Seven problems related to spare tire have been reported for the 1999 Ford Expedition. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The spare tire cable snapped on Ford Expedition at high speed and almost caused several accidents. The tire crossed the median, after being narrowly missed by the person behind me, and went into opposing traffic. Thankfully, no one was hurt or injured but I was extremely lucky!.
While consumer was driving on the expressway at 75 mph spare tire cable broke, and the tire flew off. There was no report of accident/injury.
While the vehicle was parked spare tire cable broke. This caused the tire to fall off from underneath the vehicle. Consumer drove the vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that the spare tire cable assembly needed to be replaced.
I own a 1999 Ford Expedition. I was driving home when I heard a bump in the back of my vehicle. I looked in the rear view mirror to see my spare tire bouncing off another vehicle and rolling down the street. If I had been going at a faster rate of speed, someone could have been seriously injured if not killed. I stopped to retrieve the tire when I noticed that the cable holding the tire had just snapped. After a little research on the internet I have discovered that this is not an isolated incident. When I called the dealer to see if there had been a recall they said there had not, but they could sell me a replacement for $78. This is not just about money, it's about a known problem that Ford needs to fix. As I said before, "someone can be seriously injured by this problem". Can you look into this problem? thanks.
Defective spare tire cable assembly.
I was returning to GA from florida, and I heard this chopper noise!! there were no choppers above. A passerby motioned to my left rear tire. I pulled over and the tread was coming off the tire! a college student removed the tire and installed my spare. He would not take any money for the outstanding job to install the spare tire. I had my 4 children in the SUV!!( dot number: tire size: 25570r16 ).
Spare tire fell off vehicle. The cable holding the spare tire broke letting the spare tire fall from under the vehicle and bouncing around on the road.