2002 Ford Expedition complaints

GAS GAUGE REGISTERED A HALF OF TANK GAS. SUDDENLY WHILE TRAVELING DOWN A HILL VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. *AK THE VEHICLE CONSUMED 1/4 TANK OF GAS TO TRAVEL 8 MILES. WHEN THE CONSUMER GOT INTO THE VEHICLE AGAIN, IT READ FULL. AFTER THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE GOING DOWN HILL, IT STARTED UP AGAIN AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES. CONSUMER CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT SHE IS UNABLE TO DRIVE OR PARK ON A INCLINE (NOSE-DOWN) WITH LESS THAN A 1/2 TANK OF GAS. *PH *JB

FORD 2002 EXPIDITION. 52,000 MILES SUN ROOF DRIP TRAY HAS FALLEN LOOSE. RAILINGS AND DRIP TRAYS NEED REPLACING. FORD HAS ISSUED A BULLETIN ON THIS ISSUE AND KNOWS IT IS A PROBLEM, YET REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. IF SAFETY IS A CONCERN, THEN RAIN INSIDE MY VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING SHOULD BE A GOOD ENOUGH TO SATISFY THAT CONCERN. *AK

I AM SICK AND TIRED OF CLOSING MY EYES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED BECAUSE YOUR DEPARTMENT NOW ALLOWS PASSENGER VEHICLES TO BLAST ONCOMING TRAFFIC WITH 4 (FOUR) HEADLIGHTS. I CITE IN PARTICULAR THE FORD EXPEDITION WHERE THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE UPPER 2 HEADLIGHTS AND THE LOWER 2 SO-CALLED FOG LIGHTS. SOMETIMES, I WILL BLAST MY OWN BRIGHT LIGHTS AT THESE ONCOMING VEHICLES TO LET THEM SEE WHAT THEIR OWN LIGHTS LOOK LIKE. IN RESPONSE, THE ONCOMING CAR OR TRUCK (MERCIFULLY) WILL HIT THEIR OWN BRIGHT LIGHTS WHICH ARE LESS BRIGHT THAN THE COMBINATION OF THEIR LOW BEAMS AND FOG LIGHTS. I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IDIOCY HAS CREPT INTO ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT IN FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY THINK THAT IT'S OK TO HAVE *****DOUBLE***** THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT COMING FROM A VEHICLE THAN IN THE PAST. TECHNOLOGY IS GREAT BUT THE HUMAN EYE HAS NOT CHANGED. YOU SHOULD REVIEW THE STUDIES FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE LAST CENTURY TO SEE HOW THEY CAME TO THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT ALLOWABLE UNDER LAW BACK THEN. I'LL BET THEY ACTUALLY USED LOGIC IN THEIR DECISION. WHEN, OH WHEN WILL YOU MORONS EVER MAKE A CORRECT DECISION? MAKE THE USE OF FOG LIGHTS ILLEGAL UNLESS THERE IS ACTUALLY FOG OR OTHER INCLEMENT WEATHER. OTHERWISE, YOU ARE JUST ENDANGERING THE DRIVERS OF VEHICLES WHO ARE FORCED BY YOU IDIOTS TO STARE AT THIS UNREASONABLE AMOUNT OF LIGHT PROCEEDING FROM THESE NEWER VEHICLES. ALL YOU ARE DOING IS CAUSING AN INCREASE IN ROAD RAGE AND LOSS OF FAITH IN AMERICAN GOVER

I AM SICK AND TIRED OF BEING BLINDED BY BOTH SUV AND LUXURY VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS. LAST WEEK, I LITERALLY HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF A ROAD TO WAIT FOR MY EYES TO CLEAR AFTER BEING BLINDED BY AN SUV THAT ALSO HAD HALOGEN LIGHTS. MY ONLY SOLUTION NOW IS TO DRIVE SLOWLY, HOPING THEY WILL PASS ME AS I KEEP MY EYES TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD (NOT FEELING VERY SAFE IN THE PROCESS). I'VE ALREADY HAD ONE CAR TOTALED BY AN UNFAIR-HEIGHT COLLISION WITH AN SUV..I DON'T WANT TO LOSE NOT ONLY MY CAR BUT MY LIFE NEXT TIME ONE OF THOSE EGOISTS TAKES A JOYRIDE.*AK

MY WIFE HAD A TIRE BLOWOUT ON OUR 2002 FORD EXPEDITION . TIRES MOUNTED ON THE VEHICLE WERE THE GENERAL AW GRABBERS 17INCH. WE WERE INFORMED LAST YEAR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THAT THESE TIRES HAD BEEN RECALLED. WE CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND TOOK OUR VECHICLE IN TO ANOTHER LOCAL DEALERSHIP, AND THEY SAID NO THEY HAD NOT BEEN RECALLED EVEN AFTER WE INSISTED THEY AT LEAST LOOK AT THE TIRES. MY WIFE AND INFANT CHILD WERE IN THE VECHICLE WHICH CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE CAR BUT THANKFULLY ONLY MINOR BUMPS AND BRUISES TO MY FAMILY. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING LEGAL ADVICE AND HAVE TAKEN NUMEROUS PICTURES OF THE TIRE AND HAD OUR OWN TECH EXAMINE THE TIRE.*AK

TWO LARGE BUBBLES DEVELOPED ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. *MR *SCC THE REAR TAIL LIGHT LENS WAS CRACKED, AND THE TRIM FOR THE CENTER CONSOLE WAS REPLACED. *JB

2002 EXPEDITION 5.4L - WHEN BRAKING, VEHICLE ACCELERATES. BRAKES WERE APPLIED AS HARD AS POSSIBLE YET THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AGAINST THE BRAKES. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIME BEFORE. SPEED OF VEHICLE RANGED FROM 5 OR 10 MPH TO 50 MPH AT TIME OF PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO LOCAL DEALER BUT NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND. THIS LAST TIME WE ALMOST REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. APPEARS TO OCCUR ONLY WHEN SLOWING DOWN FOR A STOP. WILL TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER YET AGAIN.*AK

THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SYMPTOMS OF A RECALL RELATED TO A COURTESY LIGHT OR LIGHTS THAT MIGHT OVERHEAT. THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT AT THE SIDEWALL.GENERAL ,GRABBER AW, P275/60R17, DOT- ADT044T4201, AND 24,016 MILES ON ORIGINAL TIRES. *AK

WHILE AT A BUSY INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE ENGINE REVVED AND LURCHED FORWARD REQUIRING EXTRA BRAKE PRESSURE TO AVOID COLLISION. THE RPMS WERE OVER 1500 AT A STOP. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT AND THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

WHILE AT A STOP VEHICLE REVS UP AND LURCHES FORWARD EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE. ALSO WHILE DRIVING THE TACHOMETER REVS UP FOR ABOUT A MINUTE THEN GOES BACK TO NORMAL. *JB

ON SEVERAL SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE ENGINE HAS REVVED UPON DEPRESSION OR RELEASE OF THE BRAKES. THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY. THE RADIO ALSO BECOMES LOUDER AS IF THE SPEED SENSITIVE VOLUME IS AFFECTED AS WELL. I HAVE NOTIFIED THE DEALER BUT AS THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED. PLEASE HELP AS I FEAR THAT THIS WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

THE VEHICLES ENGINE MISSED, LOST POWER AND MADE A BANGING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE ENTIRE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. ABOUT 100 MILES LATER THE BANGING RETURNED. *NLM

ON THE 2002 FORD EXPEDITION I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE PICK UP IN THE GAS TANK IF THE VEHICLE IT IS MOUNTED IN THE CENTER OF THE TANK AND IF THE VEHICLE IS BELOW OR AT A 1/4 OF A TANK AND PARKED ON A GRADE AT ALL THE FUEL WILL NOT PICK UP AND RUN OUT OF FUEL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL THIS VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY IF YOU WORK DOWN TOWN AND PARK ON A GRADE THEN YOU HAVE 2 CHOICES COAST TO A LEVEL AREA WITH NO BRAKES OR CALL FOR HELP. LUCKILY MY WIFE'S EXPEDITION HAS ONLY DONE IT HERE AT THE HOUSE WHERE SHE PARKS ON A HILL BUT MOST OF THE TIME I TRY TO KEEP IT ABOVE A 1/2 OF A TANK TO COMBAT THE PROBLEM. I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD CHECK INTO THIS PROBLEM AND LET ME KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. *NLM

THE HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE LIGHTS AND THE BRIGHT LIGHTS ON SUV'S ARE VERY UNSAFE. PH

CONTINENTAL TIRES SENT THE CONSUMER A RECALL/REIBURSEMENT FORM IN REFERENCE TO GRABBER TIRE(S), WHICH WERE BOUGHT BETWEEN AUG 19, 2001-OCT 10,2002/ AW P275/80R17/P275/60R17. THE FRONT SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY WAS BROKEN. SCC

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FLAT TIRE. *JB PH

FAULTY TIRE COMPLAINT. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE AFFECTED. *JG

WHILE DRIVING, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD SPLIT OPEN IN THE SIDEWALL CAUSING THE TIRE TO FLATTEN. TS SCC

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HILL THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. PLEASE FILL IN ADDTIONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

I JUST PURCHASED A NEW 2002 FORD EXPEDITION FROM A LOCAL DEALER AND HAVE JUST RETURNED IT FOR SERVICE. MY PROBLEM IS TWO-FOLD: FIRST, THE GAS GAUGE REGISTERS ON FULL FOR THE FIRST 200 OR SO MILES AND THEN WORKS ITS WAY RELATIVELY QUICKLY TO THE HALF FULL MARK, WHERE IT THERE IS ONLY 3 OR 4 GALLONS OF GAS LEFT IN THE TANK (FORD CLAIMS IT HOLDS 26 GALLONS). SECONDLY, TRYING TO FILL THE TANK WITH GAS, AS YOU WOULD ANY OTHER VEHICLE, IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND TIME CONSUMING. TWO OR MORE VEHICLES WILL FUEL UP AND LEAVE BEFORE I CAN COMPLETE THE TASK. WHEN HAVING AN ESTIMATED 4 GALLONS LEFT IN THE TANK, UPON REFUELING, THE PUMP WILL STOP BETWEEN 11 AND 12 GALLONS, AND ACCEPT ANOTHER 10 TO 12 MORE GALLONS AT 4 TO 6 TENTHS AT A TIME,. BUT GET THIS, THE TANK WILL SHOW FULL WITH ONLY 12 GALLONS IN IT!! THE SELLING/SERVICING DEALER SAYS THIS IS NORMAL. I SAY THAT'S WRONG, AND IT'S UNSAFE. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO RUN OUT, OR KNOW HOW FAR YOU CAN REALLY GO ON A TANK. (NO IDEA IF THE TANK WAS REALLY FULL) HOW ABOUT THE EXTRA EXPOSURE TO THE GASOLINE FUMES THE EPA IS TRYING TO LIMIT US TO AND KEEP OUT OF THE ENVIRONMENT. IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT FUEL GAGES HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AS WELL AS FUEL TANKS. NOT KNOWING WHEN OR WHERE A VEHICLE (NEW VEHICLE) IS GOING TO RUN OUT OF FUEL IS DANGEROUS FOR NOT ONLY THE DRIVER BUT ALSO OTHER DRIVERS. THE FUEL TANK FILLING PROBLEM IS INEXCUSABLE. THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED AND CORRECTED BY FORD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND SUP

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT FOUR DAYS AFTER PURCHASE, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND LUNGED SIDE TO SIDE, THE TIRES WERE BALANCED TO TRY AND CORRECT THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM WAS STILL NOT RESOLVED.*YH

WHEN SPEEDING OVER 35 MPH FRONT END WILL START TO SHAKE REAL BADLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55MPH ANOTHER CAR HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IN THE RIGHT FRONTT AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE'S A SQUEAKING NOISE. BRAKE CALIPERS ARE STICKING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP, AND BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS STOP FUNCTIONING WHEN THIS HAPPENS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

DEALER SAID THE INGNITION SWITCH STICKING BETWEEN START AND RUN WAS THE CAUSE OF MANY PROBLEMS BUT THE SAFETY ISSUE IS THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LURCHED WHEN AT A STOP. ENGINE RACED AND MUCH PRESSURE WAS REQUIRED ON THE BRAKE TO RESTOP VEHICLE. IF THERE HAD BEEN A STOPPED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME - I WOULD HAVE STRUCK IT.*AK

PASSENGERS WERE LOCKED IN AND UNABLE TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH DOORS WERE UNLOCKED. CAUSE UNKNOWN DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

TIRES HAVE BEEN SEPERATING FOR SOME TIME NOW. ORIGINAL TIRES HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED AND ARE ON NATIONWIDE BACKORDER. CONTACTED DEALER REPORTED TO BE ORDERED. HAVE BEEN ON ORDER FOR 3 WEEKS NOW. MY HUSBAND HAS FOUND A DIFFERENT BRAND OF TIRES TO FIT THE VEHICLE BUT THE DEALER AND FORD INSIST ON THE EXACT SAME BRAND AND MAKE OF TIRES. THE BRAND IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. THE RIDE QUALITY ON THE VEHICLE IS BEYOND HORRIBLE, BUT SO FAR NO ACCIDENT HAS OCCURED. WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR HAVING TO PURCHASE MY OWN TIRES FOR A VEHICLE WITH A WARRANTY.*AKY

MOTOR MOUNT BELT SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE ,CAUSING ENGINE TO SPUTTER AND LOSE POWER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WILL START TO VIBRATE AT STEERING WHEEL, CAUSING SOME TROUBLE FOR CONSUMER ON CONTROLLING VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT HAD NO REMEDY FOR PROBLEM.*AK

ON FOUR OCCASIONS WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, AND JUST BEFORE STOPPING, ENGINE WOULD SURGE AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATE. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER, AND DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH, THE CONSUMER HAD EXPERIENCED A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, IN WHICH THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK ESTIMATED PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS 20000 DOLLARS. THE ACCIDENT CAUSED THE FRONT-END TO COLLAPSE ALL THE WAY TO THE ENGINE BLOCK. *SCC

ONE OF THE FOUR TIRES HAD LOWER PRESSURE MARKINGS AND THE CONSUMER BELIEVES IT WAS POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. (GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S P255/70R16). *YH

EXPEDITION BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE ON DRY, FLAT, PAVEMENT. "FISH TAILING" UNTIL GOING IN A DITCH. BRAKES WERE NOT RESPONDING; AND STEERING WAS IRRADICT.*AK

CONSUMER STATED 3 OF THE 4 TIRES TIRES ON THE VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SPARE STATES THE TIRE PRESSURE SHOULD BE 44 PSI, WHERE AS THE OTHER TIRE STATES 33 PSI, CONSUMER HAS REQUESTED INFORMATION FROM THE MANUFACTURER AS TO WHAT IS THE CORRECT TIRE PRESURE AND HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.(GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S P25570R16 109S)*JB

THE RADIO COMPONENT OVERHEATS TO THE EXTENT THAT CASSETTES AND CDS ARE HOT - NOT WARM- TO THE TOUCH. OTHER BUTTONS ON THE DASH ARE HOT TO TOUCH. DEALER IINSTALLED A FAN BEHIND THE RADIO TO COOL IT DOWN, BUT THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM..IT ONLY REDISTRIBUTED THE HEAT. CLIMATE CONTROL BUTTONS ARE STILL HOT TO TOUCH. FORD SAYS THIS IS "NORMAL" AND THIS IS THEIR SOLUTION. SEEMS LIKE THEY ONLY TRIED TO TAKE CARE OF SYMPTOM, NOT SOLVE A PROBLEM. ALSO, BECAUSE FAN IS SILENT, WE WON'T KNOW IF FAN MALFUNCTIONS UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE. SOMETHING'S LIABLE TO MELT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH AT A PARKING LOT, THE 4X4 LIGHT IN THE DASHBOARD BECAME ON AND ALL FOUR WHEELS IN THE VEHICLE LOCKED UP. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE BACK OR FORWARD. NO ONE WAS INJURED AS NO CARS WERE BEHIND ME. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF TRYING TO MOVE THE VEHICLE BACK OR FORWARD AND MOVING THE 4X4 KNOB IN THE DASHBOARD, I WAS ABLE TO UNLOCK THE WHEELS AND DRIVE HOMEW WITH THE VEHICLE. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE VEHICLE SINCE THEN UNTIL I CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON WHETHER THERE IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. I INTEND TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW TO REPORT THE PROBLEM. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED BECAUSE IF THE WHEELS LOCKED UP AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED IT CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF SOMEONE HAPPENS TO BE DRIVING BEHIND.

WHILE DRIVING 30-40 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND THEY LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN A REAR END COLLISION, CONSUMER SUFFERED BRUISES. AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. *JG *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT 30-40 MPH,HAD REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUFFERED BRUISES.*AK