2000 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR 4 OR 5 HOURS, LOOKED OUT WINDOW, AND SAW FLAMES COMING FROM DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL WELL. CALLED 911, AND GOT OUT OF HOUSE. FIRE SPREAD TO HOUSE. INSURED BY STATE FARM, AGENT JOE BROWN IN ORLANDO, FL. PRIOR TO THE FIRE NO PROBLEMS WITH TRUCK. CRUISE CONTROL WORKED IN MAY. DID NOT USE IT OFTEN. NO AFTER MARKET EQUIPMENT. WILL E-MAIL VIN & PICTURES TO BRUCE YORK. *AK

IN PROCESS OF MOVING PARKED VEHICLE AT OLD HOUSE FOR 1 OR 2 HOURS IN DRIVEWAY, AND WHILE TALKING WITH NEIGHBOR SAW SMOKE COMING FROM VEHICLE. ANOTHER NEIGHBOR PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH A HOSE. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, AND THEY SAID THE FIRE STARTED NEAR MASTER CYLINDER. WILL FAX INVOICE FOR REPAIR WORK. CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING FOR 6 MONTHS OR A YEAR. NO OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE OTHER THAN THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER MALFUNCTIONED. NO AFTER MARKET EQUIPMENT ON VEHICLE.*AK

MY CRUISE CONTROL HAD STOPPED WORKING ABOUT 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. ROUND 5:00 AM ON YES 9/ 11/ 04 I WAS AWAKENED BY NEIGHBORS TO LET ME KNOW THAT MY VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE SOMEONE CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PUT IT OUT. *AK IT COMPLETELY BURNED UP EVERYTHING IT WAS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION XLT. I CONTACTED FORD AND FILED A COMPLAINT BUT THEY SAID THAT IT WAS NO WIRING PROBLEM WITH MY TRUCK AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE SUDDENLY PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND HIT A PARKED CAR. THE CONSUMER THEN STEERED TO THE LEFT BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND HIT MORE PARKED CARS. THE RIGHT WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE FLIPPED ONTO ITS LEFT SIDE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WENT OUT. *AK *NM

VEHICLE IS 2000 FORD EXPEDITION APPROX. 60,000 MILES. TOOK A TRIP AROUND 150 MILES, MOST OF WHICH AT 70-72 MPH. STAYED THE WEEKEND, THEN SUNDAY ON THE WAY HOME AT ABOUT 35 MPH PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD BROKE, FRONT END OF THE TRUCK BOUNCED UP AND DOWN UNCONTROLLABLE WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC, SLOWED DOWN QUICKLY AND PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD. DROVE SLOWLY 5 MPH TO NEAREST SERVICE GARAGE, LEFT VEHICLE OVERNIGHT, MECHANIC REPLACED THE TIE ROD. I DO HAVE OLD PART.*AK

PARKED THE EXPEDITION IN A PARKING GARAGE, APPROX. 2.5 HOURS LATER WAS CALLED AND TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT FIRE. A CONCERNED CITIZEN PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH AN EXTINGUISHER. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND OPENED THE HOOD TO FIND THAT THE FIRE HAD STARTED ON THE LEFT SIDE NEAREST BRAKE CALIBER. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RULED IT TO BE AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. AFTER MUCH THOUGHT AFTER THE FIRE, WE REMEMBERED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD STOPPED WORKING. MARK WAS CONTACTED ON 12/13/04 BY BRUCE YORK TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THE FIRE HAD STARTED. THE OWNER, MARKPIATT, SAID THAT HE HAD MADE A MISTAKE AND THERE WAS FIRE WAS AT THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER NEAR THE FUSE PANEL NOT THE CALIPER. MARK SAID HE WOULD SEND PICTURES.

THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WHEN THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BOOM NOISE, AND THEN ANOTHER. THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. IT STARTED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WHERE THE BLACK BOX WAS. THERE WAS NO WARNING IT JUST EXPLODED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD BEEN ACTING UP. AT TIMES WHEN THE CONSUMER SET THE CRUISE CONTROL AT 90 MILES IT WOULD TAKE OFF AND THEN SOME TIMES IT WOULD NOT WORK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

ONCE THE SAFETY SEATS HAD BEEN INSTALLED ON EACH SIDE OF THE MIDDLE SEAT, THE CENTER SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. THE CENTER SEAT BELT BECOMES USELESS. IT WILL NOT RETRACT OR EXTEND. *AK *TC *SC

PARKED VEHICLE AT 11:00 PM, SON SLEPT OVER GARAGE. WHEN SON WOKE UP SAW ORANGE COLOR OUTSIDE WINDOW. SON WARNED FAMILY. CONSUMER LOOKED IN GARAGE AND SAW SMOKE. RAN OUT AND CALLED FIRE DEPARTMENT. STATE FIRE MARSHAL SAID FIRE IN EXPEDITION. INSURED BY AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE. AGENT DAVID POTTER 417-883-3307. PRIOR TO FIRE REAR WIPER QUIT WORKING. 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO FIRE CRUISE CONTROL QUIT WORKING. RADIO HAD BEEN ACTING FUNNY. NO AFTER MARKET EQUIPMENT ADDED.*AK

CONSUME RPARKED THE VEHICLE AN D 10 MINUTES LATER RETURNED TO VEHICLE AND FOUND IT SMOKING. SMOKE COMING FROM PASSENGER SIDE OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ON THE WAY IN TO WORK THE RADIO WAS CUTTING IN AND OUT.*AK