1999 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

DT: 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. CONSUMER HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT. THE SPARK PLUG CAME OUT WHEN CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING. THE PLUG WAS STILL ATTACHED, AND THERE WERE SPARKS COMING FROM THIS. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF. CONSUMER HEARD A FUNNY NOISE. A LOCAL MECHANIC STATED THEY CAN FIX IT WITH A THREAD INSERT. WHEN CONSUMER CALLED FORD, THEY STATED THEY WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY WOULD CHANGE THE HEAD. THIS HAPPENED ON AUGUST 1, 2005, AT 100,000 MILES. THE OWNER'S MANUAL STATED THERE SHOULD BE NO SPARK PLUG MAINTENANCE UNTIL 100,000 MILES. THESE WERE THE ORIGINAL SPARK PLUGS. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

I WAS TRAVELING 46 MPH I FELL ASLEEP HITTING A STEEL TRAFFIC POLE HEAD ON, WHEN MY PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED BUT MY DRIVERS SIDE DID NOT. MY CAR BURST INTO FLAMES I WAS PULLED OUT OF MY VEHICLE AT THAT TIME MY VEHICLE WAS 190 DEGREES. NOW I HAVE SEIZURES DAILY,BROKEN RIBS, BROKEN DISC IN MY BACK, AND UNABLE TO WORK OR DRIVE DUE TO MY INJURIES. *NM

I HAVE A '99 FORD EXPEDITION AND I DEVELOPED A PROBLEM WHERE I LOST THE BRAKE AND TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS IN MY CAR. I REPLACED THE FUSED AND IT IMMEDIATELY POPPED AGAIN. SO I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC, AND HE LOOKED AT IT. THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID UP IN THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH, ALL THE WAY UP IN THE CABLE HARNESS (IN THE WIRES), AND IN THE CONNECTOR AT THE JUNCTION/FUSE BOX. WHEN HE REMOVED THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH, HE DISCOVERED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH WAS THE NEW SWITCH AND IT SPARKED AND IT CAUGHT FIRE. LUCKILY THE FLAME WAS CONTAINED TO JUST THE SWITCH AND THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO CUT THE SWITCH OUT OF THE CAR AND BLOW IT OUT BEFORE THE FIRE SPREAD. HE TOLD ME THE CAR HAD TO GO TO FORD AND HE SUGGESTED THAT I NOT DRIVE IT, AS IT WAS A FIRE HAZARD. SO IT WAS TOWED. THE FORD DEALERSHIP GOT IN AND INVESTIGATED AND THEY DETERMINED THAT I NEEDED A WHOLE NEW CABLING HARNESS BECAUSE OF MELTED WIRES AND BRAKE FLUID CONTAMINATION AND THAT THE PRICE WAS GOING TO BE $500 AND A NEW CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH AND FUSES. I INSTRUCTED FORD TO GO AHEAD WITH THE REPAIRS AND TO SAVE ALL OF THE OLD PARTS. FORD SAID THAT BECAUSE THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT SUBJECT TO THE RECALL DESPITE THE ENTIRE LIST OF OTHER COINCIDENTAL FAILURES THAT COULD HAVE LED TO A FIRE AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF LIFE. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT HAD THE OLD SWITCH STILL BEEN IN PLACE, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A FIRE ALREADY. AS THINGS WERE, MY MECHANIC JOE TAYLOR, AT TAYLOR'S AUTOMOTIVE SAID IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS ONE WOULD GO UP.

1999 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER 4X4 THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS REMOVED BY THE DEALER WHEN THEY SOLD IT TO ME AND NEVER PUT ONE ON IT, ALSO THE /C BLOWS OUT HOT AIR UP FRONT AND COLD IN THE BACK, AND THE ODOMITTER DOES NOT WORK, IT GOES IN AND OUT AND THE DEALER REFUSES TO FIX IT. SEVERAL OF MY FRIENDS HAVE THE SAME TRUCK AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM

HI. I HAVE A 99 FORD EXPEDITION AND READ ON CNN YOU ARE CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION. I HAVE HAD SO MANY ISSUES WITH THE LEAKING WINDSHIELD, AND SPENT OVER 2200 DOLLARS WITH NO RESOLUTION. IN THE END, I FOUND YOU COULD DRILL HOLES IN PARTS OF THE FUSE BOX. THE REALLY FRUSTRATING THING IS I WENT INTO MANY DIFFERENT FORD DEALERS WITH DOCUMENTATION IN HAND REGARDING OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE, AND THEY ALL ACTED LIKE THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM BEFORE. IT'S VERY UPSETTING. CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT ELSE I NEED TO DO TO ENSURE MY COMPLAINTS ARE CONSIDERED AS PART OF YOUR INVESTIGATION?

MY 1999 FORD EXPEDITION HAS HAD TO HAVE THE IGNITION COIL PACKS REPLACED AT LEAST 4 TIMES. THE SYMPTOMS ARE MISFIRE AND A RESULTING SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION UPON ACCELERATION. ONCE THE VEHICLE REACHES A CRUISING SPEED, THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO GO AWAY, BUT ONLY UNTIL YOU ACCELERATE AGAIN. FORD MOTOR COMPANY KNOWS THERE IS IS DESIGN FLAW IN THESE VEHICLES WHICH CAUSES WATER DRIPPING FROM SOME SOURCE (THE AIR CONDITIONER OR A WINDSHIELD THAT IS NOT SEALED) TO SHORT OUT THE IGNITION COIL PACKS. THEY HAVE A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON THE PROBLEM, BUT THE PROBLEM IS NOT ALWAYS REPORTED AS A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THEY FAIL TO DIAGNOSE THIS PROPERLY IN SOME CASES. THE FIRST 2 TIMES THIS HAPPENED, I TOOK THE CAR TO TWO DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIPS. BOTH TRIPS COST ME CLOSE TO $400 EACH TIME. THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPENED, WE WENT TO OUR LOCAL GARAGE AND THE GUY SAID THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, WELL KNOWN TO AUTO MECHANICS, BUT THAT THE INDIVIDUAL FAILING CYLINDER COULD NOT BE READILY DIAGNOSED BY THE COMPUTER CODES, SO IT WAS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR BECAUSE THEY MIGHT HAVE TO TRY ALL 8 COIL PACKS TO LOCATE AND IDENTIFY THE OFFENDER. THE LAST COIL PACK THAT FAILED WAS REPLACED BY MY HUSBAND AT A COST OF $45.00 AS THE FAILING UNIT WAS EASILY ACCESSIBLE. YOU CAN SEE THE GREAT DIFFERENCE IN COST OF DOING IT YOURSELF VS. BOTH OF MY TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP. MY TRUCK IS FAILING AGAIN NOW AND OF COURSE, IT IS EXHIBITING THE SAME SYMPTOMS OF A COIL PACK FAILURE. THIS TIME, HOWEVER, THE COIL PACK IN QUESTION IS NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR THE HOME MECHANIC AND WE WILL BE FORCED TO TAKE IT IN FOR REPAIR.

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. SHE STATES THAT WHILE THEY WERE IN A PARKING LOT THEY PUT THE TRUCK IN REVERSE AND IT TOOK OFF ACROSS THE PARKING LOT AND HIT ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP AND IT WAS JERKING. THE PERSON THAT THEY HIT HIS WIFE OWNS AN EXPEDITION SAID THAT THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO THEM. SHE CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SAID THAT SHE NEEDED TO TAKE HER VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE. *NM

I HAVE A 1999 EXPEDITION THAT HAS A PISTON THAT IS SLAPPING. IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 1999 EXPEDITIONS. I WANTED TO ASK IF THERE ARE ANY RECALLS ON THE HORIZON FOR THIS CONSISTENT PROBELM.

1999 FORD EXPEDITION 5.4L 4WD DRIVING DOWN ROAD AND SPARK PLUG SHOT OUT OF THE HEAD. CAUSING A LOUD POPPING NOISE AND BAD IDLE. REPLACED SPARKPLUG AND HAD HELI-COIL INSTALLED. TWO WEEKS LATER, ANOTHER SPARK PLUG SHOT OUT OF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HEAD.

WATER LEAKING UNDER DASH AROUND WINDSHIELD DEALER TRIED TWICE TO FIX PROBLEM AND TO DATE IT LEAKS WHEN SUBJECTED TO RAIN.