1999 Ford Expedition Speed Control & Cruise Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. AFTER THE REPAIR, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT CAUGHT FIRE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF A POLICE OR FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V017000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 220,033.

MY EXPEDITION STARTED ACTING LIKE IT WAS STARVING FOR FUEL MISFIRING LOSS OF POWER AND THERE'S A TICKING SOUND CONING FROM UNDER THE DASH BOARD THE DOOR LOCK UNLOCK THE LIGHTS FLICKER AND HORN BEEPS BY ITS SELF I PARKED IT AND A COUPLE DAYS LATER IT WOULDNT IT TRYING TO CRANK BUT ITS SOUND I DONT BELIEVE BATTERY IS DEAD IF IT WAS THEN LIGHTS WOULDN'T COME ON NOW AND AGAIN ALSO WHEN I USE MY KEY RING LOCK TO LOCK THE DOOR THERE'S A CLUNK CLUCK SOUND I'VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH LAMONT THAT'S MY EXPEDITIONS NAME AND NOBODY KNOWS LAST REPAIR SHOP HAD IT 9 DAYS TOTAL ON THE 7TH DAY I CALLED THEM THEY SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA AND ON THE 9TH I WENT IN AND THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW MOTOR COSTING 2600 AND CHARGING ME 220 TO TELL ME THAT. THE SHOP BEFORE THAT COST ME 350 SAYING THE TRUCK ITSELF WERE THE PLUGS GO IN WAS STRIPPED AND THEY NEEDED A SPECIAL TOOL. ANY HOW I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL CATCH ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE IS VERY UNPREDICTABLE AND YOU DONT KNOW WHAT IT WILL DO NEXT IT ALSO DIES WHILE DRIVING IT ..

MY HUSBAND AND I RETURNED FROM OUR DAUGHTERS HOUSE AROUND 6PM, ALMOST 8PM WE HEARD 2 LOUD BOOMS AND THEN WE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES JUST IN THE FRONT AND SHORTLY AFTER THE TIRES POPPED. THE SUV WAS THEN BLAZING HIGH AT THIS TIME,THEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP. AFTER SITTING DOWN AND THINKING A MINUTE WE REMEMBERED THE RECALL CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH ISSUE WITH FORD WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE REPORTED FIRES HAPPENING. SO NOW WE WONDERING IF THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE RECALL. WE WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO INVESTIGATE THIS, WE ARE VERY OLD AND THIS WAS OUR ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A VEHICLE THAT RUNS PERFECTLY FINE AND HAD BEEN OFF A COUPLE HOURS CAN BURST INTO FLAMES IN THE FRONT , I COULD UNDERSTAND MAYBE IF WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GAS TANK BUT I'M BAFFLED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME! *TR

TRUCK PARKED, NOT DROVE FOR THREE DAYS, ALARM WENT OFF AND TRUCK BURST INTO FLAMES IN MOTOR AREA, TRUCK TOTAL LOSS, FOUND OUT AFTER FIRE THEY HAD RECALL ON CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH, WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO KNOW, SO I'M SURE SEVERAL PEOPLE UNAWARE.CAR COMPANY NEED TO REALIZE CARS IS HOW THEY MAKE THERE MONEY AND OUR CARS ARE THE WAY WE PAY THEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL FUNCTION ACTIVATED, THE CONTACT STATED SHE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. THE CRUISE CONTROL FUNCTION DID NOT DEACTIVATE AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO SEVERAL VEHICLES. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISING AND INJURIES TO THE KNEES AND LOWER BACK. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, NOR WAS THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED WITH THE ENGINE TURNED OFF. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE BUT NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED IN REGARDS TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

MY 1999 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT FIRE WHILE BEING PARK AND OFF ON MY DRIVE WAY CAUSING DAMAGES TO MY HOME AND PERSONAL INJURIES TO MY 9 MONTH PREGNANT WIFE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING IDLE FOR TWO HOURS WHEN SHE NOTICED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT CONFIRMED SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) BUT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE FOR RECALL REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000. UPDATED 11/16/10. *LJ

I HAVE THE FORD EXPEDITION 1999 IT WAS FIRE. I REPORT THIS BECAUSE IS VERY DANGER. IN THEN I TALK TO SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME VEH. THEY DON'T NOT ABOUT THIS. I SEND THE LETTER TO FORD WHY THEY NO REPORT THIS IN RADIO,TV AND NEWSPAPER. PLEASE HELP DRIVER ON THE ROAD. THANK YOU. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED SINCE MAY 28, 2008. THE CONTACT AND HER TWO CHILDREN HAD BEEN AWAY FROM THE HOUSE FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND WHEN THEY RETURNED, THEY NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE OCCURRED ON MAY 30, 2008. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LEFT A NOTICE IN THE DOOR TO INFORM THE CONTACT OF WHAT HAPPENED WHILE THEY WHERE AWAY. AFTER CHECKING THE MAILBOX, SHE WAS ABLE TO LOCATE A RECALL NOTICE SENT BY FORD TO IDENTIFY THE POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE RELATED DEFECT IN HER VEHICLE, PERTAINING TO THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FORD MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT OR A RENTAL VEHICLE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY CURRENTLY HAS THE VEHICLE. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 120,000.

I BOUGHT 1999 EXPEDITION AND 12 HOURS LATER THE KEYS WERE NOT IN THE VEHICLE 2 CABLES WERE SPARKING AND FLYING BY DRIVERS SIDE TIRE IN 5 MIN THE VEHICLE WAS GONE AND ON TOP OF THAT IT MELT MY HOUSE. FORD DOESN'T RESPOND TO ME AFTER I TURN IN REPORT. FORD TELLS ME THE LADY ON MY CASE IS THE ONLY PERSON THAT TALK TO ME AND SHE WON'T RETURN MY PHONE CALLS WHAT CAN I DO? I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH 5 KIDS. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN LIVE WITH MY DEPRESSION. FORD ARE KILLERS MY KIDS COULD OF BEEN IN THERE! *TR

MAY 13, 2008 TO: FORD MOTOR COMPANY/CUSTOMER SERVICE DIVISION P.O. BOX 1904 DEARBORN, MICHIGAN 48121 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN; I AM THE OWNER OF A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION XLT 4X4, VEH , THAT WAS LISTED AS PART OF A MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RECALL. ON FEBRUARY 19, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 11PM, MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY BURST INTO FLAMES, WHILE JUST SITTING PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY. THE FIRE WAS UNDERHOOD AND AS WE TRIED TO EXTINGUISH IT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND LOCAL POLICE SHOWED UP AND THEY HAD TO PUT IT OUT. ENCLOSED YOU WILL FIND A COPY OF THE INCIDENT REPORT AND WILL NOTE THAT THERE ARE REASONS FOR US TO BELIEVE THAT THE RECALL ISSUE AND THE DESTRUCTION OF MY VEHICLE ARE DEFINITELY LINKED. UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, WE DID NOT RECEIVE THIS LETTER FROM YOU UNTIL THE FIRST WEEK IN MARCH 2008. MY VEHICLE WAS FINANCED AND THERE WAS AN OUTSTANDING BALANCE THAT WAS REQUIRED TO BE PAID OFF IMMEDIATELY BY MY LENDER. THEREFORE, BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION AT HAND AND THE LAPSE OF TIME IN WHICH THE NOTICE ARRIVED AFTER THE FIRE OCCURRED I FEEL THAT FORD MOTOR HAS A FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND IS LIABLE FOR THE COSTS I HAVE INCURRED AS A RESULT. WE ARE JUST THANKFUL THAT THE FIRE DEP'T. RESPONDED SO QUICKLY DUE TO VEHICLE BEING SO CLOSE TO HOME AND SLEEPING FAMILY. YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION TO THIS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. EUGENE POLICE DEP'T CASE #[XXX] OFFICER M.LEE ALSO HAS PHOTOS SINCERELY, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ON 4/4/07, AT ABOUT 1:15 AM MY HUSBAND HAD JUST GOTTEN HOME FROM A LONG DAY AT WORK AND AT 1:30 AM 2 PASSENGERS BANGED ON DOOR TO INFORM US THAT 1999 FORD EXPEDITION WAS ON FIRE. THANKS TO THEM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET MY FAMILY, INCLUDING MY 3 KIDS, AND MY MOM AND DAD , WHO WAS ON OXYGEN 24 HOURS A DAY), OUT OF THE HOUSE. WE CALLED 911 TO INFORM THEM OF THE FIRE. THE POLICE CAME WITHIN MINUTES , AND THEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED A FEW MINUTES AFTERWARDS TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. WE WATCHED FROM OUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET AS THE FIRE BURNED. WE WERE GRATEFUL THAT IT WASN'T ANY WORST. THE ENGINE IN THE TRUCK WAS ALL BURNT, THE HOOD WAS GONE, SOME OF THE PIECES EVEN BURNT ONTO THE PAVEMENT IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE WHOLE INSIDE OF THE TRUCK WAS BURNT, INCLUDING THE CAR SEATS FOR THE CHILDREN. MY DAUGHTER'S SOFTBALL EQUIPMENT, AND ANY OTHER ITEMS LEFT IN CAR. AS FOR THE HOUSE, LUCKILY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT THE FIRE OUT IN TIME AND THE WIND WAS BLOWING NORTH EAST. THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE WAS THE SIDING SINCE THE TRUCK WAS PARKED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HOUSE. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE VALUE OF THE TRUCK IN FAIR CONDITION, ACCORDING TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY. ALSO, WE A HAD THE SIDING OF THE HOUSE FIXED. WE WERE STILL TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE PAVEMENT IN THE DRIVEWAY. LIKE I SAID, WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, BUT I WAS VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE TRUCK. WE RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE IN 2005 AND DID MAKE THE APPOINTMENT TO FIX IT AS SOON AS WE KNEW ABOUT IT. WE EVEN PARKED THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE UNTIL WE HAD IT FIXED BY FORD. IT IS 2007 AND FORD STILL DIDN'T GET THE PART IN TO FIX THE RECALL, AND THIS STILL HAPPENED. RECALLS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, AND VEHICLE SHOULD BE PULLED OFF THE STREET UNTIL THE PART CAME IN. FORD SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING FURTHER TO AVOID THIS FROM HAPPENING 2 YEARS AFTER IT WAS TEMPORARILY FIXED.*AK

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THE 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE THE DAY AFTER IT WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THE REPAIR SHOP EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE CONTACT STATED NO WORK HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE BY THE REPAIR SHOP. THE FIRE DAMAGE WAS TO THE HARNESS AND BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR, ALL OF WHICH MELTED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE REPAIR SHOP THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE FOR THE GEAR SHIFT. THE CONTACT STATED HE NEVER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER. THE CONTACT CALLED THE FORD CORPORATE OFFICE ON 1/15/07. THE CONTACT STATED THEY SENT A RECALL LETTER ON JANUARY 18, 2007 THAT WAS DATED DECEMBER 2006. THE CONTACT RECENTLY RECEIVED A LETTER WHICH STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE THEY HAD SENT OUT RECALL LETTERS DATED 10/4/05, 11/29/05 & 4/17/06. THE CONTACT DID NOT KNOW IF PICTURES WERE TAKEN OF THE FIRE DAMAGE. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER RECALL # 05V388000; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE, THERE IS A REOCCURRING PROBLEM WHILE TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSERTING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, THE DASH PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE DID NOT START. WHEN THIS INTERMITTENT PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED, THE VEHICLE STARTED AFTER SITTING FOR A FEW MINUTES. BUT, AFTER THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT THE VEHICLE DID NOT START AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND DETERMINED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. AND CHARGED THE CONTACT FOR THE WORK. *AK

DT: CONTACT STATED THERE WAS S NHTSA RECALL, 05V017000 , BUT THE CONTACT DID NOT RECEIVE A RECALL LETTER ON THIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL O5S28 ON OCTOBER 8, 2005, AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS DONE WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME WHEN HE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AT FIRST THEY TOLD HIM TO CALL BACK AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. THEN THEY TOLD HIM TO BRING VEHICLE IN ON OCTOBER 23, 2005, AND HE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THE VEHICLE ALL DAY. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT IT WOULD TAKE THIS LONG TO HAVE THE RECALL REPAIRS DONE BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ISSUE . HE FELT THAT IT WAS DERIMENTAL TO HIS FAMILY. *AK

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE (05S28) FROM FORD IN SEPTEMBER OF 2005 STATING THAT THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH MAY OVERHEAT CAUSING AN UNDERHOOD FIRE IN MY 1999 EXPEDITION. IT ALSO NOTED THAT THE NEAREST DEALER WILL TEMPORARILY DISCONNECT THE SWITCH UNTIL A PERMANENT REPAIR IS PERFORMED. THE DEALER REFUSES TO DISCONNECT THE SWITCH AND STILL HASN'T RECEIVED THE PARTS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME TO CALL BACK IN FEBRUARY 2006. *NM

MY 1999 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT ON FIRE IN MY DRIVE WAY 2 HOURS AFTER I PARKED IT. THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED CAUSING A TOTAL LOSS OF THE VEHICLE. IT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. I BELIEVE IT WAS DUE TO THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION DEVICE. *NM