Expedition Recall????

I was just told my a relative that she had heard that there's a recall on the Expedition. She heard that the cruise control unit can catch on fire whether used or not and that someone's Expy caught fire and burned down the house as the owner has the Expy parked in his attached garage.

I did a search and didn't find anything or hear from Ford. Has anyone else heard about this?

Thanks

Reply to
NJ Vike
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Yea, its real. I got my recall notice about a month ago. You need to unplug the cruise control. The dealer will do it... watch where he does his deed, so you know where to do it yourself.

The parts are not available until April or May for the repair, so they are dissabling the cruises right now until the parts are in.

Reply to
Scott and Kathy Stone

Scott,

Thanks for the clarification. I will be making an appointment tomorrow.

Oh, well :-(

Reply to
NJ Vike

I still have to use my Expy to travel occasionally. So I looked over the shoulder of the mechanic that pulled the plug (amazing, it is right out in the open, as if they knew this would have to be done!) and I plug it in when I travel, and unplug it at night and when I am just using it in town.

Not that I recommend it.

:-)

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Scott and Kathy Stone

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Reply to
Just_Steve

Not all models are affected. At the moment, Ford is only recalling 2000 model year Expeditions. That is subject to change, sinc ehte same system was employed from 1997 through

2002. See
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Ed

Reply to
C. E. White

Gotta love the sleazy attorneys. They never miss an opportunity to encourage lawsuits.

I browsed through these shark's pages and see that they aren't missing any opportunities. They even are encouraging my fellow Vue owners to sue GM over the Vue rear suspensions (they were recalled after a NHTSA test) despite the fact there is no history of problems in the "real" world.

Ed

Reply to
C. E. White

No, but I suspect Ford will eventually recall all Expeditions and Navigators built before 2003. The cruise control systems are the same. Ford is hoping (wishing) that the problem can be blamed on a bad supply of switches. However, now that the sharks lawyers are smelling blood, they will try to blame any fire, or even unrelated accidents on the cruise control switch. Ford would be better off recalling them all now instead of waiting. In today legal enviroment, truth has little to do with justice.

Ed

Reply to
C. E. White

There's a now recall that covers more model years than that one...

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Reply to
Big Bill

Nope, there's a new recall...

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Reply to
Big Bill

Yes, it is.

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Reply to
Big Bill

This is the same link as before. Only one model year of Exeditions is coverd (so far). "The recalled vehicles include model year 2000 Ford F-150s, Ford Expeditions and Lincoln Navigators. Also affected are 2001 F-Series Super crew trucks made at the same time." This is not change. There is an "investigation" of other models and years, but it is still only an investigation.

Ed

Reply to
C. E. White

Go back and read the article carefully....

"The recalled vehicles include model year 2000 Ford F-150s, Ford Expeditions and Lincoln Navigators. Also affected are

2001 F-Series Super crew trucks made at the same time."

This is the same as before. The article is written to make it seem like there is already a recall for other models and years, but so far this is not the case. An investigation is not a recall.

Ed

Reply to
C. E. White

No it is not. Read the article. "The recalled vehicles include model year 2000 Ford F-150s, Ford Expeditions and Lincoln Navigators. Also affected are 2001 F-Series Super crew trucks made at the same time." There is no mention of

2001 Lincoln Navigators being recalled. 2001 Super crew F150s are part of the recall, 2001 Navigators are not - at least not yet.

Ed

Reply to
C. E. White

My error; it's an investigation. I heard it reported on radio news as a recall.

Reply to
Big Bill

This is exactly why I get mad a sites like the one you referred to. Trial lawyers routinely fed the media with misinformation in an attempt to create a public preception of a major problem. It is just fishing for clients, or more correctly trying to create clients.

Ed

Reply to
C. E. White

I went to the dealer and inquired about it and they had said that only the

2000 model was at risk and that they were disconnecting the cable under the new ones arrived in April some time.

Ken

Reply to
NJ Vike

Is it any wonder why Lawyers are so despised?

Reply to
NJ Vike

Well, when I ask any vendor about which of his products are faulty, I fully expect him to only admit to those for which a recall has been issued. I do *not* expect him to outline all known or suspected faults. That's why I seldom ask such questions of a vendor.

Reply to
Big Bill

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