1999 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES AND THEN PARKING, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. SHE LIFTED THE HOOD AND NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE ORIGINATED AT THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 130,000.

I HAVE THE FORD EXPEDITION 1999 IT WAS FIRE. I REPORT THIS BECAUSE IS VERY DANGER. IN THEN I TALK TO SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME VEH. THEY DON'T NOT ABOUT THIS. I SEND THE LETTER TO FORD WHY THEY NO REPORT THIS IN RADIO,TV AND NEWSPAPER. PLEASE HELP DRIVER ON THE ROAD. THANK YOU. *TR

I BOUGHT 1999 EXPEDITION AND 12 HOURS LATER THE KEYS WERE NOT IN THE VEHICLE 2 CABLES WERE SPARKING AND FLYING BY DRIVERS SIDE TIRE IN 5 MIN THE VEHICLE WAS GONE AND ON TOP OF THAT IT MELT MY HOUSE. FORD DOESN'T RESPOND TO ME AFTER I TURN IN REPORT. FORD TELLS ME THE LADY ON MY CASE IS THE ONLY PERSON THAT TALK TO ME AND SHE WON'T RETURN MY PHONE CALLS WHAT CAN I DO? I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH 5 KIDS. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN LIVE WITH MY DEPRESSION. FORD ARE KILLERS MY KIDS COULD OF BEEN IN THERE! *TR

IT STARTED OFF WITH A BEEPING, THAT HAPPENED ONCE AND A WHILE. I ALSO NOTICED WHEN THE DEFROSTER WAS TURNED ON BLACK DUST LIKE STUFF WOULD BLOW OUT. THEN ONE DAY MY HUSBAND AND I HEARD THE EXPEDITION TRYING TO START. NO KEYS IN THE IGNITION, NO ONE IN THE TRUCK! MY HUSBAND HAD TO DISABLE THE BATTERY TO GET IT TO STOP. WE WERE GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE FORD DEALER,BUT WHEN WE STARTED IT, IT CONTINUED TO TRY AND TURN OVER. THEREFORE MY HUSBAND HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY AGAIN AND WE HAD TO PAY FOR A TRUCK HAULER TO TAKE IT TO THE FORD DEALER. WHILE AT THE DEALER WE TOLD THEM IT COULDN'T BE STARTED, BECAUSE OF IT TRYING TO TURN OVER, BUT APPARENTLY THEY DID LET IT RUN AND NOW WE HAVE STARTER PROBLEMS. ALSO THEY HAD THE WINDSHIELD SEAL REPLACED, BUT IT STILL LEAKS. WE WILL BE TAKING IT BACK TO THEM TO HAVE THEIR REPAIRS REPAIRED. IT'S A SHAME, I WAS SO PROUD OF MY SUV, NOW I JUST DON'T KNOW. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER. WHILE DRIVING 57 MPH, A VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE AND CAUSED A CRASH. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 125,418 UPDATED 10/15/08 *BF UPDATED 10/20/08. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. HE MANAGED TO GET CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND THEY REPLACED A HEALY COIL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO MONTHS LATER WHILE DRIVING AT THE SAME SPEED. A STATE TROOPER STOPPED TO ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS ONCE AGAIN TOWED TO THE MECHANIC AND THEY PERFORMED THE SAME REPAIR. LESS THAN A MONTH LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE WITH A BLOWN SPARK PLUG. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 106,000. UPDATED 09/23/08. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED 3 SPARKS PLUGS HAD BLOWN OUT FROM THE ENGINE. UPDATED 09/24/08. 8JB

I OWN A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION AND MY FAMILY HAS EXPERIENCED (3) BLOWN SPARK PLUGS! THE TRITON ENGINES FORD MAKES HAVE ALUMINUM HEADS AND SPARK PLUGS ARE BLOWING OUT. ON MAY 6, 2008 WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE (COST $273.03) REPLACED HELIE COIL. JULY 18TH 2ND BLOWOUT WITH 3 YOUNG CHILDREN LATE AT NIGHT. POLICE OFFICER HAS HAD 2 BLOWN SPARK PLUGS ON HIS FORD! (COST $1,502.02) HAD TO REMOVE HEAD. #3 BLOWOUT LAST NIGHT PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY WITH FAMILY ON BOARD. I WILL NOT TAKE THIS VEHICLE ANYWHERE AGAIN AS THESE EXPLOSIONS CAN CAUSE A CAR FIRE AND I WILL NOT RISK THAT OR BEING STRANDED IN REMOTE CAMPING AREA. I HAVE WROTE A LETTER TO FORD BOARD OF DIRECTORS- CALLED FORD DIRECTLY AND AT THIS TIME THERE IS "NO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAMS" ACCORDING TO "AMY" MY CASE GIRL. GOOGLE "FORD TRITON ENGINE BLOWN SPARK PLUGS" AND YOU WILL SEE THE MANY CONSUMERS FRUSTRATED AND EXPERIENCING THIS. IF MY CAR CATCHES FIRE AND MY FAMILY IS INJURED OR KILLED I WILL HOLD YOU AND FORD PERSONALLY LIABLE AS THIS IS MY WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF THIS DEFECT. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL AND IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW! *TR

97 TO 99 5.4 FORDS LIKE TO BLOW PLUGS OUT OF THE CAST ALUMINUM CYLINDER HEADS. THEY DOUBLED THE THREADS IN 2000. IT OCCURRED TO MY 99 EXPEDITION,OUT OF WARRANTY DON'T EXPECTANCY HELP FROM FORD MAYBE YOUR DEALER. MY EXPEDITION WAS 4 YEARS OLD,AT THE TIME. BEST ADVICE BUY GM FORGET ABOUT FORD UNLESS YOU OWN A TOW TRUCK. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO COLORADO SPRINGS ON HWY 24. SHE PULLED AWAY FROM A STOPLIGHT WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD SLAPPING NOISE. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY, DESPITE HEAVY TRAFFIC. WE HAD THE FORD EXPEDITION TOWED TO THE DEALER WE BOUGHT IT FROM. THEY HAVE CALLED ME TO TELL ME THE NUMBER 7 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF HE BLOCK RUINING THE THREADS THAT HOLD IT, IN ADDITION THE COIL PACK WAS RUINED. I HAVE A WARRANTY ON THIS VEHICLE (IT WAS BOUGHT USED), THE SERVICE MANAGER IS TELLING ME THEY WILL NOT COVER THIS UNDER THE WARRANTY BECAUSE IT IS A "MAINTENANCE ISSUE". I INFORMED HIM THAT I WILL NOT PAY FOR THIS REPAIR AND HE SAID HE WOULD CALL FORD TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING, LOL. IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN TRAVELING AT HWY SPEEDS SHE COULD HAVE CRASHED AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE WAS REAL BECAUSE OF THE FACT FUEL WAS COMING OUT OF THE SPARK PLUG HOLE AND THE COIL PACK WAS STILL FIRING. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED SINCE MAY 28, 2008. THE CONTACT AND HER TWO CHILDREN HAD BEEN AWAY FROM THE HOUSE FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND WHEN THEY RETURNED, THEY NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE OCCURRED ON MAY 30, 2008. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LEFT A NOTICE IN THE DOOR TO INFORM THE CONTACT OF WHAT HAPPENED WHILE THEY WHERE AWAY. AFTER CHECKING THE MAILBOX, SHE WAS ABLE TO LOCATE A RECALL NOTICE SENT BY FORD TO IDENTIFY THE POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE RELATED DEFECT IN HER VEHICLE, PERTAINING TO THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FORD MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT OR A RENTAL VEHICLE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY CURRENTLY HAS THE VEHICLE. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 120,000.