NHTSA Complaint #10156824 — 2000 FORD EXPEDITION

WE FIRST NOTICED A PROBLEM WHEN IT WAS RAINING. THE AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY COME ON. THEN WE ALSO STARTED TO NOTICE THAT THE HEATER / A/C FAN WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF. ON SUNDAY 4/30/06, I WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN ON A FREEWAY & THE WIPER LIGHT STARTED TO COME ON & THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, THE WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY. ON MY WAY HOME, AGAIN ON THE FREEWAY IN THE RAIN, THE WIPER LIGHT & THE 4X4 LIGHT WOULD FLASH OFF & ON AT THE SAME TIME & AGAIN, THE AT TIMES THE WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE NEXT MORNING AS I DROVE TO WORK, AGAIN IN THE RAIN, ONLY THE 4X4 LIGHT WAS FLASHING & THE REAR WIPER WOULD NOT WORK. ALSO, THE FRONT WIPERS DID NOT WORK INTERMITTENTLY. I SPECIFICITY RECALL TURNING THE HEATER FAN OFF THAT MORNING BEFORE LEAVING THE VEHICLE. AFTER WORK, I ATTEMPTED TO UNLOCK MY VEHICLE W/THE REMOTE UNLOCK & IT WOULD NOT UNLOCK. I MANUALLY UNLOCKED THE VEHICLE & THE DASH LIGHTS WERE ON. IT LOOKED LIKE I HAD NOT TURNED THE KEY OFF ALL OF THE WAY, BUT I DID! AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. I HAD TO WALK A COUPLE OF MILES TO MY HUSBAND'S WORK & HE HAD TO TAKE HIS LUNCH EARLY TO BRING ME HOME. FORD HAD BETTER GET A RECALL OUT ON THIS. NOT ONLY IS IT VERY INCONVENIENT, BUT WHEN YOUR WIPERS DON'T WORK IN THE RAIN, IT IS VERY DANGEROUS!!! I HAD TO GET THE VEHICLE TOWED THE NEXT DAY. AFTER THE REPAIR FACILITY SENT 2 1/2 DAYS TRYING TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM, THEY DISCOVERED THAT WATER WAS LEAKING BY THE WINDSHIELD ONTO THE GEM MODULE & THE FUSE PANEL. NOT ONLY DO I HAVE TO PAY $477 FOR THE PARTS ONLY, I ALSO HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THE WINDSHIELD RESEALED. WHAT A JOKE!! *NM