2004 Ford Expedition acceleration problems

Filed Oct 23, 2017 · Acceleration, Engine · CA

Can not drive car power train and engine blew out dont drive drive far only in my city and up to maintence and all of sudden girls stop shifting one day while on road very scary had to pull over in middlke of intersection after tht\at day bought another transmission and same thing happened didnt last month spent so much money on trans that cannot afford new agin

Filed Jul 2, 2017 · Acceleration, Electrical · 190,000 miles · SC

My vehicle, without any warning at any speed, including highway speeds, shuts off completely,without any warning or indication that it is about to do this. Always on a straight road with almost a full tank of gas. The cause a relay switch which is soldiered into the memory board that controls the vehicle's brain box that shorts out. After doing research on the internet, I am both shocked and disgusted that the nhsta has not investigated this faulty design by ford and made them recall all of the 2003- 2008 expeditions. You only have to pull it up on you-tube or google to see the 1000's upon 1000s of complaints from expedition owners concerning this constant and dangerous problem, which clearly endangers every expedition owner and their family. The worst part of this, the ford dealerships want you to spend $1000 of dollars needlessly to try and diagnose this same, old problem, before they finally deal with replacing the entire fuse block panel, just for the relay switch, which is the cause, the shorting out relay switch. The internet shows again and again, that this problem is so rampant, that it isn't if it happens, but when, because it was a faulty and defective design, which endangers all expedition owners made these years. The faulty fuse block's fuel pump relay switch burns out and between that and the thin wires grounding out under the hood, drivers, unsuspectingly are left in panic modes on the highway, scrambling to get out of harms way, as a result of your vehicle turning off at all speeds, ie, 70 MPH. Imagine a semi is behind you and you don't have the safe means of escaping the dangerous predicament you are now left in to get over to the side of the road? A recall is needed asap before too many people are needlessly killed as a result. Expedition's are family vehicle's and usually have lots of children in them! This is too dangerous to keep overlooking.

Filed Dec 11, 2016 · Acceleration · 160,000 miles · ND

When driving in cold weather the vehicle continues to accelerate after you have released the accelerator. It doesn't matter whether you are using the cruise control or not.

Filed Dec 11, 2014 · Acceleration, Engine · 164,000 miles · NY

While driving on a 3 lane highway where the speed limit is 65, I began my transition to the right lane to exit. We were traveling approximately 60mph. As I began to change lanes the vehicle noticeabley began to accelerate. At first I thought the cruise control had been activated, but when j attempted to stop, the car kept trying to accelerate. As I entered the exit ramp the car did not slow down the way it should have and the brakes did not feel sure. As I was able to come to a safe roll, I placed the car I to neutral at which time the car accelerated violently. I felt for the gas pedal which seemed to to depressed as if the cruise control was on. However, I was stopped. The engine did finally slow to within normal RPM. I was somewhat convinced that something may have been stuck, but soon realized that the gas pedal is hinged from above and not into the floor, nor was there anything on the floor.

Filed Jun 1, 2014 · Acceleration, Engine · 72,061 miles · CA

While slowly braking to a stop behind traffic stopped for a red light, the engine suddenly accelerated with my right foot still on the brake pedal. I pressed harder on the brake and when I realized the engine was still revving (at over 3,000 RPM), I put the transmission into neutral and noticed the engine speed erratically bouncing up and down in roughly the 2500 to 3500 RPM range. I still had my right foot firmly pressed on the brake pedal. I finally shut the ignition off and put the transmission into park. I waited a a few seconds and restarted the engine. This entire time I never lifted my right foot off the brake pedal. The engine started and idled at a normal 600 RPM or so. I carefully put it into drive so I could get out of traffic. At each subsequent stop, I would put the transmission into neutral just in case of another incident. I promptly drove straight home which fortunately was only 2 miles away. I checked the floor mat to see if the accelerator pedal could have gotten stuck but there was plenty of clearance. The floor mat is anchored to the floor so doesn't move. This is the first time something like this has happened to this or any other vehicle I've owned or driven.

Filed May 13, 2014 · Acceleration · 79,000 miles · IL

Vehicle had a sudden unintended acceleration event which nearly resulted in an accident. This was a very nerve racking experience and I had difficulty stopping the vehicle (despite applying full brakes) as the RPM continued to increase to approx. 5000. On stopping the vehicle I managed to place it in neutral and the engine continued to rev excessively. I turned off the engine. Vehicle was brought to local ford dealership who confirmed a high rev problem with the electronic throttle control and recommended a "throttle body" replacement.

Filed Jan 28, 2010 · Acceleration · 79,000 miles · FL · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford expedition. She smelled plastic burning in her garage; however, she observed flames coming from underneath the hood of her vehicle. The fire department extinguished the fire and the vehicle is in her garage. The vehicle was destroyed and there were major damages to her residence. The dealer was not notified. Her insurance company stated that ford will be sending out an investigator to determine what caused the fire. There is an incident report from the fire department .there is a recall on ford vehicles for the cruise control switch but at this moment they don't know if that caused the fire to occur. The failure and current mileages were 79000.

Filed Nov 5, 2009 · Acceleration · 90,000 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford expedition. While entering the drive-way, the vehicle lurched forward without pressing the accelerator pedal. He had to remove the key from the ignition to stop the vehicle. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership. The current and failure mileages were 90000.

Filed Feb 28, 2008 · Acceleration · 67,900 miles · IL

Cruise control stuck and the speed would accelerate and there was no way to turn off cruise control or slow down truck.

Filed Jul 25, 2006 · Acceleration · 30,060 miles · PA · crash

On three occasions starting 6/21/06, after putting the car into gear (forward twice, reverse once), the engine immediately raced and lurched, and an inordinate amount of pressure had to be applied to the brakes to try to control the car. There were three different drivers each time who will attest to this. The last occasion, my wife was backing into our driveway, stopped, put the care in 'park', and then, after a minute, into reverse again, where it immediately accelerated to a very high rate of speed, smashed into my son's van (totaling it), pushed the van another 15 feet over two trees, where she finally had control of the brake. We are very fortunate that no one was hurt, but I'm very concerned at ford's response. I took it to springfield ford, where I purchased the care, and was told that, after a thorough check they could find nothing wrong with the vehicle, and that they even talked to the ford 'hotline', and that the ford engineers had 'never heard' of a situation like this. I told the service rep that if he googled 'sudden acceleration' and 'ford' he might get an education. Needless to say, I have appx $3-4,000 in damages to the expedition, and the van, a '99 windstar is beyond repair. I'm sure that by contacting the local dealer, I'll get nowhere, as it's very apparent they either don't believe me; don't care; or are covering up what truly is a serious issue. Thank you for your time and consideration.