1999 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON JULY 11 2000 IN WHICH WE ROLLED OVER COUPLE OFF TIMES. WE HAD TAKEN THE EXPEDITION TO THE DEALERSHIP TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT OUR COMPLAINT WAS THAT THE STEERING WAS TOO SOFT AND AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD US THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER THE ACCIDENT I LEARNED THAT THE DEALERS WERE INSTALLING ANOTHER GEAR BOX FOR THE STEERING MAKE THE STEEERING HARDER AND FIRMER ALSO THE 2000 HAD A NEW GEAR BOX. PLEASE MAIL ME A COMPLAINT FORM. THANKS. *AK (TIRESIZE: 16)

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON WET PAVEMENT BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR ,CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING IT WAS "VERY BUMPY" DURING NORMAL OPERATION. CONSUMER EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND SAW THAT REAR SUSPENSION WAS ALLOWING REAR OF VEHICLE TO REST ON REAR WHEELS. DEALERSHIP INSPECTED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT AIR COMPRESSOR MOTOR AND RELAY HAD TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

IN REFERENCE TO REAR DIFFERENTIAL SEAL BLEW OUT, CAUSING FAILURE OF BOTH SETS OF REAR BRAKES/ DISCS AND PARKING DRUMS.*AK

THE OXYGEN SENOR SHORTED OUT CAUSING THE WIRING HARNESS TO BURN COMPLETLY THROUGH. THIS THEN CAUSED THE WIRING HARNESS BELOW THE OXYGEN SENOR WIRING TO ALSO BURN THROUGH WHICH THEN CAUSED THE COMPUTER TO THE ENGINE TO BE DAMAGED AND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. IF WOULD SEEM THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD IF A WIRING HARNESS CAN COMPLETELY BURN THROUGH ITSELF. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SEVERE FIRE IN THE VEHICLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTUER STATE THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM AND AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.*AK

A LOUD "KNUCKLING" SOUND IS OFTEN HEARD WHEN TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS. NOISE COMES FROM THE FRONT END AND SOUNDS SIMILAR TO WHAT ONE HEARS WHEN THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE IS ENGAGED AND DURING A SHARP TURN. THE VEHICLE FEELS LIKE ONE IS DRIVING OVER SOFTBALL SIZED ROCKS. THERE ALSO IS AN INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. CAMPUS FORD OF OKEMOS, MI DIAGNOSED THIS AS A FAILURE OF THE CLUTCH ASSENBLY IN THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. THIS WAS REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. I'M FEARFUL THAT SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN TO THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY.*AK

MY HUSBAND AND I WERE DRIVING OUR 1999 EXPEDITION AT 40MPH NEAR MY HOME (RAMONA, CA),LEFT FRONT IDLER ARM SNAPPED CAUSING VIOLENT FRONT END SHAKING, VEHICLE WAS OUT OF CONTROL. IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING ON A FREEWAY OR ANY HIGHER RATE OF SPEED MY HUSBAND AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ALIVE. WE WERE ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND THE ROAD WE WERE TRAVELING HAD NO TRAFFIC AT THE TIME. THE ROAD WAS A RURAL BACK COUNTRY ROAD (VISTA RAMONA, NEAR HWY. 67.) RAMONA, CA. *AK

THE LEFT REAR FIRESTONE TIRE LOST TREAD AND BLEW OUT WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES.TIRE SIZE P255/70R16 AND DOT # W2CUIRD438. *YH

LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD INDICATING THERE WA SNO OIL INSIDE OF VEHICLE, AND IT STARTED MAKING CLUNKING NOISE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

NEEDLE IN OIL PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE. IT KEPT GOING UP AND DOWN. OIL PUMP HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH THAT WAS INCLUDED IN A RECALL. *SLC