1998 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

BEGAN MAKING NOISE. HAD IT CHECKED AND REPAIRED BY DEALER. DEALER SAID THIS WAS A "FACTORY" DEFECT WHERE THE RING AND PINION GEAR WERE VERY BADLY MIS-ALIGNED. THE FORD DEALERSHIP MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE WORST HE HAS EVER SEEN. HE SAID THIS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PENDING FAILURE. HE SAID IF WE HAD WAITED, IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED A FAILURE. WE REPORTED THIS TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY, BUT THEY SAID THEY WOULD TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY. WE FEEL SINCE THIS WAS A FACTORY DEFECT AND NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR THAT THE COMPANY SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED WHILE PARKED. A FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE STARTED DUE TO AN OVERHEATED SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL # 05V388000 WHICH PERTAINED TO THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, HOWEVER THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED.

WHEN VEHICLE WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL, IT COULD NOT BE DEACTIVATED BY BRAKE PEDAL. THIS OCCURRED AFTER THE "CRUISE CONTROL" RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE BRAKE LAMP LIGHTS ARE NOW OUT AND THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE SHIFTED OUT OF PARK. (THIS APPEARS TO BE THE SAME DEFECT AS THE RECALL FOR THE 2001 FORD TAURUS, BUT DOES NOT SEEM TO APPLY TO THE 1998 FORD EXPEDITION). *NM

I OWN A 1998 FORD EXPEDITION XLT. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR THE PAST 8 MONTHS. WHEN TRUCK IS CONNECTED TO COMPUTER FOR TROUBLE SHOOT EGR CODE IS DETECTED. I HAVE CHANGED EGR,SOLENOID,COMPUTER AND TO THIS DATE LIGHT IS STILL ON. I HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WITH FORD EXPEDITIONS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE ONTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BEHIND THE ENGINE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DETERMINED THE UPPER PART OF THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REMOVED TO REPAIR THE LEAK.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE FIRE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AREA. THE FIRE SPREAD TO THE GARAGE AND DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID# 05V388000. THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BUT THE CONTACT WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. THE FORD MANUFACTURER HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED.

1998 EXPEDITION CRUISE CONTROL WAS DISCONNECTED. WHEN IT WAS RECONNECTED THERE WAS A SUDDEN VIBRATION. *TS THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL ON THE CRUISE CONTROL IN SEPTEMBER 2005 AND HAD IT DISCONNECTED WHILE WAITING TO HAVE IT FIXED. ON DECEMBER 28, 2005 THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS RECONNECTED BUT WASN'T USE UNTIL JANUARY 2006. WHEN IT WAS FINALLY USED THERE WAS A VIBRATION. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE CONSUMER OBSERVED FLUID LEAKING ONTO THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS NO WAS THAT THE VIBRATION WAS CONNECTED TO THE RECALL WORK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE CONSUMER'S REGULAR MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE BUSHING WAS DAMAGED ALONG WITH THE DRIVELINE AND TRANSFER CASE. ALL PARTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *NM

MY WIFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE A 98 FORD EXPEDITION ON U.S HIGHWAY 27 ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF CLEWISTON AND THE CAR STARTED TO SMOKE, SHE STOPPED IT , GOT OFF AND THEN THE CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE IS CURRENTLY NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, #05V388000 ON THE VEHICLE REGARDING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL CRUISE CONTROL. THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THEIR VEHICLE ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THEIR LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE MANUFACTURER CONFIRMED THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD DUE TO THE THREAD HOLDING THE SPARK PLUG INTO PLACE AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION, THE DEALERSHIP PUT A HELI COIL IN THE CYLINDER HEAD AND REPLACED THE SPARK PLUG, WHICH REMEDIED THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 3/9/2006 - THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED AT 48000 MILES ON THE #2 CYLINDER. THE PLUG WAS BLOWN OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. THE LATEST FAILURE WAS ON THE #7 PLUG. *NM