2000 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

UPON RECEIVING RECALL 05V170000 CONCERNING CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER CONTACTED FORD, AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT TALK TO HIM. *AK

NHTSA RECALL # 05V017000/ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES: THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO GET THE DEALER TO HONOR THIS RECALL. THE DEALER KEEPS INFORMING THE CONSUMER THAT NO PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. *JB

I HAD PULLED UP IN MY DRIVEWAY AND THE SPARE TIRE JUST DROPPED OUT ON THE DRIVEWAY. I WAS CONCERNED WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPEND IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING OUT ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY SPARE TIRE AND DROPPED OUT ON THE HIGHWAY, WHAT DAMAGE, INJURY OR EVEN DEATH THAT IT COULD HAVE CAUSED. I REPORTED THIS TO MY DEALERSHIP, AND THEY WAS NOT TO CONCERNED, THEY JUST TOLD ME WHAT IT WOULD COST TO REPLACE THE CABLE FOR THE SPARE TIRE HOLDER. I BELIEVE THIS IS REALLY A SAFETY FACTOR THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY FORD.*AK

FORD VEHICLE CATCHES ON FIRE AND DESTROYS HOME AND CONTENTS. INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR HAS CONFIRMED THE FIRE AND ITS DAMAGE. *AK

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' TREAD SEPARATION. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO SOLD HIM THE TIRES. FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR CONTINENTAL, P275/60R17 0051612.*AK *BF WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER NOTICED A VIBRATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HAVE AN ALIGNMENT WHEN HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED AND THAT A SECOND TIRE WAS HAVING A SIMILAR PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE TIRES AND LATER FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE RECALLED. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE FAULTY TIRES. *NM

WHILE DRIVING, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THE THROTTLE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB DEALER NOT WILLING TO COVER EXPENSES FOR REPAIRS. AND CONSUMER REFUSES TO PAY AS WELL, STATING THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPAIRS. *TT

2000 EXPEDITION, WHICH I'VE OWNED SINCE NEW AND NEVER BEEN DAMAGED IN AN ACCIDENT, ~53,000 MILES IS HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES THAT AT TIMES ARE SAFETY ISSUES AS WELL. STARTED WITH FRONT WIPERS RUNNING CONSTANTLY, NOW SOMETIMES THEY WORK SOMETIMES THEY DONT. RADIO DOES NOT WORK AT TIMES. ALL GAUGES GO TO THEIR EXTREME LIMIT, INCLUDING SPEEDOMETER. DEALER HAS IDENTIFIED A COMPUTER MODULE BEHIND THE DASH THAT HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY WATER. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH EXPEDITIONS AND IS CAUSED BY WATER LEAKING THROUGH THE FRONT WINDOW AND DOWN ONTO THE MODULE. ONCE THE MODULE IS REPLACED A NEW WINDOW AND SEALANT IS RECOMMENDED. THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE FRONT WINDOW IS ORIGINAL. THIS COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER AND THE DRIVER IS UNABLE TO USE THE WIPERS. COULD THIS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BE LINKED TO THE CURRENT RECALL FOR 2000 EXPEDITIONS WHERE THE CRUISE CONTROL IS SHORTING?

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 55 MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE, THEN SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE, THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, VEERED OUT OF HIS LANE AND WENT TOWARDS A SERVICE STATION. TO KEEP FROM ENTERING THE STATION HE ROLLED OVER. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED NECK AND MOUTH INJURIES. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. *AK *SC *JB

WHILE BEING PARKED VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK INDEPENDANT FIRE INVESTIGATOR DETERMINED FIRE WAS CAUSED BY FAULTY CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. *BF *NM

VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE ON ITS OWN. THIS SEEMED TO BE A SIMILAR PROBLEM TO THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH CATCHING FIRE.*AK