1997 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

MY FRONT SUPENSION WAS MAKING BAD SQUEAKING NOISE BUT THEIR IS NO GREASE FITTING ON THE DRIVER SIDE SO THAT YOU CAN GREASE IT. SO I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO WILLOBY FORD AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE SUPENSION ARM OR SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVEN'T HAD IT REPLACED YET. WOULD IT BE IN MY BEST INTREST TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE GOV'T FIND OUT FIRST?*AK

WHILE REPLACING BRAKE PADS, NOTICED THE STABILIZER BARS ON BOTH SIDES WERE NOT ATTACHED TO THE FRAME ON TOP OF THE BARS. LINK BOLTS ON BOTH SIDES ARE GONE.VERY DANGEROUS. *AK

DEALER REFUSED TO CORRECT RECALL 97V171000 CONCERNING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CABLE ASSEMBLY. DEALER INSISTED THAT RECALL REPAIRS WERE ALRERADY DONE. CONSUMER STATED THAT PROBLEM MENTIONED IN RECALL WAS THE SAME THAT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS EXPIERENCING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFOMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING STEERING GEAR BOX COMPLETELY MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SWAY OR PULL TO LEFT OR RIGHT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN TO MAKE A TURN, AND FOUND OUT THAT VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY BRAKES. TOOK AUTOMOBILE TO REPAIR SHOP, AND FOUND OUT THAT ABS UNIT WAS NOT PREFORMING.*AK CONSUMER STATES THERE WAS NEVER ANY KIND OF WARNING PRIOR OR AFTER INCIDENT. *SLC

VEHICKLES STUCK IN 4X4 LOW RANGE, WITH NO DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES SORED IN TH GEM MODULE. *AK

WHILE LEAVING A BALLGAME ON 7/8/01 - SPEED APPROX. 10-20 MPH WE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD AND THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. LUCKILY THE SPEED WAS SLOW AND MY HUSBAND WHO WAS DRIVING ONLY SUSTAINED SOME PAINFUL BRUISING ON HIS ARM. WE CONTACTED THE FORD CONSUMER DEPARTMENT AND WERE TOLD IT HAD TO BE TAKEN TO A DEALER TO DETERMINE IF SOMETHING WAS DEFECTIVE. THEY DETERMINED SOME PARTS TO BE DEFECTIVE RESULTING IN SHORTS WHICH SUPPOSEDLY CAUSED THE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY BUT AFTER SEVERAL CALLS AND EMAILS WE WERE INFORMED BY FORD THAT THEY DO NOT COVER THESE TYPES OF SAFETY FAILURES. IF WE HAD BEEN DRIVING ON A FREEWAY OR HIGHWAY OR EVEN AT A FASTER SPEED WHEN THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED IT VERY WELL COULD HAVE RESULTED IN INJURY OR DEATH TO US OR OTHERS. BECAUSE NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT AND THERE WAS NO "ACCIDENT" AS A RESULT OF THE DEPLOYMENT FORD REPRESENTATIVES WERE UNINTERESTED IN ASSISTING IN CORRECTING THE EQUIPMENT FAILURE.*AK

THEY HAVE NOT FIX MY TRUCK AND I'M HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS CONTACT THEM I'M IN THE MILITARY AND DUE TO TRANSFER TO JAX, FL AND MY TRUCK STILL IS NOT FIX, THEY WANT ME TO HAVE A EXPERT LOOK AT THE TIRE AND I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR AND EXPERT SO THEY TOLD ME I HAVE 45 DAYS BEFORE THE DROP MY FILE. HELP. *AK

THE CABLE HOLDING THE SPARE TIRE SNAPPED AND THE TIRE FELL. THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY IN A PASTURE BUT I MAKE MANY TRIPS THRU CHICAGO ON THE INTERSTATE. I WONDER IF THIS IS A FLAWED DESIGN OR IF THERE IS SOMETHING I CAN DO TO INSURE THIS WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN IN TRAFFIC. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIND OUT IF THIS IS A FREQUENT OCCURRENCE.*AK

THE VEHICLE CAN'T BE DRIVE FORWARD OR REVERSE BECAUSE THE LEFT INNER TIE ROD END HAD FALLEN OFF, IPON EXAMINATION OF THE TIE ROD END THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO BOLT OR ANY OTHER MECHANISM TO HOLD THE TWO PARTS TOGETHER, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS A DEFECTIVE DESIGN.