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Average Mileage:
78,000 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints
Most common solutions:
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electrical problem
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2008Oct 01
Expedition Eddie Bauer 5.4L V8
- Automatic transmission
- 64,000 miles
live in Chicago IL. (20 minutes outside) and my Expedition was left outside. It got cold (48 outside) over night, and my Ford was dead in the morning, (dome lights wouldn't even turn on). I jumped it, and noticed that the climate control was inoperable (doesn't even light up). I took it to Ford, and they had thought that the unit burned out. Cool, I can buy one on e-bay for about $40.00 instead of 326.00 that they quoted me... I left feeling a little better, knowing what the problem was....Then something strange started happening... The 4wd high/low is flashing in 1 minute intervals at the same time. The driver seat is adjusting on it's own, the back up aid is not working, when I exit the vehicle the radio stays on, I have to re-open the doors and close them again to turn it off, and I still have the problem with the climate controls. Call me stupid, but this sounds a little more indepth than a climate control burning out. After reading countless issues with the Expedition (including the cool feature of auto ignite, where it decides to burn it's self to the ground after being parked for 3-5 hours) I am not sure I am very fond of this truck anymore. I am not encouraged by everyone on this having similar electrical problems, and not having Ford be able to identify the problem causes grave concern, seeing how my wife and 3 kids (who are secured in their car seats) are driving in a fire laden death trap. I almost hope it does burn down to the ground while parked on my street (I stoped parking in the garage, which is directly under the kids room). Does anyone have any clue as to what the problem is??
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2008Jun 01
Expedition Eddie Bauer V8
I love my car! But I am considering the fact that I really am not safe in this vehicle. I don't want to sink a ton of money into a car that might catch fire because they cannot find the electrical problem. I also don't want to blow up while driving down the road because I didn't have the car repaired. I am furious with Ford for not building a better car.
Amy P.
Beaufort, SC, USA
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