2008 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND PARKED ON AN INCLINE WHEN IT ROLLED BACKWARD AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NOT ENGAGED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE REAR BUMPER AND LIFT GATE WERE DAMAGED, BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP AND REPAIRED. THE POLICE WERE ALSO NOTIFIED AND AN INCIDENT REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,342.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO OVER 100 MPH. AFTER TRYING TO DECELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER STOPPING, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES WERE SMOKING AND EXTREMELY HOT. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE CONTACTED ARRIVED ON SCENE TO ASSIST THE CONTACT. THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BOTH NOTED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD BECOME JAMMED AND WOULD NOT RELEASE. THE BATTERY WAS THEN DISCONNECTED SO THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IGNITE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 99,000.

DRIVING AT APPROX 35 MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT. I APPROACHED A 2 WAY INTERSECTION WITH ONE STOP SIGN. TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. BRAKES WERE PUMPED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH NO CHANGE. VEHICLE WENT THROUGH STOP SIGN AND OFF THE ROAD EVENTUALLY COMING TO A STOP NATURALLY WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF THE BRAKES. VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WENT OFF. BRAKES WERE THEN PRESSED AGAIN AND BRAKE PRESSURE WAS FELT. IF A VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BEEN COMING THOUGH THE INTERSECTION A SERIOUS CRASH COULD HAVE OCCURRED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE HE FOUND THAT THE REAR LIFT GATE GLASS IMPLODED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

MY VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE COMING INTO A CUB TO GET ONTO THE FREEWAY THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME MADE A SUDDEN STOP IN AN EMERGENCY PANIC I HIT MY BRAKES AND MY EXPEDITION NEVER ATTEMPTED TO STOP. AS I EXPLAINED TO TWO OF OFFICERS ON THE SCENE I WAS STANDING ON MY BRAKES AND IT WOULD NOT STOP. THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS DAY I WAS GIVEN INFORMATION FROM MY INSURANCE COMPANY THERE WAS A RASH OF PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES ON THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. FOLLOWING THE REPAIRS THE DEALERSHIP KEPT MY VEHICLE FOR 3 WEEKS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO MY BRAKE AND DISCOVERED FROM THE COMPUTER THERE WAS A PROBLEM PRIOR TO ME HAVING THE ACCIDENT. THE DAY I WENT TO PICK IT UP AFTER THREE WEEKS IN THE SHOP FOR BRAKES ALONE AGAIN I WAS PUT INTO MY FOURTH RENTAL VEHICLE BECAUSE THE TRUCK NEVER LEFT THE SHOP. TODAY MY BRAKES STILL WILL NOT STOP PROPERLY AND TO TOP IT OFF AFTER GIVING FORD A COPY OF THE RECALL FOR THE BRAKES, SENSORS, AND TRANSMISSION BY THE WAY OF WHICH THE DEALERSHIP HAS SUPPOSEDLY ADJUSTED PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT I STILL GOT STUCK WITH THE REPAIR BILLS. I TALKED WITH A CERTIFIED FORD BRAKE SPECIALIST THE DAY I GOT MY VEHICLE FROM THE SHOP AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT THE DEALERSHIP SAID AND DID AS WELL AS MY BRAKES STILL GO TO FLOOR BUT NOT TO MY SURPRISE HE TOLD ME IT WAS NOT RIGHT AND NEEDED TO GO BACK BECAUSE THE VEHICLE STILL IN NOT SAFE TO DRIVE BUT THE DEALERSHIP INSIST THESE BRAKE ARE SUPPOSE TO BE SOFT AND SQUISHY AS THE SHOP FOREMAN TOLD ME. THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND UNFORTUNATELY IT IS MY ONLY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO TRADE IT OR GET ANOTHER AT THIS TIME BUT SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES DO EXIST. *TR

ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 WE HIT A DEER, THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE EXPEDITION WAS DESTROYED. JIM BASS FORD COLLISION DID THE REPAIRS. IN THE MEANTIME THEY CLAIM THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON DUE TO THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR PIGTAIL BEING BAD. I CLAIMED THAT BEFORE THE ACCIDENT EVERYTHING WAS FINE ( NO ENGINE LIGHT). THE MECHANIC DID CONFIRM THAT THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL EXPEDITIONS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. AS A CONSUMER I THINK FORD SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO THIS ENGINE OUTAGE CALLED( PIGTAIL SENSOR). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE FRACTURED AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE WITHOUT OPENING THE DOOR FROM THE EXTERIOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 08V058000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES: DOORS: LATCH) BUT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2011 ATTEMPTING TO APPLY MY BRAKES DUE TO A VEHICLE THAT ABRUPTLY STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP FEELING AS IF THE BRAKES WERE NOT GRIPPING I HIT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THE FORD DEALERSHIP CHANGED THE REAR BRAKE TO INCLUDE INSTALLING A NEW REAR BRAKE LINE KIT STATING THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE FRONT AS THEY HAD NOT WORN DOWN YET. NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT ABS I INQUIRED ABOUT WHY THE REAR BRAKES WERE WORN AND THE FRONT BRAKES WERE STILL GOOD, I CANNOT REMEMBER THE EXPLANATION THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE GAVE BUT I FELT IT WAS NOT RIGHT. SIX MONTHS LATER MY BRAKES DON''T ALLOW ME TO STOP WHEN AN EMERGENCY ARISES PUTTING MY CHILDREN AND MYSELF IN DANGER ALONG WITH THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF US HAD WE ALREADY BEEN ON THE FREEWAY. I CAN''T SAY FOR SURE IF IT WAS THE FRONT OR THE REAR BRAKES THAT SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN BUT IT DID NOT ATTEMPT TO STOP COMING INTO A DOWNHILL CURVE UNTO THE FREEWAY. THERE WAS NO HESITATION IN THE BRAKES NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED THEM TO STOP. AFTER HAVING MY VEHICLE CHECKED AT THE BODY SHOP IT WAS DETERMINED THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS BUT FORD IS REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL MODULE FAILED TWICE IN THE PAST YEAR. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED ABNORMALLY INTO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE CONTACT HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKES BEFORE GETTING A RESPONSE. THE SECOND TIME THE FAILURE RECURRED, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BEFORE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,588 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,505. UPDATED 09/21/11 *BF

CAR WAS ON CRUISE CONTROL AND THE ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED TO PASS ANOTHER CAR. THE ACCELERATOR GOT STUCK AND THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING. THE BRAKE WAS PRESSED AND WE TRIED TO TURN OFF CRUISE CONTROL AND IT WOULD NOT STOP ACCELERATING. FINALLY, IT MADE A POPPING SOUND AND STOPPED ACCELERATING. IT HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES ON THE INTERSTATE. IT ALSO HAPPENED WHEN WE GOT OFF ON TO HIGHWAY AND ACCELERATED. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ON AND IT JUST KEPT ACCELERATING, THE BRAKE WOULD NOT STOP IT. THE ACCELERATOR WAS JUST STUCK ACCELERATING. *TR