2002 Ford Expedition Electrical System

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR LEVER FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. IN ADDITION, THE FOUR POWER WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCKS BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE 5 AMP FUSES ON FORTY DIFFERENT OCCASIONS HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED. OVERNIGHT, VEHICLE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE AND ENTIRE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. TOTAL LOSS OF VEHICLE. *TR

MY 2002 FORD EXPEDITION HAS SUFFERED NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD THE RECALL ABOUT THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH NO OPERATING PROPERLY, MY CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT A WHILE BACK I DID NOT THINK ANY THING OF IT TILL MY TRUCK WOULD START UP BUT WOULD NOT COME OUT OF PARK, AND WHEN I TRIED TO CHANGE THE FUSES THEY WERE POPPING AS I CHANGED THEM OUT. WILL FORD REPLACE ALL DAMAGED ITEMS DUE TO THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. MY ACTUATOR SWITCH BLEW OUT AND NUMEROUS PROBLEMS ARE GOING ON WITH MY VEHICLE NOW DUE TO THESE ELECTRICAL ERRORS. *TR

MY 2002 FORD EXPEDITION DEVELOPED AN ENGINE FIRE WHILE PARKED AND UNATTENDED. *TR

WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH RADIO POWER WINDOWS AND CAR GOING INTO GEAR AND WATER LEAKING FROM THE WINDSHIELD CHECKED FUSE IT WAS BAD WE ARE STILL HAVING WATER LEAKING INTO THE CAR (ALOT) AND ITS CAUSING US TO HAVE ELECTRIAL PROBLEMS AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS I HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT FORD ISSUED A STATEMENT ABOUT THE FAULTY LEAKING WINDSHIELD AND IT CAUSING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS BUT THEY HAVE YET TO ISSUE A RECALL I HAVE SAW MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME THINGS HAPPENING TO THERE 2002 EXPEDITION THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME IT RAINS OR SNOWS. *TR

MY 2002 FORD EXPEDITION HAVE EJECTED THE SPARK PLUG TWICE EACH TIME IT HAVE COST ME $ 1300.00 BECAUSE THE HEAD HAD TO BE REMOVED AND REFILED FOR THE SPARK PLUG TO FIT BACK. *TR

MY CAR STARTED JUST FINE BUT IT WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK AND NONE OF THE WINDOWS WORKED. I CHECKED THE FUSES AND ONE WAS BLOWN. I REPLACED THE FUSE AND MY CAR APPEARED TO BE WORKING NORMALLY. I GOT WITHIN A HALF A BLOCK FROM MY HOUSE AND SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND IMMEDIATELY SHUT MY CAR OFF. SMOKE WAS POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I OPENED THE HOOD AND THE CRUISE CONTROL DEPRESSION SWITCH WAS GLOWING RED HOT. WITHIN A FEW SECONDS IT BURST INTO FLAMES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND PROCEEDED TO PASS ANOTHER CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF MY PASS MY CAR THREW A SPARK PLUG AND COIL OUT OF ITS HEAD. MY CAR IMMEDIATELY LOSS POWER AND MY CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE. AT THIS MOMENT A 18 WHEELER HEADED TOWARDS ME AND MY SON . THIS WAS A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION.THAT COULD VERY EASILY HAVE BEEN DEADLY. SINCE THEN IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AT LEAST 10 TIMES EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS THEY HAVE RETHREAD PLUGS AND PUT NEW COIL IN CAR VERY COSTLY AND TIME CONSUMING. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, HEARD "POP" UNDER DASHBOARD (FUSE PANEL) AND RADIO WENT OFF. REPLACEMENT FUSE BLEW IMMEDIATELY UPON REPLACEMENT. REMOVED RADIO AND REPLACEMENT FUSE IMMEDIATELY BLEW AGAIN. SUSPECTED GROUND IN POWER CIRCUIT TO FACTORY STEREO, VERIFIED WITH TEST LIGHT. SHORTED CIRCUIT, 797 IN THIS VEHICLE, IS HOT AT ALL TIMES (NOT SWITCHED THROUGH IGNITION). SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION BY OWNER SHOWS THAT MAIN WIRING HARNESS BEHIND DASHBOARD WAS NOT CORRECTLY INSTALLED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ASSEMBLED AT FACTORY. THE MOUNTING POINTS INSTALLED IN THE HARNESS WERE NEVER INSTALLED IN THE CORRESPONDING HOLES IN THE BODY, ALLOWING THE HARNESS TO SAG APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES BELOW ITS CORRECT POSITION (AND PRESUMABLY RUB AGAINST METAL PARTS BEHIND THE DASHBOARD). DUE TO THE FAULTY FACTORY INSTALLATION, THE HARNESS CAN NOT BE RAISED FAR ENOUGH TO BE PROPERLY INSTALLED WITHOUT REMOVING AT LEAST PART OF THE DASHBOARD AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG (DEALER SAYS ENTIRE DASHBOARD MUST BE REMOVED, A SIGNIFICANT COST ITEM). DEALER MECHANIC HAS VIEWED HARNESS AND AGREES HARNESS WAS NOT CORRECTLY INSTALLED. SUBJECT HARNESS ALSO CONTAINS WIRING FOR AIRBAGS, INSTRUMENT PANEL, TRANSMISSION CONTROL, REAR LIGHTING, TRAILER CONTROLS; BASICALLY EVERY CIRCUIT IN THE VEHICLE WHICH IS CONTROLLED FROM OR HAS INDICATION IN THE DASHBOARD. OWNER IS STILL TROUBLESHOOTING AND ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR. *TR

2002 EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER EDITION IT'S BEEN HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES FOR AWHILE, AND JUST RECENTLY THE ALTERNATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. SINCE THEN THE LOVELY ELECTRICAL ISSUES HAVE SNOWBALLED. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, MY LOCKS START LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THEMSELVES. THEN THE WARNING LIGHTS START GOING OFF (AIRBAG, THEFT DEVICE, ABS, BATTERY). THEN IT STARTS TO SHAKE AND I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL, AND NOTHING HAPPEN EXCEPT IT ROLLS FORWARD SLOWLY, LIKE I'M IDLING THROUGH THE LIGHT. I MADE IT TO THE 7-11 PARKING LOT JUST BEFORE IT DIED. I'VE GOT NO IDEA WHAT IS WRONG, ONLY THAT I'M EITHER THE OWNER OF A VERY LARGE PAPERWEIGHT, OR MY TRUCK IS POSSESSED. *TR

AFTER PARKING VEHICLE IN GARAGE, SMELLED BURNING RUBBER AND CALLED 911. WAS ABLE TO ROLL VEHICLE OUT OF GARAGE AND FIRE DEPT PUT OUT FIRE UNDER HOOD. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A VERY LOUD SOUND FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE SOUND WAS DERIVED FROM A SPARK PLUG THAT WAS EJECTED FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE CONTACT TO SWERVE ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND DRIVE INTO SOMEONE'S YARD. THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF, AND WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THE EJECTED SPARK PLUG WAS INDEED THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 72,502, AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.*AK

ON 10/30/07 AT 12:30AM A 2002 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT FIRE ON MY CAR LOT AND BURNED ONE OTHER VEHICLE TO THE GROUND. THE EXPEDITION WAS JUST DELIVERED TO US FROM THE AUTO AUCTION THE DAY PRIOR. IT WAS PARKED, LOCKED, WINDOWS UP, KEYS OUT OF THE VEHICLE. IT CURRENTLY HAS THE OPEN RECALL 05S28 ON IT AND HAD NOT YET BEEN PERFORMED. THE ENTIRE FRONT HOOD, GRILL, ENGINE COMPARTMENT, BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER, AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS WHERE BURNED TO THE POINT OF NON-EXISTENCE OR MELTED MATTER. I CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THEY ADVISED ME TO CONTACT MY INSURANCE COMPANY. *TR

I CURRENTLY OWN A 2002 FORD EXPEDITION. A RECALL WAS PERFORMED (AT AN AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER) TO CORRECT AN ISSUE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH POSSIBLY OVERHEATING AND CAUSING A VEHICLE FIRE. ON DECEMBER 30TH 2005, MY EXPEDITION BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES WHILE PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *NM

A FUSE BLEW & THE WINDOWS WOULDN'T GO UP. WHEN I REPLACED IT SMOKE STARTED POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF MY FORD EXPEDITION 2002, EDDIE BOWER WHICH WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE. I TOOK OUT THE FUSE & TRIED TO BACK THE EXPEDITION OUT OF THE GARAGE BUT I COULDN'T TAKE IT OUT OF PARK. I PUT THE FUSE BACK IN & FLEW OUT OF THE GARAGE SMOKE AGAIN COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I TOOK OUT THE FUSE & OPEN THE HOOD. THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM A SENOR ON THE MASTER CYLINDER. I SPRAYED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER ON IT AND UNPLUGGED IT. I PUT IT IN THE SHOP & THEY CHANGE THE CRUISE CONTROL BRAKE SWITCH. THE SAME PART WAS RECALLED ON MY F150 XLT 2000 PICK-UP. MY CRUISE CONTROL & HORN WON'T WORK NOW & THE SHOP DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG TO FIX BUT I CAN PUT THE FUSE IN & THE WINDOWS GO UP & DOWN, & WE CAN DRIVE IT. THE SHOP SAID THAT WHEN THIS PART GOES OUT IT LETS A CHARGE FEED BACK TO THE GROUND SIDE & CAN CAUSE FIRES. IT IS THE SAME PART AS WAS RECALLED ON MY PICK-UP! *NM

2002 FORD EXPEDITION EXPLODED IN GARAGE RESULTING IN A TOTAL LOSS OF THE VEHICLE AND HOME. *NM

MY 2002 FORD EXPEDITION SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 WHILE IT WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOME (WITH THE KEYS OUT, DOORS LOCKED, WINDOWS UP, ETC.) A NEIGHBOR'S LAWN SERVICER SAW THE FIRE AND RANG OUR DOORBELL TO ALERT US. I CALLED 911, BUT BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT THERE, THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK HAD LITERALLY MELTED AWAY IN THE FIRE. THE HOOD, FRONT GLASS, FRONT TIRES, FRONT PANEL, ETC. WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND THE TRUCK IS A TOTAL LOSS. THE FIRE BURNED AND DESTROYED A LARGE PATCH OF GRASS AND BLACKENED THE PAVEMENT IN FRONT OF MY HOME. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS INJURED. *JB

DT: THE VEHICLE WILL TAKE OFF BY ITSELF WITHOUT PRESSURE BEING PUT ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE STEERING WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT. ALSO, THE DOOR LOCKS WILL LOCK BY THEMSELVES. THE VEHICLE RAN OUT OF FUEL SEVERAL TIMES WHILE THE FUEL GAUGE SHOWED THERE WAS STILL FUEL. WHEN TURNING ON EITHER OF THE TURN SIGNALS THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON. THE RED BATTERY CABLE WAS HOT. THE REMOTE CONTROLLED REARVIEW MIRRORS ACTED AS IF THERE WAS A CROSSING OF THE WIRES. WHEN PRESSING THE BUTTON FOR ONE DIRECTION VEHICLE WENT THE OTHER WAY. CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE COMPUTER /ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY TOLD HIM TO TAKE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. *AK

VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY OWNER, AND WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK *TT

MY NEIGHBOR'S 2002 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT THEIR HOUSE ON FIRE. MY HOME CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE THE THE SIZE OF THE FIRE. BOTH HOME SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE.

DT: NEIGHBOR WAS LEAVING FOR THE STORE AND SMELLED SMOKE. SAW FIRE AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND TOLD CONSUMERTHAT THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. CALLED 911, AND EMPTIED TWO FIRE EXTINGUISHERS TRYING TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THE FIRE WAS STARTED FROM AN ELECTRICAL SOURCE. ALSO, NOTIFIED CONSUMER OF THREE OTHER CASES JUST WITHIN HOUSTON.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH CONSUME HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER OF THE BLOWN SPARK PLUG. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2002 FORD EXPEDITION. THE SPARK PLUG BLEW THREW THE CYLINDER TO THE ENGINE. THE ENTIRE ENGINE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. FORD ACTS LIKE THEY HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAS SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON VARIOUS WEBSITES. THE CAR WAS AT A DEAD STOP AT A RED LIGHT, WHEN CONSUMER HEARD A POP THAT CAME FROM THE SPARK PLUG. *TT

COMPLETE FIRE DISTRUCTIN OF VEH. FIRE APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED UNDER DASH IN WIRING HARNESS AND SPREAD TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT AS WELL AS INTERIOR OF UNIT. FORENSIC ANALYSIS INDICATES ABOVE. FORENSIC REPORT AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. FIRE STARTED WHILE UNIT PARKED IN GARAGE AND DAMAGED DWELLING AS WELL.*AK

THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SYMPTOMS OF A RECALL RELATED TO A COURTESY LIGHT OR LIGHTS THAT MIGHT OVERHEAT. THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *NLM