14 problems related to vehicle speed control have been reported for the 1997 Ford Expedition. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 1997 Ford Expedition based on all problems reported for the 1997 Expedition.
Vehicle will speed up or slow down in certain times for certain speeds without notice smell of smok and looked hurt wiring.
I was returning home from work and I heard a clicking noise as I was driving coming from my dash along with all of my gage's jumping rpms ran extremely high and speed gage jumping from all over from 50's to 05 miles a hour lights lighting up and then power lost in which made it harder to stop and steer its done this a few times along with a with the clicking the radio will turn its self on and kills the battery and there is a smell of a hot plastic smell along with all of that when I start to lose power my head lights dim down.
1997 Ford Expedition caught fire today 09-09-2008. The vehicle had been parked for several hours, no key in ignition. Fire department told me to check on the recalls, I did & it had a fire recall on the make, model & year of the vehicle I did own. It is salvage now.
I had drove to my mothers house on 8/27/08 and parked in the street. After 15 minutes of visiting with her I heard the alarm going off, and went to see what it was,only to find my vehicle on fire. The fire dept. Put out the fire, but it was to late. The vehicle was a total loss.
The contact owns a 1997 Ford Expedition. The vehicle caught fire after being parked for ten minutes. The vehicle was in the off position and the keys were not in the vehicle. Prior to the fire, the vehicle had only been driven one mile. The siding on the neighboring home was burned completely. The vehicle was completely destroyed. The fire department extinguished the fire and filed a report. The manufacturer is expected to send him information in the next few business days. The failure and current mileages were 120,000.
The contact owns a 1997 Ford Expedition. Approximately 20 minutes after parking the vehicle,the contact discovered that the vehicle was burning under the hood. The entire vehicle was destroyed. This vehicle was included in recall # 05v388000. The current and failure mileage were 100,003.
Consumer states that vehicle was placed in reverse for parallel parking, as she tapped the accelerator, the engine raced, and the vehicle surged backwards, consumer applied brakes but it did not slow the vehicle down, the car jumped the curb and slammed into a column, one person was injured in the accident.
The vehicle was placed in reverse for parallel parking. The accelerator was tapped for momentum. The engine raced, and the vehicle surged backward. Applicaiton of the brake pedal did not slow the vehicle. The car jumped the curb and slammed into a column (insurance adjuster estimated speed at 10 mph or more).
Bumped post with rear bumper, engine revved in reverse, I applied brakes, put into drive, car sped forward very fast and uncontrollably into several parked cars.
When driver released accelerator pedal to begin braking and it became stuck down causing brakes to be ineffective due to the momentum of the vehicle. Nlm.
Started vehicle with foot on brakes. Shifted into reverse. Vehicle shot backwards at full throttle. Engine was screaming. Shifted into park & vehicle stopped quickly. Took vehicle to dealer & was informed never heard of problem.
While driving vehicle noticed slight acceleration. When driving vehicle stalls, but before vehicle stalled that is when noticed the acceleration.
We experienced an involuntary acceleration, and Ford replaced throttle components. We were driving at highway speed and the throttle floored itself, and I had to pull the pedal back on two separate occations. And the pedal was not caught under the floor mat.
While driving the vehicle speeds up with out any indications. Dealer has serviced vehicle.