9.0
really awfulTypical Repair Cost:
$675.00
Average Mileage:
120,062 miles
Total Complaints:
4 complaints
Most common solutions:
- had to have it fixed - no other choice (2 reports)
- not sure (1 reports)
- replaced the windshield (1 reports)
electrical problem
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2009May 11
Expedition 5.4L V8
- Automatic transmission
- 175,000 miles
My truck whenever it rained would go berserk. The wiper fluid lights and the 4x4 lights would start flashing off and on, the seatbelt signal would start beeping and the car would turn the radio off and on. This only occured during or after a rain. We checked and eliminated other problems and as a last resort replaced the windshield. The windshield did not have any visible cracks or problems with the stripping, yet after it was replaced, COMPLETELY stopped the problem.
Update from Oct 8, 2009: The new windshield solved the problem for a few months but now the problem is back. Not sure what to do this time since I can't keep replacing windshield.
2007Jun 10
Expedition XLT 4.6L
- Automatic transmission
- 40,000 miles
The first time this happened I didn't know what to think. I got up one morning to go to work and my expedition had a dead battery. I hooked up my charger to it and as soon as it got power my heater fan was on. It ran all night and ran my battery down. I shut it off and I charged my vehicle. I didn't think much that is was raining the night before and that my windshield had a leak that would cause my GEM Module to short out and cause these problems. Ford Has a problem with these vehicles with the windshield leaking on the seal and water going down inside the "A" frame and into the GEM Module. You can't see this water leak so you will not be able to tell but you can take my word for it. A lot of them were in the dealership getting this fixed when i took mine in.
2006Mar 10
(reported on)Expedition LX
- 75,000 miles
Starting in the winter of 2005 I began to have problems with the odd electrical problem here and there, brake shift interlock, blower motor and radio. There one day ond gone within a few minutes. I put it off to the bitterly cold weather we had in early December.
March 1st I went out to go to work and when I got in the SUV the blower motor was on and the overhead console was lit up as well as the compass. When I started the Expedition it ran fine, but the further I drove the stranger it became. Swiching into 4WD by itself, front wipers coming on by themselves, idiot lights all over the dash flashing randomly and the dashboard beeping to me in a sick satanic mixture of beeps and chimes. Dealership said no cure for the water leak that Ford has said is the problem. Either I get it fixed or I have a 6,700 pound doorstop parked in my driveway. I have emailed Ford directly with no response yet. I love my Expedition as does the rest of my family. An ongoing problem like this that affects as many different vehicles as Ford says it does, should be covered by Ford under a recall. Yes there are quite a few vehicles out there with this problem, but fix it before it does get to the state of mine. Up until this point I had high respect for Ford, it is dwindling fast.
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2009Aug 31
Expedition XLT 4.6L
ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS GALORE WHEN AND JUST AFTER A RAIN.... COULD NOT FIND ANSWER UNTIL A SUGGESTION TO REPLACE WINDSHIELD....DID THAT AND HAVE NOT HAD PROBLEM SINCE
Richard W.
Clarksdale, MS, USA
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