ACCELERATOR STUCK AND VEHICLE CONTINUED GAINING SPED. DESPITE PLACING TRANSMISION IN PARK AND ENGAGING PARKING BRAKE, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. DRIVER TOK VEHICLE OFF ROAD TO AVOID COLLISION AND WAS INVOLVED IN COLLISSIONS WITH TRES BEFORE COMING TO REST AFTER IMPACT WI...

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. VEHICLE CHECKED BY DEALER, WHO ADVISED CONSUMER THAT COIL PACK AND PLUG ON ONE CYLINDER HAD A SHORT CIRCUIT AND FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. DEALER ALSO ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE.*AK

PRIOR TO LEAVING MY HOUSE FOR A TRIP TO NAPA VALLEY WITH MY FAMILY, I CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURES ON ALL FOUR TIRES TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF MY PASSENGERS AND MYSELF. I HAVE 6 RELATIVELY SMALL-SIZED ADULT AND A CHILD AS PASSENGERS. 25 MILES INTO THE TRIP, TRAVELLING ON THE SLOW LANE OF INTERSTATE 880,...

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER FIVE TIMES, AND CAUSE CAN NOT BE DETERMINED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE ON TRIP ON HIGHWAY TIRE BEGAN RIDING ROUGH, CALLED FORD NATIONAL CUSTOMER HOTLINE, WHILE TALKING TO FORD TIRE DELAMINATED CAUSING OUT OF CONTROL CONDITION, FORD SAYS TIRES PUT ON VOLENTARY RECALL TWO DAYS EARLIER, $1,290 DAMAGE TO CAR, FORD DENIES RESPONSIBILITY, FORD UNABLE TO REPLACE TIRES W...

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, THE LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL. THE TREAD STAYED INTACT WITH APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES OF SIDEWALL EXTENDING FROM THE ACTUAL TREAD SURFACE. THE SEPARATION WAS CLEAN ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, NOT TORN APART. THIS OCCURRED WITHOUT ANY WARNING AT 70 ...

I TOOK MY 2001 EXPEDITION IN TO REPLACE THE SEAT BELTS THAT WERE BEING RECALLED. THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS REPLACED.ONE MONTH AFTER BEING REPLACED IT STARTED TO COME UNHOOKED WITH ANY SUDDEN MOVEMENT OR TURNING IN THE SEAT . I WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO BE AWARE THE NEW SEATBELT THEY RECEIVED COULD ALSO BE DEF...

6 TIMES MY 2001 XLT EXPEDITION HAS TRIED TO TAKE OFF WITH THE BRAKE APPLIED. THE SPEED AND RPM GAUGE WOULD SHOW HIGH OUTPUT. AT THE SAME TIME THE EXPEDITION WOULD LUNGE FORWARD. *TS *NLM *DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***765666

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, AND THEN A FEW SECONDS LATER WILL RESTART. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

AFTER 3 SERVICE VISITS, I STILL HAVE A FUELING PROBLEM WITH MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. I DEMONSTRATE THE PROBLEM TO A FORD REPRESENTATIVE. AS DEMONSTRATED, WE STARTED FILLING THE FUEL TANK. AFTER 9.4 GALLONS, THE NOZZLE AUTOMATICALLY CLICKED OFF, WE CONTINUED TO FUEL THE TANK OVER THE NEXT 10 15 MINU...

WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN CONSUMER INITIATED ACCELERATION AND DRIVESHAFT FELL OFF. VEHICLE CHECKED BY DEALER, WHO ADVISED CONSUMER THAT "EAR OF THE YOKE" BROKE, CAUSING DRIVE HAFT TO FALL OFF. *AK

VEHICLE WAS GOING 35MPH AND STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE, NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION VEHICLE WAS STEERING. VEHICLE CONTINUED TO GO STRAIGHT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR 3 DAYS WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED FIRE STARTED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK *SCC

CONSUMER STATES AT 15MPH THE SPARE TIRE LOCATED UNDER THE VEHICLE FELL ONTO THE GROUND AND COULD HAVE CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*JBTHE TIRE CARRIER WAS REPLACED. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ABS LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATES. TECHNICIAN FOUND THAT THE FRONT SENSOR WIGGLES AN...

CONSUMER STATES AT 15MPH THE SPARE TIRE LOCATED UNDER THE VEHICLE FELL ONTO THE GROUND AND COULD HAVE CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*JBTHE TIRE CARRIER WAS REPLACED. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ABS LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATES. TECHNICIAN FOUND THAT THE FRONT SENSOR WIGGLES AN...

CONSUMER STATES AT 15MPH THE SPARE TIRE LOCATED UNDER THE VEHICLE FELL ONTO THE GROUND AND COULD HAVE CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*JBTHE TIRE CARRIER WAS REPLACED. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ABS LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATES. TECHNICIAN FOUND THAT THE FRONT SENSOR WIGGLES AN...

WHILE BACKING UP, DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW BUSTED, CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER.*AK *TT

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER HIT A SEMI-TRACTOR AND THEN INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. AFTER ALL OF THESE COLLISIONS NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SURVIVED THE ACCIDENT WITH MINOR INJURIES.*YH

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, IN WHICH THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT THE CONSUMER.*YH

GENERAL TIRES SHREDED WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, IT WAS THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 24000 MILES, THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, 275/60R17. *AK

AFTER VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP OR AT IDLE VEHICLE LAUNCH FORWARD AT HIGH SPEED, MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT OR RECEIVE BODILY INJURIES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55-60MPH VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VEHICLE.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS A PEDAL CONTROL BUTTON ON THE DASHBOARD RIGHT WHERE THE LEFT KNEE COMES INTO CONTACT WITH THE DASHBOARD. AS A RESULT, INADVERTENT PRESSURE FROM THE KNEE CAN CAUSE UNINTENTIONAL ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION DEPENDING ON HOW THE BUTTON IS PUSHED. CONSUMER RECOMMENDS THAT...

WHILE PARKED ON A SLIGHT DECLINE, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I HAD RAN OUT OF GAS, BUT I REMEMBERED I HAD JUST PUT IN $15 THE DAY BEFORE. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AFTER THREE (3) ATTEMPTS. A GENTLEMAN SUGGESTED I LET IT ROLL DOWN THE INCLINE, TO A FLAT SURFACE, AND TO TRY AGAIN. I...

CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE RECALLED FIRESTONE TIRES THAT WERE REPLACED.(NO OTHER TIRE INFO GIVEN)*JB

WHILE AT A STOP ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR ENDED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AT ABOUT 50 MPH. PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT RECLINED, AND DRIVER'S SIDE HINGE BROKE CAUSING SEAT TO RECLINE ALL THE WAY BACK.PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE AT A STOP ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR ENDED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AT ABOUT 50 MPH. NONE OF THE VEHICLES AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE APPLYING ACCELERATOR PEDAL FROM A STOP POSITION VEHICLE WOULD SURGE FORWARD. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN THERE IS A GLARE THERE ARE A TON OF SPOTS ON WINDSHIELD AND IT DISTURBS CONSUMER WHEN DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER WHO COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. *AK DEALER REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD, HOWEVER THE REPLACEMENT ALSO HAS SPOTS WHICH ARE ONLY SEEN DURING THE EARLY MORNING AND EVENING, THE DEALER IS WILLING ...

WHILE COMING TO A STOP OR YIELD CAR RESITED BRAKING, AND VEHICLE STARTED TREMBLING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHUT COMPLETELY OFF. VEHICLE TOOK 3-5 MINUTES BEFORE STARTING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR, THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30MPH VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTAIN THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER PROPERLY.*AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT 66 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATES AND SHAKES, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE THE TO DEALER, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES CV BOOTS FAILED CAUSING FRONT-END TO SQUEAK, THE SEAT BELT HOLD STRAP FELL OFF, DRIVERS WINDOW DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY AND IT MAKES NOISE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR...

WHILE DRIVING AT 66 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATES AND SHAKES, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE THE TO DEALER, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES CV BOOTS FAILED CAUSING FRONT-END TO SQUEAK, THE SEAT BELT HOLD STRAP FELL OFF, DRIVERS WINDOW DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY AND IT MAKES NOISE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR...

WHILE DRIVING AT 66 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATES AND SHAKES, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE THE TO DEALER, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES CV BOOTS FAILED CAUSING FRONT-END TO SQUEAK, THE SEAT BELT HOLD STRAP FELL OFF, DRIVERS WINDOW DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY AND IT MAKES NOISE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR...

WHILE DRIVING AT 66 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATES AND SHAKES, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE THE TO DEALER, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES CV BOOTS FAILED CAUSING FRONT-END TO SQUEAK, THE SEAT BELT HOLD STRAP FELL OFF, DRIVERS WINDOW DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY AND IT MAKES NOISE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR...

WHILE DRIVING AT 66 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATES AND SHAKES, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE THE TO DEALER, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES CV BOOTS FAILED CAUSING FRONT-END TO SQUEAK, THE SEAT BELT HOLD STRAP FELL OFF, DRIVERS WINDOW DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY AND IT MAKES NOISE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR...

WHILE DRIVING AT 66 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATES AND SHAKES, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE THE TO DEALER, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES CV BOOTS FAILED CAUSING FRONT-END TO SQUEAK, THE SEAT BELT HOLD STRAP FELL OFF, DRIVERS WINDOW DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY AND IT MAKES NOISE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR...

AFTER NORMAL TIRE FAILURE THE SUPPLIED CAR JACK WOULD NOT SUPPORT THE VEHICAL WEIGHT AND ALSO WOULD NOT RAISE THE VEHICAL BEFORE THE DEVICE FAILED TO THE PROPER HIGHT FOR TIRE REPLACEMENT RESULTING IN THE JACK FAILING AND COLLAPSING WHICH RESULTED IN THE LEFT REAR OF THE VEHICAL TO FALL TO THE GROUN...

RECEIVED NOTICE 01V227001. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. WAS INFORMED PARTS ON BACK ORDER SINCE AUGUST. MIDDLE ROW SEAT BELT IS GETTING WORSE. KEEPS POPPING OUT.*AK

WHILE WAITING AT STOP LIGHT WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKES VEHICLE SUDDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING, SURGED FORWARD 2-3 FEET. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES, AND MECHANIC PLACED VEHICLE ON DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. NO CODES APPEARED FOR SURGING PROBLEM. MECHANIC DID REPLACE AIR BY PASS VALVE, AND HAD ...

WHILE WAITING AT STOP LIGHT WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKES VEHICLE SUDDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING, SURGED FORWARD 2-3 FEET. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES, AND MECHANIC PLACED VEHICLE ON DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. NO CODES APPEARED FOR SURGING PROBLEM. MECHANIC DID REPLACE AIR BY PASS VALVE, AND HAD ...

WHILE WAITING AT STOP LIGHT WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKES VEHICLE SUDDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING, SURGED FORWARD 2-3 FEET. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES, AND MECHANIC PLACED VEHICLE ON DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. NO CODES APPEARED FOR SURGING PROBLEM. MECHANIC DID REPLACE AIR BY PASS VALVE, AND HAD ...

2ND TIME SERVICE ALARM COMES ON FOLLOWED BY TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKES. REQUIRED ENGINE TO BE SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED BEFORE BRAKES WOULD FUNCTION. VERY VERY LUCKY THAT I HAD SPACE TO ACT AND THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC IN LANE. *AK

LUGS: NUTS KEEP COMING LOOSE AND WILL NOT STAY TIGHT ON 2 OTHER FORDS OWNED BY DISTRICT. *AK

THE VEHICLE ERUPTED IN FLAMES UPON IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AND BURNED ON THE SHOULDER. THE FIRE APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THEN ENGULFED THE PASSENGER AREA. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THE OTHER TWO VEHICLES THAT WERE INVOLVED CAUSED THE CONSUMER VEHICLE TO CA...

THE VEHICLE ERUPTED IN FLAMES UPON IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AND BURNED ON THE SHOULDER. THE FIRE APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THEN ENGULFED THE PASSENGER AREA. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THE OTHER TWO VEHICLES THAT WERE INVOLVED CAUSED THE CONSUMER VEHICLE TO CA...

COSCO EDDIE BAUER CHILD CARSEAT : MANUFACTURED 05/09/2000; MODEL # 02870EBG. RECEIVED AS A GIFT 06/2000 AND BEGAN USING APPX 11/2000. THIS SEAT HAS AN ARM/BAR THAT IS PART OF THE RESTRAINT SYSTEM. THE ARM BROKE WHILE DRIVING ON A LOCAL HIGHWAY. THE RESTRAINT WAS INTACT WHEN SON PLACED IN THE SEA...

WHENEVER FUEL TANK IS BELOW 1/4 TANK & VEHICLE IS DOWN HILL OR ON DOWN SLOPE, VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR PROBLEM. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC PROBLEM COULD NOT BE REPAIRED AFTER HAVING FUEL PUMP AND OTHER RELATED PARTS REPLACED.*AK

WHENEVER VEHICLE HAS BEEN STARTED AND RUNNING FOR A MINUTE IT WOULD SUDDENLY CUT OFF FOR NO REASON. AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE 1/4 TANK OF FUEL. VEHICLE NOT ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. ALSO, ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SHUT DOWN. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER TWICE & MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE CAUSE OF PROBLEM.*...

WHENEVER VEHICLE HAS BEEN STARTED AND RUNNING FOR A MINUTE IT WOULD SUDDENLY CUT OFF FOR NO REASON. AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE 1/4 TANK OF FUEL. VEHICLE NOT ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. ALSO, ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SHUT DOWN. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER TWICE & MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE CAUSE OF PROBLEM.*...

WHEN COMING TO A STOP ENGINE REVS AND VEHICLE JUMPS FORWARD EVEN WITH CONSUMER PRESSING ON BRAKES. VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. *AK

SOME KIND OF SILVERY WHITE SUBSTANCE I POWDER, AND SOMETIMES PIECES WERE COMING OUT OF AIR CONDITIONER VENT. SUBSTANCE WAS MAKING FAMILY ILL WHEN RIDING IN VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND DEALER INSPECTED AND REPLACED HEATER CORE AND VACUUM PAD, BUT PROBLEM HAS COME BACK. PLEASE ADD VIN#*AK

SOME KIND OF SILVERY WHITE SUBSTANCE I POWDER, AND SOMETIMES PIECES WERE COMING OUT OF AIR CONDITIONER VENT. SUBSTANCE WAS MAKING FAMILY ILL WHEN RIDING IN VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND DEALER INSPECTED AND REPLACED HEATER CORE AND VACUUM PAD, BUT PROBLEM HAS COME BACK. PLEASE ADD VIN#*AK

SOME KIND OF SILVERY WHITE SUBSTANCE I POWDER, AND SOMETIMES PIECES WERE COMING OUT OF AIR CONDITIONER VENT. SUBSTANCE WAS MAKING FAMILY ILL WHEN RIDING IN VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND DEALER INSPECTED AND REPLACED HEATER CORE AND VACUUM PAD, BUT PROBLEM HAS COME BACK. PLEASE ADD VIN#*AK

SOME KIND OF SILVERY WHITE SUBSTANCE I POWDER, AND SOMETIMES PIECES WERE COMING OUT OF AIR CONDITIONER VENT. SUBSTANCE WAS MAKING FAMILY ILL WHEN RIDING IN VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND DEALER INSPECTED AND REPLACED HEATER CORE AND VACUUM PAD, BUT PROBLEM HAS COME BACK. PLEASE ADD VIN#*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 25-30 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. THEN, VEHICLE SHUT OFF ENTIRELY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

WHILE ENGINE ISIDELING, VEHICLE WILL SURGE FOWARD WITHOUT THE DRIVERS FOOT ON THE GAS, THIS HAS OCCURRED A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO REMEDY PROBLEM AT THIS TIME.*AK CONSUMER STATES FOUR TIMES INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE VEHICLE ROLLING WITH DRIVERS FOOT ON BRAKE...

WHILE ENGINE ISIDELING, VEHICLE WILL SURGE FOWARD WITHOUT THE DRIVERS FOOT ON THE GAS, THIS HAS OCCURRED A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO REMEDY PROBLEM AT THIS TIME.*AK CONSUMER STATES FOUR TIMES INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE VEHICLE ROLLING WITH DRIVERS FOOT ON BRAKE...

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT UNBUCKLES BY ITSELF, WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE SITTING STILL. *AK

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT UNBUCKLES BY ITSELF, WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE SITTING STILL. *AK

SEAT BELT BUCKLES FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. AFTER TAKING VEHCLE TO DEALER, WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE'S MAKE/MODEL WAS INVOLVED IN A RECALL, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

VEHICLE ON SLIGHT SLOPE WHEN 5 YR OLD SHIFTED GEAR LEVER TO NEUTRAL. VEHICLE BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD AND HIT A PEDESTRIAN , PINNING HER AGAINST ANOTHER VEHICLE. OWNER'S MANUAL INDICATED THAT VEHICLE COULD NOT BE SHIFTED UNLESS FOOT IS ON BRAKES. TOOK VHEICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC INFORMED OWNER...

THE DOOR LOCK (RECESSED KEY CYLINDER) ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE CAN BE PUNCHED OUT FOR EASY ENTRY DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW,, THE CONSUMER WAS UNAWARE THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED UNTIL THEY RELIZED THAT CONTENTS INSIDE THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN MISSING, THE CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO PUT THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW...

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A STORE PARKING LOT SWERVED VEHICLE TO MISS PEDESTRIAN, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND AIR BAGS DIDNOT DEPLOY. ALSO, HIT CONCRETE BUS BENCH/ FIRE HYDRANT, AND WOODEN FENCE.HAD NOT CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A STORE PARKING LOT SWERVED VEHICLE TO MISS PEDESTRIAN, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND AIR BAGS DIDNOT DEPLOY. ALSO, HIT CONCRETE BUS BENCH/ FIRE HYDRANT, AND WOODEN FENCE.HAD NOT CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE BRAKE PEDAL WAS BEING USED. DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM, BUT HAS INSTALLED A FLIGHT RECORDER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NO, SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, RPMS REVVED. ALSO, CONSUMER HAS SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING WHEEL COLUMN. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, RPMS REVVED. ALSO, CONSUMER HAS SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING WHEEL COLUMN. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ANOTHER VEHICLE STARTED PULLING TO RIGHT SIDE AND CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OTHER WAY. LOST CONTROL INTO UPCOMING TRAFFIC. AN INVESTIGATING AGENCY NAMED IMPACT GENERAL, AND SAID THAT BOLTS: LUGS: NUTS DID NOT WORK, AND WHEEL CAME OFF VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE AT INTERSECTION, SLOW SPEED, AND BRAKE PEDAL FELL TO FLOOR. VEHICLE AT DEALER AT THIS TIME. *AK

RIGHT REAR TIRE SIDWALL BLEWOUT, ABOUT 3 QUARTERS IN LENGTH AROUND TIRE. VEHICLE WAS MOVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. A GENERAL GRABBER AW TIRE, 275/60R17, DOT # ADT044T3300. TIRE WAS ORIGINAL TIRE PURCHASED WITH VEHICLE. DEALER WILL REPLACE ALL FIVE TIRES.*AK *SLC

THIS VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR TIRES AS STANDARD EQUIPMENT. WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED INTO A TREAD SEPARATION CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. PLEASE ADD MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TIRE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH REAR ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT THAT WAS STOPPED, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

CONSUMER FEELS VERY UNSAFE WHEN MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS OR MAKING LEFT CURVES. STEERING IS VERY LOOSE, )AND CONSUMER MUST GRIP STEERING WHEEL VERY TIGHTLY WITH BOTH HANDS. VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT WILL TIP OVER EASILY. *AK

THE GAS PEDAL ON THE ADJUSTABLE PEDAL SYSTEM WILL ON OCCASION WEDGE UNDER EDGE OF FLOOR MAT. FLOOR MATS I HAVE ARE OEM PARTS THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE. PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN 2 MONTHS, ONCE AT 75MPH, AND THE OTHER AT 5 MPH. SECOND INCIDENT CAUSED ACCIDENT. DRIVER SIDE FLOOR MAT IS SECURED TO...

THE GAS PEDAL ON THE ADJUSTABLE PEDAL SYSTEM WILL ON OCCASION WEDGE UNDER EDGE OF FLOOR MAT. FLOOR MATS I HAVE ARE OEM PARTS THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE. PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN 2 MONTHS, ONCE AT 75MPH, AND THE OTHER AT 5 MPH. SECOND INCIDENT CAUSED ACCIDENT. DRIVER SIDE FLOOR MAT IS SECURED TO...

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, REAR LEFT FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE P255/70R16 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. APPROX MILEAGE ON TIRE WAS 2,900. *SLC

VEHICLE EXHIBITS A VIBRATION/MOAN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *AK