1999 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

SPARK PLUGS BLOW OUT OF CYLINDER HEADS ON THE 5.4 V-8 AND ON THE V-10 MOTORS AS WELL. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIMES AND FORD RECOGNIZES THE PROBLEM. IT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AS THIS IS A POTENTIAL FIRE ISSUE, AND MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL.*AK

I HAD A TUNE UP DONE AT ROUNDTREE MOORE FORD DEALERSHIP IN LAKE CITY FLORIDA ON 08-11-04. I DROVE MY VEHICLE ON VACATION TO PENNSYLVANI AND WHILE THERE A SPARK PLUG CAME OUT AND DAMAGED THE CYLINDER HEAD AND COIL PACK. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TOP A FORD DEALER IN PENNSYLVANIA (DAVIES FORD CONNELSVILLE PA)AND WAS ADVISED THAT IT APPEARED IT WAS THE FAULT OF THE ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP. UPON CONTACTING MY DEALERSHIP I WAS ADVISED THAT THIS WAS COMMON WITH THIS TYPE OF ENGINE. I HAD THE REPAIR DONE AT A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR $790.00.

WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL LIGHTLY, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED TO 95 MPH. THE CONSUMER APPLIED BOTH FEET TO THE BRAKE. THE OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO HAD NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED AND WHAT TO DO TO REMEDY THE DEFECT. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

WHILE DRIVING, A LOUD POP WAS HEARD. LATER THERE WERE SEVERAL POPS HEARD, THE OWNER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND LOOKED INSIDE AND SAW THAT THE SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN COMPLETELY OUT OF THE HEAD. THE OWNER HAD TO BUY ANOTHER SPARK PLUG AND AN IGNITION COIL. THE NEW SPARK PLUG WOULD NOT GO BACK IN BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS SPARK PLUG STRIPPED THE PLUG AREA WHERE THE NEW PLUG WOULD NOT ENTER. THE OWNER WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT WOULD COST 3,000.00 TO REPLACE THE HEADS TO KEEP THIS FROM RECURRING. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 8,900 MILES GASKET BLEW. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. AGAIN AT 22, 000 MILES THE GASKET BLEW AGAIN. ALSO, VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. *AK ALL GASKETS HAD BEEN REPLACED. LITTLE WHITE DOT ON HEADLIGHT SWITCH DOESN'T LIGHT UP. SWITCH ASSEMBLY REPLACED. *TT

BOTH EXTERIOR MIRRORS HAD HAIR LINE CRACKS. THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE CRACKS WERE ALSO BLACK IN COLOR. *SC

THE CONSUMER NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

THE CONSUMER WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN WHEN THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL TURNED OUTWARD AND FAILED TO MOVE. *JB IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TIE ROD END FAILED.

THE SILVER BACKING WAS PEEL OFF THE MIRRORS. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE MIRRORS WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE VEHICLE'S WARRANTY *NM

OIL WAS LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH LOCAL MECHANIC, AND TOOK VEHICLE IN. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT RIGHT HEAD GASKET WAS DEFECTIVE. THEN, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, A DYE WAS PLACED INTO THE ENGINE, AND AFTER ONE WEEK IT WAS TAKEN BACK. THE MANUFACTURER STATED NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *AK