1999 Ford Ford Truck

PREMATURE PERFORATED CORROSION OF ENTIRE STEEL BRAKE LINE OF MY 1999 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER 5.4L 4WD WAS DISCOVERED AFTER MY BRAKE WARNING LIGHT WENT ON WITHOUT ANY PERCEIVED PROBLEM WITH BRAKING NOTED. INSPECTION OF THE BRAKES BY A NON-DEALER VENDOR REVEALED A WELL MAINTAINED BRAKE SYSTEM EXCEPT FOR SEVERE CORROSION OF THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE SYSTEM WITH A LEAK ABOVE THE GAS TANK SUSPECTED. NO REPAIRS WERE STARTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY DELIVERED TO THE DEALER (AL PACKER FORD). THE DEALER REPORTED THAT THE BRAKE LINE HAD CORRODED THROUGH CLOSE TO THE MASTER CYLINDER AND WAS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID DOWN THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE BRAKE LINE. CUSTOMER HAS AUTHORIZED REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE CORROSION RIDDEN BRAKE LINE SETUP AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $700.00 + THAT SO FAR IS NOT COVERED BY FORD. THE DEALER HAS BEEN INSTUCTED TO HOLD ALL REMOVED PARTS FOR INSPECTION. REVIEW OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY OTHERS RE BRAKE LINE CORROSION AND BRAKE FAILURE EVENTS AND REPORT OF THIS EVENT TO FORD FOR CONSIDERATION FOR COVERAGE AS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN MATERIAL (INFERIOR STEEL BRAKE-LINE SUSCEPTIBLE TO RUST PERFORATING CORROSION) DID NOT GENERATE AN OFFER FOR COVERAGE OR TECHNICAL BULLETIN ADVISING THESE COMPONENTS BE CLOSELY INSPECTED FOR THIS POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING AND UNEXPECTED SOURCE OF BRAKE FAILURE AS WELL AS A POTENTIAL RISK FOR UNEXPECTED VEHICLE FIRE. I REQUEST A TECHNICAL BULLETIN AND/OR RECALL FOR INSPECTION FOR CORROSION OF BRAKELINES ON ALL FORD EXPEDITIONS. HOPEF

RE: FORD MOTOR COMPANY TRUCK WINDSHIELDS NOT SEALED PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING IN A HARD RAIN, I HAVE A 99 FORD EXPEDITION AND IT SOMEHOW HAD WATER LEAK INTO THE FUSE PANEL SHORTING IT OUT, ALSO SHORTED OUT THE GEM AND THE PCM. THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL, SMOKE FROM DASH. THERE WERE NO FLAMES, HOWEVER SOMETHING WAS BURNING SOMEWHERE. TRUCK QUIT RUNNING. BROKE DOWN 165 MILES AWAY FROM HOME. FIRST WE TRIED A "NEW" BATTERY, TRIED JUMPING IT NOTHING WORKED. WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE CLOSEST FORD DEALER - LAKE FORD IN LEWISTOWN, PA. THEY SAY IT NEEDS A NEW FUSE PANEL, GEM, PCM OVER $800 AND THIS DOESN'T EVEN GUARANTEE A RUNNING VEHICLE. ALSO THEY SAY THAT EVEN IF THE VEHICLE DOES START THERE WILL BE NO AIRBAGS! OR RADIO (THEY WERE SHORTED INTERNALLY). THE SAFETY ISSUE I'D LIKE TO REPORT IS THAT WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE TRUCK CUTS OUT INSTANTLY. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED APPROX. 6 MOS. BEFORE THIS INCIDENT . AGAIN DRIVING IN A HARD RAIN I WAS PULLING OUT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. LUCKILY I DIDN'T PULL ALL THE WAY OUT IN FRONT OF THE TRAFFIC BEFORE MY TRUCK JUST QUIT RUNNING. HAD TO PUSH IT OFF THE ROAD AND A JUMP GOT IT STARTED THIS TIME. AT THIS TIME I HAD NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED THIS. SINCE THEN I TALKED TO OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. THEY SAID FORD KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS AND THEY EVEN HAVE A NAME FOR IT - THEY CALL IT "WATER INTRUSION". I URGE YOU TO HAVE THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY PUT IN A RECALL ON THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED OUT THERE!. *NM

DRIVING NORMALLY WHEN LOAD SOUND CAME OUT FROM UNDER HOOD. ACCELERATING SLIGHTLY TO GET OFF OF THE ROAD SOUNDED LIKE BACK FIRING. EXPEDITION WAS TOWED TO MECHANICS. TOW TRUCK OPERATOR ALSO MENTIONED THAT HE HIMSELF HAD TOWED BETWEEN 15 AND 20 EXPEDITIONS DUE TO THIS SPARK PLUG PROBLEM AND WE LIVE IN A SMALL COMMUNITY. AFTER EXAMINING, MECHANIC EXPLAINED THAT ONE HALF OF THE HEAD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE SPARK PLUG COMING OUT OF THE HEAD AND STRIPING THE THREADS ON ITS WAY OUT. HE CALLED FELLOW MECHANIC THAT WORKS AT FORD WHO TOLD HIM HE HAS REPLACED MANY FORDS WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THREADS ARE NOT ADEQUATE FOR HOLDING SPARK PLUG IN HEAD. OTHER DAMAGE WAS DONE UNDER THE HOOD DUE TO EJECTION OF PLUG. CHANCES ARE GOOD THAT THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM COULD HAPPEN TO THE OTHER SIDE A DIRECT QUOTE FROM MY MECHANIC. *JB

INTERIOR LIGHTS, POWER WINDOWS, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT WORK WHICH COULD OF CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WHEN IT HAPPENED WHEN IT WAS RAINING. *JB

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE WIPER IN MY VEHICLE SINCE PURCHASED THEY ONLY COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THEY ARE UNABLE TO REPAIR IT. I HAVE ALSO HAVE A AIR BAG LIGHT GO ON AND OFF THEY CAN'T SEEM TO FIX EITHER. *JB

1999 FORD DIESEL TRUCK OIL PAN LEAKS. *MR THE OIL PAN DETERIORATED PREMATURELY. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A FIX OF THE PROBLEM AND A RECALL. THE CONSUMER HAS TALKED TO MANY FORD TRUCK OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. *SC

AS PER OIL LEAK PER HEAD GASKETS ON FORD 1999 4.6 AND 5.4 ENGINES . THE ENGINE WAS REPAIRED AT 30000 + MILE FOR A BAD HEAD GASKET , NOW AT 80,000 MILES IT BAD AGAIN, IT'S LEAKING AND SMOKING DUE TO THE LEAK AND WITH SPEAKING WITH SERVICE CENTERS THIS IS VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE, FOR ?ENGINE FIRE OR ???*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH SUSPENSION STABILITY AND CONTROL, SEVERAL REPLACEMENTS OF SUSPENSION/STEERING COMPONENTS...TIE ROD/S BENT/BROKEN CAUSEING TO LOSE CONTROL AT LOW SPEED (THANK GOD I WASNT GOING FASTER AT THE TIME) WHEELS FLOPPED ON ITS SIDES CONTINUED 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND REPLACEMENT OF SEVERAL FRONT END,ARMS, JOINTS, TIE RODS, FRONT END REPAIRS COSTING $1500... PLUS...VEHICAL SWAYS ALL OVER THE ROAD AND PULLS RIGHT AND THEN PULLS LEFT WITH A LOT OF PLAY IN STEERING WHEEL AFTER SEVERAL 4/WHEEL ALIGNMENTS. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICAL INTO COURTSEY FORD MATTYDALE NY SEVERAL TIMES NOW TO FIX FRONT END PROBLEMS \ THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND SHOULD BE DEFINITELY A RECALL ON THE FORD EXPIDITIONS. FUTHERMORE, ALL WHEEL DRIVE / 4 WHEEL DRIVE OFTEN IS LOCKED INTO 4 WHEEL WILL NOT COME OUT OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE. ***ALSO, DIGITAL DASH SHORT OR LOSS OF USE LIGHTS ON DASH GOING OUT INCLUDING ODOMETER OFTEN GO OUT AND THE TURN BACK ON I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS REGARDING ALL OF THE ABOVE...FOR THE 99 FORD EXPIDITIONS. *** THE BRAKE PEDAL ALSO LOCKS UP IF/WHEN THE TIRE SPIN OR ENGINE REVVS UP YOU TRY TO APPLY THE BREAKS HOWEVER, THE BREAK PEDAL WILL NOT MOVE IT'S LOCKED AND WILL NOT MOVE UNLIT TIRES STOP SPINNING OR ENG. STOPS REVVING...ANTI-LOCK PROBLEM???*AK

1999 FORD WINDSTAR RACK & PINION FAILURE, 72,000 MILES.*AK

THERE WAS A SUPER CHARGER INTER COOLER LEAK IN 1999, FORD TRUCK. IT WAS SPILLING COOLANT DIRECTLY INTO THE MOTOR INTAKE. THIS WAS A SAFETY/EMISSIONS PROBLEM WITH COOLANT CLOGGING THE O2 SENSOR AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER. CONSUMER BOUGHT A USED VEHICLE, AND RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT DONE. FORD CONTRACT NOR AFTERMARKET SERVICE CONTRACT COVERED THIS PROBLEM. *AK

99 LIGHTNING SHOOTING SPARK PLUGS OUT. PH

WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM A STOPLIGHT I HEARD A TREMENDOUS POP. UPON INSPECTION I FOUND THAT THE #6 PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD TAKING THE COIL PACK WITH IT. THE ENTIRE HEAD HAD TO BE REPLACED. I HEAR THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON WITH THE FORD TRITON V-8 ENGINES WHICH UTILIZE THE ALLUMINUM HEADS.

OIL LEAK NOTICED ON DRIVEWAY, DEALER FOUND PASSENGER-SIDE REAR OF HEAD GASKET LEAKING. DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKET AT COST OF $1300, HOWEVER AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM IT IS OBVIOUS THAT MANY OTHER 1999 5.4L ENGINES HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM RECURRING FREQUENTLY. BOUGHT VEHICLE USED AND DO NOT KNOW IF THIS COMPONENT WAS ALREADY REPLACED PRIOR TO PURCHASE (BOUGHT AT 41K MILES). THIS SPECIFIC HEAD GASKET FAILURE IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THESE 1999 5.4L ENGINES, MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE TO RECUR DUE TO DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING.

VEHICLE SHAKES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED; I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE, IT DID NOT GET FIXED AND ANOTHER PROBLEM PRESENTED ITSELF WHICH I HAD TO HAVE FIXED AS WELL. I THEN PROCEEDED TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP TO GET THE BRAKES FIXED, THEY TOO DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM; THE VECHICLE STILL SHAKES AT AROUND 30.*AK

THE TURNING SIGNAL INDICATOR IS IN THE OUTSIDE REAR-VIEW MIRRORS, THE SILVER GLAZING ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE MIRRORS IS COMING OFF, MAKING IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE USING THESE MIRRORS, REPLACEMENT COST 440.00 DOLLARS.

THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD IN THE EVENING HOURS WHILE PARKED AND IN THE OFF POSITION. NO ONE WAS SIGHTED NEAR THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. PROPER AUTHORITIES WERE CALLED AND INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT. THE "HOT SPOT" OF THE FIRE APPEARS TO BE IN THE POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS. THIS VEHICLE WAS USED ALL DAY AND PARKED FOR MANY HOURS BEFORE THE FIRE IGNITED.

AFTER SHIPPING TIRE AND ESTIMATES AND PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGES AS REQUIRED BY FIRESTONE, MY CLAIM WAS DENIED , THEIR REASON WAS: FAILURE DUE TO UNDER INFLATION. BECAUSE WE TRAVEL A LOT WITH OUR FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER, I REGULARLY CHECK AND KEEP MY TIRES INFLATED AT THE MANUFACTURE'S RECOMMED (75LBS) OF AIR PRESSURE.FIRESTONE HAS THE TIRE IN QUESTION AND WILL SEND IT BACK TO ME AT MY ADDITIONAL EXPENSE. (REF. NO. 028739) THE OTHER TWO TIRES THAT BLEW OUT HAD JUST OVER 36000 MILES. THEY WERE ALSO ON THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. I DID NOT FILE ON THESE TWO BECAUSE THEY CAUSED NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW81XL079 TIRESIZE: 26575R16)

I KNOW OF TWO OTHER INCIDENTS THAT SAME KIND FAILED, FORD BASICALLY SAID PROVE IT. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

WHILE GOING OVER POT HOLES OR BRAKING HARD THE VEHICLE WOULD SWERVE AND EXPERIENCE TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL, POSSIBLY DUE TO THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE (NO MAKE/MODEL OF TIRE PROVIDED). *MJS

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