1999 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR WINDSHIELD WIPER OPERATING IN OFF POSITION. TOOK TO DEALER, ITEM CONTINUES TO OPERATOR WHEN IN THE OFF POSITION. DRY WIPE HAS RESULTED IN DAMAGED WINDSHIELD AND CONTINUOUS DAMAGE OF WIPER BLADES. *NLM

THE FRONT STABILIZER BAR BOLT KEEPING BREAKING OFF. IN SEPARATE OCCURRENCES THE BOLTS HAVE FALLEN OFF OR BROKEN OFF ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE. DON'T KNOW IF THE WEIGHT OF THE FRONT END IS TO MUCH FOR THE VEHICLE. THE EXPEDITION HAS BEEN DRIVER, JUST AN INCONVENIENCE AND A CONCERN. *NLM

INTERIOR LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONING, DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, HEATING/COOLING SYSTEM NOT WORKING PROPERLY; STAYS ON EVEN WHEN KEY IS NOT IN IGNITION. WHEN IGNITION IS TURNED ON OR OFF, THE WOOFER MAKES A LOUD THUMPING SOUND. WOOFER INOPERABLE. RIGHT SIGN WING NEVER WORKED PROPERLY/ WILL NOT OPEN OR CLOSE. BRAKING SYSTEM IS DOUBTFUL, IT SQUEAKS, AND WHEN GAS IS RELEASED ENGINE AND BRAKING ARE NOT COORDINATED SMOOTHLY . CONSTANT SQUEAKING WHEN IN MOTION. DEALERSHIPS SERVICE REPAIR PERSONAL NEGLECT AND REFUSE TO FIND THE CAUSES, EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *NLM

THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD, AND REMAINED ON THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DRIVE. *JB

MY 1999 FORD EXPEDITION HAD ENGINE OIL LEAK AT 27,000 MILES AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE LEFT CYL HEAD GASKET. UNDER WARRANTY SO NO COST FOR ME. AT 55,000 MILES THE OIL LEAK WAS BACK AND NOW THE DEALER SAID THE HEAD WAS WARPED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR $2400. DEALER SAID FORD WOULD NOT REPLACE THE HEAD THE FIRST TIME ONLY THE GASKET AND NOW THAT THE WARRANTY IS OVER I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. I HAVE CONTACTED THE FORD DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BOARD AND THEY CAN NOT HELP BECAUSE THEY WILL ONLY LOOK AT PROBLEMS WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE WARRANTY. I SAY THE HEAD SHOULD OF BEEN REPLACED NOT THE GASKET AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONLY OPTION I HAVE LEFT IS SMALL CLAIMS COURT. RC

TRITON V8 5.4L WITH 90,000 MILES SPARK PLUG PULLED OUT AND DESTROYED THE CYLINDER HEAD. I WAS TOLD BY 2 MECHANICS THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY POOR DESIGN. THERE ARE ONLY 3 THREADS HOLDING IN THE SPARK PLUG. FORD HAS ALSO UPDATED THIS PARTICULAR CYLINDER HEAD BUT HAS NOT RECALLED IT. *TT

ELECTRICAL MOTOR CONTROLLING THE AIR BLEND DOORS LOCATED INSIDE THE AIR PLENUM HAS FAILED, AND THE PLASTIC DOOR(S) ITSELF IS CRACKED AND NON-FUNCTIONING. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DIRECT WARM AIR TO THE FRONT WINDOW TO DEBUG CAUSING DANGEROUSLY DECREASED VISION. 1999 FORD EDDIE BAUER EXPEDITION. *JB

THE PASSENGER SIDE CYLINDER HEAD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TO THE VERY COMMON SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT. FROM OTHER WEBSITES I HAVE SEEN THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE AMONG EXPEDITION OWNERS. THE REPAIR COST WAS IN THE AREA OF $1800.00. FORD DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AS A DEFECT AND YET IT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE EVERY DAY. *NLM

I PURCHASED A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER 1 YEAR AGO LAST WEEK. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE LATEST PROBLEM IS THE ONE THAT CONCERNS ME THE MOST. A FEW WEEKS AGO THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK WOULD NOT OPERATE. I COULD HEAR THE MOTOR TRYING TO OPEN THE LOCK BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. A WEEK AFTER THAT I COULD NOT OPEN MY WINDOWS AND THE TURN SIGNALS DID NOT WORK. A WEEK LATER MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. WE ATTRIBUTED THE PROBLEM TO A BLOWN FUSE WHICH WE REPLACED. THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE FIXED. THE NEXT DAY IT RAINED AND THE FUSE BLEW AGAIN, AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE AS THE BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OUT. I BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAD PURCHASED IT. THEY DISCOVERED A LEAK IN THE WINDSHIELD THAT SEEPED INTO THE FUSE BOX. THE FUSE BOX NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY (THAT COVERS JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE. FORD ESP EXTRACARE) THIS IN MY OPINION SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO BE PAID FOR OUT OF MY POCKET. IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN TO ME. ME VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS SO I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE WINDSHIELD IS LEAKING. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. *NLM

THE CONSUMER' VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *JB