2004 Ford Expedition Vehicle Speed Control Problems
- 16
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 16 stored complaint records:
- 5 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 2 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 5 |
| 60–100k mi | 4 |
| 150–400k mi | 3 |
| 30–60k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
My vehicle, without any warning at any speed, including highway speeds, shuts off completely,without any warning or indication that it is about to do this. Always on a straight road with almost a full tank of gas. The cause a relay switch which is soldiered into the memory board that controls the vehicle's brain box that shorts out. After doing research on the internet, i am both shocked and disgusted that the nhsta…
ODI 11002736
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Can not drive car power train and engine blew out dont drive drive far only in my city and up to maintence and all of sudden girls stop shifting one day while on road very scary had to pull over in middlke of intersection after tht\at day bought another transmission and same thing happened didnt last month spent so much money on trans that cannot afford new agin
ODI 11035566
Vehicle Speed Control
When driving in cold weather the vehicle continues to accelerate after you have released the accelerator. It doesn't matter whether you are using the cruise control or not. *tr
ODI 10934564
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving on a 3 lane highway where the speed limit is 65, i began my transition to the right lane to exit. We were traveling approximately 60mph. As i began to change lanes the vehicle noticeabley began to accelerate. At first i thought the cruise control had been activated, but when j attempted to stop, the car kept trying to accelerate. As i entered the exit ramp the car did not slow down the way it should…
ODI 10663743
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
While slowly braking to a stop behind traffic stopped for a red light, the engine suddenly accelerated with my right foot still on the brake pedal. I pressed harder on the brake and when i realized the engine was still revving (at over 3,000 rpm), i put the transmission into neutral and noticed the engine speed erratically bouncing up and down in roughly the 2500 to 3500 rpm range. I still had my right foot firmly…
ODI 10595433
Vehicle Speed Control
Vehicle had a sudden unintended acceleration event which nearly resulted in an accident. This was a very nerve racking experience and i had difficulty stopping the vehicle (despite applying full brakes) as the rpm continued to increase to approx. 5000. On stopping the vehicle i managed to place it in neutral and the engine continued to rev excessively. I turned off the engine. Vehicle was brought to local ford…
ODI 10588115
Vehicle Speed Control
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford expedition. She smelled plastic burning in her garage; however, she observed flames coming from underneath the hood of her vehicle. The fire department extinguished the fire and the vehicle is in her garage. The vehicle was destroyed and there were major damages to her residence. The dealer was not notified. Her insurance company stated that ford will be sending out an investigator to…
Fire reported
ODI 10303013
Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford expedition. While entering the drive-way, the vehicle lurched forward without pressing the accelerator pedal. He had to remove the key from the ignition to stop the vehicle. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership. The current and failure mileages were 90000.
ODI 10291067
Vehicle Speed Control
On three occasions starting 6/21/06, after putting the car into gear (forward twice, reverse once), the engine immediately raced and lurched, and an inordinate amount of pressure had to be applied to the brakes to try to control the car. There were three different drivers each time who will attest to this. The last occasion, my wife was backing into our driveway, stopped, put the care in 'park', and then, after a…
Crash reported
ODI 10163407
Vehicle Speed Control
1998 ford expedition caught on fire while the vehicle was parked and the engine was cut off.*mr the consumer believed his expedition suffered from the same defect in the cruise control deactivation switch as other vehicel's. *nm
Fire reported
ODI 10136708
Vehicle Speed Control
On 9-18-04 darrell baldwin, denice baldwin and devin theisen were in 2004 expedition sitting in driveway preparing to leave for a soccer game. Darrell put the vehicle in drive with the brake firmly applied. The car involuntarily accelerated at high rate until the brakes quit and shot us into our other vehicle parked in the driveway. We veered right trying to miss the truck but was unsuccessful. The car continued…
Crash reported
ODI 10091409
Vehicle Speed Control
The consumer was pulling out of a parking lot in light rain, made a right turn and the vehicle surged forward and veered into the street. The consumer was standing on the brakes, but the vehicle continued to surge forward. The vehicle hit and scraped a parked vehicle, damaging the right side. The vehicle was finally brought to a stop and taken to the dealer, who examined the vehicle and could not find anything wrong…
Crash reported
ODI 10070950
Vehicle Speed Control
The vehicle transmission was in the park position while waiting on a slow train. When engaging the transmission into the drive position, after the train had passed, the vehicle uncontrollably fully accelerated on it's own. To avoid a seriously collision with oncoming traffic, the driver turned the vehicle on to the railroad tracks where it came to a stop after damaging two wheels and high centering on the tracks.…
Crash reported
ODI 10063783
Antilock · Vehicle Speed Control
On sunday, 3/14/2004, i was driving my 2004 ford expedition on dry pavement when the vehicle began to shake with acceleration (15-20 mph). I checked to be sure there were no flat tires and proceeded. Once the vehicle was up to 45-50 mph i attempted to brake and the vehicle's brakes did not properly respond. The brake pedal began to vibrate and shake but the vehicle did not slow down. I applied the brakes harder and…
ODI 10062204
Automatic Transmission · Vehicle Speed Control
When coming off a ramp and merging into oncoming traffic the accelerator became stuck. The driver had to slam on the brakes and place the transmission into neutral. At 1,470 miles while pulling into the driveway the truck suddenly stopped accelerating and would only go in reverse. The automatic transmission piston had disintegrated. *jb *sc
ODI 10055856
Vehicle Speed Control
While the vehicle was parked and running it suddenly accelerated, causing it to collide with another vehicle. It was taken to the dealer for inspection, and problem was not resolved. *ak
Crash reported
ODI 10073521