Consumer Complaint Detail
FORD / FORD TRUCK / 1999

0 Injured

0 Death

No Fire
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004009485 | Incident Date: Oct, 28 2004 |
Consumer's City: NORTH SYRACUSE | Consumer's State: NY |
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
Model Name: FORD TRUCK | Model Year: 1999 |
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Electronic stability control:automatic (asc) |
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMPU18L3XL | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 05 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Jul, 29 2004 |
Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Vehicle experiences continued problems with suspension stability and control, several replacements of suspension/steering components...tie rod/s bent/broken causeing to lose control at low speed (thank god i wasnt going faster at the time) wheels flopped on its sides continued 4 wheel alignment and replacement of several front end,arms, joints, tie rods, front end repairs costing $1500... plus...vehical sways all over the road and pulls right and then pulls left with a lot of play in steering wheel after several 4/wheel alignments. i have had the vehical into courtsey ford mattydale ny several times now to fix front end problems \ this is a very dangerous situation and should be definitely a recall on the ford expiditions. futhermore, all wheel drive / 4 wheel drive often is locked into 4 wheel will not come out of 4 wheel drive. ***also, digital dash short or loss of use lights on dash going out including odometer often go out and the turn back on i have seen several complaints regarding all of the above...for the 99 ford expiditions. *** the brake pedal also locks up if/when the tire spin or engine revvs up you try to apply the breaks however, the break pedal will not move it's locked and will not move unlit tires stop spinning or eng. stops revving...anti-lock problem???*ak |