2006 Ford Expedition

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPEDITION, EDDIE BAUER EDITION. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN 03/2006. ON 10/15/06 THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND EXPERIENCED VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING SPEEDS RANGING FROM 5 TO 50MPH. ON 10/21/06 THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING RACK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,087. THE NOISE AND THE VIBRATION CONTINUED TO OCCUR AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. ON 11/13/06 THE STEERING RACK WAS REPLACED AGAIN FOR THE SAME FAILURE. TWO TO THREE DAYS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, THE NOISE AND VIBRATION REOCCURRED. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN TO DIAGNOSE IT ON 12/06/2006. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR IT UNTIL A FORD ENGINEER INVESTIGATED THE FAILURE. ON 02/12/07, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE DEALER STATING THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NO FURTHER ACTION WAS NEEDED. THE CONTACT FILED A LEMON LAW CASE IN HIS STATE WITH A COURT DATE FOR 09/28/07. ON TWO ATTEMPTS THE VEHICLE FAILED INSPECTION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE ANDWAS REQUESTING THAT THE VEHICLE BE REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 10,000. *AK

AT ABOUT 11,000 MILES I HAD THE FIRST INCIDENT WHILE IN NORMAL TRAFFIC GOING ABOUT 45 MPH. FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. NO POWER DURING 1ST AND 2ND GEAR CHANGE. A FEW DAYS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPEN WHILE ENTERING THE INTERSTATE. WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE THERE WAS NO POWER, NEARLY HIT BY SEMI-TRUCK, COULDN'T GET OVER 60 MPH AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I SLOWED BACK ON THE ACCELERATOR AND LIGHT WENT OFF AND POWER SLOWLY CAME BACK. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD AT 12,000+ MILES, KEPT IT FOR SEVERAL DAYS. SAID IT WAS A COMPUTER MODULE, CHANGED IT, PICKED VEHICLE UP AND NOT 2 MILES DOWN THE ROAD THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO TAKE IT RIGHT BACK IN NOT TO MENTION THERE RENTAL CAR EXPERIENCE WAS EQUALLY HORRIBLE. IT'S IN THEIR SHOP NOW 3/10 AND I'M AT 22,000 MILES AND IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME I ACCELERATE. IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. NOW THEY SAY THEY THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND HAVE ORDERED PARTS. I'M ALSO HAVING A PROBLEM WITH IT NOT STARTING AFTER DRIVING, GETTING OUT AND GETTING BACK IN WITHIN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. WE'LL SEE NEXT WEEK WHAT THE OUTCOME IS! *JB

BRAKES FAILED IN PANIC SITUATION ON DRY ROAD. BRAKES GRABBED AND THEN COMPLETELY LET GO WHEN ANTILOCK SYSTEM TOOK OVER. THERE WAS NO SURGE IN THE PEDAL AS IT WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. MY ROAD SPEED WAS 35 MPH WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES AND I WOULD SAY THEIR WAS AT LEAST 100FT BETWEEN MINE AND THE STOPPED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I THOUGHT OF SWERVING TO MISS IT BUT WAS SURE I WOULD AT LEAST SLOW ENOUGH TO ONLY BUMP THE VEC. IN FRONT OF ME. THE GUY I HIT SAID HE HEARD A CHIRP AND A COUPLE SECONDS LATER GOT HIT. THERE WHERE NO SKID MARKS THAT I KNOW OF. THEIR WAS 21000 DOLLARS DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF MY 2006 EXPIDITION. *NM

WHEN EXITING INTERSTATE, CHANGES LANE AND AS GAS PETAL WAS PUSHED, NO POWER TO SUV, ENGINE DID NOT RACE OR SHAKE, JUST NO POWER. PUT SUV INTO FIRST GEAR AND IT JERKED AHEAD AT 10 MPH TO STOP LIGHT. WHILE STOPPED, SUV WOULD ROLL BACKWARD IF BRAKE NOT ON. MADE LEFT HAND TURN AND PUT BACK INTO GEAR, ABOUT ONE MILE LATER SAME LOSS OF POWER UNTIL PUT INTO 1ST GEAR. ONE MONTH LATER, ALSO WHILE EXITING INTERSTATE HAD SAME LOSS OF ALL POWER AT BOTTOM OF RAMP WHEN TRYING TO MERGE INTO LEFT LANE. SUV WOULD ONLY MOVE AFTER PUT INTO 1ST GEAR, ONLY AT 10 MPH. DEALERSHIP COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AFTER A WEEK WITH THE FIRST INCIDENT, DEALER KEPT FOR 3 AND A HALF WEEKS AND THE P&S DIRECTOR DROVE 716 MILES AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THIS PROBLEM. (NOTE BOTH HAPPEN WITHIN ONE WEEK OF DEALER OIL CHANGE) P&S DIRECTOR SUSPECTS FLY BY WIRE ISSUE, SAID THAT COMPARED TO OTHER 2005/2006 MODELS OURS HAS A DEAD PEDAL FEELING. *JB

ON A 2006 EXPEDITION, UPON START UP (NOT EVERY TIME) THERE IS A NOISE THAT I DESCRIBE AS WINDSHIELD WIPERS DRAGGING ACROSS A DRY WINDOW OR A WINDING SOUND THAT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE THE MOTOR OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. IT SEEMS TO MAKE THIS NOISE AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS SAT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, USUALLY AFTER A DAY AT WORK. BUT IT HAS MADE THIS NOISE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AFTER SITTING ALL NIGHT. IT HAS NEVER DONE IT ON A SECOND IMMEDIATE START UP. FORD HAS REPLACED THE STARTER, NO HELP. FORD HAS REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS (THIS WAS A 2005 RECALL I WAS TOLD), NO HELP AND THEY HAVE REPLACED THE OIL FILTER, AGAIN NO HELP. UNFORTUNATELY NO-ONE AT FORD HAS HEARD THIS NOISE, BUT ONE TECH SEEMED TO KNOW ABOUT IT FROM ANOTHER CUSTOMER WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I HAVE MADE SUGGESTIONS TO THE FORD TECH'S SO THAT THEY COULD EXPERIENCE THIS SAME EVENT (THAT WENT ON DEAF EARS), THEY HAVE LOTS OF THOUGHTS THAT IT COULD BE THE BLENDER (SP) AND THAT I SHOULD NOT TURN THE A/C ON UPON START UP. I TRIED THAT AS WELL, I WILL TRY ANY SUGGESTION THEY PUT OUT, BUT STILL THE SAME NOISE. THEY HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT THE CAM, AND THEY STOOD THERE AND AGREED THAT THE OIL FILTER CHANGE WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. BUT WHAT THE HECK TRY IT. FORD HAS STATED THAT THEY CAN NOT KEEP THE VEHICLE TO TRY AND FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS IS GOING TO BECOME SOMETHING BIGGER AND FAR WORSE. I FEAR OF A FIRE IN THE VEHICLE. SINCE FORD DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO TRY AND ISOLATE THE PROBLEM I SUGGESTED THEY PUT IN WRITING AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS VEHICLE. *NM

VEHICLE HAD BEEN DISPLAYING THE LOW AIR PRESSURE LIGHT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ( SMOG CONTROL). TIRES WERE CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE PROPERLY INFLATED, ALL FLUIDS, FILTERS, ETC, WERE CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE IN WORKING ORDER. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MILES. BOTH BEFORE MENTION LIGHTS CONTINUED TO COME ON AND OFF. VEHICLE WAS PARKED. APPROX 1 HOUR LATER VEHICLE HORN SOUNDED, I WALKED TO CHECK HORN AND FOUND THE VEHICLE INTERIOR IN FLAMES. I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT, AND KEEP THE DAMAGE TO THE DRIVERS SIDE DASH, STEERING AREA. VEHICLE INTERIOR SUFFERED HEAVY SMOKE DAMAGE, FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED. CONTACTED INSURANCE COMPANY AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY. VEHICLE IS ONLY 9 MONTHS OLD AND STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I REQUESTED THAT FORD REPLACE MY VEHICLE WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE JUST LIKE I PURCHASED. FORD SENT LETTER SAYING THAT SINCE INSURANCE COMPANY IS INVOLVED THEY PROPOSE NO FURTHER ACTION. BUT SINCE VEHICLE IS USED, INSURANCE COMPANY WILL ONLY PAY FAIR MARKET VALUE, LEAVING ME TO PAY FOR THE BALANCE. ALL I WANT IS FOR FORD TO REPLACE MY DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. *JB

WHILE MAKING A HARD LEFT TURN TO AVOID A CRASH , I WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER TO THE RIGHT EVEN WITH MY STEERING WHEEL TURNED AL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT. MY VEHICLE CONTINUED LEFT AND COLLIDED WITH THE GUARD RAIL AT ABOUT THIRTY MPH. INSPECTION OF THE DAMAGE FOUND THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIE ROD ON MY BRAND NEW EXPEDITION WAS BROKEN IN HALF. THERE WAS MARKS ON THE TIE ROD TO INDICATE THAT IT WAS CUT. INSTEAD IT WAS FRACTURED . THIS IS THE REASON FOR LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *NM

THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WORKS FINE WHEN THE VEHICLE IN MOTION (AT HIGHER THAN IDLE RPM), BUT SEEMS TO BLOW DISTINCTLY WARMER WHEN AT IDLE( E.G. AT A STOP LIGHT). BROUGHT IN TO THE DEALER TWICE AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NOTHING WRONG, THAT THE COMPRESSOR FAN IS TURNING SLOWER AT IDLE. IF THIS IS TRUE IT IS AN OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW. WE HAVE HAD PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS OF THIS MODEL AND NOT HAD THIS PROBLEM. *JB