NHTSA Complaint #10093823 — 2003 FORD EXPEDITION

THE VEHICLE HAD DEAD BATTERY AND REQUIRED JUMP START. THE ATTEMPT WAS SUCCESSFUL HOW EVER I BEGAN HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS AND ODOMETER DISPLAY MALFUNCTIONED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, INCLUDING JUMPS IN MILEAGE OR NO CHANGE AFTER A TRIP, RADIO WOULD GO OFF OR CHANGE STATIONS BY ITS SELF, DOOR LOCKS WOULD UNLOCK AND LOCK BYSELF,AND INSTRUMENTS NOT WORKING. THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER MOUNTED NEXT TO THE ASHTRAY IN THE DASH SOME HOW BECAME WELDED IN PLACE. ON OCCASION WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE AS YOU PUT KEY IN IGNITION YOU WOULD HEAR THE DOOR CHIME AS NORMAL THEN WHEN YOU TURN KEY TO START POSITION CHIME WOULD DIE AND NOTHING HAPPENED THEN RETURN THE KEY TO OFF AND BACK TO START AND IT WOULD START FINE ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE RADIO BUT THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THEY WHERE UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM AND FIX IT. I CONTINUED TO HAVE THE PROBLEM AND IT JUST SEEMED TO HAPPEN RANDOMLY. *NM