2002 Ford Expedition Recalls, Problems & Maintenance

“WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATBELTS IN THE FRONT WILL RANDOMLY UNLOCK. THIS CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS. THE EQUIPMENT IS FACTORY ORIGINALS. THIS HAS BECOME A REAL SAFETY ISSUE AS WE NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO UNLOCK. *TR”

“DRIVER'S SEAT BELT RANDOMLY UNLATCHES WHILE DRIVING DESPITE HAVING BEEN PROPERLY LATCHED TO START. *TR”

“THE SEAT BELTS FRONT, PASSENGER SIDE UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES WHILE IN MOTION. IT CAN HAPPEN DURING CITY OR HIGHWAY DRIVING. THIS HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED BY ANYONE AND IS FACTORY ORIGINAL. SEEMS LIKE A DANGER TO PASSENGERS”

“TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR LEVER FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. IN ADDITION, THE FOUR POWER WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCKS BECAME INOPERABLE”

“MY CAR STARTED JUST FINE BUT IT WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK AND NONE OF THE WINDOWS WORKED. I CHECKED THE FUSES AND ONE WAS BLOWN. I REPLACED THE FUSE AND MY CAR APPEARED TO BE WORKING NORMALLY”

“MY 2002 FORD EXPEDITION HAS SUFFERED NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS”

“TAKATA RECALL DURING AN INSPECTION OF MY SUSPENSION FOR WORN BUSHINGS, I NOTED SEVERE CORROSION ON MY REAR TRAILING ARMS FOR THE REAR AXLE. THE LOWER ARM ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ACTUALLY HAD A QUARTER SIZE HOLE IN THE INBOARD SIDE OF THE WEB”

“HAD ROUTINE SERVICE ON MY 2002 EXPEDITION AT DEALERSHIP,WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO REPLAC UPPER AND LOWER TRAILING ARM ALSO TRACK ARM BECAUSE OF SEVERE CORROSION”

“REAR DIFFERENTIAL CONTROL LINKS RUSTED THRU AND BROKE. THIS ALLOWED THE DIFFERENTIAL TO MOVE TOWARD THE REAR. WHEN IT MOVED FAR ENOUGH THE REAR DRIVE SHAFT FELL OUT OF THE TRANSFER CASE AND BROKE OFF AT THE REAR YOKE”

“MY 2002 FORD EXPEDITION OD LIGHT FLASHES ON AND OFF. I WAS DRIVING DOWN I75 AND MY TRANSMISSION KEPT SHIFTING IN AND OUT OF GEAR.. MY WHOLE TRIP. IT SLAMMED INTO GEAR ALMOST CAUSING ME TO LOOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. THIS TRANSMISSION IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD”

“TRANSMISSION SLIP. O/D LIGHT STARTED TO BLINK AND TRANSMISSION CLUNKS INTO GEAR. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE VERY PREVALENT AS A FEW OF MY FRIENDS WHO OWN 2000 TO 2002 MODEL FORDS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. THEY HAVE HAD THEIR TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED OR REBUILT”

“MY 2002 FORD EXPEDITION HAS ALWAYS HAD TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROBLEMS. OVER THE YEARS, IT WILL SOMETIMES NOT GO OUT OF 4X4 WITHOUT SOME GENTLE COAXING. JUST THE OTHER DAY, IT SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING”

“2002 FORD EXPEDITION, ORIGINAL FACTORY SPARK PLUG WAS VIOLENTLY EJECTED FROM THE ENGINE DURING NORMAL OPERATION. SPARK PLUG SMASHED THROUGH FUEL INJECTOR AND DENTED THE HOOD. HAD SOMEONE BEEN SERVICING THE ENGINE THE INJURIES COULD HAVE BEEN SEVERE”

“I HAVE HAD SIX OCCURRENCES OF A SPARK PLUG BLOWING OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. EACH TIME, IT BLEW THE COIL OFF ALSO. THE DANGEROUS POPPING AND VAPORS THAT BLOW FROM THE NOW OPEN HEAD ARE A SERIOUS IGNITION HAZARD IN THE ENGINE BAY. IT IS NOT ALWAYS THE SAME PLUG THAT HAS BLOWN OUT”

“JUST WANT TO ADD MY CAR TO THE LIST OF FORD EXPEDITION 5.6L ENGINES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SPARK PLUG EJECTION ISSUE. THANKFULLY, THIS OCCURED WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, SO IT DID NOT CAUSE ANY ACCIDENT OR INJURY”

“VEHICLE HAD NO MECHANICAL ISSUES UP TO THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ON A DAILY BASIS TO AND FROM WORK. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY”

“SMALL FIRE EXTINGUISHED PRIOR TO FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVAL. FIRE OCCURRED ON A SENSOR ATTACHED TO THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR. FIRE APPEARS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH AS PREVIOUSLY RECALLED. *TR NO DAMAGE OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE”

“I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD STATING THAT THERE IS A SAFETY DEFECT WITH SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH FOR MY VEHICLE. IN THIS LETTER I'VE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT MY LOCAL FORD DEALER TO SET UP A TIME/ DATE FOR REPAIRS”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY, THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ERUPTED INTO FLAMES WITHOUT WARNING AND A LOUD EXPLOSION SOUND EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES AND DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM A DEFECTIVE WIRING HARNESS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE”

“VEHICLE WAS PARKED. OVERNIGHT, VEHICLE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE AND ENTIRE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. TOTAL LOSS OF VEHICLE. *TR”

“2002 FORD EXPEDITION, STICKING THROTTLE OR ACCELERATOR CAUSES SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND IS QUITE DANGEROUS, HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND ALMOST DROVE INTO A BUILDING”

“IDLING AT A METERED RAMP I EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WHILE IN LINE WAITING FOR MY TURN AT THE METERED LIGHT.THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME ROLLED FORWARD AND I FOLLOWING SUIT. I DID NOT TOUCH THE ACCELERATOR BUT MERELY RELEASED MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL”

“IN MARCH 2012 MOTHER WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT IN WACO. CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND RAN THROUGH THE PARKING LOT EVENTUALLY HITTING A PARKED CAR. CAR WAS FIXED AND MOTHER TOLD THEM TO CHECK THIS ISSUE OUT”