NHTSA Complaint #10641026 — 2003 FORD EXPEDITION

WHEN DRIVING ON I-10 WEST AT 65 MPH MY FORD EXPEDITION SHUT DOWN FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I WAS IN THE FAR LEFT LANE AND DON'T LIKE TO PARK IN THE INTERIOR LANES SO I PLACED MY HAZARDS ON AND DRIFTED TO THE FAR RIGHT LANE. IT WAS HARD TO DO BECAUSE WHEN MY VEHICLE WENT DEAD THE PWR STEERING AND BRAKES BECAME HARD TO USE. ONCE I GOT TO A SAFE AREA, I TRIED TO START MY VEHICLE AGAIN.....WITHOUT SUCCESS. I CONTACTED MY INSURANCE COMPANY FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THEY PICKED MY VEHICLE UP AND TOWED IT TO MY RESIDENCE. THE NEXT DAY I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND WENT TO A DOCTORS APPT. ON THE WAY BACK FROM THE APPOINTMENT I WAS IN THE LEFT TURNING LANE AND THE VEHICLE DIED AGAIN. THIS TIME I HAD SOMEONE BEHIND ME THAT ALMOST REAR ENDED ME. AT THIS TIME I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP (SHAMALEY FORD). THEY INDICATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE. I RETRIEVED MY VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. WHEN DRIVING TO ENSURE THAT MY VEHICLE WAS OPERATIONAL IT DIED AGAIN ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF A ONE LANE STREET WHICH NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. SOMEONE HELPED ME PUSH MY VEHICLE AROUND THE CORNER SO THAT TRAFFIC COULD PROCEED. I WAITED ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND TRIED TO START ME VEHICLE AND IT STARTED. I HURRIED AND PLACED IT IN MY PARKING SPACE. AS I HAVE READ, THIS IS A RECURRING ISSUE WITH FORD EXPEDITIONS AND LUCKILY THIS HASN'T CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT OR RESULTED IN DEATH. I DID NOT STATE THIS BUT I CONNECTED MY CODE READER AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANYTHING WRONG. AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY MISDIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. COULD YOU ADDRESS THE ISSUE? *TR