2019 Ford Expedition Power Train
Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.
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EVENT OCCURS WHEN VEHICLE IS WARMED UP - TRANSMISSION FLUID TEMP > 205 AND MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR GOING UPHILL OR ON A SLIGHT INCLINE ON HIGHWAY WITH A SPEED ABOVE 55 MPH. WHEN ACCELERATING QUICKLY OR AGGRESSIVELY, THE 10 SPEED TRANSMISSION FAILS. I PUSH DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL WHILE IN THE 10 GEAR. IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS STUCK IN NEUTRAL, THE ENGINE REV'S TO THE RED LINE IF I LEAVE MY FOOT ON THE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE LOOSES SPEED AND EVENTUALLY FINDS A GEAR BETWEEN 2 AND 6 AND TRANSMISSION RE-ENGAGES. THE VEHICLE WILL REV TO THE RED LINE BEFORE FINDING A GEAR. THIS HAS CREATED MULTIPLE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS IN WHICH A VEHICULAR ACCIDENT ALMOST OCCURRED DUE TO THE IMMEDIATE LOSS OF SPEED IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SITUATIONS. THE VEHICLE WENT FROM 83 MPH TO 55 IN SECONDS BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION RE-ENGAGES. I HAVE TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE AND THEY CAN NOT RECREATE THE ISSUE IN ORDER TO FIX DESPITE SUBMITTING NUMEROUS VIDEOS OF THE SEPARATE TIMES IN WHICH THE EVENT OCCURS. VIDEOS ON 2/3/2021, 2/11/2021, 4/1/2021
WHILE TRAVELING WITH FAMILY APPROXIMATELY 80 MILES FROM OUR HOME VEHICLE LOST ENGINE POWER AND DROPPED FROM 75 TO ABOUT 55, EXPEDITION THEN STARTED TO HAVE TROUBLE SHIFTING AND COULD NOT PASS 60 MPH. WE WERE TRAVELING UPHILL ON FREEWAY AND HAD DRIVE MODE IN ECO ONCE WE STARTED HAVING ISSUES WRENCH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE DISPLAY NOTIFIED ME THAT DRIVE MODE UNAVAILABLE. ONCE WE PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY TRANSMISSION HAD TROUBLE SWITCHING FROM 3RD TO ABOUT 5TH, I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT GEARS BY RELEASING GAS PEDAL AND PRESSING GAS PEDAL AGAIN. WAS ABLE TO GET SUV BACK HOME FOLLOWING DAY ALL LIGHTS WERE CLEAR BUT STILL TOOK IT INTO DEALERSHIP, THE DEALERSHIP IS STILL TROUBLE SHOOTING ISSUE BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE THE SECOND SUV TO DO HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM.
2019 EXPEDITION 10 SPEED TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP AFTER 2 HOURS OF "FREE WHEELING" BEHIND MY MOTORHOME. WHILE APPROACHING (NO TURNING YET) TO PARKING AREA ABOUT 3 TO 5 MPH SUDDENTLY CAR JUST LOCKED REAR WHEELS UP. WHEN CAR WAS STARTED UP THERE WERE GRINDING SOUND COMING OUT OF TRANSMISSION. SINCE UNABLE TO UNLOCK OR "FREE" THE TRANSMISSION CAR WAS SENT TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP MORE THAN 400 MILES FROM HOME. FORD DEALER INSTALLED A NEW 10-SPEED TRANSMISSION. WEEK LATER I ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP THE CAR, BUT AFTER AN HOUR OF DRIVING LIGHT COLOR SMOKE CAME BEHIND THE VEHICLE. CAR WAS HAULED BACK TO SAME DEALERSHIP FOR FURTER SERVICE. NO REAL REASON GIVEN WHY ALL THESE HAPPENED. ... DO I HAVE A "LEMON", VEHICLE HAS ONLY ABOUT 8000 MILES.
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Quick Summary
The 2019 Ford Expedition has 128 Power Train complaints on file. 1 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.