(1) 1999 ford expedition would not start, dead battery. Replaced battery, determined all electonic components shorting out and inoperable: headlights, brake lights, and interior lights goes on and off, wipers work only intermittently.*ak (2) vehicle taken to local ford repair facility. Dealership was immedietly familliar with problem. Failure attribuited to leaking windshied and subsequent water leakage on vehicle gem (general elecronic module) and fuseblock (3) repairs consisted of replacing winshield, repacing gem module with improved water resistant variation (result of tsb), replaced fuseblock, replaced starter motor. Problems with some electronic systems persist after repair. (4) resuling $1,650.00 repair bill for 5 year old, 70k mile garage kept vehicle due to being left in the rain for two days.
1999 Ford Expedition electrical complaints
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After vehicle was parked for 3 hours a fire started under the hood. Vehicle was totaled. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.
While vehicle was parked it caught on fire. The night before it caught fire the emergency brake light illuminated the dash board.
On january 15th, 2005 my wife had returned from a short trip from the grocery store in our 1999 ford expedition around 9:30pm. She had been home about 45 minutes when I noticed the smell of smoke. I looked out the door to the garage and saw flames coming out from under the hood near the windshield. I quickly took the keys and tried to crank it to get it out of the garage and away from the house. Fortunately it did crank. After I attempted to put the fire out with a fire extinquisher the local fire department put out the fire. The car was declared a total loss by my insurance company a couple days later. I have no doubt that this fire was caused by a faulty cruise-control de-selector switch. The cruise-control had stopped working about 4 or 5 months ago. After the fire I noticed a puddle of fluid on our garage floor. I now know that was brake fluid from the master cylinder. I called montgomery motors service department on tuesday january 25th and they said they had never heard of this problem with expeditions. Two days later ford announces a recall on certain year model expeditions (not 1999). I'm upset that ford knew of this problem and did nothing about until there were over 63 fires (not counting this one). And now they are only recalling a few year models when it is obvious that this is a problem with 1997 thru 2002 models. I was very fortunate that my home and family was not burned up in this fire. Some other families may not be as lucky. Thank you in advance for your attention to this dangerous problem.
1999 ford expedition gem module problem. ***no answer required***. *mr this is the second time the gem module has been replaced.
My 1999 ford expedition spontaneously combusted in the early morning hours on 1/21/04 while we slept. The car had been sitting for many hours - with the engine turned off. A loud noise woke us up and the ford expedition was on fire. The fire completely destroyed the ford expedition, the cadillac deville(parked across from it), the portcache, and the roof of our house. *nm the fire was coming from the engine compartment. Cruise control stopped working for a period of time. It stopped about a week before the fire. Two of the running board light bulbs had also gone out. No aftermarket equipment. The fire spread to the structure and another vehicle. Will e-mail pictures to bruce york. Vehicle was insured by state farm policy number 930041594. State farm did a fire investigation.
I bought a 99 expedition used in march 2004, from the local ford dealer in clarksburg, wv. From the 2nd day I had it home it has had electrical problems in the rain. The rear wiper would stop immediately and the front wipers would not come back on if the car was in drive after you had turned them off. During the first incident I stopped to get gas and when I got in to leave the pumps my headlights would not come back on. I drove the two blocks to my house by the street lights. I know from the internet I'm not the only person to have this water leak in under the dash of a ford expedition of f-150. It is a miracle if no one has wreck in a sudden down pour.
While consumer was driving and coming to a stop sign there was a loud noise. Consumer pulled to the side of the road, and the vehicle cut off. After having the vehicle towed, it was discovered the spark plug blew out.
Spark plug has blown out of the head.
At the end of october fuse to the brake lights blew out. Replaced fuse, and saw smoke coming from under hood. Removed fuse, and opened hood to find source of smoke, it was the brake switch on top of the master cylinder. Took it to dealership, who reported that they replaced the switch. 3 weeks later vehicle was parked in driveway for 1 hour after driving for .5 hours and it caught on fire. Also, house caught on fire. The fire was in the engine compartment. The hole in the hood was centered on the driver's side near the middle. Insured by progressive.
I have a 1999 ford expedition,and while I was driving on the highway, one of my spark plugs popped out of cylinder.
I have recently discovered (local news cast) that a problem I encountered with my 1999 ford expedtion has been reported to you dept on several occasions. I would like to add that I was told by a local mechanic that this is a common poroblem with the ford expedition and f-150's. The damage to my vehicle @1700.00 was casued by a spark plug shooting out of the cylinder casuing damage to the engine and the needed repairs were expensive abd time consuming for our family not to mention the need for a rental vehicle that pushed nearly 700.00. Thanks for you response to this matter greg jensen burnsville mn.
I own a 1999 ford expedition.I have had 3 spark plugs blow out of the heads. 2 didnt take the threads out but 1 completely ripped the threads out with it. I had it retapped and a helocoil put in but that only lasted about a month. Now best ford is telling me I need to replace the passenger head at a cost to me of 2500.00, and ford will not do anything about it due to the mileage. I have spoken to fords customer relations center trying to work something out to no avail. I have found hundreds of consumer complaints on the internet of defective aluminum cylinder heads with the same thing happening to them. People experienced the same problems with there trucks with as low as 25 thousand miles.
Spark plugs blow out of cylinder heads on the 5.4 v-8 and on the v-10 motors as well. This has happened to me three times and ford recognizes the problem. It needs to be investigated as this is a potential fire issue, and may result in loss of control.
1 engine blew-100 deductible 2 electrical,lights wont go off - 3 electrical,radio/windshield wipers inop-4 transmission leak-5 transmission going bad-6 alternator bad all within a year and 4 months, been walking more than riding, have not enjoyed truck yet, scared to drive past 200 miles out I got a real lemon that I still have to pay 535 for, I hate ford, will never buy another if it was free, going to iraq, but ill be back 4 justice....
The vehicle stalled without warning. The consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealer. The mechanic informed the consumer that the spark plugs blew out causing the engine to fail. *ak
1999 ford expedition blew #3 sparg plug out of head
The truck will not start, even though there is power. After waiting a few hours it starts up without a problem. It may run fine for a couple days and then have numerous problems for days on end. This has been going on for more than a month now. Called three dealerships and was forced to take it back to the original dealership (two hours away). The problem did not happen when at the dealership, was not logged on the computer and was charged $100.00 to do nothing. I have heard from numerous people that this is a common problem with the alarm system (that does not log problems on the computer) that is under warranty. Have called ford customer service and was told that there was nothing that they could do. After numerous times of lack of starting, the original dealership told me that we needed to leave the truck with them for an extended period of time (three to four days).
While driving at highway speeds, the sparks plugs blew out causing the vehicle to shut down. Please provide further details.
The vehicle experienced the same defect with it's electronic function as stated in recall 00v 072 000. The vehicle was not included in the recall due to VIN. *ak *scc
Interior lights malfunctioning, daytime running lights not working correctly, heating/cooling system not working properly; stays on even when key is not in ignition. When ignition is turned on or off, the woofer makes a loud thumping sound. Woofer inoperable. Right sign wing never worked properly/ will not open or close. Braking system is doubtful, it squeaks, and when gas is released engine and braking are not coordinated smoothly . Constant squeaking when in motion. Dealerships service repair personal neglect and refuse to find the causes, even though vehicle is still under warranty.
The passenger side cylinder head needed to be replaced to the very common spark plug blow out. From other websites I have seen this to be a very common occurrence among expedition owners. The repair cost was in the area of $1800.00. Ford does not acknowledge this as a defect and yet it happens to people every day.
While driving the vehicle stalled without warning. It was later determined that the vehicle spark plugs were defective.
The vehicle caught fire. Mr scc
Water in the fuse box causing many shorts. There is a leak in the wheel well. No water is any where else in the SUV. Shorts include, radio off and on, flashing lights on the dash, all lights off on dash, SUV starter relay shorted and tried to start the ignition without any keys or anyone in the SUV. Because it is considered water damage my extended warranty will not cover it. Ford motor company has been contacted by myself and they have apparently heard of this complaint and will not assume responsibility at this time.
There is a problem with vehicle's electrical system. All doors lock/unlock intermittently without engagement. Also the vehicle's interior and exterior lights engage on/off. Ph
Windshield wipers intermittently wipe without switch being activated, rear wipers fail to wipe at all.
The engine starts normally after the key is turned but dies when I shift into gear. After the first failure, the truck was towed to the dealer who performed diagnostics. The tests did not show any abnormalities. I was told that they could not identify the faulty part therefore could not replace anything. They said it could just be a fluke and might never happen again. This was while the truck was under manufacturer's warranty. The second failure occured two days ago, approx. 6 months after the first incident. I was eventually able to get the vehicle started on my own and drove straight to the dealer. Again, they were unable to find any faulty parts. The vehicle is now out of manufacturer warrenty but is under an extended warranty. However, the repair shop said that they could not just start replacing parts without a clear cut diagnostic becasue the insurer would not pay. I am now afraid to drive the vehicle any distance from my home or office in case the defect stalls the car again or manifests itself in some other, more destructive way. I cancelled my trip for the fourth of july and am waiting on a dealer call back. I am assuming this is a glitch in a computer chip or something relatively minor, but difficult to find. However, the problem is a major one in my life as I do not feel safe driving this vehicle. The dealer has been responsive and is researching the problem. I do not know if they have access to a data base of other expedition/f110 owners who may have had this same problem, so I am trying to distribute my information to a central organization that might be able to recognize a pattern of failure and identify it's cause. The vehicle has been maintained per the manufacturer's recommendations.
Had spark plug coil go out on #4 cylinder, shakes at higher speeds tires wear unevenly burning oil smell after you drive it had it to dealership 3 times and they "couldnt locate a leak " ( maybe there techs should read these tsb's?) finally reconized as bad head and gasket replaced still was leaking then I told I needed a total engine replacement! Now its outta warrenty and my problem according to ford dealership. Even though had it in for burning oil smell when under 36,000 (dot number: na tiresize: 275r16)
Turn signal/wiper control stem shorting out with electrical arc sounds as long as stem is in l/r position. Same item occurred in similar vehicle owned by same: 1997 ford expedition, VIN#[xxx]. Suspect this is a defective assembly which may cause accidents due to lack of ability to indicate turning intent, especially when turning left or changing lanes. *ak information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
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