2007 Ford Expedition

WHEN YOU DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND COME TO A STOP, IE: (INTERSECTION) THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO NEUTRAL WHILE IT'S IN DRIVE AND UPON PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, IT ENTERS A SAFETY TYPE MODE WITH NO INDICATION AND WILL REMAIN IN GEAR ZERO FOR APPROXIMATELY 1-2 SECONDS AND THEN AS IT STARTS MOVING, IT DOES SO WITH VERY LITTLE POWER LEAVING THE VEHICLE IN DANGER OF GETTING STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM CROSS TRAFFIC. AT THIS TIME, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS CAUSING THIS ISSUE BUT IT SEEMS TO BE COMMON VIA THE INTERNET COMPLAINTS ON THE 6R80 TRANSMISSIONS ON FORD VEHICLES. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 4 TIMES WHILE TRYING TO CROSS MULTI LANE HIGHWAYS BUT THE MOST RECENTLY CAME VERY CLOSE TO WHAT COULD HAVE ENDED INTO A MULTIPLE FATAL ACCIDENT WITH A SEMI TRUCK WHO WAS BARELY ABLE TO STOP IN TIME BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO CROSS A 3 LANE HIGHWAY. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE GO BACK TO NORMAL BY SIMPLY SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTING IT. WHAT MAKES THIS REALLY DANGEROUS, IS THE DRIVER SUCH AS ME BEING UNAWARE THAT MY VEHICLE IS IN A SAFETY RESTRICTED POWER OUTPUT WHEN THIS HAPPENS. NO WARNING UNTIL YOU COMMIT INTO A DEADLY SITUATION. PEOPLE REPORT THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET AS THE VEHICLE GOING INTO NEUTRAL BY ITSELF WHEN COMING TO A STOP. WHEN THEY TRY TO RESUME DRIVING THE VEHICLE RPMS WILL INCREASE AND THE VEHICLE MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT POP INTO GEAR SOFTLY OR FORCEFULLY. SOMETIMES WITH FULL ACCELERATION AUTHORITY AND SOMETIMES WITH A MAX ATTAINABLE SPEED OF 5 MPH OR LESS DEPENDING ON THE GRADIENT AND TERRAIN UNTIL YOU CAN REACH A SAFE SPOT AND RESTART THE VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE ABS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A SENSOR NEXT TO THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE ABS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 219,935.

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. PRESSED ACCELERATOR TO PASS A TRACTOR TRAILER. THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED TO PASS (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION), BUT THEN DOWNSHIFTED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 1ST GEAR ON ITS OWN, WHICH IMMEDIATELY REVVED THE ENGINE UP TO RED LINE (5000 RPM) AND CAUSED THE REAR TIRES TO START TO SLOW TO LESS THAN VEHICLE SPEED. AS A RESULT, THE TIRES STARTED SMOKING AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SKID SIDEWAYS TO THE RIGHT OFF THE ROAD AND DOWN THE EMBANKMENT. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN SOME CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DOWN THE GRASSY EMBANKMENT AND FINALLY GET THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE REAR TIRES AND NARROWLY AVOID CRASHING. THE ONLY REASON THERE WAS NOT A CRASH WAS DUE TO THAT SECTION OF THE INTERSTATE HAVING A RELATIVELY SHALLOW GRASSY DOWNWARD EMBANKMENT. 1000 FEET IN EITHER DIRECTION OF THAT INTERSTATE WOULD HAVE CAUSED A MULTI-CAR ACCIDENT. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, I WAS ABLE TO GET IT BACK INTO GEAR AND DRIVE IT UP TO THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE SAFELY BACK TO MY HOME. ONCE HOME, I WAS ABLE TO RESEARCH THAT THERE IS AN EXISTING FORD RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT IT IS ONLY ON 2012 EXPEDITIONS AND 2011-2012 FORD F-150S WITH THE 6R80 TRANSMISSION. MY VEHICLE HAS THE 6R75 TRANSMISSION, WHICH WAS THE PREDECESSOR TO THE RECALLED ONE ABOVE.

THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING ON ACCELERATION AND STOPPING OR GOING UP HILL. ITS BEEN TO OUR FORD DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED IT AND AT FIRST THEY FELT IT AND SAID THEY FIXED IT BUT NOW EVERYTIME I TAKE IT IN FOR THAT OR THE AC BLOWER GOING OFF AND ON THEY SAY THEY DON'T FEEL OR SEE ANYTHING IT GOTTEN RIDICULOUS. IN THE FREEWAY I-10 ME AND MY SON WERE TRYING TO ACCELERATE ON AND ALMOST GOT HIT BY A SEMI TRUCK THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO FAST ENOUGH. I WONT BOTHER WITH THE DEALERSHIP HERE IN TOWN THEY DON'T CARE. IT HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES AND NOW THE AIR BAG LIGHT GOES OFF AND ON IN TEMPERATURE CHANGE IT SEEMS LIKE. OUR DEALER FIXED THE DOOR HANDLE BUT NOW ANY RAIN THE INSIDE OF OUR DOOR FILLS WITH WATER AND THEY SAY ITS NOT THERE FAULT AND WONT FIX THAT EITHER. VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH FORD. SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT THE AIR BAG AND THEY ALSO SAY THEY WONT FIX. WE HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS 40000 SUV VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AND ITS SUPPOSE TO BE A FAMILY VEHICLE....RIGHT WE GET NO UPDATE OR RECALLS INFO AND OUR DEALERSHIP IS THE WORST I'VE EVER DEALT WITH

THE WIRING HARNESS FROM THE TRANSMISSION TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CROSSES OVER THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THERE ARE A SERIES OF CLIPS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO HOLD THE WIRE HARNESS CLOSE TO THE UNDER BODY OF THE CHASSIS. THESE CLIPS PREVENT THE WIRING HARNESS FROM TOUCHING THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. DURING USE, THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER GETS HOT AND THIS HEAT DEGRADES THE PLASTIC CLIPS TO THE POINT WHERE THE ARE BRITTLE AND FAIL. THIS CAN RESULT IN THE WIRE HARNESS CONTACTING THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE HEAT FROM THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYS THE WIRING AND INSULATION TO THE POINT THAT THE ECM RECEIVES ERRONEOUS INDICATIONS FROM THE TRANSMISSION. IF EXPOSED FOR SUFFICIENT TIME THE CONDITION COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION BEGIN IN LIMP MODE, SUDDENLY FAILING OR A FIRE DUE TO THE WIRING HARNESS IGNITING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TOW A BOAT OUT OF THE WATER, THERE WAS A SUDDEN INCREASE OF ENGINE RPMS AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE PREVENTING THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE HAD TO TURN OFF AND RESTART THE VEHICLE IN ORDER FOR IT TO RESUMED NORMAL FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO IDLE REAL ROUGH TO THE POINT OF BOUNCING IN AN UNCONTROLLED MANNER. A KNOCKING NOISE STARTED COMING FROM THE ENGINE. WHEN YOU TRIED TO INCREASE SPEED TWO CYLINDERS MISSED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED INCORRECTLY, IT CAUSED THE OIL TO BE DISTRIBUTED UNEVENLY THROUGH THE ENGINE AND THE ENGINE TO HEAT UNEVENLY. THIS STARVATION OF OIL OVER TIME TO THE ENGINE ALLOWED FOR METAL TO SHRED AND CONTAMINATE THE ENGINE AND THE ENGINE HAS TO BE REPLACED IN A 5 YEAR OLD CAR. IF THE ENGINE IS NOT REPLACED THE CONDITIONS WOULD CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND THE OUTCOME IS UNKNOWN. AFTER INVESTIGATION INTO THE PROBLEM I LEARNED THAT FORD HAD SENT OUT A TECHNICAL ADVISORY BULLETIN TO HELP SERVICE DEPARTMENTS IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT A ONE TIME BASED FAILURE. *TR