Other Fuel System Pump problems of the 2003 Ford Expedition

This SUV stalled on the highway while driving in traffic. It was caused by a fault in the fuel pump or fuel pump relay. Please recall this vehicle.

"takata recall" I was driving down the interstate at 65 mph when my truck just cut off, had to have it towed in to the shop. Had fuel pump replace, 2 weeks later same problem. Had to have it towed again fuse was replace. 3 weeks later I'm now having to have the fuse box replace. Ford motor company don't think this should be a recall issue. They just came out with the latest update fuse box in 2017.

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The engine stops running without warning. I was driving on the freeway at 70+ in heavy traffic. All of a sudden the engine shuts down. I put the vehicle in neutral and engaged the flashers. I tried to restart the vehicle while maneuvering to the side of the road avoiding multiple close calls. Once stopped, I put the vehicle in park and tried to restart. After a couple of minutes the car restarted. I took the vehicle to the autozone to see if there were any fault codes. One code indicated the fuel pump was an issue. They advised me that they have seen this before and directed me to go to the dealership. The dealership could not look at it immediately so I had my son pick me up with another vehicle. The following day they ran a diagnostics ($95 fee that was totally unnecessary since this is a well know failure) on the car and indicated that it was the faulty central junction fuse box located inside the vehicle on the passenger side near the feet. Pn 3l1z-14-a068-aa-a11 @$517. Installation costs $215. When I got home I searched the web and found that this is a common failure for this vehicle. The blogs and comments are of multiple near missed collisions among other things. This part failure happened on vehicles that were less than one year old. It can happen at anytime to any 2003 Ford Expedition. This part was redesigned for later Ford Expeditions because Ford knew of the problem. If you contact any pick and pull salvage yard you will find that all of these central junction box (fuse boxes) are not available since everyone tries to replace them by themselves because of the high costs. Also, there are multiple companies that will repair the faulty part with a re-engineered circuit. Ford has since made a new part with a different pn / model number. This should have been a safety recall in the first year. It is very dangerous and lives are at stake.

Fuel pump relay shorted out in motion. Highway and city streets. Steering locks up engine just dies in motion. Super dangerous and scary replaced fuse box and same thing happened again. No power steering engine just dies in motion. So scary on highway 75 mph.

The vehicle will randomly shut off at any speed, under any condition. Engine dies unexpectedly at highway speeds creating a panic to get out of the roadway. Power to steering and brakes are gone when the engine dies. Vehicle will restart after a couple minutes. The faulty part is the fuel pump relay. It is integral to the fuse box and cannot be changed without changing the entire fuse box. The fuse box is only available from a Ford dealer for $485. 20 parts only.

Truck shut off at 60mph towing a camper because my fuel pump relay blew because of a defect in the fuse box!! almost killed us. . . . . . . . Not happy at all. I've spoken to many mechanics and been on many forums and this seems to be a wide spread and dangerous issue Ford should take care of. Spoke with the local Ford parts department and they are aware of the issue. This is not a cheap part by any means, but on top of that it almost killed my wife and family! please do something about this defect. I can send you pictures of the fuse box board so you can see the burns.

The truck just quits like running out of gas stall no steering now braking very unsafe it is because the fuel pump relay is built into the fuse junction box not serviceable and if you have a moon roof the drain runs down that side the water drips on fuse box shorts out the relay and off your truck goes they only did it 2 years and they obviously now about it and changed it and the new part different number.

When driving on I-10 west at 65 mph my Ford Expedition shut down for no apparent reason. I was in the far left lane and don't like to park in the interior lanes so I placed my hazards on and drifted to the far right lane. It was hard to do because when my vehicle went dead the pwr steering and brakes became hard to use. Once I got to a safe area, I tried to start my vehicle again. . . . . Without success. I contacted my insurance company for roadside assistance and they picked my vehicle up and towed it to my residence. The next day I started the vehicle and went to a doctors appt. On the way back from the appointment I was in the left turning lane and the vehicle died again. This time I had someone behind me that almost rear ended me. At this time I took the vehicle to the Ford dealership (shamaley Ford). They indicated that the fuel pump was defective. I retrieved my vehicle and replaced the fuel pump. When driving to ensure that my vehicle was operational it died again on me in the middle of a one lane street which nearly caused an accident. Someone helped me push my vehicle around the corner so that traffic could proceed. I waited about 10 minutes and tried to start me vehicle and it started. I hurried and placed it in my parking space. As I have read, this is a reoccurring issue with Ford Expeditions and luckily this hasn't caused a major accident or resulted in death. I did not state this but I connected my code reader and there was no indication of anything wrong. As stated previously, I took my car to the dealer and they misdiagnosed the problem. Could you address the issue?.

The engine would randomly shut off with no warning. Sometimes the engine would shut off while driving, other times would shut off at a stop light. The issue happened 10 times over a 3 day period. I was lucky to not crash as the engine died once while making a turn on a busy road. Once it died, so did the power steering and brakes - very scary. There were no engine codes that came up and no indication anything was wrong, the engine would simply shut off. While diagnosing the issue I did some internet research that indicated it could be the fuel pump relay issue. The fuel pump relay is a non-serviceable relay that is soldered to the main fuse box circuit board. I removed the fuse box and disassembled it revealing the fuel pump relay was getting hot and had melted the solder on the board. When the relay cooled, the solder made contact and the engine would start right up. When driving the solder would warm up and break contact. This would shut the fuel pump off and the engine would die. There are reports of this all over the internet. The only repair for this item was to replace the main circuit board as the relay cannot be replaced without soldering to the circuit board. Once the fuse box was replaced, the issue was resolved. I believe this could potentially be a huge problem and could lead to serious accidents. I have read this problem affects numerous years of the Ford Expedition.

Was driving the 2003 Expedition on interstate 10 near pensacola, when the vehicle shut off. The car coasted to a stop, luckily I did not cause a wreck and my family and I was safe. It has happened several times, at least 10 so far. We have replaced the fuel pump, fuel pump relay switch, the fuel filter, had the injectors inspected and it still does it. I did some research into the problem and it turns out the right side front passenger window leaks down onto the interior fuse panel and is causing the electrical system to short out. In all cases once the vehicle cools down, the car starts right back up again. I have taken it to 4 garages and now I have it at the Ford dealership in pensacola. Where they are looking at it. It turns out that the p0231 code keeps re-appearing in the system (fuel pump relay circuitry) which shows the problem could be the fuse panel since the fuses are soldered to the board and not plugged in. Hopefully Ford recognizes this problem and will order a recall soon.