2001 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR OVER 38 HOURS. AT 2:30 AM ON MONDAY APRIL 4, 2005 OWNER WAS AWAKENED BY A NEIGHBOR INFORMING HER THAT VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO NOTIFIED. LATER, THE OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL FOR THE SPEED CONTROL CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH DUE TO VIN. *AK

ELECTRONIC SHORTAGES IS CAUSING MALFUNCTIONS IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, WIPERS, RUNNING LIGHTS AND RADIO. THESE MALFUNCTIONS SEEM TO WORSEN WHEN IT RAINS. THE VEHICLE STARTS BY ITS SELF WHILE UNATTENDED. WHEN DRIVING IF THE WIPERS DONT WORK, I HAVE TO SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION TO NEUTRL FOR THEM TO OPERATE AND THE SAME FOR THE RADIO. I HAVE SPENT SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM LOOKED AT AND THE FORD DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL VEHICLES COME IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY AROUND $1000.00 MORE DOLLARS TO CHANGE OUT THE FUSE BOX AND STILL THIS MAY NOT THE CURE THE PROBLEM. THE TECHNITION STATED THAT WATER WAS GETTING IN BEHIND THE FUSE BOX SOME HOW. HE TOLD ME TO SILICONE THE COW DOWN TO THE WINDSHEILD TO REFLECT THE WATER, SO I DID AND IT DID NOT WORK. EVERY MORNING MY PREGANENT WIFE AS TO USE A BATTERY JUMPER BOX TO JUST START THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE ELECTRONICS ON THE VEHICLE STAYS ON ALL THE TIME AS IF THE KEY WAS INSERTERED AND TURNED TO AUXILLARY. THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTS TO START DURING THE NIGHT BY ITS SELF. IT DOES NOT START, THE STARTER JUST TURNS OVER AS IF IT IS TRYING TO START UNTIL THE BATTERY GOES DEAD. I AM SCARED THAT THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO CATCH FIRE OR EVEN BLOW UP IN FRONT OF MY RESIDENCE. DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM UNTIL ENOUGH PEOPLE CAME IN ASKING FOR THE SAME HELP. I HOPE THERE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS 36,000.00 VEHICLE. I HAVE CARRIED THE VEHICLE TO SEVERAL OTHER MECHANICS AND THEY CANNOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM BUT THEY STILL CHARGE ME FOR LOOKING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK, CAUSING A VEHICLE ROLL OVER WHEN T CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE BRAKES. CONSUMER/PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED.*AK

WHILE PARKED IN THE GARAGE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED SOURCE OF THE FIRE WAS CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. *AK

TIRE ROTATION/BALANCE/ALLIGNMENT DONE 1/18/05. ON 3/3/05 HAD SUDDEN VIBRATION ON INTERSTATE 75. FOUND AREA ON THE REAR PASS. SIDE TIRE APRROX 6-8 INCHES LONG & 3/4 WIDTH OF THE TIRE WITH TREAD SEPARATION. THESE WERE THE ORIGINAL GRABBERS (ON MY 2001 EXPEDITION) LOT 1377, WHICH WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL SEVERAL YRS AGO. TIRE DEALER SAID OTHER REAR TIRE WAS ALSO SHOWING SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION AS WELL. TIRE HAD 49,000 MILES ON THEM WITH PLENTY OF TREAD. *AK

OWNER DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 51/2 HOURS, AND THEN IT SAT FOR 1 1/2 HOURS. WHEN DRIVING OFF THE FERRY AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH ENGINE EJECTED THE SPARK PLUG FROM THE SEVENTH CYLINDER . OWNER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. OWNER WAS WAITING FOR THE RESULTS OF THE DEFECT. *AK

I HAVE A 1997 FORD EXPEDITION, I WAS DRIVING HOME THROUGH THE COUNTRY, WHEN GOING INTO A CURVE, I HEARD A POP COME FROM THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. TRUCK WENT INTO A HARD LEAN , BUT I WAS ABLE TO KEEP UNDER CONTROL. FROM PREVIOUS OWNERSHIP OF A FORD EXPLORER, I KNEW WHAT HAPPENED. UPON INSPECTION SWAY BAR LINKS HAD BROKEN. *JB...UPDATED 02/11/15 *BF

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS A PART OF THE RECALL FOR FORD EXPEDITION FIRES. HOWEVER, HE WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMETIME BEFORE THE REPAIRS COULD BE DONE. CONSUMER FEELS AS THOUGHT THIS IS NOT UNACCEPTABLE. *AK

AFTER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES WE PARKED OUR 2001 EXPEDITION IN THE CAR PORT AND WENT TO BED. APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR WE WOKE UP WITH OUR HOUSE ON FIRE AT THE WEST END WHERE THE CAR PORT IS LOCATED. INVESTIGATORS AND FIRE INSPECTORS DETERMINED THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE EXPEDITION BUT DUE TO THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE COULD NOT DETERMINE THE EXACT LOCATION THE FIRE STARTED OTHER THAN IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE RESULTED IN A TOTAL LOSS OF THE VEHICLE, HOUSE, BELONGINGS, AND SEVERE BURN TO ONE FAMILY MEMBERS ARM AND EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ANOTHER VEHICLE PARKED CLOSE BY. THE FORD PART NUMBER FOR RECENTLY RECALLED CRUISE CONTROL SWITCHES IS THE SAME AS THE ONE ON MY EXPEDITION AND WAS CHANGED FOR THE 2002 MODELS.*AK

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2001 EXPEDITION HOME FROM WORK WHICH IS ABOUT 35 MILES AWAY WHEN THE #2 SPARK PLUG "BLEW" OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD OF THE ENGINE CAUSING IT TO MISFIRE BADLY. SHE HAD TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN SOMEONES YARD. LUCKILY THE PERSON THERE LET HER USE A PHONE TO CALL ME. I CALLED INTO WORK, WENT AND PICKED HER UP AND WE WENT TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP IN SPRINGFIELD, TN. WE HAD TO SUV TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY INSPECTED IT AND FOUND THE SPARK PLUG HAD "BLOWN" OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. FORD WOULD NOT COVER ANY PART OF THE COST BECAUSE MY VEHICLE HAD 49K MILES ON IT AND I HAD CHANGED THE SPARK PLUGS ABOUT 15K MILES AGO BECAUSE THE #1 CYLINDER FACTORY SPARK PLUG "FOWLED UP". ANYWAY IT COST ME FIVE DAYS WITHOUT A VEHICLE AND $2953 TO REPLACE THE HEAD. I AM AN ENGINEER AND FEEL THAT THIS IS A DESIGN ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. THERE HAVE BEEN TO MANY OTHER CASES JUST LIKE MINE FOR IT TO BE AN "ISOLATED" INCIDENT. THIS MAY SEEM LIKE JUST A PROPERTY DAMAGE ISSUE BUT IF STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE OR EVEN ON A BUSY STREET OR INTERSTATE IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE LIFE THREATING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SW. *JB