1997 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

UPON MERGING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE AND VEHICLE SEIZED TO ACCELERATE. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY REAR DIFFERENTIAL BREAKING. THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. THE PART WAS REPLACED.*AK

WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT START. THIS OCCURRED FOUR TIMES. AFTER AN HOUR THE KEY WAS INSERTED INTO THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE STARTED UP AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF, AND THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL. *JB

WHILE APPROACHING A UTILITY CREW FLAMAN I APPLIED THE BRAKES. IT SLOWED AND THEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER THE BRAKES WERE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. I RAN PAST THE FLAGMAN FLASHING MY LIGHTS, PUMPING THE BRAKES AS WELL AS THE EMERGENCY BRAKES AND HONKING THE HORN. AFTER RUNNING THREE CARS OFF THE ROAD AND CHECKING ON MY FOUR YEAR OLD IN THE BACKSEAT WE CAME TO A STOP. THE DRIVERS SIDE BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED IN TWO AT THE METAL/RUBBER HOSE JUNCTION. I REPLACED BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT HOSES. THE PASSENGER SIDE ON VISUAL INSPECTION LOOKED O.K. DID I MENTION WE WERE PULLING A FLAT BED TRAILER AND GOING DOWN HILL WITH NO SHOULDERS, ONLY DROP OFFS!

I HAVE HAD A TOTAL OF THREE BOLTS BACK OUT THAT SECURE THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT BRAKE ASSEMBLY. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. ONE BOLT ON ONE OCCASION WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED. THE SECOND OCCASION RESULTED IN TWO BOLTS BACKING OUT AND ALLOWING THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY TO FALL AGAINST THE INSIDE OF THE WHEEL. THIS RESULTED IN THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY BINDING AGAINST THE WHEEL AND FRACTURING THE WHEEL. ONCE THE WHEEL WAS CRACKED THE TIRE WHENT FLAT INSTANTLY, THUS RUINING THE TIRE AS WELL. I HAD BEEN TRAVELING AT 75 MPH SHORTLY BEFORE THE FAILURE OCCURRED. HAD I NOT HEARD THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY SCRATCHING AGAINST THE WHEEL AND STOPPED, THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I FEEL LIKE IF IT IS HAPPENING TO MINE, IT IS PROBABLY HAPPENING WITH OTHER FORD EXPEDITIONS AND TRUCKS AS WELL. IF THIS IS NOT CORRECTED I BELIEVE FATALITIES MAY RESULT. BY THE WAY, I'M OUT ABOUT $700 FOR TOWING, RENTAL CAR, TIRE AND WHEEL REPLACEMENT. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT RUNNING BOARD LIGHT DOES NOT LIGHT UP. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT SPARE TIRE CABLE SNAPPED IN HALF WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. CONSUMER SAW THE TIRE ROLLING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. *AK

I AM ORIGINAL OWNER OF MY 1997 EXPEDITION, WHICH JUST TURNED 60000. DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLICKERED. STOPPED THE TRUCK AND IT STALLED. WHEN TRYING TO RESTART, BATTERY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH JOICE TO TURN ENGINE. WHEN HOOKING UP JUMPER CABLES, THE STARTER ENGAGED BY ITSELF, WITHOUT KEY IN IGNITION, ENGINE STARTED, BUT STARTER REMAINED ENGAGED FOR A FEW MINUTES. ENGINE IDLED, BUT WHEN HEADLIGHTS WERE TURNED ON ENGINE STALLED. WHEN TRYING TO RESTART, NOTHING HAPPENED WHEN TURNING KEY, EVEN WITH JUMPER CABLES CONNECTED TO A GOOD BATTERY. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE GROUND WIRE, STARTER, STARTER SOLENIOD, STARTER CABLE, ALTERNATOR, BATTERY, AND LOCKOUT SENSOR. MECHANIC SAID HE HAS REPLACED MANY GROUND WIRES ON THESE TRUCKS, BUT TYPICALLY ONLY GROUND WIRE, STARTER SOLENOID, & BATTERY. MY TRUCK WAS THE WORST EFFECTED. HOW CAN I FIND OUT IF THERE IS ANY ACTION THAT CAN BE TAKEN AGAINST FORD FOR THIS VERY EXPENSIVE FAULT ?*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING A KNOCKING NOISE WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THERE WAS VIBRATIONS COMING THOUGH THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING SPARK PLUG FELL OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HAVE NO POWER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK