1997 Ford Expedition electrical problems

Filed Mar 24, 2022 · Acceleration, Electrical · TX

Vehicle will speed up or slow down in certain times for certain speeds without notice smell of smok and looked hurt wiring

Filed May 25, 2020 · Acceleration, Electrical · 190,000 miles · WA

When examining my vehicle which supposedly had a recall on the cruise control sensor on brake master cylinder, found that ford only added a fusable link to prevent fire as the sensor may not have been leaking at the time. It has since leaked and the added bit of wire with the blue tag has blown it's fuses but I believe the cruise control has now disabled my horn durring operation. I am requesting my vehicle be serviced properly as the recall was not done correctly to my understanding. I was looking online and just realized this so I looked at my vehicle and saw it is the old design.

Filed Dec 14, 2015 · Electrical · 190,000 miles · WA

Miscellaneous electrical problems caused by water leaking from driver's side windshield into the fuse box causing, windshield wipers to quit. Door lock won't work, radio quit. Problem is never the same, depends on where the water leak occurs. Very scary and dangerous when driving at night in the rain.

Filed Feb 1, 2015 · Electrical · NE

Electrical problems on my 97 ford expedition lights flashing radio on and off by itself.

Filed Nov 6, 2013 · Driver assistance, Electrical · FL

I was driving down the street, going about 10 to 15 MPH and while driving I had not light on my dashboard indicating any problems all of sudden my 97 ford expedition makes this crazy sound and completely turns off. I was not able to start the truck up again so I had it towed. After two day past I tried starting the truck up and it would not do anything.

Filed Jan 23, 2013 · Electrical · 179,000 miles · PA

I was returning home from work and I heard a clicking noise as I was driving coming from my dash along with all of my gauges jumping rpms ran extremely high and speed gage jumping from all over from 50's to 05 miles a hour lights lighting up and then power lost in which made it harder to stop and steer its done this a few times along with a with the clicking the radio will turn its self on and kills the battery and there is a smell of a hot plastic smell along with all of that when I start to lose power my head lights dim down.

Filed Mar 16, 2012 · Electrical · 155,000 miles · MN

Tl* the contact owns a 1997 ford expedition. Whenever the contact drove the vehicle he noticed that the dashboard panel occasionally failed to function. The vehicle failure was not diagnosed nor was the vehicle repaired. The current and failure mileage was 160,000.

Filed Mar 5, 2012 · Electrical, Lights · 113,000 miles · CA

This issue was at night while driving the headlight to see at night had turned off at a 35 MPH speed no bumps no turn just driving straight. This is a serious issue, you use your lights for night and your are left with no lights, as a result for this huge problem I received a ticket that is how I found out my lights were not working. The headlights fuses, module components, wiring were checked no issues there, as for all other lights example emergency lights, rear lights interior lights are functioning. But as the electrician found the directional switch combo was burned left with a white shadow in one area it was replaced, and now functioning. As for the suspension not functioning properly is this an issue that has not been able to be resolved. I have taken it to different shops and there is no air leakage in the suspension pump and other areas that are linked with the suspension. The suspension pump still repeatedly pump air every 45-60 minutes which it's fine, but not when the vehicle bounces very vigorously for 15 minutes or more till it activates the suspension to pump air. When the suspension is down the steering wheel functions different as the bouncing makes it hard to drive at a certain speed, not safe but manageable in the mean while. During this time I'm not appreciating the quality of my expedition components.

Filed Jan 6, 2012 · Electrical, Transmission · 140,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 1997 ford expedition. The contact stated that while the vehicle was idled in the driveway, he noticed that the exterior and interior lights were flashing, the stereo would turn on and off, and the door locks would lock and unlock. The contact unplugged the battery and the vehicle operated as normal. In addition, the contact stated that the transmission completely failed and the contact noticed water leaking in from the windshield onto the dashboard. Both the dealer and manufacturer were notified, but denied any assistance with repairs of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 140,000 and current mileage was 197,000.

Filed Dec 5, 2011 · Electrical · 170,000 miles · MS · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 1997 ford expedition. The contact was driving approximately 60 MPH with the windshield wipers activated and suddenly without warning the windshield wipers failed to function. In addition, the entire electrical system failed with a strong burning odor emitting inside of the vehicle. The failure occurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated there was water leaking into the fuse box as a result it caused a shortage within the gem module. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 170,000.