2005 Ford Expedition

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING 50-55 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND THE CHECK ELECTRONIC THROTTLE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. SHE WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND TURNED THE VEHICLE BACK ON AND IT BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 31,750.

ORIGINAL FACTORY SPARK PLUG BACKED OUT FROM CYLINDER HEAD. CHECKED REMAINING 7 SPARK PLUGS. FOUR OF SEVEN LOOSE. MECHANIC RECOMMENDED USING HELI COIL KIT ON ALL SPARK PLUG THREADS. MECHANIC MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON FORD 5.4 LITER ENGINES. IF THIS IS TRUE, IT APPEARS AS THOUGH A RECALL SHOULD BE REQUIRED FOR REPAIR OF CYLINDER HEADS. *TR

MY 2005 FORD EXPEDITION WAS CUTTING OFF AND TICKING EVERYDAY, BUT NO LIGHTS WERE COMING ON TO TELL ME WHAT IT WAS, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO PEP BOYS SHOP AND THEY DECLINE TO FIX IT DO TO SPARK PLUGS BREAKING IN THE ENGINE, SO I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT. IT TOOK THEM A WHOLE DAY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT, THEY SAID I NEEDED A TUNE UP WHICH WAS $279, AND HE TOLD ME THAT ALL OF SPARK PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT THEY SOMETIMES BREAK OFF IN THE ENGINE AND IF THAT WHERE TO HAPPEN IT WOULD BE A ADDITIONAL $90 PER PLUG, THE COIL NEEDED TO REPLACED $95, AND THE ON OF THE CYLINDER NEED TO BE REPLACED UNKNOWN AMOUNT/FORGOT, THEN THEY CALL ME BACK AND TOLD ME THAT ALL OF THE SPARK PLUGS HAD BROKE. THE FORD DEALERSHIP REPAIRED MY TRUCK CAUSE THERE WHERE OTHER PROBLEMS AS WELL SO TOTAL $1000 IN REPAIRS FOR A PROBLEM THAT I NEVER NEW THIS TRUCK WAS HAVING. *TR

MY 2005 FORD EXPEDITION SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. AN ERROR CODE OF "CHECK ELECTRONIC THROTTLE" DISPLAYS ON THE DASH AND A WARNING SIGNAL SOUNDS. ALL WHILE THE VEHICLE LOSES THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND POWER STEERING. AFTER BRINGING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP, IT CRANKS RIGHT UP AS IF THERE WAS NEVER A PROBLEM. IT HAS NOW DONE THIS ABOUT 5 OR 6 TIMES. WE HAVE NEARLY BEEN HIT TWICE BY 18 WHEELERS AS A RESULT OF THIS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ONLINE IN HOPES OF FINDING OUT WHAT COULD BE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. TO MY HORROR, I FOUND HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ALL LINKED TO THE 2005 FORD EXPEDITION ONLY. I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS TYPE OF COMPLAINT FOR ANY OTHER MODEL YEAR. I'M LEARY OF EVEN TAKING IT TO A DEALERSHIP FOR THE PROBLEM AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THE COMMENTS AROUND THE ISSUES HAVE BEEN THAT FORD HAS REPLACED THE "THROTTLE BODY" AND IN SOME CASES IT DIDN'T RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. TO ME IT SOUNDS LIKE A RECALL IS NEEDED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. IT SHOULDN'T TAKE A SEVERE ACCIDENT OR DEATH TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION. IT SOUNDS LIKE FORD IS TRYING TO AVOID ISSUING A RECALL ON THIS FROM THE COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE REVIEWED. IF THE 2005 FORD EXPEDITION IS THE ONLY MODEL YEAR AFFECTED, THEN THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WAS PROGRAMMED OR INSTALLED INCORRECTLY ON THE FORD EXPEDITIONS FROM THAT MODEL YEAR. AN INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO BE INITIATED BEFORE THE FATAL RESULTS THAT TOYOTA HAS HAD RECENTLY BECOME A PART OF FORDS FUTURE, AND ALL BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE IN DENIAL OF A PROBLEM WHICH SHOULD INITIATE A RECALL TO FIX. *TR

2005 FORD EXPEDITION WITH 90,000 MILES ON IT, DRIVEN IN NORMAL VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, AND THE "CHECK ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL" MESSAGE COMES ON INFOR SCREEN, THEN ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. ALMOST RAN INTO DITCH ALONG SIDE OF ROAD LAST TIME WHEN ENGINE STALLED, AS POWER STEERING AND BRAKES SHUT DOWN AS WELL. *TR

UNTIL TODAY I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL FORD VEHICLE OWNER. MY WIFE WAS TAKING OUR THREE CHILDREN TO SCHOOL THIS MORNING AND AS SHE WAS MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY SHE WAS ALERTED TO AN UNFAMILIAR CODE AND ALARM IN THE VEHICLE. BEFORE SHE COULD LOOK AT THE DASHBOARD THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE IN THE ACCELERATION LANE, THE BRAKING AND STEERING BECAME MINIMAL AND SHE WAS LEFT WITH A LITTLE MORE THAN A DISABLED VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY. WITH HEAVY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC RAPIDLY APPROACHING HER AND UNSURE WHETHER THEY COULD STOP SHE HAD TO FORCE THE VEHICLE TO THE EDGE OF THE GUARDRAIL. THE VEHICLE WHEN TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED APPEARED NORMAL. I THEN CHECKED PRIOR COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEB SITE AND OTHERS AND AM APPALLED OF THE LACK OF ACTION BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND OTHERS FOR NOT LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE. THE LIVES OF THREE SMALL CHILDREN AND WHOEVER ELSE MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS POTENTIAL COLLISION DESERVE TO HAVE FORD ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROBLEM. I PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM FORD AND WHEN I TALKED ON THE PHONE WITH THEM THIS MORNING, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD JUST "KEEP AN EYE ON IT". WHEN THEY LOOKED ON THE COMPUTER TO INFORM ME MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED 200 MILES AGO THEY CHANGED THEIR MIND AND TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN. PLEASE, PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT. I AM A POLICE OFFICER AND SEE TOO MANY FATALITIES DUE TO OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. I WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE ONE BECAUSE OF AN ORGANIZATION FAILING TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY.

1. THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE. THERE IS NO WARNING THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN OR IS HAPPENING. UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, MY 2005 FORD EXPEDITION SIMPLY LOST ALL POWER AND THE WORDS "ENGINE FAIL SAFE MODE" APPEARED. 2. THIS OCCURRED TWICE (OCT. 6, 2009 AND NOV. 16, 2009). I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BOTH TIMES BUT DURING THE SECOND INCIDENT, I LOST THE POWER STEERING AS WELL AND STRUGGLED TO PULL OVER. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS "ENGINE FAIL SAFE MODE" IS THAT THE CAR STOPS WORKING. YOU BECOME A SITTING DUCK WHEREVER THE CAR HAS DECIDED TO GO INTO THIS MODE. YOU ARE UNABLE TO ACCELERATE -NOT FUN WHEN THIS HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY THE FIRST TIME-AND IF YOU DO NOT LOSE YOUR POWER STEERING, YOU CAN PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. 3. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED FOR APPROXIMATELY $700. NOWHERE IN THE CAR MANUAL DOES IT LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS CODE COULD LEAD TO THIS REPAIR. I HAD A HARD TIME FIGURING OUT WHAT THE CODE MEANT USING THE OWNER MANUAL. THE MOST FRUSTRATING PART OF THIS FAILURE IS THAT IF THIS HAD OCCURRED WHEN I WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, I PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE HERE TO ENTER THIS COMPLAINT. I WOULD LIKE TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING TO SOMEONE ELSE. *TR

2005 FORD EXPEDITION 5.4 ENGINE, MISFIRING 3&5 CYLINDER. ROUGH IDLE. CAR HAS 127,000 MILES AND SINCE WE HAVE HAD IT I HAD ISSUES WITH IT IDLING IN PARK AND ALMOST AT TIMES WANTING TO STALL. ENGINE HAS ON MORE THAN 3 OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING 60-70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY BECOME UN RESPONSIVE WHILE DRIVING. ENGINE WOULD RUN BUT NO ACCELERATION WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS PUSHED; IT WAS LIKE THE CAR WAS RUNNING IN NEUTRAL. INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON SHOWING "ENGINE FAILURE". PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED CAR AND THEN IT RAN FINE AGAIN. FORD SVC DEPT. COULD NOT REPLICATE THE SITUATION WHEN I TOOK IT TO THEM, SO IT WAS NEVER REPAIRED. (CLEARLY THERE IS A FAULTY PROBLEM) CURRENTLY CAR IS IN THE SHOP REPLACING ALL 8 SPARK PLUGS, COILS AND BOOTS. MECHANIC INDICATED A LOT OF CARBON BUILDUP IN THROTTLE BODY. (SEEMS TO ME POSSIBLY SOME OTHER FAULTY COMPONENT COULD BE WHY I'M HAVING TO SPEND $800 TO FULLY REPAIR MY CAR). *TR

2005 FORD EXPEDITION DISPLAYED "ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL FAILURE" MESSAGE AND ENGINE ABRUPTLY QUIT AT HIGH SPEED IN TRAFFIC ON A CURVED ROAD RESULTING IN A SIMULTANEOUS LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. THIS APPEAR TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR WHICH THERE HAS BEEN NO SAFETY RECALL. A FAILURE LIKE THIS WITH NO MECHANICAL BACKUP FOR ENGINE THROTTLE CONTROL IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR