1999 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE BOUNCE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER BEING TAKEN TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR AIR SUSPENSION BAGS WERE DEFLATED, AND THERE WAS NO AIR GETTING TO THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM. THERE WAS NO LEAK FOUND IN THE BAGS, AND THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE DEFLATION.

DURING DRIVING OF VEHICLE ALL GAUGES WENT TO ZERO, LIGHTS WOULDN'T WORK, RADIO WENT OUT, AC WENT OUT, WINDOWS, ETC. REPLACED THE BATTERY AND IT WORKED FINE FOR 1 DAY. PUT IN A NEW BATTERY AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING ON AND OFF WITH A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FUSE BOX. REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR AND TRIED TO HOOK UP BATTERY. VEHICLE STARTED DOING THE SAME THING. NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING TO REPLACE THE GEM AND FUSE BOX DUE TO WATER/MOISTURE. ISN'T THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THIS? IT IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM AS YOU CAN SEE FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS. *NM

MY FORD EXPEDITION STOPPED BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THE TEMPERATURE. I AM NOW GOING INTO WINTER, AND I CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO DEFROST THE WINDOWS WHICH COULD CAUSE A VERY SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE. THE "BLEND DOOR" IS PLASTIC IN MY YEAR, AND FORD CHANGED IT TO NYLON DURING THE PRODUCTION RUN. I AM LEFT WITH A DEFECTIVE BLEND DOOR, AND VEHICLE AND FORD HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE FIX ($1,700) IS MY RESPONSIBILITY NOT THEIRS. MY RESEARCH ON THE WEB SHOWS THAT THIS ISSUE IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH FORDS, AND EXPEDITIONS AND I BELIEVE THAT FORD HAS NOT RESOLVED THIS ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE COST, NOT CARING ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES. *JB

1999 FORD EXPEDITION, 88K MILES, SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM PASSENGER SIDE OF ENGINE. THIS OCCURRED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHILE IN LEFT LANE OF SMOKETOWN ROAD IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. THE VEHICLE STALLED AFTER I LET OFF THE GAS PEDAL RIGHT AFTER A LOUD BANG AND POPPING SOUND WAS HEARD IN ENGINE. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, BUT HAD TO KEEP THE RPM'S UP TO KEEP FROM STALLING. AFTER CUTTING OFF SEVERAL CARS IN CENTER AND RIGHT LANE, THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD. I DETECTED A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE PRESENT WHEN HOOD WAS RAISED. NOT ONCE DID THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT COME ON; UNLIKE ALL THE OTHER TIMES IT CAME ON WHEN NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALER AND A $3400 HEAD REPLACEMENT PERFORMED BECAUSE HEAD WAS RUINED BY STRIPPED SPARK PLUG EJECTING. UPON CHECKING INTERNET, I FOUND THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING INCREASING PROBLEM. IT APPEARS THAT AN INQUIRY DONE BY YOUR AGENCY CONCLUDED IN JANUARY OF 2006 THAT THIS IS A RARELY OCCURRING INCIDENT OF LITTLE TO NO DANGER. I BEG TO DIFFER. A SIMPLE GOOGLE QUERY WILL SHOW THOUSANDS IF NOT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING FORD TRITON ENGINE SPARK PLUG PROBLEMS POSTED ON VARIOUS MESSAGE BOARDS. IT IS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM THIS OBVIOUS PROBLEM. I'M JUST GLAD I WAS ALONE DRIVING AND NOT MY WIFE AND CHILDREN. MY WIFE WOULD HAVE REMAINED IN THE STALLED VEHICLE WHILE SITTING IN THE PASSING LANE. CONSIDERING THE ENORMOUS NUMBER OF POTENTIALLY AFFECTED VEHICLE THIS ISSUE INVOLVES, I WILL ALSO BE BRINGING THIS MATTER TO THE ATTENTION OF EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL I CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO. *JB

ON AUGUST 2, 2006, WHILE TRAVELING IN MICHIGAN, A SPARK PLUG SUDDENLY BLEW OUT OF MY 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING OR INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO BAY CITY, MI, WHERE A FORD DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST APPROX. $3500 TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. HE SAID IT WAS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH FORD EXPEDITIONS. MY CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 120000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. I KEPT THE SPARK PLUG AND COIL ATTACHMENT, AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE GROOVES ON THE PLUG GAVE WAY OR WERE STRIPPED. *NM

LOST BRAKE PRESSURE. FOUND LEAK COMING FROM FRT LH BRAKE LINE. FITTING BETWEEN METAL AND RUBBER BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED AND FATIGUED TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. LOST ALL BRAKE FLUID AND RUINED FRT LH RIM DUE TO CORROSIVE PROPERTY OF BRAKE FLUID. PURCHASED REPLACEMENT PART AT LOCAL DEALER. N/G BRAKE LINE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ABS ACTIVATED WITHOUT EFFORT CREATING AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE BRAKES WERE HYDRAULIC AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON OCCASION. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO A BRAKE SHOP BUT NOT TO A DEALER.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY DETERMINED THE OXYGEN SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALTHOUGH REPAIR WAS MADE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED A SECOND TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THIS TIME WHERE THEY DETERMINED THE OXYGEN SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED THEREFORE CAUSING A NEED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR SUSPENSION SEIZED BECAUSE THE BALL JOINTS WERE DETACHING. AFTER THE SUSPENSION SEIZED THE CHECK SUSPENSION LIGHT ILLUMINATED.

DRIVING AT 25 MPH IN RESIDENTIAL AREA OF CLEVELAND OH SPARK PLUG #3 BLEW OUT OF HEAD, LEAVING ME STRANDED FOR 2 DAYS WAITING TO GET REPAIRS FINISHED. 5.4 TRITON ENGINE, PROPERLY MAINTAINED WITH 59,000. MILES ON IT. *NM