1997 FORD EXPEDITION Visibilitywindshield Wiperwasher Problems

8 NHTSA complaints on file

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Visibilitywindshield Wiperwasher Issues in the 1997 FORD EXPEDITION

8 visibilitywindshield wiperwasher complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 1997 FORD EXPEDITION. Of these, 1 involved a crash, 1 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

Complaints

Crashes

Fires

Injuries

Deaths

All Visibilitywindshield Wiperwasher Complaints

#10125957 | June 20, 2005 Fire

DT:CONSUMER STATED THAT SINCE T SHE BOUGHT VEHICLE IT HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER HAD CONSUMER TO TAKE VEHICLE TO A SPECIAL SHOP, THEY WOULD TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER SAID THAT WITHIN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS VEHICLE HAD TWO IGNITION SWITCHES INSTALLEDT HAT CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR. VEHICLE HAD SEVERAL OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. CONSUMER SAID THAT WITHOUT THE KEY IN IGNITION THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS /RADIO CAME ON, AND THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. SOMETIMESM THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT ROLE BACK UP AFTER BEING ROLLED DOWN. CONSUMER ARRIVED HOME AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE ALL DAY. CONSUMER PARKED AND WENT INSIDE THE HOUSE. ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LATER, FOUND OUT THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. FIREMEN STATED THEY COULD NOT TELL WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE.*AK

#10114417 | March 21, 2005

REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER WILL NOT TO TURN ON MOST TIMES. IF WIPER ASSEMBLY IS JARRED HARD ENOUGHT (EITHER BY BUMP OR BANGING ON IT) WILL CAUSE IT TO WORK FOR A WHILE. THIS PROBLEM WAS ORGINALLY FIXED BY DEALER, BUT WARRANTY HAS PASSED AND THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. I HAVE TAKEN THE UNIT APART, BUT BELIEVE THE UNIT WAS NEVER CHANGED AND BELEIVE THE CONTACTS WERE CLEANED. I BELIEVE THE WIRING IS BEING CORRODED CAUSING FOR GOOD CONTACT OF THE WIRES.*AK

#10059877 | February 26, 2004

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WASHER ASSEMBLY WAS DEFECTIVE. IT WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, AND HAD BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. *AK *JB

#864806 | July 5, 2000 Crash

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE & APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOWDOWN. BRAKES FAIL TO CATCH & HIT A MOPED. WAS PLENTY OF DISTANCE FOR STOPPING. WAS THIRD SET OF BRAKES ON VEHICLE. WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NOT WORKING LIKE THEY SHOULD. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTEN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & MECHANIC INDICATED THE ABS BRAKES ARE OKAY. WIPERS CAN BE REPAIRED.*AK

#713727 | October 23, 1999

VEHICLE DRIFTS TO THE RIGHT, ALIGNED REPEATEDLY AND RE-CHECKED, CONTINUES TO DRIFT, CREATED OUTSIDE WEAR ON DRIVE TIRES. REAR WIPER FAILED DURING RAIN STORM. POWER MIRROR WORKS INTERMITTENLY. POWER WINDOWS DO NOT OPERATE WHEN KEY IS OUT MAKING IT DANGEROUS TO EXIT IN AN EMERGENCY. WINDSHIELD WIPER WORKED SPORADICALLY, REPLACED MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH AS PER RECALL. DRIVER'S POWER SEAT 'CLUNKS' WITH MEDIUM TO HARD STOP OR ACCELERATION, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER.

#702180 | January 13, 1999

WINDSHIELD WASHER SWITCH REPEATEDLY FAILS TO OPERATE WASHER. FIRST FAILURE WAS WITHIN THE FIRST 1000 MILES OF OWNERSHIP. DEALER REPLACED THE SWITCH ONE TIME. FAILURE REOCCURED WITHIN HOURS. DEALER CLAIMED THE SWITCH WAS OK NEXT TWO TIMES I ASKED FOR IT TO BE FIXED. SWITCH CAN BE MADE TO WORK BY SWITCHING TO HIGH BEAMS (WIPER CONTROL IS ON SAME STALK). AFTER YOU SWITCH TO HIGH BEAMS THE SWITCH MAY WORK FOR HOURS, MINUTES, DAYS OR SECONDS. IT CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO SWITCH TO HIGH BEAMS WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT IN TRAFFIC. FORD KNOW THESE SWITCHES ARE DEFECTIVE AND HAS DONE NOTHING.

#701265 | December 10, 1998

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE AND PRIMARILY IN THE CENTER VISION AREA OF THE WIPER AREA. THE WIPER BLADES HAVE BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. THE DEALER JUST REPLACES THE BLADES. IT APPEARS THAT THE HEIGHT OF THE WINDSHIELD IS PREVENTING THE BLADE ASSEMBLY FROM BEING ABLE TO MAKE FULL CONTACT ON THE WINDSHIELD EITHER DO TO THE SHAPE OF THE GLASS OR THE WIPER MECHANISM IS INSUFFICENT TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PRESSURE THROUGHOUT WIPERS RANGE. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES OVER 45 YEARS AND NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH A VEHICLE. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS IN RAINY OR SNOWY CONDITIONS. *MJS

#531641 | March 23, 1998

WINDSHIELD WIPER RETAINING NUT BROKE (WHERE THE BUILT IN WASHERS ARE LOCATED), WIPERS FAILED DURING THUNDER STORM, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.

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