2007 Ford Expedition: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Aug 4, 2010 · Transmission · 7,000 miles · IN · crash

It was 5/5/09, my wife was driving vehicle on a 'chip and sealed' street. She parked it on the shoulder and went to some yard sales. She return to the vehicle and was backing it, to turn around. The engine changed sound and began to rev up. [she was now half its length up a concrete driveway.] with her foot still on the brake peddle she immediately shift the transmission into a forward. The engine was really loud and revving up with the rear tires squealing, and spinning, the vehicle's front tires begin to slide on the gravel of the 'chip and seal' and then slide on the crushed rock of the next drive way. With her foot still firmly on the brake peddle and now both hands on the steering wheel, the vehicle lunges and scoots forward out of control on its own, plowing into a brick mail box. As the vehicle is plowing over the mail box, the engine suddenly idles down and the vehicle stops moving. My wife had never removed her foot from the brake peddle until after she shut the engine off. The brick mail box was totally destroyed costing and the expedition had damage to the grill and front fascia. The county sheriff was called to the scene and the vehicle was towed to the dealership. After 3 wks they found nothing wrong and declared it was safe to drive.

Filed Aug 4, 2010 · Brakes · 17,000 miles · IN

On 7/5/10 my wife was driving the 2007 expedition el with less than 17,000 miles, across the paved parking lot at her work place. With her foot touching the brake pedal she drove forward approaching a parking position. As the vehicle approached the parking position she did not move her foot to increase or decrease brake pedal pressure. When she is about 10' to 14' away from the car in front of her, the engine begins to change sound, revs up, she immediately has to apply brake peddle pressure to slow and then enough pressure to prematurely stop the vehicle. It's rear tires begin to brake loose, squeal, and spin. She turns the key off, to kill the engine. The brakes held firm keeping the vehicle stationary as was evident in the front tires imprint on the parking lot. The rear tires had spun, eating through the sealed surface of the parking lot, depositing rubber and parking lot material behind them. The vehicle was towed to the dealership. Again the dealership said they could not find anything wrong with the vehicle, and ford would not let them do anything to the vehicle unless they could find something. This is the second incident on this vehicle. The first was complaint odi # 10347250. The first incident had property damage and vehicle damage. The second incident did not. - ford has no record at the dealership of this vehicle being there for 3 weeks the first time and 2 weeks the second time. Ford rep also said not take this vehicle to another dealership.

Filed Jan 29, 2010 · Brakes · 60,800 miles · NC

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 ford expedition. While driving 45 MPH she noticed a loud grinding noise coming from the front end of the vehicle, at the same time the brake pedal fell to the floor and supplied the contact with very little braking power. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership. The contact has experienced the identical failure 5 months prior. The current and failure mileages were 60800.

Filed May 26, 2009 · Brakes · 34,000 miles · WA

We have been having sporadic issues with a grating/grinding/scraping noise and a bucking/jerking with our 35,00mile 2007 ford expedition el. No one seems to be able to pinpoint the problem (dealership, of course). I'm sure at 36,001 miles they'll figure it(warranty up). Help. I worry about the safety of my three children, as well as the expense of fixing it. When it occurs longterm (20+ seconds) , tapping the brakes seems to release the noise/hang up. You can also feel it in the pedals/floor when it happens. When the car bucks(not always occurring with the noise)- it really bucks. I have pulled over every time to check that I haven't blown a tire because I know I didn't hit a pothole or road debris and just to be safe. It is terrifying.

Filed Apr 9, 2009 · Brakes · 14,000 miles · FL

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 ford expedition. While driving between 10-15 MPH on normal conditions, the contact heard a loud grinding noise when the brake pedal was depressed and the vehicle failed to stop. After several attempts, the vehicle finally came to a complete stop. Immediately, the vehicle was parked in the contact's driveway. There were no warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. Roadside assistance was called to the scene and the vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer for inspection. The technician was unable to duplicate the failure. The failure recurred, but could not be duplicated by the dealer again. The vehicle has currently been at the authorized dealer for over a week and is under investigation by the engineers. The contact refuses to drive the vehicle until the cause of the failure has been determined and repaired. The failure and current mileages were 14,000.