1999 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

UNEXPLAINED FIRE. CAR WAS PARKED AND UNATTENDED AT THE TIME. NO COMPONENTS WERE ON OR IN OPERATION. NLM

OIL LEAK FROM RIGHT REAR CORNER OF ENGINE (HEAD GASKET)LEAKS OIL ONTO HOT EXHAUST CAUSING SIGNIFICANT SMOKE AT SPEED. DEFECT UNREPAIRED AS MANUFACTURER WILL NOT COVER COST.*AK

I DROVE INTO THE DRIVEWAY, PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND REMOVED THE KEYS FROM THE IGNITION. MY 2 YEAR OLD CHILD CLIMBED INTO THE FRONT SEAT AND PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. THE CAR ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND HIT A VAN AT THE BOTTOM. I JUMPED IN AS THE CAR WAS ROLLING BUT COULD NOT STOP THE CAR IN TIME. THE CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH A BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK IN WHICH YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE THE TRANSMISSION FROM PARK WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE AND HAVING THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION AND NEITHER HAPPENED. A FATALITY COULD HAVE OCCURED AS CHILDREN WERE PLAYING OUTSIDE AS WELL AS I COULD HAVE BEEN SMASHED AS I JUMPED IN JUST BEFORE MY DOOR WAS TORN OFF. PLEASE TAKE NOTE AND FOLLOW UP ON THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED!!!!!*AK

AFTER HAVING VEHICLE SERVICED TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT WHEEL STUDS WERE BROKEN. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE DID NOT COMPLY WITH RECALL 99V099000 DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

EHICLE IS LEAKING OIL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED LEAK WAS IN HEAD GASKET. HAD REPAIRED IT, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISS. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER INTERMITTENTLY SHUTS OFF. WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. STILL DOES IT.*AK

4.6L V8 ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL, VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR ROUTINE SERVICE WHEN CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD AN OIL LEAK. CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL VEHICLES THAT COMPLAINED OF THE SAME FAILURE BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. *JG

EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRRORS THAT HAVE TURN SIGNALS FLASH INSIDE OF THEM ARE STARTING TO DETERIORATE, MAKING VISIBILITY DIFFICULT. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE REARVIEW MIRRORS ARE CORRODING, WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR NIGHT DRIVING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURHTER INFORMATION.*AK

WE ARE UNABLE TO SAFELY, AND SNUGLY SECURE ANY TYPE OF CHILD SEAT OTHER THAN AN INFANT SEAT IN THE CENTER POSITION. THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE RECEIVINGEND IS TOO FAR FORWARD TO ALLOW A CAR SEAT TO BE SECURED TIGHTLY. FORD DOES NOT HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM AND IT RENDERS THE EXPEDITION UNSAFE FOR KIDS IN THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT POSITION.*AK