2007 Ford Expedition stability control problems

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

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 OFF AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING, BAD VIBRATION, LOUD GROWL TYPE IDLE SOUND, THE RADIO SHUTS OFF, WHEN YOU TURN THE HEATER ON IT REPEATEDLY CLUNKS IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE UNTIL YOU TURN AC ON AGAIN OR SHUT IT OFF, REAR AIR SUSPENSION LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS ALL HAPPENS WHENEVER IT WANTS. I SHUT OFF THE CAR AND RESTART AND THE PROBLEM WILL STAY GONE AND DRIVE NORMAL UNTIL IT COOLS AGAIN AND THEN RESTART THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TESTED AT 3 SHOPS AND TURNED AWAY BY ALL BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START AS THEY ARE SCANNING THE VEHICLE AND 17 CODES CAME UP. THEY STARTED TESTING EACH ITEM WITH A CODE AND ALL CAME BACK AS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. SO I BELIEVE IT'S EITHER ELECTRICAL OR ONE OF THE BRAINS/COMPUTERS OF THE VEHICLE?. IT IS BECOMING A SAFETY CONCERN AND I NEED HELP.

NHTSA complaint #11156126 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM

CARS TRACTION CONTROL KICKED ON CAUSING CAR TO SPUTTER AND SHAKE LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF DEEP SNOW OR ICE BUT INCIDENT HAPPEN ON DRY GROUND 76 DEGREES OUTSIDE.

NHTSA complaint #10714278 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

CARS TRACTION CONTROL KICKED ON CAUSING CAR TO SPUTTER AND SHAKE LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF DEEP SNOW OR ICE BUT INCIDENT HAPPEN ON DRY GROUND 76 DEGREES OUTSIDE.

NHTSA complaint #10714278 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000.

NHTSA complaint #10705371 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

DRY PAYMENT, SHUTTERING AND PULSING IN STEERING WHEEL. APPLIED BRAKES AND TRACTION LIGHT STAYED ON UNTIL I TURNED TRUCK OFF.

NHTSA complaint #10703579 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

OUT OF THE BLUE THE VEHICLE STARTS BRAKING REALLY HARD, MAKING LOUD BANGING NOISE, AND SHAKING. IT USED TO BE ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE BUT NOW IT'S EVERYTIME I DRIVE MY VEHICLE ,SOMETIMES I CAN'T STOP MY VEHICLE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC. I'VE TAKEN TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES YET MY PROBLEM PERSISTS.

NHTSA complaint #10680043 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

ABS LIGHT AND ESC LIGHT COME ON ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO APPARENT PROBLEM.

NHTSA complaint #10664541 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM

WHILE DRIVING THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WILL COME ON..CAUSING THE CAR TO SHUTTER AND SHAKE, WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING, IT IS LIKE THE BRAKES DO NOT WORK. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES NOTHING CAN BE DONE BECAUSE THEY CAN NOT GET A CODE BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS NOT ON. I WILL NOT ALLOW MY CHILDREN TO DRIVE THIS CAR BECAUSE IT IS TO DANGEROUS...IT HAS SINCE HAD THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ON FOLLOWED BY A WRENCH AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON NOW IT WILL NOT GO OVER 30 MPH, IT IS SITTING AT THE FORD DEALER AS WE SPEAK. I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS. THIS ALL MAY HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD THE PROBLEM BEEN FOUND SOONER. AT THIS POINT I AM CONSIDERING TO SURRENDER MY CAR, I WOULD RATHER HAVE A HIT ON MY CREDIT THAN SOMETHING HAPPENING TO MY FAMILY WHILE IN THIS VEHICLE!!!

NHTSA complaint #10563002 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 FORD EXPEDITION MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON, THE VEHICLE THEN STARTED TO SHAKE AND SHUTTER, AT THAT POINT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES WHILE IT MADE A RATTLING SOUND, IT LASTED LESS THAN A MINUTE BUT FELT LIKE AN ETERNITY. WHILE I WAS AFRAID, I EASED OFF THE GAS TO LET IT SLOW DOWN, THEN I TRIED TO APPLY LIGHT PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES TO AVOID BEING IN A ACCIDENT, THEN THE VEHICLE PICKED UP AND RESPONDED AS NORMAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON 3 OCCASIONS. VERY FRIGHTENING!!! MY MILEAGE IS ONLY AT 44,900.00 WHEN IT FIRST OCCURRED MY MILEAGE WAS AROUND 38,000 MILES.

NHTSA complaint #10450234 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM

I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 FORD EXPEDITION MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON, THE VEHICLE THEN STARTED TO SHAKE AND SHUTTER, AT THAT POINT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES WHILE IT MADE A RATTLING SOUND, IT LASTED LESS THAN A MINUTE BUT FELT LIKE AN ETERNITY. WHILE I WAS AFRAID, I EASED OFF THE GAS TO LET IT SLOW DOWN, THEN I TRIED TO APPLY LIGHT PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES TO AVOID BEING IN A ACCIDENT, THEN THE VEHICLE PICKED UP AND RESPONDED AS NORMAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON 3 OCCASIONS. VERY FRIGHTENING!!! MY MILEAGE IS ONLY AT 44,900.00 WHEN IT FIRST OCCURRED MY MILEAGE WAS AROUND 38,000 MILES.

NHTSA complaint #10450234 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUTTER ABNORMALLY, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO SURGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

NHTSA complaint #10430499 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

ANT-SKID CONTROL LIGHT FLASHED THREE TIMES, STARTED TO COME TO A STOP. THE 2007 FORD EXPEDITION STARTED TO SHAKE, TRUCK SPEED UP, AND IN A TURN ALMOST HIT ON COMING CAR. PARK THE TRUCK DRIVE IT FOR 30 MILES NOTHING HAPPEN AGAIN. LOOKING ON LINE FOR MORE PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. TRUCK HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT.

NHTSA complaint #10395541 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM

WHILE EXITING THE BYPASS THE TRACTION ASSIST CAME ON FOR NO REASON CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SHAKE AND ALMOST FELT LIKE THE TRUCK ACCELERATED AS I HIT THE BREAK. IT WAS ON A TURN BUT I WAS ACTUALLY GOING UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT ON DRY ROAD. STARTING TO HAVE MORE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE TO THE POINT IT IS TROUBLING ME TO EVEN DRIVE OR HAVE MY KIDS IN OR AROUND THE VEHICLE AND WANTED TO GET IT ON RECORD. WILL BE POSTING OTHER INCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURED SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE WHICH IS ONLY A MONTH THIS WEEK.

NHTSA complaint #10375524 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

LEAVING MY NEIGHBORHOOD GOING 20-25 MPH. PAVEMENT WAS DRY. SLIGHT DOWNHILL INCLINE. PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. BRAKE STARTED PULSATING RAPIDLY. BRAKE WAS RESISTING ME PRESSING IT BY PUSHING MY FOOT BACK UP WITH PULSATING ACTION. TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. COULD HAVE REAR ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME OR WENT INTO A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. PULLED OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY PROCEEDED DOWN ANOTHER DOWNHILL INCLINE ABOUT 45 MPH. PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN AGAIN THE BRAKES STARTED PULSATING AND DID NOT WORK. HAD TO STAND ON THE BRAKES PUSHING AGAINST THE BRAKE RAPID PULSATION TO GET THE TRUCK SLOWED TO TURN INTO A PARKING LOT. TRACTION CONTROL SLIDING CAR ICON WAS FLASHING. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP 10/28/10. DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY CODES OR MALFUNCTION. DEALER SAID THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM "RSC" RESETS ITSELF PERIODICALLY AND WILL MOST LIKELY DO THIS AGAIN. THIS IS A DANGEROUS TIME FOR A BAKE OR TRACKING CONTROL SYSTEM TO RESET LEAVING ONE WITHOUT BRAKES. PERSONALLY I DON'T BELIEVE THEIR EXCUSE. FORD HAS A SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM. SEEMS OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM REFERENCE TO ODI ID # 10220899. ALSO OTHER COMPLAINTS UNDER THE TRACKING CONTROL SYSTEM ODI ID# 10332619 AND 10321582. ALSO FROM SURFING THE FORD ENTHUSIAST WEB SITE, AND OTHER WEB SITES, A LOT MORE PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND ARE NOT BEING REPORTED.

NHTSA complaint #10368965 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM

TRACTION CONTROL LAMP LIGHTS, TRUCK SHUTTERS.

NHTSA complaint #10332619 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM

ROAD CONDITIONS-WET; OUTSIDE TEMP.-46DEG. (MARCH 23, 2010 MILEAGE AT INCIDENT OCCURANCE - 68659) UPON DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT(RSC) WILL SUDDEN APPEAR ALTERNATING WITH A WRENCH WARNING LIGHT, WHICH THEN DISABLES THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE (EVEN WITH THE PEDEL DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR). WHEN THIS OCCURS IT FORCES ME TO HAVE TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER TO SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR SAFETY. WHEN THIS OCCURS THE ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING AS WELL AS ALL THE ELECTRONICS AND NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARS. THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP FOR INVESITIGATION, THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE ISSUE WHILE IN THE SHOP, SINCE THERE ARE NO CODES TO CHECK THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIX THE ISSUE. NO PARTS HAVE BEEN REPAIR OR REPLACED. I FEEL AS THOUGH IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN WHILE IN THE HIGH SPEED LANE ON THE HIGHWAY, THIS WOULD CAUSE A SERIOUS SITUATION IN WHICH AN ACCIDENT MAY OCCUR AND I FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY OR ANYONE THAT DRIVES THIS VEHICLE. ALL SERVICE ON THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN DONE AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHILE UNDER WARRANTY (75K EXTENDED WARRANTY). THE LAST TIME THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE OCCURRED WAS MAY 2009 MILEAGE WAS 54494. IN TOTAL THIS PROBLEM AS OCCURED 6 TIMES SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA complaint #10321582 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

WHILE DRIVING ON DRY PAVEMENT AT APPROXIMATELY 25-35 MPH THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WILL START TO ILLUMINATE RANDOMLY. EVENTUALLY STAYING ON CONSTANTLY. PUSHING THE TRACTION CONTROL BUTTON WILL NOT TURN OFF THE LIGHT. TURNING OFF THE CAR AND STARTING IT AGAIN WILL MAKE IT GO AWAY. ONE TIME WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE ABS BRAKES ENGAGED AND THE BRAKES HAD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED STOPPING POWER. I TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER AND THEY DID NOT SEE ANY ERROR CODES IN THE SYSTEM.

NHTSA complaint #10258892 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

THE SLIDING CAR ICON DISPLAYS QUITE OFTEN, ALWAYS ON DRY PAVEMENT. USUALLY FOR A SHORT TIME DURING THAT TIME THE BRAKES DO NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. THEY ACT AS THOUGH THE ABS HAVE ENGAGED THEMSELVES AND MAKE IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP. IT HAS HAPPENED OVER 10 TIMES TO ME IN THE 15 MONTHS THAT I HAVE OWNED THE TRUCK. THE DEALER CHECKED THE PROBLEM AND REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG.

NHTSA complaint #10244171 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.