1999 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION LOST SHIFTING POWER. THIS WOULD HAPPEN AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. WAS HARD GETTING VEHICLE TO RESTART. FINALLY STOPPED WORKING. TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. THE PROBLEM OF LOST SHIFTING POWER WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

BACKED INTO A LIGHT POLE IN A PARKINGLOT. ENGINE STARTED TO "REV" WHILE STILL IN REVERSE. WITH MY FOOT STILL ON THE BRAKE, I SHIFTED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. AT THAT TIME, THE CAR ACCELERATED FORWARD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, HITTING A CAR AND GOING THROUGH A STOREFRONT WALL. I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE ENTIRE TIME (PICTURES SHOW THE TIRE MARKS THE ENTIRE WAY). WHEELS CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AFTER CAR WAS STOPPED BY DEBRI, BURNING HOLES IN THE CARPET OF THE STORE. HARD TO SAY WHAT THE CAUSE WAS AT THIS TIME. LAWYER REFERS TO IT AS "SUDDEN ACCELERATION SYNDROME" BUT THIS WAS RELATED TO HITTING THE POLE. *AK

AUTOMOBILE HESITATES FROM A COMPLETE STOP WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. CONSUMER HAS ESCAPED ACCIDENTS TWICE. BOTH TIMES HAD TO GET TO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID THE OTHER AUTOMOBILE. *AK

CONSUMER'S MOTORIZED SEATBELT WAS DEFECTIVE. HE WAS DRIVING WITH HIS DAUGHTER ATTACHED TO THE SEATBELT WITH HER SAFETY CARRIER. HE CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP, THE BOLT CAME LOOSE, AND THE CAR SEAT BECAME DETACHED FROM THE SEAT AND FLEW UP FRONT. CHILD WASN'T HURT. CONSUMER NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY WEREN'T INTERESTED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH , WENT TO APPLY BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN ,BUT THEY DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. INSTEAD, VEHICLE BEGAN TO REV PASSED 5000 RPMS. CONSUMER HAD TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL . DEALER COULD DUPLICATE DEFECT. BUT REPLACED THROTTLE CONTROL MECHANISM , HOWEVER, COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL SOLVE DEFECT.*AK

4.6 LITER,V8 ENGINE. ENGINE CAME WITH DEFECTIVE DESIGN WHICH HAS A PISTON SLAP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN AND IDLE ROUGH.TSB HAS BEEN ISSUED. *AK

WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF, IT STARTED SMOKING. LATER I NOTICE A LEAK COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR.

THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR DOES NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE DUE TO CHILD SAFETY ACTIVATION. YH

VEHICLE SMELLS OF OIL BUT NONE VISUALIZED ON INSPECTION OF ENGINE. SEEMS TO BE WORSE WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES. OIL GAUGE IN VEHICLE RUNS HIGHER END OF NORMAL ENGINE TEMPERATURE IS NORMAL. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE HAD 3,789 MILES ON IT, COOLANT LEAKED ONTO PLUGS & COILS. HAD IT REPAIRED. ON 8/30/99, COOLANT LEAKED ONTO PLUGS & COILS. HAD IT REPAIRED AGAIN. WROTE TO ZONE DIVISION WITH COPIES TO CEO AND CHAIRMAN OF FORD REQUESTING TO BE RELEASED FROM MY LEASE. ONLY GOT FORM LETTERS BACK. ON 1/2/2000, SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. LEFT CAR AT DEALERSHIP, PUTTING ENVELOP WITH KEYS AND NOTE STATING PROBLEM IN THEIR NIGHT SERVICE WINDOW.. HAVE HAD OTHER PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE I.E. REAR WIPER BLADE INOPERATIVE. ADAMSON FORD, WHERE CAR WAS LEASED FROM KEPT VEHICLE FROM THURSDAY 8/30/99 UNTIL MONDAY 9/2/99. DEALERSHIP VERY RUDE AND UNCOOPERATIVE, AND FAILED TO REPAIR ITEMS LISTED ON SERVICE ORDER. I BELIEVE VEHICLE IS A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT SENT FROM THE FACTORY TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO IN TURN LEASED IT TO ME. *AK