NHTSA Complaint #10614520 — 2004 FORD EXPEDITION

4 SEPARATE TIMES MY 2004 EXPEDITION HAS DIED WHILE RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD, ONE TIME IT DIED IN A VERY DANGEROUS SPOT (BLIND S-CURVE WITH NO SHOULDER). IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO RESTART AFTER IT HAS COOLED DOWN AFTER A WHILE. THIS LAST TIME WE TRIED MULTIPLE THINGS TO GET IT RUNNING BECAUSE IT WAS STUCK AT A BUSY INTERSECTION AND IT WAS OVER 100 DEGREES OUTSIDE, BUT NOTHING WE DID HELPED. I ENDED UP GETTING IT TOWED TO A SHOP WHO TOLD US IT NEEDED A NEW FUEL PUMP ($1100). WE DECIDED TO TAKE IT HOME, AND THANK GOODNESS WE DID. AFTER CHARGING THE BATTERY IT STARTED RIGHT UP. WE HAVE RESEARCH THIS PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN TO MANY EXPEDITIONS AND FORD PICKUPS. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS HAS CAUSED MANY PEOPLE A LOT OF MONEY AND HAS LEFT THEM STRANDED MANY TIMES. FROM OUR RESEARCH IT IS PROBABLY THE FUEL PUMP RELAY (R303) OR THE FUEL PUMP DRIVER MODULE (IF IT HAS ONE). UNFORTUNATELY OUR EXP. HAS THE RELAY INSTEAD OF THE MODULE MAKING IT HARDER TO REPLACE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THEIR HASN'T BEEN A RECALL ON THE RELAY OR MODULE!!! I AM VERY THANKFUL MY CHILDREN WEREN'T WITH ME WHEN I WAS LEFT STRANDED WITH THE TEMP ABOVE 100 DEGREES OUT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO GET DONE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT!