1998 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

INCIDENT 1 (DATED 01/27/00): SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF DRIVER-SIDE CYCLINDER HEAD. DEALER RETAPPED TREADS, REPLACED SPARK PLUG, REASSEMBLED ENGINE ($1216.79) INCIDENT 2 (DATED 08/29/02): SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF DRIVER-SIDE CYCLINDER HEAD. DEALER REPLACED CYCLINDER HEAD, REASSEMBLED ENGINE ($2035.61)

CONSUMER NOTICED FUEL UNDER VEHICLE DUE TO FUEL TANK LEAKAGE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURHER INFORMATION. *PH

VEHICLE HAD A CYLINDER HEAD FAILURE BLOWING SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE #4 CYLINDER CAUSING GAS TO PUMP OUT OVER ENGINE. ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR BY GREEN VALLEY FORD $4100.00. *AK

MY 1998 FORD EXPEDITION BLEW OUT A SPARKPLUG FROM THE HEAD WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. REPAIR COSTS EXCEEDED $4000. IN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I FOUND NOT ONLY WERE THERE OTHER EXPEDITIONS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, IT SEEMS THAT I PAID APROX. TWICE AS MUCH AS OTHER SIMIALAR REPAIR JOBS.*AK

THE BALLSTUD OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE INNER TIE ROD BROKE APART WHILE DRIVING. THE BALL OF THE BALLSTUD SEPERATED FROM THE SOCKET.

ON JUNE 21, 2003, I TRAVELED TO A GROCERY STORE JUST OUTSIDE MY SUBDIVISION. I WAS IN THE STORE ABOUT TEN MINUTES WHEN THE STORE MANAGER STARTED TO PAGE THE OWNER OF A BLUE EXPEDITION. AT THE TIME I THOUGHT I HAD LEFT MY LIGHTS ON. UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE IN THE STORE'S PARKING LOT. WHEN I ARRIVED OUTSIDE, THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE EXPEDITION WAS IN FLAMES. THE FIRE WAS SO INTENSE IT BURNED THROUGH THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. BY THE TIME I MADE IT OUTSIDE, FIREFIGHTERS WERE ALREADY BATTLING THE BLAZE. MY VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY ANDWITHOUT PRIOR WARNING SPARK PLUG WIRE DISCONNECTED FROM THE ENGINE PART, CAUSING A LOUD POPPY NOISE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS WAS BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD. I AM WAITING TO SEE HOW THE DEALERSHIP WILL HANDLE THIS PROBLEM. *AK

THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, AND STRIPPED ALL OF THE THREADS OUT. *AK *TS *JB

WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS TILTED TO LOWEST POSITION TURN SIGNALS FAIL TO OPERATE. *AK