Six problems related to service brakes have been reported for the 2004 Ford Expedition. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 Ford Expedition based on all problems reported for the 2004 Expedition.
The contact owns a 2004 Ford Expedition. The contact was coming to a stop and depressed the brake pedal when the vehicle would not stop or slow down. The contact crashed into a pole and a gas meter before the vehicle caught on fire. The fire department was called and extinguished the fire and a fire report was filed. No one was injured yet the vehicle was destroyed. The origin of the fire was unknown. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who stated that they will send a representative out to inspect the vehicle. The failure mileage was 98,835.
The contact owns a 2004 Ford Expedition. The contact was driving 40 mph and changing gears when he attempted to apply the brakes but there was no response. The contact was unable to stop the vehicle and crashed into a pile of snow in order to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who referred him back to the dealer. The VIN was not available and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 80,000 and the current mileage was 86,000. The VIN was unavailable.
We were involved in an accident. Our 2004 Ford Expedition seamed to fail to respond to slamming on the brakes to avoid collision. We rear ended a car, no one hurt. No air bag deployment at all. #0-35 mph speed. Hit car in front of us after he stopped in road for no reason. Major damage to our truck. Should have been fender bender.
On 9/16/06 at approximately. 64,500 miles on odometer without any similar problem, I started car at los angeles International airport parking lot #3 with foot on brake. Brake pedal went to all the way the floor as engine started and escaping air type sound heard. Pumped pedal and each time it depressed less and less until full brake pedal returned. Drove and applied brake numerous times without incident until reaching intersection of sepulveda blvd. And west slauson avenue (3. 34 miles: per map quest). Entered left turn lane applying brake to stop for red light. At approximately 20 mph brake pedal went to floorboard again. Could not stop and vehicle proceeded through signal. Fortunately oncoming traffic was stopped or there would have been an accident. Pumped pedal several times as vehicle coasted forward and full break pedal returned. Problem hasn't recurred since. Took vehicle to vista Ford, woodland hills. Service tech could not duplicate problem. (I have seen nine similar complaints on this NHTSA site. . . All referencing the problem as intermittent and all reflecting the Ford dealers service dept. Could not duplicate and could not determine source of problem). This needs to be investigated before someone is seriously injured!!!.
On three occasions the brakes on my 04 Expedition failed. Twice was when towing a 5000 lb. Trailer, and I assumed the problem was connected with that. But the other day when not towing I almost clobbered the car ahead of me when I had to make a hard stop. On the three occasions the pedal goes almost to the floor with little (but some) braking effect. The Ford garage cannot find anything wrong.
Excessive accumulation of brake dust was found on the aluminum wheels. There' is TSB 10004901 on this issue, and the manufacturer has a kit that the consumer can purchase for $230. 00 plus installation. The kit is not guaranteed to correct the problem, but it will reduce the dust accumulation, per the dealership.