Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / EXPEDITION / 1998

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005014469 Incident Date: Apr, 03 2005
Consumer's City: POTOMAC Consumer's State: MD
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: EXPEDITION Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMPU18L7WL Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 06 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Gem module/ecu failed - corosion found on ba box fuse assembly - progressive and randon symtoms over period of time prior to complete failure - ford looked at problems previously and never corrected(replaced batery worn out from repeated drains). caused electrical backflows into various systems when power off such as ac, radio, engine etc... draining battery numerous times and causing a potential fire hazard.... caused airbags to become disabled... compromised abs braking randomly... these sysmptoms occurred many months prior to total failure at which time many really weird sysmptoms made the car virtually undriveable at speed... transmission changing gears erradically... speedometer works off and on... engine cycle thru startup cycle over and over while driving. *ak