2003 FORD EXPEDITION Latcheslockslinkages Problems

6 NHTSA complaints on file

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Latcheslockslinkages Issues in the 2003 FORD EXPEDITION

6 latcheslockslinkages complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2003 FORD EXPEDITION. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

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All Latcheslockslinkages Complaints

#10256448 | January 27, 2009

BRAKES NEED TO BE REPLACED CONSTANTLY. PADS WEAR VERY FAST. ROTORS WEAR EASILY AND NEED REPLACEMENT WITH PADS EACH TIME. WHEN BROUGHT TO HAVE ROTORS TURN, WAS TOLD THEY ARE MANUFACTURED WITH VERY LITTLE TOLERANCE AND COULD NOT BE TURNED EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS MINIMAL VISIBLE WEAR. WAS TOLD THEY DID NOT "MIC" WITH ENOUGH RANGE TO TOLERATE THE CUT WHEN TURNING. ROTORS SHOULD NOT NEED REPLACEMENT WITH EACH BRAKE CHANGE. EXCESSIVE BRAKE DUST. BRAKE DUST HAS EATEN AWAY AT FINISH ON RIMS. AFTER LAST BRAKE REPAIR, FRONT END NOW HAS A CLICKING SOUND. BRAKE PEDAL HAS ALWAYS FELT SPONGY. ON TWO OCCASIONS WITH AGGRESSIVE BRAKING CONDITIONS, BRAKES LOCKED UP. TOLD DEALERSHIP WHO SAID THIS IS NORMAL WITH THE FORD BRAKING SYSTEMS. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE HAD AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE FOG LAMP NOT STAYING LIT AND THE METAL REFLECTOR PIECE IN THE FOG LAMPS COMING LOOSE. WE...

#10235777 | July 25, 2008

FIRST, THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I CONTINUED TO GO AROUND THE VEHICLE OPENING AND SHUTTING THE DOORS AND THE LIGHT REMAINED ON. CONSUMER COULD NOT START THE VEHICLE SINCE THE LIGHT CAME ON, AND HAD TO GET A JUMP TO START IT. AFTER A FEW DAYS OF THIS THE BATTERY WAS FINALLY RUINED, AND I WAS FORCED TO BUY A NEW ONE. I USED LUBRICANTS TO TRY AND CLEAR DEBRIS FROM THE DOOR SENSORS AND THIS WORKED FOR 3 MONTHS. NOW IT WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. TALKED TO DEALER AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE 600 DOLLARS PER SENSORS. NOTHING WRONG WITH SENSOR ITS JUST DIRTY. SECOND, THE REAR AC IS MAKING A CLICKING NOISE AND WILL NOT CONTROL TEMPERATURE. I SENT IT UNDER WARRANTY TO THE DEALERSHIP AND REPLACED THE AC MECHANISM, STATED "THIS WAS A COMMON DEFECT WITH THE VEHICLE". 5 MONTHS LATER...

#10232967 | July 1, 2008

MY LOCKS HAVE FAILED ON MY VEHICLE DUE TO WATER INTRUSION INTO THE FUSE MODULE. THE PASSENGER DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT ENGAGE AND THE REAR HATCH AND WINDOW LOCKS WILL NOT DISENGAGE. DEALER SERVICE HAS INDICATED THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT OCCURS 2-3 TIMES A YEAR WITH MY MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. DURING A CRASH THE DOORS TO MY VEHICLE COULD OPEN AND SUBJECT THE OCCUPANT TO INJURY. ALL TOLD THIS REPAIR WILL COST OVER $1000. *TR

#10162150 | July 11, 2006

WE OWN A 2003 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CHILD-LOCK ON DRIVER SIDE STAYS IN THE LOCKED POSITION AND THE DOOR HAS TO BE MANUALLY OPENED FROM EXTERIOR. THE SAME DOOR WILL ONLY LOCK MANUALLY AND NOT BY AUTOMATION. CAUSING MY CHILDREN NOT TO WANT TO SIT BY THAT DOOR OUT OF FEAR OF NOT BEING ABLE TO GET OUT IN AN EMERGENCY. *JB

#10149935 | February 10, 2006

HAVE A FORD EXPEDITION. THE 2ND ROW, MIDDLE SEAT WILL NOT STAY IN A LOCKED UPRIGHT POSITION. NOTIFIED FORD, AS THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY INFRACTION. ANY CHILD OR ADULT COULD BE SERIOUSLY HARMED IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, AS THE SEAT WOULD COLLAPSE FORWARD. FORD CLAIMS THE PART WHICH CONTROLS THE LATCHING OF THE SEAT INTO AN UPRIGHT POSITION (KNOWN AS A SEAT HANDLE RELEASE) IS TRIM AND THEREFORE UNCOVERED BY WARRANTY. THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE OF FIXING A DOOR HANDLE OR A CRACKED PIECE OF PLASTIC, BUT TO CORRECT A SAFETY CONCERN THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. REPEATED PHONE CALLS TO FORD HAS YIELDED NO RESULTS AND WHILE THE FORD EMPLOYEES I SPOKE WITH CONCUR THAT THE ISSUE IS A SAFETY CONCERN, THEY ARE UNWILLING TO RE-CATEGORIZE THE PART OR ALLOW THE PART TO BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *NM

#10071823 | April 29, 2004

WHEN DOOR LOCK SWITCH IS DEPRESSED THE LOCKS FAIL TO RESPOND. CONSUMER MUST PUSH THE DOOR LOCK DOWN MANUALLY FOR SYSTEM TO ENGAGE. MANUALLY LOCKING DOORS WOULD CAUSE THE LOCKING SYSTEM TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A DOOR IS OPEN. THE SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. *AK

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