2001 Ford Expedition VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO THE CRUISE CONTROL AND BURNED OUR HOUSE TO A TOTAL LOSS AND ALL OF OUT OTHER AUTOMOBILES WERE BURNED TO A TOTAL LOSS ALSO WE LOST EVERYTHING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES, IT CAUGHT FIRE IN THE CONTACT'S DRIVEWAY APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES LATER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL RECALL LETTER APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AFTER THE FIRE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 130,000.

MY DAUGHTER WAS AT HERMANN HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON FOR BRAIN AND SPINE SURGERY. I DROVE MY OLDER DAUGHTER THERE AT 9:00PM. AT 4:00AM I WAS AWAKEN BY SECURITY TO INFORM ME THAT MY VEHICLE WAS BURNING IN THE PARKING GARAGE. IT IS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER. THE ENTIRE FRONT END WAS CONSUMED BY THE FIRE. SMOKE, WATER, AND DEBRIS RUINED THE CONTENTS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE IN 2003 FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: CRUISE CONTROL. HE HAS RECEIVED FIVE NOTICES SINCE THAT TIME AND HAS BEEN TO FIVE DIFFERENT FORD DEALERS. THE DEALERS CONTINUE TO STATE THAT THE PARTS ARE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT'S MOST RECENT ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED WAS ON APRIL 1, 2008. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE PURCHASE DATE AND RECALL NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 166,175.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL IN AUGUST OF 2007, AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. SHE IS UPSET BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS THEIR AVAILABILITY. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE, NUMBER OF CYLINDERS, RECALL NUMBER, AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.

RE A RECALL ON HIS 2001 FORD EXPEDITION, WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS. *KB THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND HE BELIEVED IT WAS RELATED TO THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. THE CONSUMER STATED HE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER, HOWEVER THE MANUFACTURER STATED IT WAS MAILED TO HIM. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES TRYING TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT WOKE UP TO FIND HER VEHICLE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE HAD APPARENTLY CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT SHE SHOULD RECEIVE A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL, BUT THEY FAILED TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE REGARDING THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE, NUMBER OF CYLINDERS, AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 109,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED NEXT TO THE HOUSE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED AND STATED THAT THE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE VEHICLE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. AN INVESTIGATOR FROM HIS HOME OWNER'S INSURANCE COMPANY STATED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. THE CONTACT NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. THE FIRE DAMAGED THE HOUSE. HE NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER, BUT THEY HAVE NOT PROVIDED ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 95,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 HOURS WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE BUSHES AND CONCRETE WERE DAMAGED. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE BRAKE FLUID WAS REFILLED AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED SMOKING. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 128,000. UPDATED 12-12-07. *KB UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH IN 2001 FORD EXPEDITION CAUSED SUV TO CATCH ON FIRE AFTER SITTING PARKED FOR 2 HOURS IN A HOSPITAL PARKING LOT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER BEING PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR FOUR HOURS. THE FIRE SPREAD TO HER HOUSE. THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR STATED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE CONTACT'S SISTER WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR FOUR DAYS DUE TO CHRONIC COUGHING CAUSED BY THE SMOKE. A HOSPITAL NOTE IS AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 100,000.

ACCELERATOR STICKS AT FREEWAY SPEEDS WHEN VERY COLD OUTSIDE AND DRIVING AT A STEADY SPEED OVER TIME. CAUSES UNSAFE CONDITION, ONLY WAY TO STOP IS SHUT OFF VEHICLE. *NM

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH A CURRENT ODOMETER READING OF 122,000 MILES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONTACT CAME OUT AND WITNESSED THE VEHICLE SMOKING, AND AS THEY PUT OUT THE FIRE, THE CONTACT SAW THAT THE FIRE CAME FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER CRUISE CONTROL AREA UNDER THE HOOD. LATER IN THE DAY THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE AGAIN, AN THE CONTACT HAD THE FUSE FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL REMOVED, WHICH STOPPED THE VEHICLE FROM SMOKING. THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THERE WAS RECALL 05V388000, BUT SHE NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTIFICATION. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN WHILE APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT TRAVELING 5-10 MPH. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ACTIVATED AT THE TIME. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE WHILE STOPPED AT THE LIGHT. IN ORDER TO STOP THE ACCELERATION THE CONTACT PUT THE VEHICLE IN THE PARK POSITION. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO DRIVE NORMALLY AFTER PULLING OUT FROM THE LIGHT; HOWEVER THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED. THIS HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN INFORMED AND DETERMINED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL; HOWEVER CONCLUDED THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM WAS NOT ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT RECALL. THE NHTSA RECALL NUMBER IS: 05V388000, REGARDING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL.

NEW 2001 EXPEDITION. STARTED LURCHING FORWARD IN 2002. THIS HAPPENS WHEN I WAS PARKING IN THE GARAGE, THE FOOT IS NOT TOUCHING ANY OF THE PEDALS ITS COASTING VERY VERY SLOWLY CAUSE YOUR GOING TO PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE BREAK TO STOP. ALL OF A SUDDEN IT LUNGES FORWARD AT THE SAME TIME RADIO GOES LOUDER AND THE AIR CONDITIONER OR HEATER SPEEDS UP, ITS LIKE A POWER SERGE. IT HAS TAKEN A WHILE TO FIGURE THAT OUT, IT HAPPENS SO FAST AND IS NOT PREDICTABLE. WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN LIKE LAST WEEK IT HAD BEEN MONTHS, I HAD COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT IT. I WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY PARKING BY OUR CHEVY TRUCK AND ALMOST HIT IT. ONE TIME IN THE BEGINNING IT HAPPENED AT A STOP LIGHT I ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BUT I ALWAYS HAVE A FEW FEET IN FRONT OF ME. HOWEVER IF I WAS AT STOP LIGHT AND A PEDESTRIAN WAS WALKING ACROSS AND THIS HAPPENED , I'M SURE IT WOULD HIT THEM CAUSE THEY DON'T ALWAYS WALK BETWEEN THE WHITE LINES. IN 2002 I DID TAKE THE TRUCK INTO FORD DEALER THEY RAN A TEST AND IT DIDN'T ACTED UP ON THEM THEY SAID THAT UNTIL IT WOULD DO IT FOR THEM THEY COULDN'T FIX IT. SO NOW MY SON WILL BE DRIVING NEXT YEAR IF THE PROBLEM ISN'T FIXED WE WILL HAVE TO GET RID OF IT . IT IS A NICE SUV AND WE WANTED TO HAVE IT FOR AT LEAST 200,000 MILES. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED HER VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING TO THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL 05V388000 FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL. WHEN SHE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER ,SHE WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE IT. *AK

(1)WOULDN'T SHIFT OUT OF PARK, DUE TO BLOWING FUSES; HAD TO CONSTANTLY REPLACE #15 FUSE-TOOK TO A FORD DEALER IN SPARTANBURG, SC AND IN MYRTLE BEACH, SC, WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED AT EITHER PLACE (2)SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION CONTROL DEVICE CAUGHT ON FIRE, BURNING COMPONENTS AROUND IT (3)VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP; REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER, PIG TAIL, BRAKE PRES. SWITCH, ABS CONT. UNIT. *JB

MY VEHICLE, A 2002 FORD EXPEDITION. SPONTANEOUSLY WENT INTO FLAMES AS IT WAS PARKED BEHIND MY BAKERY BUSINESS IN HIALEAH, FLORIDA. IT WAS DESTROYED AND IT ALSO CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO MY BAKERY BUSINESS. THIS VEHICLE WAS OFF WHEN IT WENT INTO FLAMES.

2001 FORD EXPEDITION FIRE RESULTING FROM SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH OF THE CRUISE CONTROL COMPONENTS. *NM

DT: THE CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT, THE MEMBRANE BROKE. THE BRAKE FLUID FILLED THE SERVO OF THE CRUISE CONTROL. IT WAS FROM THE BROKEN MEMBRANE ON THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. DEACTIVATION SWITCH WAS LEAKING, CRUISE CONTROL SERVO WAS FULL OF FLUID. THAT WAS THE STATEMENT FROM THE INVOICE. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING, LAST WEEK. THE FORD WAS CALLED, AND THEY TOLD CONSUMER TO CHECK THE DEACTIVATION SWITCH. AT THAT POINT, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE DEACTIVATION SWITCH WAS FULL OF FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. THE DEACTIVATION SWITCH WAS CHANGED, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT WORK UNTIL THE SERVO WAS INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. IT WAS COSTING THE CONSUMER $516 TO FIX THIS $21 PART.*AK

NO FAILURE AT THIS TIME, HOWEVER WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE GIVEN THE SERIOUS NATURE OF THE FIRE HAZARD (CRUISE CONTROL).

SURGE GAS/ODI NO.10108106- 010,ODI895445,ODI897959,ODI8009292,ODI8012749,ODI10037108,ODI10041253.ODI10066799,ODI10080504, I HAVE A LOT MORE OFF YOUR SITE, SURGE IS GOING TO HURT SOMEONE PLEASE, THIS DOES WARRENT A SAFETY ON THIS. PLEASE RESPOND, MY GARBAGE CAN COULD HAVE BEEN A CHILD IN CROSSWALK.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR OVER 38 HOURS. AT 2:30 AM ON MONDAY APRIL 4, 2005 OWNER WAS AWAKENED BY A NEIGHBOR INFORMING HER THAT VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO NOTIFIED. LATER, THE OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL FOR THE SPEED CONTROL CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH DUE TO VIN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK, CAUSING A VEHICLE ROLL OVER WHEN T CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE BRAKES. CONSUMER/PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED.*AK