On april 25th, 2005 my 1998 ford expedition exploded and was totally destroyed by fire. I contacted ford and was told my VIN number was not a part of the recall. From all information I have been able to fine the description of other car fires match how my car burned. Ford has advised me that my insurance company will have to subrogate. My insurance company will cover the balance owed on my car, however I am without a vehicle. My insurance company is advising me that a law suit against ford will take years. I want to file a complaint against ford, this is unfair treatment. I have lost my car, contents within and now I have no transportation.
1998 Ford Expedition electrical complaints
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Vehicle parked approx 10 hours, horn blowing intermittently, smelled smoke, interior garage door to house hot, got family out - did not witness vehicle fire as outside garage door was shut ----- cruise control quit working 1 month prior to vehicle fire
Vehicle parked approx 3 hours, flames front of dash at windshield, tried to put out vehicle fire himself --- injured ---- no problems with vehicle prior to vehicle fire
Spark plug bown out of poorly designed cylinder head on 5.4 liter engine.
Spark plugs blown out of cylinder head of ford expedition 5.4 liter engine.
Gem module/ecu failed - corosion found on ba box fuse assembly - progressive and randon symtoms over period of time prior to complete failure - ford looked at problems previously and never corrected(replaced batery worn out from repeated drains). Caused electrical backflows into various systems when power off such as AC, radio, engine etc... Draining battery numerous times and causing a potential fire hazard.... Caused airbags to become disabled... Compromised ABS braking randomly... These sysmptoms occurred many months prior to total failure at which time many really weird sysmptoms made the car virtually undriveable at speed... Transmission changing gears erradically... Speedometer works off and on... Engine cycle thru startup cycle over and over while driving.
I have a 1998 ford expedition, and the cruise control stopped working, the anti-lock brakes stopped working, the brake lights stopped working, and I could not put the car in gear. I looked at the fuse box and found a fuse blown. When I replaced the fuse, the engine compartment in the car started smoking profusely. I pulled the fuse out right away, and had someone watch as I put it back in. The smoking started again, and it was coming from some type of brake switch on the front of the master cylinder. I took the car to airport ford in florence, ky, and they said it was the same problem that the 2000 fords were being recalled for. I asked them if it was covered under the re-call, and they said it was not the right year or VIN. They said they didn't know why because it was the exact same switch causing the exact same fire that others are experiencing. I had to pay $158.14 plus $15.00 "shop supplies" plus $10.39 in taxes, totaling $183.53 for a design and safety flaw - the same one that they say only affects the 2000 models. Ford is trying to keep from taking care of the problem for other models even though even their own dealership technicians say is the same exact problem.
Vehicle was parked in front of the residence. Two hours later, vehicle caught on fire. The fire department was called out to extinguish out the fire. Vehicle was towed and totaled by the insurance company.
I arrived at home and parked vehicle in garage ~5:15pm. My wife walked on the treadmill (which is in the garage) from 7:15 ? 7:45pm and did not smell or notice anything unusual. At 10:00 pm I looked through garage door to make sure lights were out and garage doors shut. I noticed a small red light below the truck. After further investigation, I found it was a flame. I came back in the house told my wife to notify the fire dept. I used a hose and fire extinguishers to exhaust flame as the fire dept. Arrived. The heat was so intense it melted the garage light lens above the vehicle. The vehicle would not go into neutral due to damage, so I used my neighbor?s truck to pull the vehicle out of the garage. It appears to have been the defective cruise switch according to a fire investigator. The damage to the vehicle is obvious I can email photos (except I did not photo damaged windshield). We also have smoke damage to our garage. I have filed a complaint with ford originally they told me it would be 5 days until they contact me, now they say it could be 10 days. I asked them to expedite, since I am currently without a vehicle. Ford has not done anything at this point to review or resolve the issue.
Vehicle was parked in front of the residence. Later that evening, the vehicle caught on fire. The entire front of the vehicle was engulfed in flames. The fire department was notified. The cause was undetermined.
Our 1998 ford expedition was destroyed by a electrical fire that damaged our home.the truck was last driven at 9:30pm and at 11:30pm it started on fire.the truck was totaled by the insurannc company.
While my 1998 ford expedition was parked in drive way, it caught on fire under the hood without any type of warning. The fire was put out by my husband and our neighbors, only to reign night again. The fire department was called to the scene and was able to put it out for good.
The vehicles the multi-function switch (combination turn signal, windshield washer/wiper) had a design or assembly flaw. *bf the original switch was replaced under warranty due to corrosion in the washer . A few months later the replacement failed.
Vehicle inadvertently caught on fire while being parked. The cause of this was undetermined.
Spark plug blew-out.
My 1998 ford expedition blew a spark plug out of the head. I now learn that ford's engineers recognized this defect in the head and have increased the thread count in the head from approximately 4 threads to approximately 10 threads (per power ford, torrance, ca).
On may 24, 2003, I (melody) backed in my 1998 eddie bauer ford expedition into my garage around 8:15 pm for the night. Around 8:30 pm, my son and I left with a neighbor to a housewarming party 2 blocks away while my husband was asleep in the house. We returned to our home around 10 pm and did eveything as usual (shower, bed). My son and I fell asleep in the living room area watching television around 11 pm. Around 1:15pm I heard the garage door sound like it was opened and I proceeded out the front door as my husband was right behind me; he had heard the sound also in the bedroom. As I crept down a few steps, we had seen smoke coming from the garage area and I yelled "the house is on fire, run!" we both ran back into the house, I grabbed my son sleeping by the windows and my husband grabbed the keys to his truck and his cell phone. My son and I ran to neighbors houses to call the fire dept. And my husband opened the front side entrance into the garage and moved his truck that was pulled into the driveway of the house. We stood across the street watching our house burn while the fire dept. Extinguished the flames. As my husband and I sat outside our burned home that early morning, we contacted state farm to make a claim and find out what to do. On june 9, 2003, insurance investigators and a representative from ford motor co. Cam to the house to investigate the cause of the fire which originated in the engine compartment of the vehicle. Later, my husband and I were informed that quite possibly the brake pressure switch or cruise control switch may have been the cause.
While the vehicle was parked smoke was coming from underneath the hood. Consumer opened the hood, and vehicle caught on fire. Consumer was able to extinguish the fire with a fire extinguisher. Then, vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection.
1998 ford expedition. Spark plug blow out. 3 times . First two times repairedby ford under warranty.
1998 expedition. Fire concentrated in left rear corner of engine compartment in vicinity of cruise control deactivation switch. The 15 amp fuse for that circuit was blown. Xrays of the switch head showed total destruction of the brass contacts inside even though the outer shell was still relatively in tact.
While pulling into the street from a parked position a spark plug blew out. Dealer was not notified.
While vehicle was parked a fire started under the hood. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.
On my 1998 ford expedition the spark plug blew out of the engine. The ford company will not say that the engine has a defect. The spark plugs are still the same ones that came with the truck new. I had my infant son in the car when this occurred, and this mishap put us in needless peril. Car is in repair still and ford is not treating this like an engine defect. I see many online posts from other ford owners who experienced this same problem. This situation could have caused death or serious injury. Gasoline was fumes were strong and the engine could have caught on fire.
Ford needs to recall the 1998 year expedition. I bought my vehicle new and have to date replaced a blown spark plug and approximately 5 blown coil packs. Ford tells me the installation of the coil packs were not moisture protected therefore when the coil receives moisture they blow. There is 8 coil packs in a vehicle at a cost of approximately $377 per coil. How can we get these recalled? If you did a search of all ford dealerships and see how many people have had coil packs and sparks plugs replaced you would see there is a definite problem. Please help with this!
While driving 30 MPH, a loud knocking noise was heard coming from the front, then vehicle stalled. Consumer tried to restart vehicle but was unable to do so. Consumer had vehicle towed to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that the third spark plug blew out, and needed to be replaced. Driver informed the mechanic that this problem occurred more than once.
While driving on a service road at 40 MPH spark plugs blew out, causing vehicle to decelerate. This was a common problem with these vehicles,that may have been caused by the tread not being treaded deep enough into the head at the factory.
While driving lugs nuts broke, causing the front right wheel to detach from the vehicle. *ak consumer was traveling at 70 MPH when lugs and nuts broke in the front wheel. Taken to dealership and put the same tire and rim. When consumer left dealership, lights failed to work and experienced shaking in front end. Took vehicle to a different dealership, and found out that the front end was so bad. Dealership replaced shims to align front end. The failure of lights was caused by the repair from the previous dealership because when they took the dash board apart, they poked a hole in the heater which burned the wire.
My 1998 ford expedition eddie bauer with a 5.4l triton v-8 just blew a spark plug.
Number 2 spark plug blew out of the head, damaging the coil and stranding my wife, 2 year old son and my 8 month old daughter.
Suspension warning light system malfunctioning ever since the vehicle was new in 07-1998.
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