2006 Ford EXPEDITION problems and owner complaints

LOUD GRINDING NOISE ON INITIAL START UP ON 2006 FORD EXPEDITION, FORD MOTOR CLAIMS IT IS FROM A/C COMPRESSOR, YET, CANNOT GIVE ME A WRITTEN GUARANTEE THAT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT CATCH ON FIRE, BLOW UP OR STALL. VEHICLE SITTING ON DEALER LOT BECAUSE I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. *JB

Owner-reported narrative. 800 miles reported. Look up ODI 10165109 at NHTSA ↗

WHEN EXITING INTERSTATE, CHANGES LANE AND AS GAS PETAL WAS PUSHED, NO POWER TO SUV, ENGINE DID NOT RACE OR SHAKE, JUST NO POWER. PUT SUV INTO FIRST GEAR AND IT JERKED AHEAD AT 10 MPH TO STOP LIGHT. WHILE STOPPED, SUV WOULD ROLL BACKWARD IF BRAKE NOT ON. MADE LEFT HAND TURN AND PUT BACK INTO GEAR, ABOUT ONE MILE LATER SAME LOSS OF POWER UNTIL PUT INTO 1ST GEAR. ONE MONTH LATER, ALSO WHILE EXITING INTERSTATE HAD SAME LOSS OF ALL POWER AT BOTTOM OF RAMP WHEN TRYING TO MERGE INTO LEFT LANE. SUV WOULD ONLY MOVE AFTER PUT INTO 1ST GEAR, ONLY AT 10 MP…

Owner-reported narrative. 8,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10180802 at NHTSA ↗

ABS, ROLL STABILITY CONTROL AND GENERAL BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHTS CAME ON AT TIME OF DELIVERY OF NEW CAR. DEALER "FIXED" PROBLEM. SAME SYMPTOMS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES AFTER TAKING DELIVERY OF CAR. DEALER TECHS. CANNOT PROVIDE INFORMATION IF IT IS FAULTY SENSOR OR IF THERE IS, IN FACT A FAULT IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM. BRAKES SEEM TO WORK, BUT AM UNWILLING TO TEST ABS/RSC FEATURES WITH KNOWN PROBLEM WITH SYSTEM. *NM

Owner-reported narrative. 230 miles reported. Look up ODI 10145519 at NHTSA ↗

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ON ICE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKES LOCK UP. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE MANUFACTURER DETERMINED THIS IS HOW THE ADVANCE TRACK BRAKING SYSTEM IS MANUFACTURED.

Owner-reported narrative. 62,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10152411 at NHTSA ↗

2006 EXPEDITION HORN MUST BE HIT IN EXACTLY THE SPOT WHERE THE HORN SYMBOL IS LOCATED, ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL/AIR BAG CENTER. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TS *NM UPDATED 03/20/06. *JB UPDATED 05/30/06

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10154144 at NHTSA ↗

WHILE MAKING A HARD LEFT TURN TO AVOID A CRASH , I WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER TO THE RIGHT EVEN WITH MY STEERING WHEEL TURNED AL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT. MY VEHICLE CONTINUED LEFT AND COLLIDED WITH THE GUARD RAIL AT ABOUT THIRTY MPH. INSPECTION OF THE DAMAGE FOUND THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIE ROD ON MY BRAND NEW EXPEDITION WAS BROKEN IN HALF. THERE WAS MARKS ON THE TIE ROD TO INDICATE THAT IT WAS CUT. INSTEAD IT WAS FRACTURED . THIS IS THE REASON FOR LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *NM

Owner-reported narrative. 700 miles reported. Look up ODI 10169925 at NHTSA ↗

AT ABOUT 11,000 MILES I HAD THE FIRST INCIDENT WHILE IN NORMAL TRAFFIC GOING ABOUT 45 MPH. FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. NO POWER DURING 1ST AND 2ND GEAR CHANGE. A FEW DAYS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPEN WHILE ENTERING THE INTERSTATE. WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE THERE WAS NO POWER, NEARLY HIT BY SEMI-TRUCK, COULDN'T GET OVER 60 MPH AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I SLOWED BACK ON THE ACCELERATOR AND LIGHT WENT OFF AND POWER SLOWLY CAME BACK. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD AT 12,000+ MILES, KEPT IT FOR SEVERAL DAYS. SAID IT WAS A COMPUTER MOD…

Owner-reported narrative. 11,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10184734 at NHTSA ↗

THE DEALERSHIP HAD JUST FINISHED REMOVING AN EXTRA ALARM THEY HAD INSTALLED ON THE 2006 FORD EXPEDITION. I WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT AND WAS EXCITED ABOUT GETTING A NEW TRUCK, AND ENDED UP SHIFTING IT OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT MY FOOT BEING ON THE BRAKE. I TOLD OUR SALES PERSON AND THEY WANTED TO FIX IT BEFORE WE TOOK DELIVERY OF THE TRUCK. THE NEXT DAY THEY CALLED AND TOLD US IT WAS READY. THEY HAD REPLACED THE SHIFT ACTUATOR. WE CHECKED IT AND IT SEEMED TO WORK FINE. A YEAR LATER, MY KIDS WERE GETTING IN THE CAR, I WENT BACK INTO THE HOUSE TO …

Owner-reported narrative. 18,500 miles reported. Look up ODI 10195689 at NHTSA ↗

MY CAR STALLED AT AN INTERSECTION LIGHT. IT WAS DRIVING POORLY-MAKING LOUD NOISES AND STICKING AS I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AS IF THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING OUT. WE WERE TOLD IT WAS COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY AND WE TOOK IT IN TO FORD. THEY TOLD US IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN BUT BECAUSE THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF SLUDGE, THE WARRANTY CLAIM WAS DENIED BY FORD. THEY CLAIM WE DID NOT MAINTAIN OUR VEHICLE. WE BELIEVE IT IS A DEFECT IN THE SYSTEM. WE HAVE MAINTAINED THE OIL ON A REGULAR BASIS AND HAVE HAD OTHER MAJOR REPAIRS WITH THIS CAR. IT HAS H…

Owner-reported narrative. 59,600 miles reported. Look up ODI 10279744 at NHTSA ↗

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED FROM THE ROADWAY AND WHEN THE CONTAC EXITED, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL BURNING ODOR AND BLACK SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE TAILPIPE. THE POLICE WERE DISPATCHED AND WHEN THEY ARRIVED AND OPENED THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR, THICK BLACK SMOKE WAS POURING OUT FROM THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE ALSO FLAMES FROM THE INTERIOR AND UNDER THE FRAME. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE LOCAL FIRE DEP…

Owner-reported narrative. 125,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10397988 at NHTSA ↗

ENGINE FAILURE OF 2006 FORD EXPEDITION. DEALERSHIP EXPLAINED THE ENGINE HAD A BENT INJECTOR ROD . ADVISED NEW ENGINE WAS NECESSARY. COST ESTIMATE $4000-$7000. *TR

Owner-reported narrative. 48,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10276889 at NHTSA ↗

MY CUSTOMER CALLED TO INFORM ME THAT HE WAS SMELLING RAW FUEL INSIDE THE VEHICLE ON APRIL 13,2012. I TOLD HIM IT WAS PROBABLY A STUCK INJECTOR. BEING A FORD SENIOR MASTER CERTIFIED AUTO REPAIR TECHNICIAN/ASE MASTER CERTIFIED FOR FORD DEALERSHIPS FOR OVER 14 YEARS I WAS AWARE OF THE INJECTOR CONCERNS WITH THESE VEHICLES. I CHECKED THE ENGINE OIL TO FIND THAT IT WAS OVERFILLED A QUART AND SMELLED OF FUEL. MY DIAGNOSIS WAS CORRECT #2 INJECTOR WAS LEAKING BADLY. I REPLACED #2 INJECTOR AND CHANGED THE OIL,FOUND SMALL SHARDS OF RUST IN THE INJECTOR T…

Owner-reported narrative. 84,600 miles reported. Look up ODI 10456764 at NHTSA ↗