2008 Ford Expedition

MY 2008 FORD EXPEDITION PASSENGER FRONT SIDE WINDOW STARTED A HIGH PITCH SQUEAK/SQUEAL WHEN GOING UP AND DOWN (POWER WINDOWS)A WEEK LATER MY DRIVER FRONT SIDE WINDOW STARTED THE SAME, THEY BOTH DID THIS FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND THEN ONE MORNING I PUT THE DRIVER SIDE DOWN AND WENT TO PUT IT UP IT STARTED TO SHIMMY UP AND DOWN LIKE IT WANTED TO GO UP BUT WOULD THEN GO DOWN AGAIN, AFTER PLAYING WITH IT MY HUSBAND FINALLY GOT IT TO GO UP. SINCE THEN I HAD USED IT 2 WEEKS LATER TO FIND THAT THE WINDOW SHIMMIED AGAIN WHILE TRYING TO PUT IT UP AND FOLLOWING TRYING TO GET THE WINDOW UP THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE THE WINDOW WOULDN'T GO UP AT ALL. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE INSIDE CABLE FOR THE POWER WINDOW WAS BROKEN, SINCE THIS IS NOT A WARRANTIED ITEM, WE HAD THEM REPLACED THE "WINDOW REGULATOR" ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE IS NOT YET FIXED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE PARKED FOR TEN MINUTES, THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS AND CRASHED INTO A BRICK WALL. THE FAILURE CAUSED $4500 WORTH OF DAMAGES. THE FORD MANUFACTURER WAS SENT PICTURES, POLICE REPORTS AND AN EYE WITNESS TESTIMONY OF WHAT HAPPENED. SHE HAS NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE. THE TECHNICIANS AT THE DEALER COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE 47,000.

DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE GOING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN WE FELT A STRONG VIBRATION COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE AUTOMOBILE, AS MY HUSBAND LET OFF THE GAS THE BACK PASSENGER TIRE LOST ALL PRESSURE AND THE SUV BEGAN TO SWERVE, MY HUSBAND BEING VERY EXPERIENCED ALLOWED THE CAR TO SLOW TO ABOUT 40 MPH BEFORE HITTING THE BRAKES KEEPING CONTROL OF THE CAR. VEHICLE WAS 08 EXPEDITION WITH APPROX. 1000 MILES ON IT, WE HAD OWNED IT FOR LESS THAN A MONTH. WE CHANGED THE TIRE, WHICH HAD A HOLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH WHICH CAUSED IMMEDIATE DISPERSION OF AIR FROM TIRE. THE HOLE WAS A PERFECT CIRCLE, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE TIRE AS IF IT HAD BEEN PLUGGED. WE TOOK THE TIRE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY ACCUSED US OF HITTING SOMETHING. THERE WAS NO OBJECT INSIDE THE TIRE THAT HAD BEEN FULLY PENETRATED, AND AS I STATED BEFORE THE HOLE WAS A PERFECT CIRCLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EXPEDITION. EVER SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE TRANSMISSION HAS EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY SHIFTING FROM GEAR TO GEAR. THE CONTACT HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AT LEAST FOUR TIMES, BUT THEY CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000. UPDATED 03-09-09 *BF THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED ERRATIC AT HIGHER GEARS. ALSO THE VEHICLE WAS SLUGGISH ON ACCELERATION. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE PCM AND TCM. THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS. UPDATED 03/11/09. *JB

I PURCHASED A 2008 FORD EXPEDITION IN DEC 07. IN OCT 08 WHEN MY WIFE APPLIED THE BRAKES AT APPROX 40 MPH THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON, THE ABS TOOK OVER, AND THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THE VEHICLE WAS EXTREMELY HARD FOR MY WIFE TO STOP AND SHE ROLLED PAST THE STOP SIGN AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER FOR THE REPAIR. THIS HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES, THREE TIMES IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS HAS BECOME AN EXTREME SAFETY PROBLEM FOR MY WIFE SINCE EVERY TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IT IS REALLY HARD FOR HER TO CONTROL AND STOP THE VEHICLE. I HAVE STATED A CASE WITH FORD CUSTOMER CARE AND THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER FOR THE THIRD TIME. FORD SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO SEND AN ENGINEER TO GO OVER THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE FORD MECHANICS ARE UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SO FAR NONE OF THE FORD PERSONNEL SEEM TO KNOW WHY OR WHAT CAUSES THIS AND SEEM TO THINK IT IS PERFECTLY FINE TO USE MY FAMILY AS THEIR CRASH TEST DUMMIES. *TR

I PURCHASED A BLACK 2008 FORD EXPEDITION 14 MONTHS AGO FROM COURTESY FORD IN ALTOONA PA FOR 40,000 CASH. I RECENTLY RELOCATED TO CLERMONT FL. AND NOTICED WHAT SEEMED LIKE SANDY GRIT UNDER MY BLACK PAINT. I THOUGHT IT WAS A XZILON PAINT PROTECTION ISSUE AND ON OCT.10 PAUL KISTE ACCESSORY MNGR. FOR JARRETT FORD DAVENPORT GAVE ME A SIGNED LETTER WITH HIS NAME AND TITLE AT THE BOTTOM THAT STATED "UPON INSPECTION OF MR. CONTE'S VEHICLE IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE PAINT PROBLEM IS A FACTORY DEFECT AND NOT DUE TO THE XZILON PAINT PROTECTION APPLICATION" IT WENT ON TO SAY I AM REFERRING MR. CONTE TO OUR PLANT CITY STORE(45MILES AWAY)TO HAVE OUR PAINT AND BODY SPECIALIST RECOMMEND THE PROPER ROUTE TO TAKE REGARDING THE FIXING OF THIS ISSUE. UPON ARRIVAL MY VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY CARL DEMUTH BODY SHOP MNGR,STEVE FLACK,AND A PAINTER NAMED MIKE. THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM,TOLD ME THE SAND LOOKING SUBSTANCE WAS AIR BUBBLES UNDER ALL THE PAINT AND POINTED OUT EVEN MORE DEFECTS THAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF SUCH AS,"DIMPLES",TINY CRATER LIKE HOLES,BLEMISHES EXPOSED BY THE SUNLIGHT,AND A FEW OTHER BODYMAN TERMS THAT I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH. WHEN I ASKED WHAT WOULD CAUSE THAT,CARL SAID "WHEN THE VEHICLES LEAVE THE FACTORY THE MILL SPEC ON THE PAINT SHOULD BE 3 TO 3.5 MILES. CARL WENT INTO THE OFFICE AND RETURNED WITH A HAND HELD MACHINE THAT MEASURED THE MILLS OF PAINT ON A VEHICLE. HE STARTED AT THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT QUARTER PANEL AND WORKED HIS WAY AROUND THE VEHICLE STOPPING AT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT QUARTER PANEL. THE FIRST READING WAS 11 MILLS,THEN 12.5 MILLS,THAN 12 MILLS,THEN 13 MILLS AND FINALLY 14.5 MILES. HE SAID THAT IT WAS CLEAR TO HIM THAT AT THE FACTORY THEY PAINTED MY VEHICLE SAW FLAWS THEN REPAINTED AND SO ON AND SO ON. HE ESTIMATED I HAD 4 TO 5 COATS OF PAINT ON MY VEHICLE AND THAT IF NOT FIXED THAT MY PROBLEMS WILL ONLY GET WORSE. HE SAID THAT HE WAS SURPRISED THAT IT HASN'T STARTED CRACKING AND STARING YET. HE TOLD ME A FORD REP. WOULD LOOK AT IT,SHE DID AND FOUND NO PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING TO APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE PARKING BRAKE; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. SHE HAD TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,042 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 9,142.