1. Ford Expedition
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  3. Electronic Stability Control

Ford Expedition Electronic Stability Control Problems

49
Owner complaint records in our dataset
17
Years with records
2000–2018
Stored years

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 49 stored complaint records:

  • 1 indicate a crash
  • 0 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

Complaints by year

What appears in the records

  • traction control · 11 records
  • control light · 10 records
  • stability control · 9 records
  • light came · 6 records
  • lost power · 5 records
  • electronic throttle · 5 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi12
100–150k mi9
1–30k mi9
30–60k mi7
150–400k mi5

Complaint evidence

Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.

  • August 17, 2019 · 295,135 miles

    Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes

    Start out driving, then emergency brake, abs, and skid control warning lights all come on. Also says, check brake system. This appears to be a very common problem with this vehicle ford really needs to take care of this.

    ODI 11245006

    2008 records in this system

  • June 16, 2019 · 131,000 miles

    Electronic Stability Control · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control

    Today as i was driving on perry rd about to turn onto fm 1960 rd e. When i started to accelerate to turn, my transmission down shifted while i'm driving at about 15 miles an hour instead of going up and jerked my car pretty good. I let go of the gas pedal for a second, then tried again slowly. The car started to jerk as if it was struggling to accelerate forward. It did after about 10 seconds. Then the speedometer…

    ODI 11220454

    2013 records in this system

  • June 14, 2019 · 77,800 miles

    Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Vehicle Speed Control

    Was driving on the freeway and vehicle suddenly stopped accelerating and a wrench flashed on the dashboard. I could not speed up. I had to find an exit right away. Was riding with a close friend all 5 of my children. Very very scary

    ODI 11220263

    2015 records in this system

  • June 14, 2019 · 131,000 miles

    Electronic Stability Control

    As i was driving on the highway, the speedometer stopped operating and fuel info malfunctioned. The tpms sensor light came on as well. I turned the car off and back on to find it was all working again.

    ODI 11220133

    2013 records in this system

  • June 10, 2019 · 500 miles

    Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Steering

    Following computer issues that caused the following: bad steering sensor (play in the steering), traction control warning, hill decent warning, running boards not working, ford sync freezing: radio, temp, back up cameras, phone not working. Monitor turns off and on while driving. Monitor will not turn off when car parked.

    ODI 11219485

    2018 records in this system

  • May 16, 2019 · 145,000 miles

    Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Service Brakes

    Ford vehicle shuts off sporadically with multiple warning lights while driving and stationary. The brakes also seize up to the point where they over heat and could catch fire. The most recent event happened may 15th after picking the car up from my local repair shop to try and repair what ford dealerships has not been able to repair. It shut off on the way home. May 16th the brakes locked up. This issue has been…

    ODI 11208121

    2010 records in this system

  • December 5, 2018 · 163,000 miles

    Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Unknown Or Other

    As soon as you start the vehicle the battery symbol displays on the dash, it goes on and off chiming repeatedly, then switches from battery symbol to wrench symbol and then my entire gauge cluster starts. Every light goes on and off repeatedly, the rpm gauge and mph drops to zero and the engine clunks really loud (while driving), the ac or heat will completely turn off and on, the headlights flicker and dim on and…

    ODI 11156126

    2007 records in this system

  • November 13, 2018 · 80,000 miles

    Body · Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control

    Ford recall on explorer model regarding the vehicle not recognizing that the shift gear is in the parking setting,therefore the key is unable to be removed...also rendering the vehicle unsafe considering that since parking isn't enabled the vehicle may roll resulting in injury or death.i would also like to add to the records that this is the third time i've experienced this malfunction in 3 different model years…

    ODI 11151365

    2014 records in this system