2017 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

MY 2017 FORD EXPEDITION WITH 60,000 MILES, LOSES POWER RANDOMLY, WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHEN DRIVING. I HAVE TO PULL OVER IMMEDIATELY, SHUT IT OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON. FORD DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID IT'S THE THROTTLE BODY AND GASKET.

09-10-19 MY 2017 FORD EXPEDITION HAS SHUT DOWN MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS GO BLACK AND ALL POWER IS LOST, ENGINE, POWER STEERING ETC. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER ON 09-08-19. WHILE IT WAS BEING TOWED, THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER HAD TO PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH AN EXTINGUISHER. FORTUNATELY, I DECIDED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED AS THIS ENTIRE EXPERIENCE IS A LIFE SAFETY MATTER.

VEHICLE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH GOING UP A HIGHWAY ON RAMP, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, PULLED OVER AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. RESTARTED ENGINE AND IT CONTINUED TO RUN ROUGH. A COUPLE DAYS LATER THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE ACCELERATING INTO AN INTERSECTION AND AGAIN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY ETB ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER A RECALL!

THE BRAKES WENT OUT SUDDENLY. AFTER TAKING TO A MECHANIC WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WHICH RESULTED IN LEAKING BRAKE FLUID CORRODING THE BRAKE BOOSTER. RESEARCH HAS LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOUND IN THESE VEHICLES. THANKFULLY MY WIFE WAS ONLY BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN IT HAPPENED SO SHE DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT.

DURING ACCELERATION TOWARDS 60MPH- 70MPH THE TRUCK WILL BEGIN TO VIBRATE A LITTLE, THEN THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. AS YOU SETTLE ON A SPEED THE VIBRATION STOPS UNLESS YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO SPEED BACK UP. ONCE YOU PULL OVER AND TURN THE TRUCK OFF FOR A BIT AND TURN IT ON THE WRENCH DISAPPEARS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER, WAITED FOR A WHILE, RESTARTED THE ENGINE, AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF SAFELY. LATER DURING THE TRIP, THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. THE MOST RECENT FAILURE OCCURRED ON JUNE 26, 2019 AND THE SERVICE VEHICLE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MARTY FRANAGE FORD (550 AUTO CENTER DR, WATSONVILLE, CA 95076, (831) 722-4181) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT NO FAILURE CODE WAS FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEED ~65MPH ON A STRAIGHT HIGHWAY VEHICLE SHOWED WRENCH LIGHT AND LOSS ENGINE POWER. DRIVER HAD TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT SPEED CONTROL. IGNITION SWITCH WAS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS GONE AND THE VEHICLE DROVE NORMALLY. THE WRENCH LIGHT TURNED ON AGAIN AT ~40MPH ON A CITY STREET GOING STRAIGHT A FEW DAYS LATER. THE DRIVER AGAIN HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE AND RESET THE IGNITION TO REGAIN ACCELERATOR CONTROL. VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC WAS RUN AND NO CODES WERE STORED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC TOUCH SCREEN MONITOR FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

MIDDLE ROW PASSENGER SEAT THAT CAN FOLD AND FLIP FORWARD IS LOOSE. BRACKET THAT ATTACHES TO FLOOR OF VEHICLE APPEARS TO BE LOOSE CAUSING SEAT TO ROCK SIGNIFICANTLY. DEALERSHIP CLAIMS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE MOUNTING SYSTEM.

STEERING WHEEL IS EXTREMELY LOOSE AND IS ALMOST DETACHABLE FROM STEERING COLUMN WHILE IN MOTION. THE STEERING WHEEL CAN FREELY MOVE UP, DOWN AND SIDE TO SIDE EVEN WHEN VEHICLE IS IN STATIONARY AND NOT TURNED OFF. CONCERNED ABOUT STEERING WHEEL FULLY DETACHING WHILE DRIVING WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE COLLISION AND/OR DEATH.