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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004024922 | Incident Date: Oct, 28 2004 |
| Consumer's City: | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: FORD | Model Year: 1999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Suspension:front |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMPU18L3XL | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jun, 18 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 causing to lose control at low speed (thank god i wasn''t 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 $2000... plus...vehicle 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 vehicle into courtesy ford mattydale ny several times now to fix front end. now good year tells me they fell the tie rods need to be replaced again??? problems \ this is a very dangerous situation and should be definitely a recall on the ford expiditions. furthermore, 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 expeditions. *** the brake pedal also locks up if/when the tire spin or engine revs 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??? |
