2000 Ford Expedition Steering Problems

“I was driving the down the street going to wal-mart on pendleton pike in indianapolis indiana the car shifted from drive to neutral on its own. I shifted it back in gear drove on to wal-mart then to went to aldis. When I came out of aldis also on pendleton pike the car wouldn't come out of park without key being in acc position foot on brake and playing with gearshit for approx 15 mins it was locked. Then the power windows also went out in the same time that this all happened. …”

“I had just had my 2000 Expedition inspected the month before. I was dring up an on ramp to an interstate and my car swerved out of control. I went off the road. Several cars almost hit me and I them. It turned out that my tie rod on my front left tire had broken. Very dangerous. Very upsetting.”

“In early jan 2006, we have a popping sound and movement in the steering wheel of our 2000 Expedition. We could feel it moving in the steering when driving and were concerned. We have an extended warranty on our Expedition so we took it to germain Ford in columbus, ohio. They said the left front stabilizer link bolt had broke in half and the stabilizer bar was slipping on and off causing the movement and sound. They told me this was not a warranty item. My Expedition has only 51,000 miles and is driven by my wife to work. At the same time the dealer told me by ball joints needed to be replaced. …”

“At high speed, on long sustained, steep grades 5-7%, at high RPM, the steering locks up for 2-10 seconds. The steering makes a noise and then breaks free. I have brought this to the dealership 4 times and they say they can not find a problem and can not reproduce this event. Every time I drive into the colorado mountains this problems recurs. This problem never shows up on flat terrain. This problem is extremely dangerous. The Ford representative has indicated to me that 5 other complaints have been given but that no one has ever reproduced the problem. …”

“Driving on 4 lane twisty parkway, the left tie rod broke without any warning, lost all steering control, applied brake and tried to control vehicle, took about 200 yards to come to a stop. Fortunately I was able to avoid a crash, had vehicle towed to dealer where car is always serviced and maintained, and replaced all 4 tie rods.”