1999 FORD EXPEDITION Suspension Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL DROPPED AND CAUSED HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE SWERVED AND THEN FLIPPED OVER. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION WAS COMPLETELY CORRODED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 225,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE TRAILING ARMS ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WERE CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.

REAR SUSPENSION FAILURE WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL UPPER SUPPORT ARMS BROKE, THE FRONT OF THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL ROTATED UPWARD TO ABOUT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND MOVED BACKWARD, THE FRONT OF THE DRIVE SHAFT PULLED OUT APPROXIMATELY 6" BUT DID NOT DISENGAGE, THE TRACK BAR BEHIND THE DIFFERENTIAL WAS IMPACTED AND BENT, THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR SUSPENSION AIR BAG WAS DAMAGED. UPPER AND LOWER SUPPORT ARMS REPLACED, TRACK BAR REPLACED, REAR AIR RIDE SUSPENSION BAG REPLACED, BRACKETS AND HARDWARE FOUND BROKEN REPAIRED, FRONT END ALIGNMENT. SUSPENSION PARTS NOTED AS RUSTED. FUEL TANK STRAPS NOTED AS RUSTED, DRIVE SHAFT OK FOR NOW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. SHE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE DRIVE SHAFT FELL FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS CORROSION IN THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE CONTROL ARMS. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. SHE HAS PICTURES OF THE FAILED COMPONENT. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 101,000. UPDATED 10/21/09. *LJ UPDATED 10/20/09

MY WIFE HAD PARKED OUR 1999 EXPIDITION FOR ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE NOTICING SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE CAR WAS SOON COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND DESTROYED. SINCE THE ENGINE HAD BEEN OFF FOR A WHILE, I SUSPECT AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. THIS VEHICLE HAD ALMOST 100K MILES AND WAS AN EDDY BAUER VERSION WITH THE SELF LEVELING FEATURE. I MENTION THIS BECAUSE APPROXAIMIATLY 30 MINUTES AFTER SHUTTING OF THE CAR, A COMPRESSOR TURNS ON AND LEVELS THE CAR, THIS IS NORMAL ACCORDING TO THE MANUAL. I SUSPECT THAT THIS MOTOR IS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. SINCE THIS FIRE WAS OUTSIDE NO-ONE WAS HURT, BUT IF THIS HAD BEEN IN A GARAGE IT WOULD HAVE BURN'T DOWN THE HOUSE. SINCE THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDER VEHICLES WITH THIS FEATURE, THERE ARE MORE POTENTIAL FIRES OUT THERE. MY INSURANCE COMPANY HAS POSSESION...

THE FRONT END BALL JOINT BROKE WHICH DISCONNECTED THE FRONT END AND TIRES. FORD ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE BUT IT WAS LATER DEEMED IRREPARABLE DUE TO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. RECALL INFORMATION WAS RECENTLY POSTED ON THE INTERNET RELATED TO THIS FAILURE. *MR *CB *NLM

I WAS RETURNING FROM KANSAS CITY, MO. TO WOODBRIDGE, VA., TRAVELING ON I-70E AT THE 51 MM IN INDIANA. MY VEHICLE WAS SET ON CRUISE JUST UNDER 70 MPH. (69 MPH APPROX.) SUDDENLY I FELT A VIBRATION AND SOUND THAT RESEMBLED DRIVING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS! THERE ALSO WAS IMMEDIATE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING, THOUGH NO LOSS OF CONTROL. I WAS DRIVING IN THE SLOW LANE (#2), SO I GENTLY APPLIED BRAKES AND MOVED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND STOPPED. MY PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE HAD COMPLETELY COME APART. THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE CASING, AND THE SIDEWALL WAS CHEWED UP, EXPOSING THE WHITE PLYS UNDERNEATH! WHEN THE TIRE WAS REMOVED AND INSPECTED AT THE GARAGE THAT TOWED ME, A TEAR, THAT WENT FROM THE RIM STRAIGHT OUT TO WHERE THE CASING MEETS THE TREAD WAS FOUND. THERE WERE NO FOREIGN OBJECTS OR BUBBLES IN THE TIRE, NOR...

A BOLT THAT HOLDS SUSPENSION BAR HAS FALLEN WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER .*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH SUSPENSION STABILITY AND CONTROL, SEVERAL REPLACEMENTS OF SUSPENSION/STEERING COMPONENTS. YH