2001 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

DT: THE CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT, THE MEMBRANE BROKE. THE BRAKE FLUID FILLED THE SERVO OF THE CRUISE CONTROL. IT WAS FROM THE BROKEN MEMBRANE ON THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. DEACTIVATION SWITCH WAS LEAKING, CRUISE CONTROL SERVO WAS FULL OF FLUID. THAT WAS THE STATEMENT FROM THE INVOICE. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING, LAST WEEK. THE FORD WAS CALLED, AND THEY TOLD CONSUMER TO CHECK THE DEACTIVATION SWITCH. AT THAT POINT, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE DEACTIVATION SWITCH WAS FULL OF FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. THE DEACTIVATION SWITCH WAS CHANGED, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT WORK UNTIL THE SERVO WAS INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. IT WAS COSTING THE CONSUMER $516 TO FIX THIS $21 PART.*AK

FUSE BOX AND MODULE ALL KINDS OF ELECTRIAL PROBLEMS ALSO CAR WILL START ON ITS OWN THE CAR WILL JUMP INTO REVERSE

MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION'S (65300 MILES) CABLE WHICH MOUNTS THE SPARE TIRE UNDER THE VEHICLE HAS FRAYED AND THE TIRE HAS FALLEN OFF. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, WHICH JUST WORKED ON THE CAR, AND THEY SAID, "YA, WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN A FEW TIMES... THE CABLE RUSTS OUT, AND THE TIRE FALLS OFF." I HAVE NEVER BOTTOMED OUT THE CAR, WE HAVE BEEN THE SOLE OWNERS, AND IT WAS JUST IN TO FORD FOR REPAIRS, AND A "SAFETY INSPECTION" SO IT MUST HAVE HAPPENED RECENTLY. I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN OR WHERE THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED. I MUST HAVE BEEN DRIVING, BECAUSE OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE BACKED OVER IT, HAD I BEEN PARKED. I MAY HAVE BEEN GOING 65 MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH MY THREE CHILDREN IN THE CAR! AND GOD HELP ANYONE BEHIND ME! THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DEFECT, I CAN ONLY HOPE MY CAR WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT TO ANOTHER. NOW I AM FORCED TO ENDURE YET ANOTHER COSTLY REPAIR TO A CAR, WHICH FOR ITS LIMITED 65,000 MILES HAS ALREADY HAD ITS SHARE. TWO MONTHS AGO I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS LUCKY THAT I BROUGHT IT IN FOR REPAIRS TO AN ENGINE PROBLEM, BECAUSE ITS BALL JOINTS WERE SO BAD THAT THE FRONT WHEELS WERE GOING TO FALL OFF! THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF THING THAT A MOTHER, WHO USES THIS VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT HER THREE SMALL CHILDREN AROUND IN, WANTS TO HEAR! AND NOW, THE SPARE TIRE HAS FALLEN OFF! IT WILL REQUIRE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MOUNTING MECHANISM, AS WELL AS THE TIRE AND WHEEL, ASSUREABLY, NOT TO BE CHEAP! THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. RESPECTFULLY, KIM WYMAN

BEGINNING ABOUT 8-12 MONTH'S AGO, THE RIGHT REAR CHILD SAFETY LOCK FREQUENTLY SWITCHES FROM THE "UNLOCKED" POSITION TO THE "LOCKED" POSITION, APPROXIMATELY EVERY 3RD-TO-4TH TIME THE RIGHT REAR DOOR IS SHUT. THIS MALFUNTION OF A SAFETY FEATURE CREATES SITUATIONS WHERE THE PASSENGER IS LOCKED WITHIN THE CAR AND CANNOT LET THEMSELVES OUT UNLESS THE DOOR IS OPENNED FROM THE OUTSIDE.

THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT-BELT BUCKLE BECOMES UNLATCHED ON AN INTERMITTANT BASIS. BELT BUCKLE WILL INSERT AND SNAP MOST OF HTE TIME, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INSTANCES WHEN THE BUCKLE SNAPPED AS IF IT WAS LATCHED, BUT COME UNLATCHED WHEN A FORCE WAS APPLIED TO THE BUCKLE (AS WHEN LEANING FORWARD).

DT: CONTACT STATES THE WINDSHIELD IS LEAKING, CAUSING THE COMPUTER IN THE FUSE PANEL TO SHORT OUT. THE STEREO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND THE AIR CONDITIONER COME ON WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN USE. WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED. WARRANTY EXPIRED , AND ELECTRONIC PANEL HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. FORD MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

THIS EXPEDITION STARTS UP WITH NO KEY WIPERS START AND STOP DOOR LOKES OPEN AND CLOSE 4 WHEEL DRIVE ENGAGES AND DISENGAGES IN PARK OR NEUTRAL THE CAR TRIES TO START AGAIN WHEN IT IS ALREADY RUNNING . THE CAR WAS PARKED WHILE I WENT INTO THE STORE MY WIFE WAS IN THE CAR IT JUMPED INTO REVERSE SHE JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR THE DOOR HIT HER NOCKED HER DOWN AND ALMOST RAN HER OVER THIS CAN BE REPEATED THE FUSE BOX AND MODULE WERE REPLACED AT A COST OF ABOUT $1,000.00 ALSO I HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AS IT WAS LEAKING THEY SAID THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRENTY THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN A ACCIDENT .

I HAD COMPLETE FAILURE OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS DUE TO WATER LEAK AROUND FRONT WINDSHIELD AND/OR MOON ROOF

2001 FORD EXPEDITION (EDDIE BAUER) HAS HAD REPEATED WATER LEAKS IN FRONT WINDSHIELD. I'VE HAD THE WINDOW REPLACED ONCE AND REPAIRED 2 MORE TIMES, SO FAR IN THE PAST 2 YEARS. IT CAUSED MY AUTOMATIC HEAD-LIGHT CONTROL SWITCH TO FAIL. ALSO MY REAR-WINSHIELD WIPERS FAILED ONCE, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS RELATED TO A WINDSHIELD LEAK.

NO FAILURE AT THIS TIME, HOWEVER WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE GIVEN THE SERIOUS NATURE OF THE FIRE HAZARD (CRUISE CONTROL).