1997 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

WHILE BACKING THE VEHICLE OUT OF A PARKING SPOT I BEGAN TO TURN THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT, AND HEARD/FELT A GRINDING, THEN OBSERVED A 6" 3/8IN BOLT SHOOT OUT FROM THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL WELL. AFTER THAT THE STEERING WOULD NOT RESPOND. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL WELL I FOUND ON THE GROUND THE 3 MOUNT BOLTS THAT HOLD THE STEERING BOX TO THE FRAME MEMBER. THE STEERING BOX WAS HANGING 4" FORWARD AND LOWER THEN IT'S NORMAL MOUNTING POSITION. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT SKYLINE FORD IN SALEM, OREGON AND SCHEDULED TO BE LOOKED AT FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING.

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 75MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A HUMMING NOISE. RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. TIRE PEELED LIKE A DOWNUT. TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE WILDERNESS #ATX 2657/5R16114S N/S. CONSUMER WILL CALL THE MAUFACTURER IN THE MORNING. *AK

PE00020, AFTERMARKET TIRE WITH 30 MILES ON THEM, ALL TIRES IN TOTAL OF 13 HAD FLATS WHICH NEEDED TO BE PATCHED UP. IT SEEMED THAT HOLE WAS GETTING BIGGER. GOODYEAR DEALER SAID IT WAS DUE TO THE HEAT WHICH WAS CAUSING RUBBER TO GET SOFT, AND EASILY GETTING A HOLE IN IT. *AK FIRESTONE REIMBURSED THE CUSTOMER FOR THE TIRES THAT HAD FLATS. TIRE SIZE 255/70R16. *YH

PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT, AND WITHIN A 24 HOUR PERIOD, REAR SIDE PASSENGER'S SIDE BUBBLED. THE FLAT TIRE WAS REPAIRED BY A TIRE DEALERSHIP, BUT HAS GONE FLAT AGAIN. ORGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT, PURCHASED ON A 1997, FORD EXPEDITION. PLEASE LIST TIRE SIZE AND DOT #. *AK GOODYEAR 255/70/R16 *MW

WOULD BE DRIVING VEHICLE & APPLYING BRAKES (ABS) & PEDAL WOULD PULSATE. VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO STOP. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. ABS LIGHT KEPT COMING ON AND STAYING. WOULD ONLY GO OFF WHEN VEHICLE IS NOT ON. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED TSB ON VEHICLE & IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, BY 5 WEEKS WITH ONLY 4163 MILES. *AK THE VEHICLE IS USED TO PULL BOAT, AND HAS EXTREMELY POOR FUEL MILEAGE .THIS VEHICLE HAD TWO BRAKE FAILURES DUE TO BAD SENSORS. THE MANUFACTURER INSTALLED DEFECTIVE SINSORS WHICH ARE SAFETY HAZARD BUT REFUSES ADMIT. *YH

THE VEHICLES FRONT SUSPENSION STABILIZER ANCHOR LINE ASSEMBLIES WERE BROKEN THE BOLTS RUSTED,THE RIGHT SIDE ASSEMBLY TOTALLY MISSING. *ET

THE CABLE HOLDING THE SPARE TIRE UNDER THE CHASIS APARRENTLY SNAPPED, THEREBY RELEASING THE SPARE ONTO THE ROADWAY. THE TIRE CROSSED TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND ENDED UP ON THE SIDEWALK. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CATOSTROPHIC HAD IT HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE OR A PEDESTRIAN!!*AK

WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN, VEHICLE STARTED PULLING TO THE LEFT. DRIVER HAD NO CONTROL OF TRUCK. IT SWIPED A TELEPHONE POLE, WHICH TOOK OFF THE SIDE MIRROR AND JAMMED THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. AFTERING EXITING TRUCK ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE, DRIVER SAW THAT THE ENTIRE LEFT WHEEL WAS OFF. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE SEATBELT HOLDING THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT IN PLACE HAS DISCONNECTED WITHOUT IT BEING INTENTIONALLY RELEASED, CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS MAY BE OCCURING BECAUSE OF THE PROLONGED SIDE-WAYS TENSION ON THE SEAT BELT RECEPTOR. NLM

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 62MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE PULLING A CARGO VAN WITH FURNITURE INSIDE OF THE HITCH THAT THEY WERE MOVING. TRAILER STARTED TO FISHTAIL, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. TRAILER DISCONNECTED FROM VEHICLE AND REMAINED ON STREET LEVEL. THEN, VEHICLE VEERED INTO A GUARDRAIL AND INTO A DITCH. AK