2000 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

DT: CONSUMER WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF HOUSE. AFTER ABOUT 2-1/2 HOURS CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. CONSUMER THEN UNHOOKED THE CRUISE CONTROL WIRES BECAUSE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT WAS THE PART CAUSING THE SMOKE. NO PREVIOUS INCIDENTS. VEHICLE IS SERVICED REGULARLY. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT MIDDLE OF THE DAY. *TT

2000 FORD EXPEDITION WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH A LIGHT POLE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HER RIGHT EYE AND TEETH. *NM

CONSUMER STATES THE SUSPENSION ON THE FRONT END PASSENGERS SIDE FAILED. THE TIE ROD END BROKE AND THE WHEELS WERE UNCONTROLLABLE. WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED THERE WEREN'T ANY LIGHTS OR WARNINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED 800 MILES AGO AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A FUTURE PROBLEM. *JB THE OUTER RIGHT TIE ROD CAME APART. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE RIGHT INNER AND OUTER TIE ROD. THE BROKEN PART OF THE ROD DID NOT SHOW ANY SIGNS OF RUST/CORROSION OR LACK OF LUBRICANT.*SB *NM

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT A RECALL WAS MADE ON THE VEHICLE FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD TO BRING THE CAR IN WHICH WAS IN FEBURARY, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT PARTS WOULD ARRIVE IN APRIL, THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALERSHIP LAST WEEK AND WAS TOLD THE PART WAS THERE AND TO BRING THE CAR IN TODAY, WHICH WAS DONE. WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE PART HAD BEEN GIVEN TO ANOTHER CUSTOMER. THE NEXT CLOSEST DEALER WAS 73 MILES AWAY. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD THE CUSTOMER THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE NEXT PART WOULD ARRIVE. *JB *SC *JB

2000 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED. *MR AFTER VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR 40 MINUTES A FIRE STARTED WHICH ORIGINATED UNDER THE HOOD. *TT *NM

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH AND COMING OFF A RAMP VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES.*AK PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RACE. IT WAS TO THE POINT CONSUMER THOUGHT IT WOULD SEIZE OR EXPLODE. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE VEHICLE WAS TO SIMPLY SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THERE WAS A LOT OF SMOKE AND BURNING COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SERVICE STATION BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *BF *NM

VEHICLE PARKED APPROX 15-20 MINS, STEAM COMING FROM HOOD, THEN THICK SMOKE, FLAMES UNDER HOOD DRIVERS SIDE BY WINDSHIELD

TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR FIRE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH WIRE SHOTED OUT. CAR WAS SITTING STILL WAS NOT RUNNING WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE ,GETTING NO COOPERATION FROM DEALER OR MANUFACTURER. *AK

2000 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED. *MR THIS OCCURRENCE DAMAGED TWO OTHER VEHICLES. (SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH) *SC *JB

SPARE TIRE EQUIPMENT FOR THE 2000 FORD EXPEDITION HAS A CUT IN THE SIDEWALL .*MR THE TIRE WAS NEW ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT AND WAS NEVER USED. *NM