1998 Ford Expedition: engine stalls while driving

Filed Feb 8, 2013 · Lights · 220,000 miles · NM

Tl* the contact owns a 1998 ford expedition. The contact stated that while driving approximately 70 MPH, the headlights and instrument panel lighting flickered. The reading on the instrument panel gauges began to fluctuate randomly and the vehicle stalled. The failure occurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 220,000.

Filed May 15, 2012 · Electrical · 200,000 miles · CO

Tl* the contact owns a 1998 ford expedition. The contact was traveling 20-30 MPH when the anti-theft warning light illuminated as the vehicle stalled. The vehicle failed to restart after the failure. The vehicle was towed to the contact's home and was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 200,000.

Filed Feb 23, 2006 · Engine · 105,700 miles · CO

Dt*: the contact stated while driving 35 MPH a spark plug blew out of the cylinder head due to the thread holding the spark plug into place and the engine stalled. The vehicle was taken to the dealership for inspection. Upon inspection, the dealership put a heli coil in the cylinder head and replaced the spark plug, which remedied the problem. Updated 3/9/2006 - the first failure occurred at 48000 miles on the #2 cylinder. The plug was blown out of the cylinder head. The latest failure was on the #7 plug.

Filed Jul 4, 2005 · Engine · 84,000 miles · CA

My 1998 ford expedition eddie bauer with 84k miles on it has had two spark plug coils go bad and have been replaced for $425 each time. On july 1, while driving on the highway, the car made a loud pop and we had to pull over, luckily without causing an accident. We were able to get to the ford dealer in ojai, who looked at the car and determined that the a spark plug had blown out of the head and cost to repair was going to be $3800. Many people with the 5.4l triton engine report the same problem and ford needs to address this. The engine should be recalled since it has a fatal deisgn flaw. There are only 4 threads in each spark plug hole instead of 8. We could have been killed if the car had stalled at the wrong time. Please get ford to address this problem.

Filed Sep 8, 2004 · Engine · 91,200 miles · CA

Without warning vehicle stalled. Consumer had to coast off the road. Consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealer, and mechanic determined that engine head gasket failed, causing the engine to malfunction. *ak both head gasket blew and needed to be replaced.

Filed Apr 29, 2004 · Electrical · IL

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.

Filed Dec 10, 2003 · Engine · 73,000 miles · FL

While driving 50 MPH the vehicle stalled. The driver pulled over onto the shoulder and attempted to restart the vehicle but it wouldn't turn over. The vehicle was towed to the dealership but the mechanic could not duplicate the problem. *ak *nlm

Filed Aug 16, 2002 · Engine · FL

While traveling on highway vehicle stalls. Dealership is aware of problem.

Filed Aug 13, 2002 · Electrical · CA

Spark plugs vibrated and blew out on the top of the motor, vehcile stall out.dealer contacted,sad it should not happened.

Filed Jul 5, 2002 · Acceleration · PA

Vehicle hesitates/ stalls and kicks back when it accelerates. Problem is intermittents but progressing. Dealer has checked vehicle numerous times, but dealer could not duplicate the problem in order to find the cause. Please provide more information.

Filed May 23, 2001 · Electrical · CO · fire

On 16 may 2001 while traveling south on colorado interstate 25 in denver, our ford expedition started to chug and sputter. Thinking it was bad gas from filling the tank up around 9:00am earlier that same day, we tried to change lanes to get to the shoulder of the road. The expedition then stalled as we coasted to a halt on the shoulder of the road at the under pass of I-25 and us 285. We then turned on the emergency flashers. Smoke was coming from under the hood. Thinking it was overheated, we opened the hood to cool the engine down. As soon as the hood pooped up flames were visible and we proceeded to exit the expedition. The denver fire department was called around 8:55pm and pumper truck no. 22 arrived to scene. When the fire department arrived, the expedition was fully engulfed in flames. After the fire was extinguished, the captain showed me where the fire started. On the drivers side, a fuel line was determined to be faulty next to the fender due to deterioration from the fuel and the cause of the fire. This is reflective in his report #01-23023. He also told me that I was lucky that the tank was full of fuel otherwise the expedition would have exploded. The vehicle has been serviced by ford under their extended service and maintenance plan. We utilized the plan until it expired at 36,000 miles. After we no longer were under a maintenance plan, we had our expedition service by goodyear and oil changed at approximately every 3000 to 4000 miles. The last time maintenance was completed under the hood was in march 2001. No other maintenance was done under the hood.

Filed Dec 14, 1999 · Engine, Steering · FL

While driving,the vehicle is stalling, once it stalled while making a right hand turn.