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6.7

fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
10,000 miles

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1997 Ford Expedition windows / windshield problems

windows / windshield problem

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1997 Ford Expedition Owner Comments

problem #10

Jul 012011

Expedition 8-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The contact owns a 1997 Ford Expedition. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, he began to roll the front passenger side window down. While rolling the window down, it dropped down into the door panel. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop where the contact was informed that the window detached from its track, allowing it to drop down into the door panel. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was unknown. Updated 08/01/11 updated 09/19/11

- Bennington, VT, USA

problem #9

Aug 252006

Expedition 4WD 8-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 100,000 miles
: the contact stated while driving 5 mph in reverse, both brackets detached off the back window, causing the window to fall outward. The glass did not break, and the vehicle was not taken in for service.

- Oak Park, MI, USA

problem #8

Jan 152002

Expedition

  • miles
The driver side window blew out.

- Saint Peters, MO, USA

problem #7

Jan 182000

Expedition

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Tint windows reflect all lights coming in, and this impairs drivers visibility of anything that lights up items, even a shiny book in the seat. Smoke tint is fine, but reflective type tint is a safety problem.

- Germantown, MD, USA

problem #6

Jan 302000

Expedition

  • miles
After traveling 10 miles and parked vehicle, within 2-3 minutes heard a loud noise and found rear windows shattered glass both in / out of vehicle, no known reason could be found for the incident. Dealer notified.

- Idaho Fall, ID, USA

problem #5

Jul 031999

Expedition 4WD

  • miles
While driving the rear window shattered and collapsed inside the vehicle.

- Beatrice, NE, USA

problem #4

Mar 291998

Expedition

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Truck was parked and the rear window blew out. There was no one in the truck and the truck had not been started up. When the owner came out that when he noticed that the rear window had exploded.

- Palmdale, CA, USA

problem #3

Mar 181997

(reported on)

Expedition

  • miles
Privacy tint impairs driver's visibility at dusk or after dark.

- Los Alamos, NM, USA

problem #2

Mar 221997

Expedition 4WD

  • miles
Rear hatch window imploded while driving on paved highway at 65 mph. Sharp glass shrads and chips covered second and third row seat areas.

- Farmington, NM, USA

problem #1

Feb 141997

(reported on)

Expedition

  • miles
After parking the vehicle, the rear window shattered, cause unknown.

- Plantation, FL, USA

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