general problems of the 1998 Ford Expedition

Tl the contact owns a 1998 Ford Expedition. The contact stated that the vehicle accelerated and surged at a high rate of speed without warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

He brake pedal is loated too close to the accelerator and when depressed goes down below the accelerator so when the extreme right side of the brake is depressed by a bruad shoe the accelerator is also depressed causing the car to accelerate rather than braking. This can and did result in an accident in which I rear ended the car stopped in front of me. This occurred on a city street when I was moving in traffic below the posted 30mph limit.

My husband was parked in our driveway. He switched the truck from park to reverse as he does to slowly back up, without accelerating, the truck accelerated at full force in reverse and he went clear through our garage door which bent, crushed and DE-hinged, the garage door was then pushed back into his motorcycles and into the framing of the house causing mass destruction. The car would not stop, the gear would not switch into park and the breaks would not work. The vehicle could not be stopped from accelerating at top speed in reverse into my home. There is burn out marks in my garage from where the wheels were spinning full speed, there is a tailpipe burn mark where the truck was launched into the garage door. The vehicle clearly failed mechanically and in the process of that there is mass destruction to my home, our vehicle, our bikes and a ton of stuff in the garage. Thank god my husbands injuries did not result in death and thank god my children were not in the garage as they usually are when we are outside. There is no way my little 3 year old would have survived this. I feel very unsafe and will never drive this car again.

The contact owns a 1998 Ford Expedition. The contact stated that the vehicle caught on fire while parked in the driveway overnight. The contact was awakened by a loud explosion when she discovered the vehicle in flames. The fire department arrived to assist and advised that the fire originated from the engine. The vehicle was destroyed and a fire report was filed. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign id number: 05v388000 (vehicle speed control) and stated that she was advised by the manufacturer that the vehicle was included with the recall but had not received recall repairs. The failure and current mileage was 185,467.

The contact owns a 1998 Ford Expedition. While the vehicle was parked, a fire ignited from under the drivers side wheel. There was also an unknown loud noise coming from the vehicle. The entire front end of the vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure and current mileages were 163,200.

Truck caught on fire. It had been idle for approximately 3 hours before incident occurred. Truck was a total lost.

Car caught fire for problem with speed control device , I was never informed about problem with this and the recall the dealership refused to provide a carfax and or vehicle history when requested . Below I will paste the info about the recall. Make: Ford model: Expedition model year: 1998 manufacturer: Ford motor company mfr's report date: Sep 07, 2005 NHTSA campaign id number: 05v388000 ea05005 NHTSA action number: ea05005 component: vehicle speed control potential number of units affected: 4500000 summary: on certain pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles equipped with speed control, the speed control deactivation switch may overheat, smoke, or burn. Consequence: a fire at the switch could occur. Remedy: by letter dated September 12, 2005, owners were instructed to return their vehicles to their dealers to have the speed control deactivation switch disconnected. Owners who have had their speed control deactivated are being notified that parts will be available and advised to make an appointment to reconnect the speed control beginning in February 2006. Owners who did not have their speed control deactivated are being notified to have their system remedied beginning in February 2006. Owners are urged to avail themselves of the free disconnect service as soon as possible because of the significant risk of fire. Owners may contact Ford at 1-800-392-3673. (note: also see recalls 05v017 and 06v286) notes: Ford recall no. 05s28. . Read more...

The contact owns a 1998 Ford Expedition. The contact's vehicle caught fire underneath the hood. The fire and police departments arrived at the scene and a report was filed. An investigation is currently ongoing. The vehicle was destroyed. The dealer and manufacturer have not yet been notified. The contact discovered NHTSA campaign id number 06e060000 (vehicle speed control). The failure and current mileages were 159,000.

The contact owns a 1998 Ford Expedition. The vehicle caught fire while parked due to the vehicle speed control. Ford refused to provide assistance, even though the fire was due to their vehicle speed control recall. The current and failure mileages were 136,000. Updated 01/0308. Recall #05v388000. Updated 12/12/07.

The contact owns a 1998 Ford Expedition. The contact's vehicle caught fire while parked. The fire department was notified and extinguished the fire. The entire hood and engine of the vehicle was destroyed. The fire inspector stated that he was aware of recall # 05v388000 (vehicle speed control). The contact notified the manufacturer and found that the contact's VIN was included in the recall, but he is not the original owner. A police report was filed. The current and failure mileages were 134,000. Updated 12/30/08 the consumer stated Ford hired a consultant to investigate the fire, but it could not be determined what caused the fire. The consumer claim was denied by Ford. Updated 01/05/08.

- the contact owns a 1998 Ford Expedition. He received a recall for the vehicle speed control (NHTSA campaign id 07v336000) in January of 2007. The dealer stated that the parts were not available. As of April 1, 2008, the dealer had not repaired the vehicle. The contact felt that the wait time for this recall was excessive. The current mileage was 59,000. There had been no failure to date. Updated 4/21/08 updated 04/21/08.

: the contact stated the vehicle caught on fire and burned down their house, garage, car and other belongings. There was a recall remedy #05v388000 performed for the vehicle speed control last year. The vehicle speed control switch caused the fire. The vehicle had been in the garage for ten minutes before catching on fire.

My 1998 Ford Expedition caught on fire when I was in the bank,the fire totaled the vehicle , I was injured trying to put the fire out. The fire dept chief and staff had to disconnect the battery to stop fire from continuing. They indicated the incident was caused by factory recall(speed control recall-defect) my Expedition was totally damaged and was picked up by appel Ford in Sep-06-2006 I am not happy with appel Ford's reaction, and I have not received anything from Ford????????.

: the contact stated the vehicle caught fire and burned while parked. A fire department report was taken. The vehicle was taken to a service dealer who determined that the fire started due to an overheated speed control deactivation switch. There was a NHTSA recall # 05v388000 which pertained to the vehicle speed control. The dealer determined that the vehicle was included in the recall, however the contact stated that there was no recall notice received.

Vehicle hesitates/ stalls and kicks back when it accelerates. Problem is intermittents but progressing. Dealer has checked vehicle numerous times, but dealer could not duplicate the problem in order to find the cause. Please provide more information.

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Engine continues to run after foot is taken off gas pedal, one time the vehicle accelerated up to 85mph. . . The only way to stop it was to shift it into neutral, when I did this the engine was revving to it's limits. I turned the engine off which meant the power assist to the brakes was no longer working. This seems to be an extremely unsafe thing for this vehicle to do. This was the last time the vehicle did this. After the truck sits for 5-10mins with the engine off it will restart & appear to be normal, however this problem reappeared 5 times in total in the course of a 400 mile trip. The big problem is that this vehicle will continue to run & ib one instance accelerate after the drivers foot is taken off the gas pedal.

While traveling 55 mph and when driver was decelerating vehicle started to accelerate by itself, even after brake pedal was being depressed. A second incident occurred two days later. No accidents or injuries occurred. Took vehicle to dealer.

The car accelerates quickly when slowly stopping. Going into a parking space very slowly when I put on the brake the car accelerated to 3000rpm's I pushed the brake hard, the drive wheel spun and smoked I pulled it out of gear and turned off the ignition to stop the engine does not do it all the time took to dealer not a good response they may think I am nuts??.

Vehicle failed to stop and engine speed increased. Break pedal was fully depressed. Accelerator pedal was not was not depressed. Vehicle only stopped when transmission was put in neutral. A serious accident was narrowly avoided. Will bring vehicle to dealer for check-out ASAP.

This happens periodically when consumer is at a stop light the truck begins to roar and pull forward while foot is on the brake pedal. Also, the rpm goes over 7,ooo, have to put the truck in neutral and the cut the truck off, and then cut it back on.

When applying the brakes to come to a stop the engine will surge from 2500 to 3000rpm. Dlr has seen vehicle 4 times, still no solution.

The vehicle will intermittently surge or stall upon acceleration . Dealer has put it on computer, but cannot determine what is causing the problem.