2000 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

I JUST FOUND OUT THE FORD IS NOW RECALLING THE 2000 EXPEDITION'S DUE TO THE CRUISE CONTROL ISSUE. TWO YEARS AGO, I WAS ON MY WAY UP NORTH AND GAS WAS STUCK AND PRECEDED TO EXCEL. I GOT OFF AT BIRCH RUN WHILE FIGHTING THE GAS WITH MY BREAKS. AFTER RUNNING SEVERAL STOP LIGHTS, DRIVING RECKLESS TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE TO STOP, I ENDED UP LEAVING MY TRUCK PARKED IN A PARKING LOT FOR THE WEEKEND. I DROVE THE TRUCK TO A FORD DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. IT HAPPENED AGAIN A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES ON MY WAY TO WORK IN WHICH I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM AND TOLD ME TO CONTINUE DRIVING IT UNTIL THEY GOT THE PART IN. I ENDED UP HAVING TO PAY FOR HALF OF THE BILL DESPITE IT BEING FORD'S ISSUE. PLUS, I ENDED UP HAVING TO BUY NEW BREAKS DUE TO THEM BEING WORN OUT HAVING TO FIGHT THE SPEED ACCELERATION WITH MY BREAKS. THIS PAST SUNDAY, IT HAS STARTED AGAIN. WE LEFT THE PALACE OF AUBURN HILLS AND THE TRUCK WAS SAYING WE WERE GOING 100 MILES AN HOUR DOWN LAPEER RD WITH TRAFFIC! WHAT ON EARTH AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? KEEP DRIVING THIS TRUCK AND RISK MY LIFE, MY 6 WEEK OLD SON'S LIFE, OR SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE? I'M SCARED TO DEATH TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK BUT I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET OUT OF THE LEASE OR FIGHT FORD WITH AN ATTORNEY. HELP!*AK

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION....EDDIE BAUER, FULLY LOADED, 5.4 TRITON V8.....I PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW IN FEB. OF 2000.....YESTERDAY(1/26/05) I STOPPED AT MY MOTHERS HOUSE AND WAS INSIDE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO. I WALKED OUTSIDE TO LEAVE AND MY MOTHER AND I STOOD IN THE DRIVEWAY AND TALKED FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES OR SO. AT ONE POINT MY MOTHER NOTICED SMOKE STARTED POURING FROM MY HOOD. THE TRUCK HAD BEEN PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR AN HOUR OR SO AND WAS NOT RUNNING AT THE TIME. I POPPED THE HOOD AND SMOKE WAS POURING FROM MY MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER. AND WITH IN A MINUTE FLAMES STARTED TO COME FROM THAT AREA. I IMMEDIATELY HOOKED THE WATER HOSE UP AND PUT OUT THE FLAMES. I HAD IT TOWED AND SPOKE WITH INSURANCE, AND THEY AGREED TO COVER THE DAMAGES. THIS MORNING, I NOTICED ON THE YAHOO HEADLINES THAT FORD IS RECALLING 800,000 VEHICLES. I READ THE ARTICLE AND IT SIAD IT ONLY AFFECTED THE 2000 MODEL EXPEDITIONS AND F150'S AND NAVIGATORS. IT STATED THAT THE DEFECT WAS CAUSED FROM THE CRUISE CONTROL SHORTINGT OUT AND CAUSE FIRES UNDER THE HOOD. I ALSO READ THE 3 FIRES HAD BEEN REPORTED. I GUESS I AM #37. MY CRUSIE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING OVER A YEAR AGO, BUT IT WAS LONG OUT OF WARRANTY AND I NEVER FELT THE NEED TO GET IT FIXED, IT WASNT A BIG DEAL TO ME. BUT HAD I NOT BEEN OUTSIDE WHEN THE FIRE STARTED IT WOULD HAVE BURNT THE TRUCK TO THE GROUND, PROBABLY THE BRAND NEW NISSAN TITAN PARKED NEXT TO IT AND POSSIBLY EVEN THE HOUSE COULD HAVE RECIEVED DAMAGE. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT HAD THIS HAPPEND WHEN I WAS AT HOME, MY HOUSE AND ALL MY POSSESIONS WOULD BE GONE TODAY. I PARK MY EXPEDITION IN THE GARAGE AT ALL TIMES. HAD IT HAPPENED THERE, MY HOUSE WOULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT SEEMS A LITTLE LATE FOR MY CONCERNS. JUST THOUGHT I SHOULD REPORT THIS INCIDENT. MY CONTACTS ARE [email protected] PHONE # (903) 245-7080 IM SURE NOTHING WILL COME OF THIS, EVEN THOUGH I FEEL MY LIFE WAS ENDANGERED GREATLY. *AK

UPON PARKING THE VEHICLE, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY START ITSELF ON ITS OWN WITH NO KEY. ALSO, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INOPERABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PLEASE PROVIDE CORRECT VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.

THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. THE CONSUMER REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE WENT UP TO 60 MPH. THE CONSUMER EXITED THE HIGHWAY, PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. AFTER GETTING BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO GO TO 80 MPH ON ITS OWN. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN ONE DAY. *JB

THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE IT WAS PARKED. THE CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED. *JB

THE CRUISE CONTROL WIRING HAD A SHORT WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BY THE OWNER. *JB *TC

MY 2000 FORD EXPEDITION AFTER NOT BEING DRIVEN FOR OVER 6 HOURS CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND IN A TIME SPAN OF 15 MINUTES WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE FIRE BURNED THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE MELTING THE SIDING AND THE GARAGE DOOR. *JB

THE CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE AT 9:00AM AT THE END OF DAY AROUND 6:00PM THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO CAR AND FOUND IT HAD BURNED UP. THE FIRES STARTED AT 3:00PM AND HAD BEEN PUT OUT. PRIOR TO THE FIRE THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD STOPPED WORKING. INSURED BY STATE FARM INVESTIGATED BY STRINGER AND ASSOC. WHO FOUND THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AT THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. OWNER HAS REPORT. *JB

I LOST MY 2000 FORD EXPEDITION, THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR REPORT STATES THAT IT WAS A FAULTY IGNITION WIRE THAT CAUSED THE LOSS OF MY VEHICLE, AND PERSONAL AFFECTS AND AT THE TIME I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING TO MY NEW HOME AND THIS HAPPENED AT WORK, THE FIRE DESTROYED TO OTHER VEHICLES PARKED NEXT TO MY FORD EXPEDITION EVERYTHING WAS A TOTAL LOSS, MY INSURANCE COMPANY ADVISED I NEEDED TO FILE A CLAIM WITH MY OWNERS INSURANCE, BUT I HAD ALREADY SOLD MY OLD HOME AND IN THE PROCESS TO CLOSE ON MY NEW HOME. *NM

AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE IN THE DRIVEWAY, SOME FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER THE VEHICLE HAD FLAMES COMING FROM THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER STATED, THE BRAKE FLUID LEAKED OUT OF THE CRUISE CONTROL ONTO THE WIRING HARNESS. *NM