Ten problems related to power train have been reported for the 1998 Ford Expedition. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Tl-the contact owns a 1998 Ford Expedition. The contact stated that when vehicle in park the vehicle will reverse. The gear shift failed to move in park. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle has not been repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 211,096. Kw.
The contact owns a 1998 Ford Expedition. The contact stated that the gear shift failed to switch into the park position. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 97v171000 (power train). The failure mileage was 130,000.
The contact owns a 1998 Ford Expedition. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to accelerate without warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 215,000. The VIN was not available.
The vehicle rolls when in park. It makes a loud grinding sound while it is rolling unlike a parking pawl makes. I have not gotten any recall notices on this issue.
Coil and spark plug blow out of engine when truck was started (1998). The Expedition has been known to have this issues as well as other issues. Why is Ford not taking responsibility; so far accident avoided. I had to replace one coil pack each year so far but this was the worse. I needed the cinder retreaded to fit the spark plug in.
I have experienced this failure 3 times now, the first time happened a month ago 12-12,2008 then again 12- 22-,2008 & again today 1-16-09, all these incidents happened when the temperature was in the single digits to teens. My 1998 Ford Expedition would not slow down at stop signs & stop lights without shifting to neutral & turning off the engine. If I would just shift to neutral the engine would rev to 4000-5000 rpm & I would not have any control of the steering or brakes. When I tried to use the brakes by using constant very firm pressure the brakes wouldn't work , but would overheat & smell burned. I took it to a repair shop that determined there was ice & other junk built up on the throttle cable. This was removed after the 12-22-08 incident. The mechanic told me to warm up the vehicle for a least 20 minutes before I started driving anywhere & then leave it running as much as possible, because the driving of short distances could be the cause of the ice by just taking short trips of 4 miles or less. Today 1-16-09 I had a different mechanic look at it & he is ordering a new throttle cable & hopefully this will solve the problem. The situation could have turned out very badly if there had been vehicles too close to me when I couldn't control my vehicle. I am very fortunate that no injuries occurred,although I suffered mental stress and anguish.
The contact owns a 1998 Ford Expedition. The contact had to make several attempts in order for the vehicle to shift into drive. While driving 30 mph, the vehicle had to be placed into drive and then neutral in order to reverse the gears. The failure occurred without warning. The vehicle was taken to a local repair shop for inspection, but they could not determine the cause of the failure. The technician later stated that there was a recall on the shifting gears. The vehicle has not been repaired. The manufacturer stated that the vehicle was not under recall and any expenses would have to covered by the owner. The failure mileage was 125,000 and current mileage was 135,000.
Consumer states that while driving in 4 wheel drive that something did no't seem right. Later, when checking the transmission, metal was found in the pan, a claim adjuster stated that a small hole in the valve body was plugged causing the overdrive band to fail, however this was not related to the accident.
On two occasions vehicle experienced high acceleration while driving. Also, cruise control would not engage/engine check light remained on/vehicle would jerk whenever transmission changed gears, and both odometer/speedometer failed to operate. Dealer notified.
Drive train vibration.