1998 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A TAPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. CONSUMER CONTINUED DRIVING WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. AFTERWARDS, VEHICLE LOST POWER. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. *AK

1998 FORD EXPEDITION AFTER REVIEWING ALL THE COMPLAINTS LISTED I REALIZED I HAD EXPERIENCE SIMILAR ONES FOR INSTANCE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT IN DEC/02. IN AUG./03 THE TIE ROD BROKE. WE HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH 4X4 WORKING OR IN THIS CASE NOT. WHEN SWITCHED IN WHILE LIFTED ON A HOIST IT REGISTERS, BUT WHEN ON THE GROUND IT DOESN'T WORK. SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE WEIGHT. ALSO THE DOOR LOCKS NO LONGER WORK, SOMETHING TO DO WITH A SENSOR. INTERIOR LIGHT STAYS ON IN HOT WEATHER. AND THE LIST GOES ON. *LA

I HAVE A 1998 FORD EXPEDITION 5.4L. THE SPARKPLUG THREADS ON CYLINDER #3 ARE DAMAGED EVEN THOUGH THE SPARKPLUGS ARE ORIGINAL. THE FORD MECHANIC CLAIMS THIS IS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT THREADS ON THE ORIGINAL CYLINDER HEAD. MY PLUG LOOSENED PART WAY BUT DID NOT BLOW OUT LIKE MANY OTHERS HAVE REPORTED. *LA

CONSUMER INDICATED THAT FRONT AND BACK ROTORS WERE WEARING OUT PREMATURELY. DEALERSHIP CHANGED THE BRAKES ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.*AK

TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AT APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH WHEN ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS IN THE MOTOR EXPLODED OUT OF THE HEAD. I SPOKE TO FORD, AND THEY EXPRESSED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FORD EXPEDITION, THAT IT IS PROBABLY A CASTING FLAW WITH THE HEADS, AND THAT A REPLACEMENT IS TYPICAL AND WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $3,000.00 FOR REPAIR. ASIDE FROM BEING STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THERE WAS NO INDICATOR THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN. RESEARCH HAS LED ME TO FIND THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS, OF OTHER FORD OWNERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME PROBLEM. WHERE IS THE RECALL? *LA

SPARK PLUG WAS 'BLOWN' OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD ON 1998 FORD EXPEDITION. FORD ENTHUSIAST WEBSITE SHOWED THIS OCCURRING TO SEVERAL PEOPLE. THE EXPENSE IS $4100 AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURER. THERE WAS NO WARNING, NOR ANY RECENT SERVICE PERFORMED OTHER THAN OIL CHANGE. *JB

THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED. THE CONSUMER WILL PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NLM

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WITH IGNITION TURNED OFF AND WITH DRIVER STANDING OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE AND REACHING INTO IGNITION TO TAKE KEYS OUT VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND SLAMMED INTO THE PAVEMENT, HITTING A PARKED CAR BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. *AK

THE AIR SUSPENSION PUMP FAILED AT LEAST SIX TIMES, AND CAUSED THE REAR SUSPENSION TO FALL FROM THE VEHICLE ONTO THE TIRES WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE NEW AIR PUMP WAS REMOVED AND THAT IS WHEN THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE AIR BAG. *AK *JB

WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY,THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. THE CAUSE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CONSUMER FELT IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS. *AK *SCC *JB