2000 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN IT FELT LIKE THE TRUCK WAS SKIPPING. CONSUMER THEN PULLED OF THE ROAD. UPON EXITING THE TRUCK CONSUMER NOTICED THAT 3 OF THE WHEELS WERE FACING FORWARD, AND THE RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WAS TURNED INWARDS. THE TRUCK WAS THEN TOWED TO DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT WAS NOT DRIVABLE. DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE STEERING LINKAGE, AND INDICATED THAT A TIE ROD HAD FALLEN OFF, AND THE OTHERS WERE LOOSE, ALL 4 TIE RODS NEED TO BE REPLACED. THEY ALSO HAD TO REPLACED THE LOWER BALL JOINTS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECOME STUCK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO TRAVEL AT HIGH SPEED. *AK

I HAD A TIRE SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH. PLEASE SEE TIRE RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER BELOW. TIRE RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 02T012000 I HAVE 5 OF THESE TIRE ON MY 2000 EXPEDITION. ACCORDING TO FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP, MY VIN WAS NOT A PART OF A RECALL. THE TIRES, HOWEVER WERE. DOT NUMBERS WERE VERIFIED WITH CONTINENTAL. THERE WERE 596610 UNITS AFFECTED, YET FORD ONLY IS SHOWING APPROXIMATELY 500 VEHICLES WITH ONLY 300 ACTUALY QUALIFYING. THIS SEEMS LIKE A GAME TO ME AS THES FIVE TIRE WERE ORIGINALLY ON MY VEHICLE. *LA

PAINT ON THE ROOF AND HOOD CHIPPING OFF WITH HEAVY CORROSION UNDERNEATH. SPREADING RAPIDLY. *AK

WHEN TURNING THE FRONT TIRES ARE RUBBING AGAINST THE AXLE. DEALERSHIP IS PUZZLED AS TO HOW TO REPAIR THE DEFECT. *AK THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT. *NM

ON 6/2/03, EXPEDITION AT 50,907 MILES HAD COIL ON PLUG SYSTEM ON #7 AND #8 FAIL. REPLACED. ON 8/7/03 AT 56,363 MILES HAD COIL ON PLUG SYSTEM ON #3 FAIL. REPLACED. ON 5/4/04 AT 74,500 MILES HAD COP SYSTEM ON #4 AND #2 FAIL AT HIGH SPEEDS. REPLACED. AFTER REPLACING FIVE OF EIGHT COP SYSTEMS AT A TOTAL COST OF $1,862.07, I'M NOT VERY HAPPY WITH THE SYSTEM. I WAS PLANNING ON WRITING UP A GOOD EVALUATION OF THE 2003 FORD EXPEDITIONS THAT WE HAD IN BAGHDAD, BUT AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE, I WON'T. *AK

WHILE IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND THE KEY WAS OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, UNDER THE HOOD. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

VEHICLE WAS PARKED BY 7 PM IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THE KEY WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH. AROUND 3 AM THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. *AK *JB

SINCE OWNING FIVE CONTINENTAL CONTI-TRAC TIRES, CONSUMER WAS SUBJECTED TO REPEATED FAILURE, UNSAFE TRAVELING CONDITION AND EXCESSIVE BURDEN DUE TO REPLACEMENT COSTS. *PH THERE WAS A REPEATED "TREAD SEPARATED" WITH THE NEW TIRES THAT WERE PLACED ON THE VEHICLE. FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN IN MARCH 2004, TREAD SEPARATION. CONSUMER REQUEST A REFUND FOR THE REPLACEMENT COST OF FIVE TIRES. *PH

SPARK PLUG FAILURE AT 67,000 MILES, WELL BELOW MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDATION OF 100K MILES. ALSO, SPARK PLUG COIL FAILURE. *AK