Driveshaft Problems of Ford Expedition

Vehicle developed a vibration starting at 25mph and continued as speed increased. Ford dealer upon examination found that one bolt was missing and another was loose at the rear end of drive shaft connection to the rear end .

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Vehicle is a 2001 Ford Expedition XLT 4x4 purchased new in April 2001 and owned continuously by current owner, only serviced at hub Ford of colchester, CT and girard Ford of norwich CT. Failure of suspension/drivetrain components occurred while accelerating onto a highway onramp. Both rear lower control arms had corrosion that led to complete disconnection from rear axle. With no supporting lower control arms, the rear transaxle shifted during vehicle acceleration. Shifting of transaxle then introduced excessive force on drive shave ujoint (rear transaxle ujoint) which caused complete failure and disconnection of rear driveshaft. Vehicle's 4wd system engaged, allowing vehicle to be safely guided onto the available offramp (cloverleaf highway intersection) and into safe recovery location for towing by aaa to a local Ford dealer. Girard Ford repair estimates costs for all four corroded control arms to be approximately $1500. Shattered parts or debris also cut rear brake line leading to loss of rear braking and all brake fluid loss - causing additional indirect repair costs. Owner is recovering corroded control arms after repair for evidence to be used in any NHTSA investigation. Nhtsa is encouraged to contact the owner/complainant of vehicle for access to failed parts for investigation support.

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When making a right turn onto a high-traffic, four-lane surface street, both rear lower control arms failed under acceleration. This failure caused the rear axle to twist, the rear differential to shift position, and for the drive shaft u-joints to bind. The result was an effective loss of power and an in inability to accelerate to match traffic flow. Several vehicles had to brake hard or swerve into the adjacent lane to avoid the obstruction my vehicle created.

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The rear lower trailing arms that hold the rear axle in place are made too thin and with corrosion will fail. This will cause the rear axle to move backward and break the drive shaft.

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While driving 65 mph driveshaft and the tie rod broke . As a result, vehicle accelerated.

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While driving various speeds and without warning consumer heard loud noises. Dealership mechanic informed consumer that the loud noises were due to rear driveshaft failure.

Was at a stop light when consumer initiated acceleration and driveshaft fell off. Vehicle checked by dealer, who advised consumer that "ear of the yoke" broke, causing drive haft to fall off.

Its a loud thump at the bottom of the truck, at a very low speed??.

Vibrating feels like from rr right side, at speeds of 50-60 mph, driveshaft replaced 2 times, fixed slipped yoke 1 time, universal replaced by private garage trying to repair problem and frod dealer paid for repair but this did not solve problem. Rear transfer case has begun to leak, fixed once in Feb 2002 and currently being fixed again. Odometer does not always come on windshield wipers have by themselves, back wiper only when it feels like it. Engine has idled rough and has stalled at very low coast (when parking) in both forward and reverse. Door ajar switch would not come on or go off when it did go on for length of trip. Ignition lock would not lock,and sticks. Right front door lock would not unlock. Driver window slams when going up. Clunking noise when shifting into reverse. Ticking engine noise when starting vehicle. Most problems have been solved, but not the vibrating in rear end. This has existed from the time we bought the truck, we have been to 2 different dealerships, have been told slipped yoke, driveshaft loose, driveshaft unbalanced, and now the tires had debris in them, in which they had a put on a month prior to it being back in their garage for the vibrating. Ford oughta be ashamed of themselves for doing this and causing this kind of stress. I have 3 years left to pay on this vehicle and have been through almost everything with it, now that the warranty is up I get to pay for the same repairs happening over and over again?.

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Shimmy at speeds 70 mph and above, diagnose vibration, tried to balance rear driveshaft, driveshaft removed and sent out for balancing. Cj.

When I get up to 50 mph, the vehicle starts to vibrate. I have had nothing but problems with the vehicle since I bought it. I took it to two different Ford dealerships and they could never find out what the problem was. By me spending thousands of dollars trying to get other things fixed which wasn't even the problem, I now find out that it is the transfer case, which is about $1300 just for the part. I will never buy a Ford again.

Vibration in drive train, very noticeable at highway speeds when foot is removed from accelerator.

Drive shaft failed. Nlm.

Driveshaft is touching the exhaust, causing the exhaust to crack in half. Dealer has replaced 3 times, but defect is occurs.

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