2000 Ford Expedition complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE FOUR-FIVE OTHER VEHICLES DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL # 05V017000, REGARDING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL;CRUISE CONTROL. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER DID NOT DEACTIVATE, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON OR OFF. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE WINDSHIELD HAD A LEAK, CAUSING WATER TO GET INTO THE GEM MODULE. THE WINDSHIELD AND GEM MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE, THE AIR SUSPENSION DID NOT ACTIVATE THE SHOCKS ACCORDINGLY AND THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SAT LOW ON THE GROUND. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE ALERTED AND SUGGESTED PERFORMING A DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO DETECT ANY POSSIBLE FAILURE CODES.

2000 FORD EXPEDITION BRAKES FAILED AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. UPON INSPECTION MECHANIC DETERMINED THERE WAS A FAULTY CRUISE CONTROL PART. *KB *JB

2000 FORD EXPEDITION PARKED FOR MORE THAN 3 HOURS. NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. STRONG SMELL OF 'ELECTRICAL FIRE'. WE WERE ABLE TO SMOLDER BEFORE FLAMES IGNITED AND BEFORE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED. THE ORIGIN WAS, VERY OBVIOUSLY, THE SCDS. IT WAS MELTED AND SMOKING. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A PUP-PUP NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AS THE ENGINE WAS STARTED. UPON INSPECTION, THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE CAME FROM THE SPARK PLUG. THE SPARK PLUG SUDDENLY BLEW OUT AND WAS ONLY ATTACHED BY A HANGING WIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE REPAIR SHOULD BE PERFORMED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BUCKLES FOR THE SECOND SEAT MIDDLE POSITION FAILED TO OPERATE. THE BUCKLE MALE AND FEMALE ENDS TO NOT HOLD ONCE BUCKLED. THIS SAFETY SEAT BELT IS THE RECOMMENDED LOCATION FOR CHILDREN. THE CONTACT'S CHILD WHO IS UNDER ONE YEARS OLD HAS TO BE LOCATED NEXT TO THE VEHICLE'S DOOR INSTEAD. THE CONTACT EXPRESS CONCERN REGARDING THE SAFETY OF THE CHILD IN THAT LOCATION. THE DEALER HAS BEEN ALERTED HOWEVER THERE WILL BE A COST TO FIX THE VEHICLE.

I HAVE NOW REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS 3 TIMES SINCE BUYING THIS 2000 FORD EXPEDITION IN LATE 2000. I WAS INFORMED BY A FORMER SERVICE MANAGER FROM FORD THAT THIS DEFECT IS KNOWN AND WIDE SPREAD. WHAT HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY RECEIVED A LARGE LOT OF FRONT RIGHT BRAKE LINES THAT WERE TO SMALL OR CONCLUDED ENOUGH SO AS NOT TO LET THE CALIPER COMPLETELY RELEASE THE PADS FROM THE ROTOR CAUSING FAILURE OF BOTH IN AS LITTLE AS 15000 MILES. THERE IS A COVER UP AND PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY HAVING ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS DEFECT. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD. WE ALSO HAD THE LEAKING WINDSHIELD OVER THE DRIVERS SIDE THAT WOULD LEAK INTO THE ELECTRICAL BOARDS IN THE DASH CAUSING THE LIGHTS TO GO OUT/THE RADIO TO GO OFF AND ON BY ITSELF. THE WORST WAS IT TRYING TO START WITH NO KEY OR PERSON IN THE VEHICLE AND RUINING THE STARTER AND THE BATTERY. DO NOT BUY THIS VEHICLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! BECAUSE FORD STILL LIES THAT THESE ARE NOT THEIR PROBLEMS. *JB

I PURCHASED 4 GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S TIRES FROM DISCOUNT TIRE CO. ON 1/17/2005 THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I RETURNED THE TRUCK TO DISCOUNT THEY REBALANCED AND ROTATED THE TIRES AND INFORMED ME IF THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO VIBRATE TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT MUST BE MECHANICAL. I RETURNED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY ALIGNED, AND ROADFORCE BALANCED THE TIRES. THEY FOUND THAT THEIR WAS A DEFECT IN THE TIRES BECAUSE TOO MUCH WEIGHT WAS NEEDED TO BALANCE THE TIRES. THEY RECOMMENDED THAT THE TIRES BE REPLACED. I RETURNED THE TRUCK TO DISCOUNT TIRE CO. THEY AGAIN DID NOT FIND A DEFECT IN THE TIRE. I THEN TOOK IT TO A THIRD PARTY BIG O TIRE CO. THEY INSPECTED THE TIRES AND FOUND A "HOP" IN THE REAR TIRES. IT WAS AGAIN RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE THE DEFECTED TIRES. *NM

SPECIAL MESSAGE #15773 THESE PROBLEMS HAVE EXISTED FOR YEARS. AND ALTHOUGH I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE IN TO HAVE CORRECT THESE PROBLEMS, AT NO TIME DID ANY SERVICE PERSONNEL REFERENCE THE ABOVE MESSAGE, OR FIX MY VEHICLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRESCRIBED GUIDELINES. THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE SERVICES PERFORMED ON MY VEHICLE THAT ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF THIS PROBLEM. I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE COPIES OF THESE DOCUMENTED SERVICES UPON REQUEST.*DEC 2000: MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED OUR VEHICLE IN WASHINGTON WITH 13,000 MILES ON IT WHILE ON CHRISTMAS LEAVE FROM GERMANY, AND OUR TRUCK SAT IN STORAGE UNTIL OUR RETURN IN SEP 2001. WE THEN DROVE OUR VEHICLE FROM CALIFORNIA TO OUR NEW DUTY STATION AT FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA.*JAN 2002: WE HAD ISSUES WITH THE ELECTRICAL AND TRANSMISSION MODULAR. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE WORLD OF FORD DEALERSHIP IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA. THEY REPLACED THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULAR, AIRBAG LIGHT, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AND REPROGRAMMED THE GEM MODULAR. THE ODOMETER READING AT THIS TIME WAS 26,795 MILES. FORTUNATELY, THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.*JUL 2002: I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO WORLD OF FORD IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA FOR THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AIRBAG LIGHTS, AND ABS LIGHTS. FORD SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL COVERED UNDER WARRANTY WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 30,481 MILES. AGAIN, ALTHOUGH THE FORD SPECIAL MESSAGE HAD BEEN RELEASED IN APRIL OF 2002, AT NO TIME

DRIVING ON 4 LANE TWISTY PARKWAY, THE LEFT TIE ROD BROKE WITHOUT ANY WARNING, LOST ALL STEERING CONTROL, APPLIED BRAKE AND TRIED TO CONTROL VEHICLE, TOOK ABOUT 200 YARDS TO COME TO A STOP. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH, HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER WHERE CAR IS ALWAYS SERVICED AND MAINTAINED, AND REPLACED ALL 4 TIE RODS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE WINDSHIELD LEAKS WHEN IT RAINS AND WATER GETS INTO THE FUSE BOX CAUSING THE DASH LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE. ALSO, THE FUSE BOX IS CORRODED AND RUSTING. THE DEALER DETERMINED THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM.

2000 EXPEDITION HORN FAILED. *TS WHEN THE HORN FAILED TO OPERATE AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. ON A PREVIOUS OCCASION, THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THE ABS. THE CONSUMER STATED THE CRUISE CONTROL HAS BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES AND THE HORN WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE CONTINUED FAILURES OF THE ABS AND HORN WERE DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRING. *JB

OWN A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION (ORIGINAL OWNER) AND HAD TIRES REPLACED AS PART OF RECALL OF 2002. TIRES WERE REPLACED AT LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WITH GENERAL GRABBER AW P275/60/R17. RECENTLY I NOTICED "STEERING" AND "BUMPY" RIDE, SO I TOOK VEHICLE TO GET IT CHECKED OUT. MECHANIC SHOWED HOW ONE TIRE HAD "BOWED OUT" FEATURE AND EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS A "TREAD SEPARATION" AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. REMEMBERING PRIOR RECALL FOR SAME REASON, WAS CONCERNED THIS WAS A POSSIBLE MANUFACTURER DEFECT. RESEARCHED ON INTERNET AND FOUND # TO CALL AT CONTINENTAL TO REPORT. CALLED AND SPOKE WITH "BILL" WHO RECORDED MY CONCERNS AND CREATED A FILE #22239. TOLD ME A COULD GO TO NATIONAL TIRE AND BATTERY AND HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. WENT TO NTB AND THE TECHNICIAN EXAMINED THE TIRE AND SAID HE COULD NOT PRORATE THE WARRANTY. I EXPLAINED THAT I JUST WANTED TO INFORM THE MANUFACTURER OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN CASE THERE WERE OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME TYPE OF TIRE. HE SAID THAT WITH THE APPARENT AGE OF THE TIRE IT COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A BUMP THAT HAD CAUSED THE WEAKNESS. MY EXPECTATIONS FOR A TIRE IS FOR THE TREAD TO WEAR OUT BEFORE ANY OTHER BREAKDOWN. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT, IT ALSO RATTLED ON BUMPY ROADS AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. THE SHOCKS WERE ALSO LOOSE. UPDATED ON 05/30/06. *AK

ON 05-04-06, WAS DRIVING 35 MPH DOWN A CITY STREET DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD EXPLOSION, THEN MY 2000 EXPEDITION BEGAN TO SOUND AS IF IT WAS SPUTTERING OR MISSING. WIFE SCREAMED, KIDS STARTED CRYING, I SWERVED AS I THOUGHT INITIALLY IT WAS EITHER AN EXPLOSION OR ENGINE BLOWING UP COMING THROUGH THE FLOOR BOARD / FIREWALL. THE EXPEDITION WAS THEN SLOWLY DRIVEN TO THE HOUSE (WAS ONLY A FEW BLOCKS AWAY LUCKILY) AND CALLED A LOCAL MECHANIC TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING IN VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR. FOUND IT WAS #7 SPARK PLUG BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD, COIL WAS DAMAGED ETC. THE MECHANIC THEN REPAIRED THE ENGINE FOR ME AND I GOT IT BACK AFTER A WEEK. THE REPAIRS INCLUDED THE TOP HALF OF THE ENGINE BEING DISASSEMBLED, THE HEAD TAKEN TO A MACHINE SHOP AND BEING REPAIRED, THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE ENGINE BEING CLEANED UP AND REASSEMBLED. ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE COIL AND COIL MOUNT REPLACED ETC. (NOT A MECHANIC, THERE IS AN ENTIRE LIST IF ITEMS ORDERED FOR REPLACEMENT DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME) AND JUST RECEIVED THE SUV BACK TODAY. MY WIFE IS NOW TOTALLY SCARED TO DRIVE THE EXPEDITION AS SHE IS NOW WEARY OF THE QUALITY OF THE ENGINE SINCE WE HAVE NOW FOUND THAT SPARK PLUG(S) FLYING OUT OF FORD ENGINES ARE A COMMON THING. SHE HAS HAD NIGHTMARES OF THE INCIDENT AND HAS BEEN AFRAID TO DRIVE DUE TO THE EXPLOSION AND HOW VIOLENT THE ENTIRE ORDEAL WAS. *NM

I WAS GOING TO THE LAKE WHEN I HEARD A PINGING IN THE ENGINE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. I STOPPED TO CHECK THE OIL LEVEL. THERE WAS PLENTY OF OIL. I DROVE TO THE LAKE AND HAD A GREAT DAY OF FISHING. ON THE WAY HOME, I HEARD THE PINGING AGAIN BUT THE PINGING WAS NOT THERE ON ACCELERATION. AFTER DRIVING ALMOST TOTAL OF 400 MILES THAT DAY, I STOPPED BY THE GAS STATION TO PUT GAS IN, AFTER PUTTING GAS IN ABOUT 2-3 MILES FROM HOME, THE SPARK PLUG, COIL SHOT OUT OF THE HEAD - WENT HOME TO CHECK - JUST TO MY SHOCK FOUND NO THREADS IN THE HEAD. I ALSO HAD A FRIEND THAT THIS HAPPENED TO SO I WAS THINKING IT WAS JUST A ONE TIME INCIDENT BUT IT ALSO HAPPENED TO ME. I WILL HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT FORD STATES WHEN I TAKE IT IN AND HOW MUCH IT WILL COST. *JB

WE FIRST NOTICED A PROBLEM WHEN IT WAS RAINING. THE AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY COME ON. THEN WE ALSO STARTED TO NOTICE THAT THE HEATER / A/C FAN WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF. ON SUNDAY 4/30/06, I WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN ON A FREEWAY & THE WIPER LIGHT STARTED TO COME ON & THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, THE WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY. ON MY WAY HOME, AGAIN ON THE FREEWAY IN THE RAIN, THE WIPER LIGHT & THE 4X4 LIGHT WOULD FLASH OFF & ON AT THE SAME TIME & AGAIN, THE AT TIMES THE WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE NEXT MORNING AS I DROVE TO WORK, AGAIN IN THE RAIN, ONLY THE 4X4 LIGHT WAS FLASHING & THE REAR WIPER WOULD NOT WORK. ALSO, THE FRONT WIPERS DID NOT WORK INTERMITTENTLY. I SPECIFICITY RECALL TURNING THE HEATER FAN OFF THAT MORNING BEFORE LEAVING THE VEHICLE. AFTER WORK, I ATTEMPTED TO UNLOCK MY VEHICLE W/THE REMOTE UNLOCK & IT WOULD NOT UNLOCK. I MANUALLY UNLOCKED THE VEHICLE & THE DASH LIGHTS WERE ON. IT LOOKED LIKE I HAD NOT TURNED THE KEY OFF ALL OF THE WAY, BUT I DID! AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. I HAD TO WALK A COUPLE OF MILES TO MY HUSBAND'S WORK & HE HAD TO TAKE HIS LUNCH EARLY TO BRING ME HOME. FORD HAD BETTER GET A RECALL OUT ON THIS. NOT ONLY IS IT VERY INCONVENIENT, BUT WHEN YOUR WIPERS DON'T WORK IN THE RAIN, IT IS VERY DANGEROUS!!! I HAD TO GET THE VEHICLE TOWED THE NEXT DAY. AFTER THE REPAIR FACILITY SENT 2 1/2 DAYS TRYING TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM, THEY DISCOVERED THAT WATER WAS LEAKING

RAIN LEAKED THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF MY 2000 EXPEDITION CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ELECTRICAL FUSE BOX. MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM STARTED ACTING WHACKY WHILE DRIVING. THIS WAS A DISTRACTION AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. FIXING THE PROBLEM RESULTED IN REPLACEMENT OF THE WINDSHIELD AND FUSE BOX/GEM MODULE COSTING APPROXIMATELY $1000. I DID A SEARCH AND THIS SEEMS TO BE COMMON ON THE INTERNET AMONG EXPEDITION OWNERS WITHIN THAT RANGE OF YEAR. I ALSO NOTICED THIS IS COMPLAINT # PE05033 ON THIS SIGHT. *JB

TWO WEEKS AGO I REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS ON MY 2000 FORD EXPEDITION AND YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING TO WORK I NOTICED A LOUD CLANKING NOISE. AFTER INVESTIGATING, I FOUND THAT THE #2 SPARK PLUG HAD BEEN BLOWN FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD. THE EXPEDITION HAS 10300 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN VERY RELIABLE.*JB

MY CAR WAS IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE NOBODY DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR OVER 12 HOURS IN THE MORNING MY NEIGHBORS CALLED THE POLICE BECAUSE MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. THE CAR IS NOW A TOTAL LOSS. *NM

THIS IS NOT A FORMAL COMPLAINT, YET, BUT AN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT FURTHER COMPLAINTS AND BRING TO ATTENTION A DEFECT IN A VEHICLE I OWN IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET HELP TO FIX THIS DEFECT BEFORE IT HAPPENS! PREVENTATIVE MEASURES MUST BE TAKEN! I WAS MADE AWARE OF A BLOG AT HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/FORD_SPARK.HTML THAT LIST 67 INDIVIDUAL AND SEPARATE ACCOUNTS OF THE SPARK PLUGS IN FORD EXPEDITIONS THAT ARE BLOWING OUT OF THE HEADS!!!! IT HAS BEEN REPORTED HERE BEFORE AND IT SEEMS THAT THE HEADS ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH ENOUGH THREADS TO HOLD THE SPARK PLUGS!!!!! IT SEEMS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE I WILL GET A PHONE CALL FROM MY WIFE SAYING THAT SHE IS STUCK ON THE HIGHWAY WITH SPARK PLUGS BLOWN OUT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS DEFECT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURTS. I HAVE THREE SMALL CHILDREN WHO RIDE IN THIS VEHICLE EVERYDAY! PLEASE HELP BEFORE THEY ARE VICTIMS OF A DEFECT THAT CAN BE FIXED!!

2000 EXPEDITION HEATER BLOWER HAD TO BE MANUALLY TURNED OFF AFTER KEYS WERE REMOVED FROM IGNITION. WHEN ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT START. *TS THE FUSE BOX WAS RUSTED, CORRODED AND FULL OF WATER. THIS WAS THE RESULT OF THE WINDSHIELD NOT BEING SEALED PROPERLY. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED IN WET CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE SURGES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE WINDSHIELD WAS NOT THE CORRECT SIZE FOR THE VEHICLE WHEN MANUFACTURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

IN EARLY JAN 2006, WE HAVE A POPPING SOUND AND MOVEMENT IN THE STEERING WHEEL OF OUR 2000 EXPEDITION. WE COULD FEEL IT MOVING IN THE STEERING WHEN DRIVING AND WERE CONCERNED. WE HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON OUR EXPEDITION SO WE TOOK IT TO GERMAIN FORD IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. THEY SAID THE LEFT FRONT STABILIZER LINK BOLT HAD BROKE IN HALF AND THE STABILIZER BAR WAS SLIPPING ON AND OFF CAUSING THE MOVEMENT AND SOUND. THEY TOLD ME THIS WAS NOT A WARRANTY ITEM. MY EXPEDITION HAS ONLY 51,000 MILES AND IS DRIVEN BY MY WIFE TO WORK. AT THE SAME TIME THE DEALER TOLD ME BY BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I SAID HOW CAN A STEEL BOLT IN THE STEERING LINKAGE ACTUALLY BRAKE AND NOT BE COVERED? I ASKED FOR THE SERVICE MGR AND HE ACTUALLY SAID TO ME "THEY DON'T MAKE THINGS LIKE THEY USE TO". I THEN RECALLED A SERVICE NOTICE SOME TIME BACK ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE FRONT END OF EXPEDITIONS SO I LOOKED THROUGH MY FILES. SURE ENOUGH, FORD SENT OUT A SERVICE BULLETIN IN 6-04 "TITLED TIE ROD INSPECTION PROCEDURE". WHILE THE SERVICE BULLETIN COVERS A COUPLE ITEMS IT BELIEVE IT SHOWS FORD KNEW THEY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT ENDS AND SENT OUT A SERVICE NOTICE TO EXCUSE THEMSELVES AND TO AVOID PAYING FOR REPAIRS. WHEN THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THEY WOULD NOT COVER, I CALLED THE WARRANTY HOTLINE. THE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME "BALL JOINTS ARE WEARING OUT SOONER THEN THEY WOULD EXPECT" BUT IT WAS NOT A WARRANTY ITEM SO I HAD TO GET THOSE REPAIRED AS WELL. IN SUMMARY, I BELIEVE THE BOLT BREAKING COULD BE A SAF

FIRE TO A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. OWNER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED IN THE CARPORT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES WHEN HE NOTICED FIRE DRIPPING DOWN UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT NEAR THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AND THE FIRE SPREAD TO THE HOUSE RENDERING IT A TOTAL LOSS. OWNER ALSO REPORTS ONLY ISSUE WITH VEHICLE WAS THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING SERVERAL DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRE. *JB

DT*: THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE PERIODICALLY. UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE # 5 FUSE WAS BLOWN. AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE FUSE, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED PROPERLY. HOWEVER, THE FUSE BLEW SHORTLY AFTER BEING REPLACED. THE FUSE WAS REPLACED FIVE TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE SERVICE DEALER CONFIRMED THE FUSE HAD BLOWN. *JB

WINDSHIELD LEAKING WATER WHICH BLEW OUT FUSE BOX AND GEM CAUSING ERRATIC BEHAVIOR IN WINDSHIELD WIPERS, RADIO, HEATER, AIR CONDITIONER, OVERDRIVE, TRANSMISSION, SPEEDOMETER, ODOMETER, RPM GAUGE, AND IT ALSO LED TO OUR PCM HAVING TO BE REPLACED. REPLACED WINDSHIELD, FUSE BOX, GEM, PCM. COST US 1700.00 DOLLARS. TWO WEEKS LATER AFTER A RAINY NIGHT IT IS AT THE DEALER AGAIN. *NM

WATER LEAKAGE DOING DAMAGE TO THE GEM MODULE AND JUNCTION BOX. DEALERSHIP ADVISED ME THE LEAKAGE WAS FROM THE WINDSHIELD AREA. VEHICLE HAS A "NEW" WINDSHELD AND THE DAMAGED AREA HAD "OLD" RUSTY DAMAGE. BOTH ELECTRONIC ITEMS WERE REPLACED AT THE EXPENSE OF $730.11 (FORD DEALERSHIP). *NM

WHEN RAINING CAR ELECTRICAL SYSTEM COMES ON BY ITSELF-DASH LIGHTS, HEATER FAN, DOOR ENTRY SOUNDS. CAR IGNITION TURNS OVER BUT WILL NOT START. I HAVE HAD THE WINDSHIELD TAKEN OUT AND REPLACED MORE THAN ONCE, THE GEM MODULE AND FUSE BOX REPLACED, NUMEROUS TOWING BILLS AND MAJOR INCONVENIENCE. I HAVE SPENT $1500 APPROX. TO SAY NOTHING OF THE VALUE OF MY TIME. THE FORD DEALER WILL NOT CONTINUE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM NOR WILL HE OFFER A REFUND FOR REPAIRS. AS THE OWNER OF ALMOST TWENTY PERSONAL AND BUSINESS VEHICLES, I CAN'T BELIEVE FORD WILL NOT GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED FOR MYSELF AND THE MANY OTHER EXPEDITION OWNERS WITH SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. I WILL NO LONGER BE A FORD CUSTOMER AND WILL REPLACE THIS AND THE OTHER FORD VEHICLES IN OUR FLEET WITH ANOTHER BRAND UNLESS FORD DOES SOMETHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM QUICKLY. SB. *NM

2000 EXPEDITION TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. *TS *JB

I OWN A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION WITH A 5.4L ENGINE. I HAD HEARD OF THE PROBLEM WITH THESE ENGINES BLOWING SPARK PLUGS OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAD. I HAD ALL OF THE SPARK PLUGS REPLACED IN JANUARY 2005 BY A FORD DEALER TO PREVENT A SPARK PLUG FROM INVOLUNTARILY REMOVING ITSELF FROM MY ENGINE. ON JANUARY 4TH, 2006 A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE'S HEAD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. MY WIFE WAS TURNING ONTO THE HIGHWAY AT THE TIME. AFTER CONTACTING FORD AND MY FORD DEALER, I REALIZED THAT FORD HAS NOT TAKEN OWNERSHIP OF THIS WELL KNOWN PROBLEM. I HAVE REPLACED MY ENGINE WITH A USED ENGINE THAT HAS LOWER MILES. *NM

DT: CONTACT STATED WHENEVER IT RAINED 2000, FORD, EXPEDITION LEAKED RAIN WATER. THE RAIN LEAKED IN ON RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AROUND THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD ABOVE THE DRIVER'S DASHBOARD. THE LEAK SHUT OFF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS WAS OBSERVED ON JANUARY 2, 2006. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT THIS WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.*AK

WHEN IT RAINED OR SNOWED WINDSHIELD WOULD LEAK WATER ON TO FUSE BOX CAUSING ACCESSORIES SUCH AS THE BLOWER, ODOMETER AND RADIO TO WORK WHEN CAR WAS NOT STARTED. CAR WOULD ALSO INTERMITTENTLY NOT START. *JB

BEGINNING APRIL 2005, OUR 2000 FORD EXPEDITION HAS HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS THAT OCCUR ALMOST ANY TIME IT RAINS. THE WATER LEAKS UNDER THE HOOD AND SHORTS OUT THE TRUCK. WE HAD TO REPLACE THE GEM MODULE AND FUSE BOX AT OUR EXPENSE SINCE THE TRUCK WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. OUR MECHANIC CANNOT REPLICATE THE LEAK AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS AND HE EVEN WENT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE. THEY ALSO COULD NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. OUR TRUCK HAS BEEN TOWED NUMEROUS TIMES TO OUR MECHANIC DEAD ON ARRIVAL. THE TRUCK IS COMPLETELY UNRELIABLE IF IT RAINS. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. WE HAVE SEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT ON VARIOUS WEBSITES. WE WROTE TO FORD AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE BUT FORD SAID THEY WOULD NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. OUR MECHANIC HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THIS, BUT AT SOME POINT, IF I WERE HIM, I WOULD CLOSE MY SHOP IF I SAW OUR TRUCK COMING ON THE BACK OF A TOW TRUCK ONE MORE TIME. *JB

DT: THE SEAT BELTS, SHOULDER AND LAP BELTS OF THE THIRD ROW ON 2000 FORD EXPEDITION CONTINUOUSLY RETRACTED AND LOCKED ON THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING AT THE TIME. THE SEAT BELT WAS SO TIGHT IT HAD TO BE CUT SO THAT THE CONTACT'S COULD GET OUT OF THE CAR.*AK

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY LIGHTS AND/OR RADIO AND OR WIPERS WOULD GIVE OUT DURING A RAIN STORM. ON THE LAST OCCASION MY CAR'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED AND MY CAR TURNED OFF. I COULD NOT RE-START UNTIL NEXT DAY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT WATER HAD SEEPED IN BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD AND INTO THE ELECTRICAL CONTROL BOX. THEY WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE THE WINDSHIELD, RE-CAULK IT, REPLACE THE GEM AND FUSE BOXES AND THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. THIS WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THE CAULKING HAD DETERIORATED WITH TIME AS IT NORMALLY WOULD. I'VE HAD CARS FOR 10 TO 15 YEARS AND THE CAULKING ON THE WINDSHIELD HAS NEVER DETERIORATED LIKE THIS. THE SUV IS ONLY 4 YRS OLD ANYWAY. MY PROBLEM WAS COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT THAT THEY BROKE THE WINDSHIELD DURING THIS PROCESS AND I WAS STUCK FOR THAT COST ALSO. TOTAL OF $1,223.67. *JB

ON AUGUST 7, 2005, MY WIFE, 3 YEAR OLD SON AND I DROVE OUR 2000 FORD EXPEDITION UP TO WISCONSIN TO MY UNCLE'S LAKE COTTAGE. THE TRIP WAS AROUND 120 MILES ONE WAY. WE DROVE HOME, ANOTHER 120 MILES, AND PARKED THE EXPEDITION IN OUR GARAGE ABOUT 7:30 PM. IT HAD RUN FLAWLESSLY, AND THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS EVIDENT WITH THE VEHICLE. AT ABOUT 2:30 AM ON AUGUST 8, MY WIFE AND I AWOKE TO THE SOUND OF OUR SMOKE DETECTORS IN OUR HOUSE, AND THE HOUSE WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE. MY WIFE RAN AHEAD OF ME OUT OF THE HOUSE, AND I CRAWLED INTO OUR SON'S ROOM DOWN THE HALL. HE WAS STILL ASLEEP, AND I REACHED UP, FELT HIS BODY, GRABBED HIM AND TORE DOWN THE STAIRS OUT THE FRONT DOOR. OUR NEIGHBORS WERE ALREADY OUTSIDE AS THEY HAD HEARD CRACKLING AND BANGING FROM THE GARAGE- IT WAS TOTALLY SWALLOWED BY FLAMES. I HAD A '98 F-150 4X4 THAT WAS PARKED OUTSIDE THE GARAGE, AND WHEN THE GARAGE DOOR FELL AND THE WHOLE HOUSE WENT UP IN FLAMES, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE TOO AND WAS TOTALED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS FROM 5 TOWNS ALL SHOWED UP AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED, OUR HOUSE AND BOTH VEHICLES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED, AND THE EAST SIDE OF OUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE HAD THE SIDING, WINDOWS AND ROOFING BURNED OFF.....THAT HOUSE IS OVER 75 FEET AWAY FROM OURS. MY WIFE, MY SON, OUR DOG, AND I ALL GOT OUT SAFE - WE LOST OUR FAMILY CAT. WE LOST NEARLY EVERY SINGLE MATERIAL POSSESSION WE OWN IN THIS FIRE....AND FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY OUR INSURANCE COMPANIES AND FORD HAVE DEEMED IT WAS INDEED THE CRUISE CONTROL

LTR FM PATRICIA BLUE-BILAL (NC) REQUEST RECALL OF THE 2000 FORD EXPEDITION AIR RIDE SUSPENSION SYSTEM, ALSO REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS. *TS THE REAR AIR RIDE SUSPENSION HAS BEEN REPLACED ON 8 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS RECALL ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: CRUISE CONTROL. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID # IS 05V017000. THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THEIR VEHICLE WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THEIR LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE CONSUMER HAS SPOKEN TO THE MANUFACTURER WHO HAS CONFIRMED THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. *JB

I RECEIVED INFO FROM NHTSA THAT THERE ARE PERFORMANCE ISSUES REGARDING MY FORD EXPEDITION. THESE INCLUDE THE FAILURE OF REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER TO WORK AND FAILURE OF RADIO LIGHTS. *NM

DETAILS: THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CAME ON WHEN THERE WAS NO KEY IN THE IGNITION. THE RADIO AND AIR CONDITIONER WERE ALSO ON. THE LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE EXPEDITION WAS TRYING TO START ITSELF. IT CONTINUED ALL NIGHT AND THE NEXT DAY, THE POLICE WERE CALLED AND LOOKED AT IT, AND THEY SAID NO TAMPERING WAS DONE. THE BATTERY FINALLY DIED AND I HAD TO BUY A NEW BATTERY. MY EXPEDITION IS CURRENTLY AT MULLINEX FORD IN APOPKA, FL. THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED. I FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME OCCURRENCE, PROBLEMS WITH ELECTRICAL DUE TO A LEAKY WINDSHIELD. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A DEFECT AND FORD SHOULD HELP ME WITH THE COST OF THIS REPAIR. I DON'T MIND PAYING FOR REPAIRS IF THEY ARE WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS, BUT DUE TO ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS AND SERVICE BULLETINS I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A NORMAL CAR REPAIR. RECALL DATE: MAY 13, 1998 COMPONENT: WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS POTENTIAL UNITS AFFECTED: 1520000 SUMMARY: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLES AND LIGHT DUTY PICKUP TRUCKS. THE LUG NUTS ON THESE VEHICLES MAY NOT CREATE SUFFICIENT CLAMP LOAD ALLOWING WHEEL MOVEMENT IN RELATION TO THE HUB/ROTOR MOUNTING SURFACE. CONSEQUENCE: THIS CAN RESULT IN THE LOOSENING OF LUG NUTS, STUD FATIGUE FAILURE, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A WHEEL SEPARATION FROM THE VEHICLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH. REMEDY: OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES WILL BE RECEIVING TWO NOTIFICATIONS. THE FIRST NOTIFICATION, WHICH BEGAN IN MAY 1998, WILL PROVIDE AN INTERIM REPAIR PROCEDURE UNTIL PAR

WATER IS LEAKING UNDER THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS TO MALFUNCTION. THREE FORD DEALERS WE SPOKE WITH, ALONG WITH A FRIEND WHO OWNS AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND ANOTHER WHO REPLACES WINDSHIELDS ARE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROBLEM. *JB

RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V017000 CONCERNING FORD CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY NEXT TO ANOTHER VEHICLE. BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOTALLY DAMAGED DUE TO THE FIRE. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS NOT DETERMINED.*AK *JB

I WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER WORK TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. AN ONCOMING CHEVROLET PICK UP TRUCK MADE A LEFT HAND TURN INTO MY PATH OF TRAVEL. I HIT THE TRUCK BROAD SIDE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SPINNING HIM INTO A 3RD VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAGS ON THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOTALED, THEREFORE NO REPAIRS. *JB

ROLLING UP DRIVER WINDOW-CLICKING NOISE/TICKING IN FRONT END DURING SLOW TURNS-SLOWING DOWN/ENGINE VIBRATION AND ROARING ON ACCELERATION/ACCELERATOR STICKING WHILE USING CRUISE CONTROL/ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS(I.E-WINDOWS ROLLING UP AND DOWN W/OUT PROMPTING, DOOR LOCKS INOPERABLE, RUNNING BOARD LIGHTS FLASHING ON AND OFF OR NON-FUNCTIONING, ILLUMINATED TEMP. AND COMPASS FLASHING OR NON-FUNCTIONING, FAN IN A/C RUNNING FOR NO REASON W/VEHICLE OFF AND KEYS OUT OF IGNITION, INDICATOR LIGHTS IN DASH FLASHING ON AND OFF, WIPERS OPERATING W/OUT PROMPTING, REAR WINDOW WIPER NON-FUNCTIONING, STEREO ONLY WORKING IN PARK AND REVERSE OR NOT AT ALL, ELECTRICAL CLICKING NOISE UNDER THE DASH, LEFT BLINKER FASTER THAN THE RIGHT)/BLACK FOAM SUBSTANCE COMING FROM A/C VENTS/THUMPING NOISE RIGHT WIPER WHEN IN USE. THE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO FORD DEALER AND THEY STATED IT WAS A BAD GEM MODULE AND TOLD US THAT IT WAS GETTING WET. THEY STATED TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED. THESE PROBLEMS ARE WORSE WHEN IT RAINS. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN IF IT IS HUMID. WE LIVE IN FLORIDA, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY EVERYTIME WE PARK THE VEHICLE. BUT IF WE DON'T, WE HAVE ALL OF THIS GOING ON WHEN THE VEHICLE IS OFF AND THEN THE BATTERY GOES DEAD. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF THESE THINGS STARTED HAPPENING AT ONE TIME, IT WAS RAINING. I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE TRYING TO GET THE WIPERS TO FUNCTION AND GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE

CHRONIC WINDSHIELD LEAK, DRIVERS SIDE. COMPLAINED TO DEALER (3/14/05 & 4/4/05) - SEAL SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED? STILL CONTINUED TO LEAK. SEVERE RUSTING UNDER DASH AREA. STARTED HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS (FAN BLOWER AND COURTESY LIGHTS WOULD COME ON BY THEMSELVES WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS OFF AND PARKED AT NIGHT). DEALER CLAIMED FUSE BLOCK AND GEM MODULE WERE DAMAGED DUE TO THE WATER LEAK (A DEFECT). THE SAME LEAK WE HAD BEEN CONTINUALLY COMPLAINING ABOUT. THE WINDSHIELD, WINDSHIELD SEAL, FUSE BLOCK AND GEM WERE ALL REPLACED. THE INTERIOR RUSTING WAS NOT AND CANNOT EASILY BE FIXED. ALL THIS BECAUSE OF A FORD DEFECT. THE TOTAL REPAIR WAS OVER $1,000. *JB

FORD EXPEDITION HESITATES DURING ACCELERATION FORD DID NOTHING TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *NM

RECURRING PROBLEM WITH WATER LEAK BEHIND DASH. THIS CAUSES VARIOUS ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS, I.E. WIPERS AND RADIO DON'T WORK OR WINDOWS AND BRAKE SAFETY SWITCH (CAN'T SHIFT OUT OF PARK), ETC... RELAY(S) CLICKING UNDER DASH. DEALER NOTES FUSE BOX AND CONNECTOR RUSTED DUE TO REPEATED EVENTS. $600 REPAIR. *NM

I HAVE A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. FOR SOME REASON THE CHILD SAFETY LOCKS ON THE BACK DOORS HAVE STARTED LOCKING THEMSELVES EVERY TIME THE DOORS ARE CLOSED. I HAVE CHECKED SOME CHAT ROOMS A FOUND THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM THAT ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING. MY QUESTION IS , SHOULD FORD BE LIABLE FOR THE REPAIR? FORDS ESTIMATE FOR THE REPAIR IS 450.00. *NM