2013 Ford Expedition

TL - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ANTI SKID (ABS) SYSTEM ACTIVATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT A CHIME SOUNDED AND THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND FUNCTIONED AS NORMAL. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY BECAUSE THE FAILURE COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN A CRASH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMPUTER AND SOME SENSORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000. DR

WAS HOOKING UP A TRAILER TO THE BACK, AS I BACKED UP I COULD NOT SEE THE TRAILER ALIGNMENT IN THE CAMERA DUE TO DARKNESS. I PUT THE SUV INTO PARK, VISUALLY VERIFIED THE SHIFTER WAS IN PARK AND TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE STAYED IN PLACE. WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING I GOT OUT TO VISUALLY SEE HOW I WAS LINED UP WITH THE TRAILER. I DID NOT APPLY THE PARKING BREAK. I LEFT THE DRIVERS DOOR OPEN AND AS I PASSED THE LEFT REAR DOOR THE TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE. I JUMPED BACK INTO THE SUV AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE. THE MOVEMENT WAS SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED HAVING HOOKED UP TRAILERS FOR MANY YEARS BUT NOT IN THIS EXPEDITION BUT IN AN EXPEDITION I OWNED FROM 2004 TO 2012 AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT PICKUPS. THIS ONE MOVED ENOUGH AND STRONG ENOUGH IN THESE FEW SECONDS TO PUSH THE TRAILER INTO A FENCE AND WIPED OUT A METAL FENCE POST AND A SECTION OF WOOD FENCE. IT ALSO RAMMED THE TRAILER INTO THE REAR BUMPER AREA ABOVE THE HITCH. THIS ISN'T A COMPLAINT BUT I NEED TO KNOW IF THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED BY ANY OTHER EXPEDITION OWNERS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. *JS

THURSDAY, MARCH 6TH, WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON IH40 IN EASTERN ARKANSAS MY SUNROOF EXPLODED. TRAFFIC WAS MOVING NICELY AND I WAS NOT CLOSE ENOUGH BEHIND OTHER VEHICLES FOR ANYTHING TO HAVE IMPACTED MY EXPEDITION. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. THE SHADE OF THE SUNROOF WAS OPEN, BUT THE SUNROOF ITSELF WAS CLOSED. WE (MY SONS AND I) HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND GLASS RAINED DOWN ON ME AND MY 15 YEAR OLD SON WHO WAS IN THE FRONT SEAT. THE SUNROOF HAD A HUGE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND THE REMAINING GLASS WAS SHATTERED COMPLETELY. AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO SAFELY STOP, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE REMAINING GLASS WAS BOWED UP... IT HAD SHATTERED OUTWARD NOT INWARD TOWARD THE CABIN. WE THEN CLOSED THE SHADE AND STOPPED AT THE FIRST FORD DEALERSHIP ON OUR ROUTE (IN BENTON, AR - ABOUT 2 HOURS AWAY). THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING. WE CONTINUED ON OUR TRIP AND STOPPED AT A LARGE FORD DEALERSHIP IN ARLINGTON, TX FOR ASSISTANCE. THE SERVICE TECH TOOK PICTURES AND SENT THEM TO FORD. I CALLED HIM THE FOLLOWING MONDAY AND HE SAID FORD WOULD NOT COVER GLASS BREAKAGE. WE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED IF I HAD NOT MAINTAINED CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. I HAVE PICTURES AND CAN SEND THEM TO YOU. I UNDERSTAND THAT HYUNDAI HAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM AND WONDER IF FORD IS GETTING THEIR SUNROOF'S FROM THE SAME MANUFACTURER. ANY ASSISTANCE YOU CAN PROVIDE BY LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER WITH FORD MOTORS IS APPRECIATED. *TR

2013 FORD EXPEDITION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FALSE ALARM ISSUES WITH VEHICLE PARKING AID MODULE FAILURE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HIS WIFE STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE PARKING AID WARNING TONE WAS SOLID AND EMITTED A LOUD NOISE, THAT CAUSED A HUGE DISTRACTION. THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT, AND THE FAULTS CODES WERE NOT BEING CAPTURED BY THE COMPUTER. THE CONSUMER STATED ONCE AGAIN, THERE WAS ANOTHER INTERMITTENT PARKING AID FAULTY WARNING TONE. UPDATED 01/30/14 FORD FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER RECOMMENDED REPLACING 4 SENSORS IN THE FRONT BUMPER, AS WELL AS THE DRIVER'S KEYLESS ENTRY PAD, AS IT HAD SEVERAL LED'S THAT WERE NOT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER WAS NOT SURE, IF THE PROBLEM CORRECTED, BECAUSE THE FALSE WARNING TONES, WERE INTERMITTENT.

THE THROTTLE IS ERRATIC. SOMETIMES ACCELERATION FROM A STOP IS SMOOTH AND SOMETIMES ITS AS IF THE THROTTLE IS BINDING AGAINST SOMETHING. OTHER TIMES THE THROTTLE IS DEPRESSED AND NOTHING HAPPENS UNTIL THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LURCHES FORWARD. THE LAST EPISODE WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING PLACE AND THE ENGINE SUDDENLY WENT INTO IDLE. I MASHED THE GAS MORE AND MORE AND IT SUDDENLY ALMOST LURCHED OVER THE CURB. I HAVE HAD IT TO[XXX] IN PLANO TEXAS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, EVEN LEAVING IT FOR SEVERAL DAYS FOR THEM TO DRIVE. THEY CHANGED SEVERAL ITEMS ON THE TRANSMISSION, BUT IN THE LAST FEW DAYS IT HAS WORSENED(MORE FREQUENT). THERE ARE NO ERROR CODES, BUT IT IS BECOMING UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I HAVE TO LEAVE THE CAR WITH A PARKING VALET WHEN MY WIFE RECEIVES MEDICAL TREATMENT AND THIS COULD BE PROBLEMATIC. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WE LOST ALL SYSTEMS INCLUDING EXTERIOR, INTERIOR AND EMERGENCY LIGHTS. WE WERE ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT GOING OFF THE ROAD, ONCE WE HAD STOPPED AND PUT VEHICLE IN PARK WE WERE UNABLE TO GET IT OUT OF PARK. WE COULD TURN THE ENGINE ON AND OFF, BUT STILL COULD NOT GET VEHICLE TO COME OUT OF PARK, NOR COULD WE GET THE LIGHTING SYSTEM TO COME BACK ON, THE ONLY LIGHTS THAT WORKED WERE THE DASH LIGHTS. THE COMPUTER SYSTEM INDICATED: 1- TOW HAUL MALFUNCTION 2- TIRE PRESSURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LIGHT ON. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO FORD DEALER. THEY FOUND SEVERAL MODULES LOST COMMUNICATION WITH BCM, RESET SYSTEM, TEST DROVE BUT UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. WE WERE IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS IT WAS DARK, WE WERE ON A TURN IN THE ROAD AND IN THE CENTER OF THE ROAD WITH NO EMERGENCY LIGHTING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, A LOUD BANGING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AS THE WHEELS SEIZED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO TRAVEL AT LOW SPEED IN 2-WHEEL DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FRONT AXLE SHAFT WAS FRACTURED AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE AND OIL PAN. THE PARTS WERE ORDERED AND THE VEHICLE WAS SCHEDULED FOR REPAIRS WHEN THE PARTS BECAME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,200.