1999 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN. CAUSE UNKNOWN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE CENTER SEAT BELT IS INCAPABLE OF RESTRAINING ANY CAR SEAT SNUGGLY. I HAVE CONTACTED MY FORD DEALER AND FORD, AND THEY HAVE NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. NO ONE I KNOW HAS BEEN ABLW TO GET A CHILD SEAT IN THIS CENTER POSITION SECURELY. PLEASE HELP! *AK

BOTH EXTERIOR MIRRORS ARE SEVERELY FADED AND CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO SEE PROPERLY. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE RIGHT SIDE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL. MY DEALER TOLD ME THEY HAVE HAD MANY OF THESE FAILURES FOR THIS MODEL. WITH ONLY 27000 MILES ON AN EXPENSIVE VEHICLE LIKE THIS, IT SHOULDN'T BE LEAKING OIL ALL OVER MY GARAGE FLOOR. THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY EXPIRED 3 WEEKS AGO AND THE DEALER AS WELL AS FORD MOTOR COMPANY SAID I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. I AM OUTRAGED AND WOULD LIKE THE NHTSA TO ORDER A RECALL. WE ALL KNOW FORD MOTOR COMPANY WILL NOT RECALL THIS DEFECT ON THEIR OWN!*AK

RETAINING CABLE THAT HOLDS SPARE TIRE SNUG AGAINST UNDERCARRIAGE FAILED IN APPARENT OVERLOAD; CABLE WAS SEPARATED AT POINT WHERE IT ATTACHED TO METALLIC END KEEPER, AND WHERE IT PASSES THRU CROSSPIECE THAT APPLIES PRESSURE TO TIRE RIM. CRANK MECHANISM WHICH JACK HANDLE ATTACHES TO AND IS USED TO RAISE/LOWER SPARE TIRE FROM ITS POSITION UNDER THE VEHICLE, IS SUPPOSED TO (ACCORDING TO OWNER'S MANUAL) "RATCHET" WHEN TIRE IS SNUGGED AGAINST UNDERCARRIAGE, AND "IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERTIGHTEN." SUSPECT RATCHETING MECHANISM NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, ALLOWING EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO BE APPLIED TO CABLE, PRECIPITATING FAILURE---OR CABLE IS SUB-STANDARD. NO SIGNS OF RUST/CORRISION.IRE AND RIM. DEALER HAD REPLACED SPARE TIRE 10/2001 DURING TIRE RECALL/REPLACEMENT, OTHERWISE, THE MECHANISH HAD NEVER BEEN USED. OF GREAT IMPORTANCE: THERE IS NO REDUNDANCY IN SYSTEM; IT IS A SINGLE-POINT FAILURE. IF CABLE FAILS, TIRE COULD FALL DIRECTLY ONTO ROADWAY INTO ON-COMING TRAFFIC, OR CAUSE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL IF IT WEDGES UNDER VEHICLE AND ROADWAY. *AK

BOTH FRONT STABILIZER LINKS BROKEN AND MISSING. THIS IS THE THIRD FORD EXPIDITION OWNED PERSONALLY OR BY OUR FIRM THAT HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE.*AK

PE0 20; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDERS/ GOT OUT OF CAR, AND LOOKED AT THE TIRES. NOTICED THAT FRONT TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT. *AK

CAR STALLS WHILE SITTING IN A NOSE DOWN POSTION FOR LESS THAN 2 MINUTES WHEN 1/3 OF TANK OR LESS. DEALER AND MANUFACTUER INDICATE KNOWN PROBLEM IN DESIGN, BUT NO FIX AT THIS TIME. ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. *AK

CAR STALLS WITHIN 2 MINUTES ON A NOSE DOWN INCLINE WITH 1/3 OF TANK OF FUEL AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO RESTART. IT IS AS IF IT RUNS OUT OF FUEL.

DURING CHRISTMAS WHILE DRIVING AROUND TOWN, WE NOTICED THAT THE TRUCK FELT SLUGGISH AND NON-REPONSIVE TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. AT WHICH TIME IT WAS NOTICED ON THE DRIVEWAY THAT A OIL LEAK HAD BEGUN. WE TOOK THE EXPEDITION INTO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP FOR A SERVICE EVALUATION. WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE HEAD GASKET HAD BEEN BLOWN. WE DECIDED TO GET A SECOND OPINION BY A RESPECTED INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO GAVE US THE SAME PROGNOSIS. WE AGAIN CONTACTED THE FORD DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THE COST OF THE REPAIR COULD BE NEGOTIATED LOWER THAN THE $1,850. ESTIMATE. A FORD MECHANIC MENTIONED THAT A SPECIAL PLAN MIGHT BE AVAILABLE, BY EXTENDING THE WARRANTY DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE FAILURE. THAT REQUEST WAS REJECTED. IN TRYING TO TALK WITH A FORD FACTORY SERVICE MANAGER, HE WOULDN'T TALK WITH ME ABOUT THE PROBLEM NOR DID WE RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL HELP. IN PURCHASING A USED VEHICLE, I REALIZE THERE IS A RISK OF FAILURE, BUT 7 MONTHS & 14,000 MILES LATER, TO PAYOUT CLOSE TO $2,000!, THAT'S TOO EXTREME. A HEAD GASKET SHOULD NOT FAIL THIS SOON INTO A VEHICLE'S LIFE. I'VE NOTICED THAT FORD'S HAVE HAD A RECENT HISTORY OF HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS AND WE WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE "RECALLED" AND TO BE REINBURSED FOR THIS EXPENSE. THANK YOU. *AK