2007 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

OUR FAMILY DROVE OUR EXPEDITION EL TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC. AFTER STOPPING TO RENT SOME BIKES WE WENT TO START OUR VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP WE WERE TOLD THAT OUR FUEL PUMP WAS BURNED UP AND THAT THEY WOULD ORDER A NEW PUMP. THE NEXT DAY THEY CALLED BACK TO INFORM US THAT THERE ARE NO FUEL PUMP'S AVAILABLE FOR THE EXPEDITION EL 131" WHEEL BASE AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE AND FORD WOULD NOT GIVE THEM ANY INFORMATION. WE CONTACTED FORD AND THEY WOULD NOT HELP US UNLESS WE TRANSFERRED THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. WE DID THAT AND THE FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD US THE EXACT SAME THING. AFTER TRYING ALL WEEK TO FIND A FUEL PUMP OR TRY TO USE THE SHORTER VERSION THERE WAS NO WAY TO FIND ONE. WE ENDED UP HAVING TO RENT A CAR AND DRIVE IT BACK 1000 MILES TO MICHIGAN. WHEN WE GOT BACK TO MICHIGAN AND CONTACTED FORD THEY ONCE AGAIN SAID IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT, THE CAR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTLY AND SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE BUT THEY OWE US NOTHING AND THEY CAN'T HELP US. WHEN I ASKED WHEN THERE WOULD BE FUEL PUMPS AVAILABLE THEY NEVER RESPONDED. I LOCATED A USED FUEL PUMP IN CANADA AND SHIPPED IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. I THEN FLEW BACK TO HILTON HEAD AND DROVE IT BACK. THE FIRST TIME WE STOPPED THE CAR TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT THE CAR WOULD NOT START. I FINALLY GOT IT STARTED AND NEVER SHUT THE CAR OFF AGAIN FROM SC TO MICHIGAN - EVEN WHILE PUMPING GAS AND NEVER LET THE TANK GET BEOW 1/2 A TANK. THE CAR NOW JERKS AND THE FUEL PUMP IS ABOUT TO GO AGAIN. EVERY TIME I GET IN THE CAR I AM AFRAID IT IS JUST GOING TO STOP WORKING AND I WILL GET IN AN ACCIDENT. SO FAR IT HAS COST US OVER $2000.00 TO JUST GET THE CAR BACK HOME AFTER ALL THE EXTRA COSTS AND FORD WILL NOT TELL US ANYTHING OR WHEN ANY WILL BE AVAILABLE. THEY FURTHERMORE SAID THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH NHTSA AND THERE ARE NO ISSUES WITH THIS PART. *TR

TRUCK TURNED ON FINE IN THE MORNING. I WENT TO RUN AN ERRAND CAME BACK AND GAUGE SAID 50 MILES TO EMPTY AND FIGURED I WOULD GAS UP LATER. WE WERE ABOUT TO GO TO DINNER AND THE TRUCK WOULDN'T TURN ON. MECHANIC HAS SAID IT IS THE FUEL PUMP. FOR A WEEK WE CAN NOT LOCATE A FUEL PUMP. WE CONTACTED FORD CORPORATE AND ALL THEY CAN SAY IS "GO PAY $401 FOR A NEW ONE AND THEN WE CAN SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO EXPEDITE". YET DEALER SAYS THEY HAVE A BACK ORDER AND DO NOT KNOW IF ITS GOING TO BE LATE AUGUST OR EARLY SEPTEMBER BEFORE PART IS EVEN AVAILABLE. NOW WE ARE SITTING AND PAYING FOR A VEHICLE WE CAN NOT DRIVE! LIKE SPARK PLUGS WERE A BIG ENOUGH PROBLEM! *TR

THE FUEL PUMP BURNED UP. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ALMOST A MONTH NOW FOR A REPLACEMENT. THE WORD ON THE INTERNET IS THAT FORD IS NOT EVEN MANUFACUTRING THE PART NOW BECAUSE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH IT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2007 FORD EXPEDITION EL LIMITED HOME FROM A DENTIST APPOINTMENT WITH MY FOUR CHILDREN, MY SUV SUDDENLY STOPPED WITH NO WARNING. I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO RESTART VEHICLE WITH NO SUCCESS, IT JUST WOULDN'T TURN OVER. I HAD SUV TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP TO DETERMINE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I WAS TOLD THE FUEL PUMP WAS SHORTED AND HAD ELECTRICALLY BURNED INSIDE MY FUEL TANK. THIS REALLY WORRIED ME SINCE FIRE AND GAS DO NOT MIX VERY WELL! ALL I COULD THINK IS IF 28 GALLONS OF FUEL WERE TO IGNITE, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THIS IS SERIOUS ISSUE. TRIED TO GET MY SUV REPAIRED AND WAS TOLD PART WAS ON BACK ORDER TILL SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER. THIS TELLS ME THAT THERE MUST BE A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THIS PART. THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AT THAT. READ MULTIPLE STORIES OF CONSUMERS WITH ISSUES ALL MOST EXACTLY LIKE MINE. I AM A CONCERNED CONSUMER AND PARENT, AND DO NOT WANT SOMETHING UNFORTUNATE TO HAPPEN DO TO A FAULTY PART. *TR

THIS IS MY WIFE'S VEHICLE AND SHE WAS TAKING MY KIDS AND A FEW FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS MY DISABLED FATHER TO SONIC TO GET SOME ICECREAM. I WAS AWAY FOR A BASEBALL TOURNAMENT WITH MY 9 YR OLD AND RECEIVED A CALL THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT START. I HAD TO LEAVE AND MISS MY SONS GAME TO MAKE SURE MY WIFE WAS OK. WELL AFTER TRYING EVERYTHING I COULD AND STILL COULD NOT GET IT STARTED I HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE. THEY DROPPED THE TANK AND FOUND THAT THE CONNECTORS ON THE PUMP WERE MELTED AND STATED THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. NOW I WAS TOLD BY A FORD DEALER THAT THE WERE REMAKING THE PUMPS AS THEY KNEW OF THIS ISSUE. SO IF YOU KNOW OF THIS ISSUE AND DON'T ADVISE THE PUBLIC I FEEL THEY ARE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR CLAIMS THAT THIS ISSUE MAY CAUSE. THE WORST PART IS WHEN I TRIED TO GET A NEW FUEL PUMP FOR THIS I WAS TOLD THEY WERE ON BACK ORDER AND WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL AUG 5 2013. SO THAT IS 2 MONTHS WITHOUT A SECOND CAR, AND MAKES IT VERY HARD TO MAKE IT TO WORK ONTIME. FORD THEN STATED THAT I DOSE NOT SHOW THAT I ORDERED A PART AND THEY COULD NOT HELP UNLESS I ORDERED THE PART AND THEN THEY WOULD SEE ABOUT THE PROBLEM. NOW A RECALL SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO FOR THIS AS MELTED WIRES IN A SECURED GASOLINE TANK. THAT SOUNDS MORE LIKE AND IED WAITING TO HAPPEN. I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING INTO THIS. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE OR FWY AT ABOUT 55-60 MPH - I START TO INCREASE IN SPEED, WHILE GOING WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC MY EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER MODEL SPURTS/HESITATES/LOSES POWER "BUT NEVER CUTS OFF" EVERY TIME BEFORE THE SPEED INCREASES. WE TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AN THEY ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE FORD DEALER TOLD US THEY CAN'T DO NOT ABOUT IT UNTIL THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. WE SUGGESTED TO THE FORD DEALER THAT IT MAYBE THE FUEL FILTER OR O2 SENSOR BUT THEY TOLD US THIS MODEL VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A FUEL FILTER AND OUR O2 SENSORS ARE GOOD. MY ISSUE IS WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE VEHICLE BREAKS DOWN WHEN IT DOES THIS ALL THE TIME. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 FORD EXPEDITION EL ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT STARTED SPUTTERING. AS I STARTED TO CHANGE LANES TO EXIT THE FREEWAY I LOST ALL POWER. LUCKILY RIGHT AT THE END OF THE FREEWAY EXIT RAMP WAS A SHOPPING PLAZA. I COASTED INTO THE PLAZA THEN MY HUSBAND, 3 KIDS AND 2 STRANGERS PUSHED ME SAFELY INTO A PARKING LOT. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER ON 6-10-13. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS I NEEDED A NEW FUEL PUMP. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF TELLING ME IT WAS COMING. THE DEALERSHIP CONFESSED THAT THE PART WAS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER AND EXPECTED DELIVERY WAS SOME TIME AFTER AUGUST 4TH 2013. MY WARRANTY WILL ONLY COVER 8 DAYS OF A RENTAL. MY LOCAL DEALER WILL NOT GIVE ME A CAR NOR WITH FORD CORPORATE. MY DEALER ALSO MENTIONED THAT OTHER MODEL FORDS HAVE FUEL PUMPS ON BACKORDER LIKE THE TAURUS AND EXPLORER. I AM WONDERING IF THIS IS DESIGN FLAW IN GENERAL WITH THE FORD FUEL PUMPS AND THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP IT FROM GOING TO A RECALL. ONE POST I SAW THE GUY SAID HIS DEALER TOLD HIM THERE WERE 1286.00 EXPEDITION EL FUEL PUMPS ON BACK ORDER. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. I WILL BE WITHOUT A CAR FOR 56 DAYS. OF THOSE 56 I CAN ONLY GET A CAR FOR 8. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? FORD NEEDS TO FIX THIS FOR FREE AS WELL AS GIVE EVERYONE A RENTAL UNTIL THEIR CAR IS FIXED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A WHINING SOUND COMING FROM OF THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE BEARINGS WERE FAILING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WARNING INDICATOR. THE ENGINE FAILED TO RESTART AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO A FAULTY FUEL PUMP. A REPAIR WAS NOT PERFORMED DUE TO THE PART BEING ON A MASSIVE BACK ORDER. THE EXPECTED DATE FOR THE PART WAS AUGUST OF 2013. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,500.

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND WAS COMING UP TO A STOP LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE DIED OUT. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE STARTED AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT, I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AGAIN AND WHILE I WAS SPEEDING UP TO ABOUT 55 MPH THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AGAIN AND I WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM THE TRAFFIC AROUND ME AND GET THE VEHICLE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. I ATTEMPTED RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND IT COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE TO RESTART, LUCKILY I WORK ON VEHICLES MYSELF AND DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A FUEL PUMP ISSUE. I TAPPED ON THE FUEL TANK, GOT THE VEHICLE STARTED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ME AND MY FAMILY ALL THE WAY BACK HOME, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING ROUGH AND NO LIGHTS CAME ON INDICATING I HAD A PROBLEM, BEFORE OR AFTER. I WILL GET THE VEHICLE TESTED ON TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED IT. AFTER READING A GREAT NUMBER OF THESE COMPLAINTS, THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO POINT AT AND IS CLEARLY INDICATING IT IS THE FUEL PUMP!! WE WERE VERY LUCKY THAT THE VEHICLE DIDN'T EXPLODE BECAUSE THE FUEL PUMP WIRES HAVE A TENDENCY TO MELTED ON THE FUEL PUMP. I DOUBT FORD WOULD PAY FOR THIS FUEL PUMP FAILURE IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WHEN YOU LOOK ON-LINE. *TR