2001 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH A CURRENT ODOMETER READING OF 122,000 MILES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONTACT CAME OUT AND WITNESSED THE VEHICLE SMOKING, AND AS THEY PUT OUT THE FIRE, THE CONTACT SAW THAT THE FIRE CAME FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER CRUISE CONTROL AREA UNDER THE HOOD. LATER IN THE DAY THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE AGAIN, AN THE CONTACT HAD THE FUSE FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL REMOVED, WHICH STOPPED THE VEHICLE FROM SMOKING. THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THERE WAS RECALL 05V388000, BUT SHE NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTIFICATION. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE RISING FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE , AND IT WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL 05V388000. AFTER REVIEWING THE PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE'S FAILURE THE DEALER RAISED THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE RECALL REPAIR MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 84,000.*AK

TL*- THE CONTACT HAS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 100,010 MILES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UNDER WET OR SNOWING CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. WHEN THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD HIM THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A BATTERY PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAD CHANGED THE BATTERY SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO HAVE THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT LATER FOUND THAT HIS WINDSHIELD WAS LEAKING WATER TO THE FUSE BOX UNDER WET CONDITIONS WHICH WAS THE CAUSED THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER TO STOP WORKING. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE FAILURE.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS, REAR WINDOW WIPER, WINDOWS, INTERIOR LIGHTS AND MOON ROOF QUIT WORKING, APPARENT CAUSE WAS GEM MODULE DUE TO LEAKING WINDSHIELD? *JB

AFTER A RAIN AND ICE STORM WATER LEAKED AROUND THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING ELECTRICAL FAILURES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND THE HEADLAMPS. WATER ENTERED THE ENGINE OF THE VEHICLE THROUGH AN IMPROPERLY SEALED WINDSHIELD CAUSING THE POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX AND THE GENERIC ELECTRONIC MODULE TO GET WET. THESE COMPONENTS CONTROL VARIOUS ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS IN THE VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP RUNNING. ELECTRICAL DAMAGE HAD TO BE REPAIRED AND A NEW WINDSHIELD HAD TO BE INSTALLED. THIS CAUSED THE OWNER TO PAY OVER $2000 IN OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES. *NM

UNEXPLAINED ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY WHEN THE CAR IS UNATTENDED. SMELL OF BURNING PLASTIC/WIRING AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN SHUT OFF. CLICKING/HISSING COMING FROM UNDER DASH AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN SHUT OFF AND KEY REMOVED. HEATER, RADIO WILL CONTINUE TO RUN AFTER KEY HAS BEEN REMOVED, HAS EVEN COME ON BY ITSELF AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN LEFT UNATTENDED. MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS FLASHING FOR NO REASON AS WELL AS RANDOM WARNING BELLS. *NM

BLOWN SPARK PLUG IN 2001 FORD EXPEDITION 2006, HAD IT REPAIRED FOR $2,000. TODAY 2/14/07 IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN, I WILL HAVE IT TOWED TO THE SAME PLACE FOR REPAIRS PROBABLY COSTING ANOTHER $2,000 - $3,000. *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER DRIVING THE 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH 94000 FAILURE MILEAGE AND BEING PARKED FOR APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THREE FIRE ENGINES WERE DISPATCHED BECAUSE THE FIRE SPREAD TO THE CONTACT'S HOUSE. THE VEHICLE HAD EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. *AK

SEVERAL TIMES, USUALLY AT STOP LIGHTS, WHILE IDLING WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE ENGINE SURGES UP TO APPROX 1000 RPM FOR APPROX 3-5 SEC. IF FOOT WAS NOT ON THE BRAKE, THE TRUCK COULD HAVE ACCELERATED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, OR INTO THE INTERSECTION. EVERY TIME I'M AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP I HAVE THEM INVESTIGATE, BUT NOTHING IS FOUND ON THE COMPUTER CODE SEARCH, AND THE SYMPTOM IS VERY IRREGULAR AND RARE, SO IT HAS NOT REPRODUCED WHILE AT THE DEALER. I'VE SEEN THIS REPORTED BEFORE ON MYCARSTATS.COM. *NM

ACCELERATOR STICKS AT FREEWAY SPEEDS WHEN VERY COLD OUTSIDE AND DRIVING AT A STEADY SPEED OVER TIME. CAUSES UNSAFE CONDITION, ONLY WAY TO STOP IS SHUT OFF VEHICLE. *NM