1998 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT THE GLASS CRACKED DUE TO PRESSURE. THE DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

IN HIGH/ WINDY CLIMATE, VEHICLE IS BLOWEN AROUND WHICH MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, AND COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TORSION BAR ON PASSENGER'S SIDE CORRODED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO DROP. ALSO, EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING & BRAKING. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC IT WAS A BAD CASTING. NOTHING HAPPENED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. *AK

STEERING HAS PLAY AND DEALER HAS TRIED TO FIX THREE TIMES. STEERING HAS FEELING OF NO CONTROL. COOLING SYSTEM NEEDED ONE GALLON OF COOLANT FIVE DAYS AFTER TAKING OWNERSHIP ON 3/26/99. VEHICLE WAS A DEMO MODEL AND WAS STILL CONSIDERED NEW EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A 1998 MODEL.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE TORSION BAR CRACKED, CAUSING THE TORSION BAR TO BREAK AND PUNCTURE THE TIRE WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL. DEALER REPLACED TORSION BAR AND WHEEL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT TO PULL A HORSE TRAILER AND WEIGHED IN AT APPROXIMATELY 5500 POUNDS, OWNER'S MANUAL STATES IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO PULL UP TO 7500 POUNDS. BUT WHEN CONSUMER WAS PULLING THE HORSE TRAILER, IT FISHTAILED AND ALMOST FLIPPED OVER BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS TOO LIGHT IN THE BACK, AND WOBBLED.THIS VEHICLE CANNOT PULL HORSE TRAILER WEIGHING ABOUT 5500 POUNDS. *AK

THE ENGINE LOSES COOLANT WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF LEAK FOUND, THE STEERING PULLS TO RIGHT AND IS LOOSE, FEELS LIKE YOU CAN EASILY LOOSE CONTROL. DROVE OTHER NEW VEHICLE AND DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM, SIMILAR TO ODI ID# 702318.

SIDE VIEW MIRRORS VIBRATE SO BADLY THAT YOU CANNOT SEE ANYTHING IN THEM. EVERYTHUNG IS A BLUR. THE PROBLEM IS WORSE THE FASTER YOU GO. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 60-65 MPH IT IS THE WORST. THE PROBLEM HAS EXISTED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NEW (OCT. '98). REPLACEMENT OF THE MIRRORS BY THE DEALER HAS NOT HELPED. THE DEALER SAYS THAT IT IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION BY OTHER EXPEDITION OWNERS, BUT THAT FORD MOTOR HAS NO SOLUTION TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS CAUSES A SAFETY CONCERN AS THE DRIVER HAS TO TURN TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOWS TO SEE IF THERE IS A VEHICLE AS THE MIRRORS ARE RENDERED USELESS. UPON CONTACTING FORD MOTOR CO. OF MY CONCERNS (1-800-392-3673), I WAS INFORMED THAT ENGINEERING WOULD BE CONTACTED AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THE DEALER FOR ANY INFORMATION AS FORD WOULD NOT CONTACT ME. I ASKED WHEN THIS WOULD BE AND WAS INFORMED THAT NO DATE COULD BE GIVEN. I ALSO ASKED FOR THIS INFORMATION IN WRITING AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WAS NOT POSSIBLE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF GROCERY STORE AND THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BURN COMPLETELY UP. THE FIRE STARTED FROM THE FUEL LINE. *AK

I HAVE EXPERIENCED AN UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION WHEN BRAKING TO COME TO A STOP WITH MY 1998 FORD EXPEDITION. THIS HAS HAPPENED 10 TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN SEPTEMBER, 1998. THE FIRST OCCURENCE WAS ON 9/19/1998 AND THE LATEST OCCURRENCE WAS 3/01/1999. INTERMITTENTLY, WHEN PRESSING ON THE BRAKE TO COME TO A STOP THE ENGINE ACCELERATES AS IF I WERE PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL RATHER THAN THE BRAKE. THE DEGREES OF THE ENGINE ACCELERATION HAVE VARIED FROM SOMEWHAT MILD TO EXTREMELY VIOLENT. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE VEHICLE IS TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL SINCE THE ACCELERATION STILL PULLS THE VEHICLE FORWARD EVEN WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE (STANDING ON THE BRAKE). THIS UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION HAS ALWAYS OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING AT A VERY SLOW SPEED IN THE BRAKING PROCESS TO COME TO A FULL STOP. LUCKILY THERE HAVE NOT BEEN PEDESTRIANS OR OTHER AUTOMOBILES IN FRONT OF ME WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP AND FORD HAVE NOT PROVIDED A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM AS OF THIS DATE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE AND IS A POTENTIAL KILLER. ALL 10 OCCURRENCES OF THE PROBLEM HAPPENED WITH LESS THAN 4,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.