2001 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

IGNITION COILED BURNED OUT CAUSING A 30 AMP FUSE TO FAIL. THE CAR IMMEDIATELY STALLED AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN DUE TO ELECTRONIC SYSTEM SHUTDOWN. THE CAR HAS ONLY 40,000 MILES AND IT AND HAS HAD ALL RECOMMENDED SERVICE. THE FORD DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHO MADE THE REPAIR STATED THAT THERE WERE 8 OF THESE IGNITION COILS AND THEY COULD BURN OUT AT ANY TIME CAUSING THE SAME FAILURE.*AK

BLOWER MOTOR (INSIDE DASH) STOPPED WORKING. DEALER WAS PUZZLED BY THIS FALILURE AT 31.406 MILES. BLOWER MOTOR WAS JUST REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. ON 4/14/04, (33,500 MILES) AIR CONDITIONING WAS BLOWING EVEN WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. RADIO. CLOCK AND WINSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. APPARENT CAUSE: WATER LEAK. THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY FIRST INCIDENT, SINCE THE PROBLEM IS IN THE SAME AREA, AND IT OCCURED IN AN INTERVAL OF 10 MONTHS AND ONLY 2,000 MILES. APPARENTLY IT IS NOT COVERED.*AK

AT 30 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED ONE OF THE TIRES WAS MAKING A RUMBLING NOISE. CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. FIRESTONE, STELLTEX AT, LT265/75R16. *AK

WE OWN A 2001 EXPEDITION THE TIRES ON THIS VEHICLE ARE THE SAME TIRES RECALLED P275/60R17. I WENT TO GREENVILLE TO PICK UP MY SON ON THE WAY HOME I FELT THE VEHICLE SHAKING AND DID'NT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND WE HEAR A BANG NOISE I PULLED OVER INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND CHECKED MY TIRES THE BACK RIGHT SIDE HADE A LARGE BARE SPOT ON THE TIRE SHOWING THE SEPARATION AND WIRES OF THE TIRE. MY SON WHO JUST HAD SURGERYON HIS FOOT HAD TO CHANGE THE TIRE. NO-ONE WAS HURT. I KNOW THE LORD WAS TRUELY LOOKING OUT FOR US BECAUSE FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED FROM THESE TIRES SEPARATING. I CALLED BEN SATCHER WHERE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM AND THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT SERIAL NUMBER FOR THE RECALLED TIRES AND THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING FOR US. I THINK IF WE WERE KILLED THEY'D HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM ON THEIR HANDS. BUT THE PURPOSE OF WRITING THIS IS TO LET YOU KNOW I THINK MORE TIRES WERE EFFECTED THAN CONTINENTAL TIRES IS CONSIDERING. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO NEXT BECAUSE I BELIEVE OTHERS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE TYPE OF PROBLEMS AND THEY JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET HELP EITHER. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER INVESTIGATION OF THESE TIRES. I HAVE SEEN THE COMPLAINTS POSTED AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE BEEN REPORTED AFTER THE ORGINIAL RECALL HAS EXPIRED AND WE SHOULD NOT BE PENALIZED FOR THIS PROBLEM HAPPENING AFTER YOUR EXPIRATION DATE OF HELPING PEOPLE. IF A TIRE IS BAD IT'S SEEMS TO ME YOU SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PUT A CAP ON THAT. *AK

DESPITE BACK TO DEALER THREE TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM STILL NOT RESOLVED. VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD ABOUT 1-3 INCHES WHEN STARTED AS IF IN GEAR. ALTHOUGH PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT IT DOES SEEM TO OCCUR MOST FREQUENTLY WHEN FIRST STARTED IN THE MORNING. *AK

TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. (NAR) *PH WHILE DRIVING A PIECE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD CAME OFF THE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH THE SPARE. NEXT THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHICH CAUSED TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL. THE TIRE DAMAGED THE REAR BUMPER AND WHEEL WELL. WHILE DOING RESEARCH THE CONSUMER CAME ACROSS A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE TIRES. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PRICE OF FIVE NEW TIRES, DAMAGE AND MENTAL ANGUISH. THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION ALSO HAD TO BE OVERHAULED BECAUSE IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE WHILE CHANGING GEARS. THE IGNITION COIL WAS REPLACED TO ALLEVIATE BUCKING WHILE DRIVING AT A STEADY SPEED. *NM

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE WHEEL BEARINGS. WHEN THE WHEEL WAS REMOVED, THE SPINDLE HAD NO THREADS AND WAS PRACTICALLY WORN AWAY. ROTORS AND SPINDLE WERE REPLACED. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. JB *MR

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY SHEARED OFF. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A GUARD RAIL. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP. *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED SHIFTING GEARS PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO GO INTO REVERSE AND THERE WAS A METAL TO METAL NOISE. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED WHICH CAUSED THIS FAILURE. *AK *SC *JB

AT ANY SPEED, OR WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THE ENGINE REVVED AND RACED INTERMITTENTLY. THE THROTTLE HAD BECOME STUCK ON MANY OCCASIONS. THE CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND THE THROTTLE BECAME STUCK. THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND CROSSED THE STREET, STRUCK A VEHICLE, AND COLLIDED INTO THE SIDE OF A HOUSE. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK *SC *JB