1999 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

LEFT FRONT WILDERNESS FIRESTONE (P255/70R16) TIRE BLEW OUT, TREAD CAME OFF AND THERE WAS SIGN OF DAMAGE FROM A NAIL. *JB

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE WAS NOT SHIFTING, ABLE TO GO THROUGH ALL GEARS, VEHICLE DID NOT SHIFT. NOT ABLE TO START IN DRIVE, AND UNABLE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL TO START. DEALER REPLACED LINKAGE CABLE. *AK THE SHIFT LEVER WOULD NOT GO TO PARK POSITION. *YH

I EXPERIENCED A TIRE BLOW OUT (LEFT REAR) WILDERNESS AT (P255/70R16) ON A '99 EXPEDITION GOING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. THE OUTSIDE SIDEWALL CAME APART, COMPLETELY SEPARATING FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE. THERE IS AN AREA ON THE TIRE THAT HAD CRACKS ON THE TREAD CLOSE TO THE MAIN PART OF THE TIRE. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY FORD DEALER IN GRAPEVINE FIRST BECAUSE THEY HAD JUST INSPECTED THE TIRES FOR ME APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS AGO. THEY RECOMMENDED HIGHLY THAT I TAKE THE TIRE TO FIRESTONE, THAT THE ONLY THING THEY COULD DO FOR ME WAS TO SELL ME 5 NEW TIRES, COSTING MORE THAN $700 TOTAL. I THEN TOOK THE CAR TO MY FIRESTONE DEALER WHERE AFTER I POINTED OUT TO MY TECHNICIAN THE DAMAGE, HE TRIED TO EXPAIN TO ME THAT A BLOW OUT IS "NORMAL" WHENEVER THERE IS DAMAGE TO A TIRE AND THAT THE TIRE HAD BEEN DRIVEN WITH LOW AIR PRESSURE WHICH IS WHY THE SIDEWALL WAS TORN UP. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT THE TIRES HAVE NEVER BEEN LOW ON PRESSURE, THAT I CHECK THEM MYSELF AT A MINIMUN OF 1 TIME PER WEEK AND NEVER DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL I HAVE CHECKED THEM, AND FORD CHECKS THEM APPROXIMATELY EVERY 3,000 MILES AND ROTATES THEM ACCORDING TO SPECS. HE WAS NOT INTERESTED. I ASKED IF MY OTHER 3 TIRES WERE SAFE IN HIS OPINION AND WITHOUT DOING MORE THAN A QUICK GLANCE SAID "THEY ARE AS SAFE AS ANY TIRE". I ASKED HIM AGAIN AND EXPLAINED THAT I HAVE A 5 YEAR OLD AND ALL I WANTED WAS TO ENSURE THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE, HE STATED THAT "I WOULD BE MORE UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT DRIVING A FORD THAN I WOULD BE ABOUT YOUR TIRES". THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE TO ME AND I FEEL THAT ATTITUDES AND REACTIONS LIKE THIS TO AN OBVIOUSLY REALISTIC CONCERN IS CRIMINAL. I ALSO ASKED THEM TO RETURN THE DAMAGED TIRE TO ME, WHICH I HAD TO REMIND THEM TO DO. I THEN TOOK THE CAR & TIRE TO NATIONAL TIRE AND BATTERY (WHOM I TRUST) AND ASKED FOR THEIR OPINION ON THE TIRE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNCU1RD458 TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)

TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY LEFT, REAR TIRE BLEW. AFTER TIRE WAS CHANGED, FULL SIZED, BRAND NEW SPARE BLEW 300 MILES LATER. *AK (TIRESIZE: P2657UR17)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P2657UR17 )

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE JERKS FORWARD AND JUMPS. SEALER HAS REPLACED TRANSFER CASE. HOWEVER , PROBLEM REOCCURS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

MIRRORS - THEY'VE BEEN REPLACED TWICE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT MIRRORS DEVELOP BLACK STREAKS, WHICH MAKES HINDERS MY VIEWING ABILITY, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHTTIME. IT JUST TARNISHES ON ITS OWN. THE FIRST PAIR WERE REPLACED 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, IT IS COMMON IN MIRRORS WITH BUILT-IN LIGHT SIGNALS. AS FAR AS THE A/C IS CONCERNED; EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE, IT GIVES OFF THIS BAD ODOR (MUSTY SMELL) AS SOON AS THE A/C IS TURNED ON. THE DEALER RE-CONDITIONS THE VENTILATION SYSTEM EACH TIME I TAKE MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE. ACCORDING TO THEM, ALONG WITH TWO OTHER DEALERS, IT'S COMMON IN FORD VEHICLES.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING 75MPH HEARD A LOUD NOISE. TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. MAINTAINED CONTROL OF VEHICLE UNTIL ABLE TO STOP. NOTICED LEFT REAR TIRE HAD LOST ITS TREAD. SPARE HAD A BULGE. TIRE HAD 41,000 MILES ON A 1999, FORD, EXPEDITION, P255/70R16W2CU. *AK THE CONSUMER PURCHASED FOUR NEW TIRES AND ONE USED TIRE TO REPLACE THE FIRESTONE ONES. *YH

CONSUMER TURNED ON INTERIOR DOME LIGHT AT NIGHT, WAS BLINDED BY IT AND LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. HE WAS ABLE TO RECOVER AND STAY IN HIS LANE. GLARE FROM LIGHT WENT TO SUN ROOF, AND THEN REFLECTED OFF DRIVER SIDE OF WINDSHIELD. IT DID NOT REFELECT OFF PASSENGER'S SIDE. *SLC

WHILE USING CIGARETTE LIGHTER AT NIGHT CONSUMER WAS BURNED TRYING TO PUT LIGHTER BACK IN DASH, IT WAS NOT LIT UP. *AK *SLC

PISTON KNOCKING AND VEHICLE IS LOSING POWER, AND IT STALLS. COULD BE DANGEROUS IF ON A HIGHWAY. CONSUMER STATES AT 50 MPH CARS STARTS TO VIBRATE.*AK