NHTSA Complaint #733815 — 1997 FORD EXPEDITION

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS IN THE PAST 9 MONTHS. FIRST STARTING MAY 2000, CLICKING NOISES UNDER DASH, DASH LIGHTS BLINKING ON AND OFF SEEMS LOW WASHER FLUID LIGHT IS EFFECTED MOST. BEEPING NOISES FROM BEHIND GLOVE BOX. A/C COMES ON WITHOUT KEY IN IGNITION. TOOK IT TO FORD IMEDIATLY THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM. NEXT INCIDENT, WAS DURING A WEEKEND AND IT SEEMED TO CORRECT ITSELF. SECOND TIME TO THE SHOP, SAME PROBLEM AS FIRST. THEY COULD NOT FIND WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES EITHER AT NIGHT OR ON WEEKEND AS THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THE CAR IS DRIVEN. BY MONDAY AM PROBLEM IS GONE. IN JUNE ANOTHER INCIDENT THIS TIME WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCKS AFFECTED. WINDOWS ROLLED UP AND DOWN BY SELVES, THEN WOULD NOT PERFORM AT ALL. DOOR LOCKS CAME UP ON THEIR OWN. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM. OCT. 5, 2000 DRIVING AND CLICKING NOISES START UNDER DASH, WINDOW ROLLS DOWN BY SELF, BEEPING NOISES START UNDER DASH, CIGERETTE LIGHTERS MALFUNCTION(CELL PHONE STOPS WORKING), SPEEDOMETER, ODOMERTER, TACKOMETER, QUIT WORKING WHILE I'M DRIVING. WINDSHEILD WIPERS MALFUNCTION. CAR BEGINS SHIFTING HARD. THIS IS SCARY WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, ON DARK WINDY ROADS WITH 3 CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I JUST KEPT THINKING , WHAT IF THE ENGINE DIES AND THE STEERING LOCKS UP. I FEEL THIS TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM AND COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. AGAIN I TOOK THE CAR TO FORD WHO ONCE AGAIN COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. FOUND THE TROTTEL TO NEED ADJUSTING. DROVE CAR HOME AND THE NEXT MORNING THE SAME THING HAPPENED (SATURDAY FORD SERVICE IS CLOSED) I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND WHEN I STARTED IT AGAIN THE PROBLEM CORRECTED ITSELF. PLEASE HELP, I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY.)