Electrical Failure problems of the 2000 Ford Expedition

I have a 2000 Expedition that is experiencing electrical failure, dead battery every week, clicking from under the dash, lights flashing on the interior, radio/clock lights fail, drivers side back side window fails to open and rear window wiper stopped working. The flashing, clicking and other various electrical quirks happen at random times but the drained battery happens every week. I can jump start the truck but when it sits for a few days undriven and I try to start it. . . Dead battery. I have replaced the battery several times until I realized it wasn't a faulty battery, it is an electrical malfunction. I took it to our local Ford dealership to have it checked. I had also informed them of the leaking windshields/gem module problem I had read about. They informed me that they had several Expeditions serviced with the same electrical malfunctions. They called me and said it was a dead battery after I did their job and informed them of the leaking windshield/gem module. I asked them to please check the module and whatever else was needed to fix my truck. They later said they checked it and found no corrosion in the gem module. They also said since it wasn't "coding" they had no clue what was causing the electrical failure. They said this without further investigation into other possible causes such as moisture in the keyless entry pad which is known to be faulty and a replacement part available. All that was done was to put a new battery in my truck, told my problem was a dead battery because it's their policy that when a vehicle comes in for service, to find the most logical reason for malfunction when it wont code and sent home with a truck that I know will not start in a week, possibly catch fire due to electrical problems, possibly kill someone or burn my house down.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Expedition. The windshield leaked when it rained and caused an electrical failure in the gem box. The failure mileage was 85,000. The engine remained on after the contact removed the key from the ignition. The dealer replaced the gem box. However, they did not reseal the windows to prevent it from leaking. The current mileage was 97000.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Expedition. Occasionally in cold, snowy, or rainy conditions, the vehicle would experience electrical failure. The windshield wipers would not work, the radio would turn on and off randomly, and the headlights flashed on and off. The contact needed to disconnect the battery in order to shut off the headlights. The dealer could not duplicate the failures. The failure mileage was approximately 45,000 and current mileage was 60,000.

On several occasions my lights and/or radio and or wipers would give out during a rain storm. On the last occasion my car's electrical system failed and my car turned off. I could not re-start until next day. I took it to the dealer and they told me that water had seeped in between the windshield and into the electrical control box. They would have to remove the windshield, re-caulk it, replace the gem and fuse boxes and that would take care of the problem. This was not under warranty because the caulking had deteriorated with time as it normally would. I've had cars for 10 to 15 years and the caulking on the windshield has never deteriorated like this. The SUV is only 4 yrs old anyway. My problem was compounded by the fact that they broke the windshield during this process and I was stuck for that cost also. Total of $1,223. 67.

We parked our 2000 Ford Expedition XLT in front of our house after driving it approximately 45 miles towing our boat. We arrived at our house around 9:15pm. At around 10:30pm, my neighbor knocked on my door and told me that my car was on fire. Flames were coming out from under the hood and the left-front tire was on fire. 2 neighbors and I sprayed the vehicle with garden hoses until the fire department arrived. They had to rip the hood off the vehicle in order to put the fire out. After inspecting the burn damage, the fireman indicated that the fire started on top of the engine and was probably due to an electrical failure. He also stated there was no sign of malicious activity. The adjuster will not come out until Monday, but the fireman indicated that it would most likely be totalled.