2007 Ford Expedition Brakes Problems

FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 45 MPH. BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO SLOW DOWN BEFORE A CURVE. AT THE POINT THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROCK BACK AND FORTH AND SWERVE ON THE ROADWAY. TO PREVENT A ROLLOVER THE VEHICLE WAS STEERED OFF THE ROAD WHEN IT JUMPED AN EMBANKMENT AND PLOWED THROUGH 25 FEET MUD AND BRUSH BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE BRAKES WERE COMPLETELY INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND LEFT UNTIL IT COULD BE TOWED OUT. AFTER A FEW HOURS THE CALIPERS RELEASED. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. WHEN ACCELERATED WAS PRESSED THE FRONT WHEELS WERE LOCKED UP AND THE BACK WHEELS WERE SPINNING. VEHICLE WAS PUT IN PARK, SHUT OFF, RESTARTED AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND CALIPERS WERE STILL LOCKED UP. VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME AND CALIPERS RELEASED AFTER A FEW HOURS. CAR HAD ONLY BEEN RUNNING FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES WHEN THIS HAPPENED. AFTER DIAGNOSIS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BRACKETS THAT HOLD THE BRAKE LINES ON THE FRONT FAILED AND WHEEL ROTATION WERE THROUGH THE LINES WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKE LINES TO INTERMITTENTLY COLLAPSE. ALL BRAKE LINES, CALIPERS, TIE RODS, SHOCK/STRUTS, BRAKES, ROTORS, UPPER CONTROL ARMS AND LOWER BALL JOINTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON BOTH FRONT AND REAR. VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 180,000 MILES WHEN BOTH INCIDENTS OCCURRED 3 MONTHS APART.

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED ON 04/15/2011. WE NORMALLY DRIVE APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AROUND THE ISLAND. IN AUGUST OF 2012, THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED AT 90,000MILES AND WAS REPLACED ON 08/08/2012 BY THE SERVICE DEPT AT MIKE SHAD FORD/AUTONATION, ORANGE PARK, FL. ON 04/12/2013, THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED AND AGAIN HAD TO BE REPLACED, THIS TIME BY PAUL CLARK FORD, YULEE, FL. ON 03/13/2014, WHILE TAKING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL, THE BRAKES FAILED. I WAS ABLE TO STEER OUT OF A COLLISION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP; PAUL CLARK FORD, YULEE, FL. THE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDS REPLACED A THIRD TIME; HOWEVER, THE PART IS ON BACK-ORDER WITH NO KNOWN REPAIR DATE. I CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS ON 03/14/2014 WHO STATED THERE WERE NO TSB ON THIS PART. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT THIS BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE FATALITY OCCURS. 3RD BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE WITHIN YEAR AND A HALF. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 81,600. *TR

BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND SLIGHTLY VIBRATED. AFTER INITIAL APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES, UPON NEXT APPLICATION OF PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKES THEN ENGAGED. NO CODE OR ANY INDICATION BY THE VEHICLES SAFETY MESSAGES WERE GIVEN, NO CHECK BRAKES OR ANYTHING. THERE IS A RECALL FOR ABS BRAKES ON THE 2008 MODEL DATED NOVEMBER OF 2007 AND THIS VEHICLE WAS A LATE PRODUCTION RUN OF THE '07'S AND DELIVERED ON 8/28/2007 SO PERHAPS THE SAME ISSUE AFFECTED SOME MODELS FROM '07. ISSUE HAS BEEN REPORTED TO CORPORATE LEVEL @ FORD MOTOR COMPANY. *TR

DEFECTIVE BRAKE BOOSTER. HAS THERE BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

ANT-SKID CONTROL LIGHT FLASHED THREE TIMES, STARTED TO COME TO A STOP. THE 2007 FORD EXPEDITION STARTED TO SHAKE, TRUCK SPEED UP, AND IN A TURN ALMOST HIT ON COMING CAR. PARK THE TRUCK DRIVE IT FOR 30 MILES NOTHING HAPPEN AGAIN. LOOKING ON LINE FOR MORE PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. TRUCK HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

LEAVING MY NEIGHBORHOOD GOING 20-25 MPH. PAVEMENT WAS DRY. SLIGHT DOWNHILL INCLINE. PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. BRAKE STARTED PULSATING RAPIDLY. BRAKE WAS RESISTING ME PRESSING IT BY PUSHING MY FOOT BACK UP WITH PULSATING ACTION. TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. COULD HAVE REAR ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME OR WENT INTO A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. PULLED OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY PROCEEDED DOWN ANOTHER DOWNHILL INCLINE ABOUT 45 MPH. PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN AGAIN THE BRAKES STARTED PULSATING AND DID NOT WORK. HAD TO STAND ON THE BRAKES PUSHING AGAINST THE BRAKE RAPID PULSATION TO GET THE TRUCK SLOWED TO TURN INTO A PARKING LOT. TRACTION CONTROL SLIDING CAR ICON WAS FLASHING. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP 10/28/10. DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY CODES OR MALFUNCTION. DEALER SAID THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM "RSC" RESETS ITSELF PERIODICALLY AND WILL MOST LIKELY DO THIS AGAIN. THIS IS A DANGEROUS TIME FOR A BAKE OR TRACKING CONTROL SYSTEM TO RESET LEAVING ONE WITHOUT BRAKES. PERSONALLY I DON'T BELIEVE THEIR EXCUSE. FORD HAS A SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM. SEEMS OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM REFERENCE TO ODI ID # 10220899. ALSO OTHER COMPLAINTS UNDER THE TRACKING CONTROL SYSTEM ODI ID# 10332619 AND 10321582. ALSO FROM SURFING THE FORD ENTHUSIAST WEB SITE, AND OTHER WEB SITES, A LOT MORE PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND ARE NOT BEING REPORTED.

ON 7/5/10 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE 2007 EXPEDITION EL WITH LESS THAN 17,000 MILES, ACROSS THE PAVED PARKING LOT AT HER WORK PLACE. WITH HER FOOT TOUCHING THE BRAKE PEDAL SHE DROVE FORWARD APPROACHING A PARKING POSITION. AS THE VEHICLE APPROACHED THE PARKING POSITION SHE DID NOT MOVE HER FOOT TO INCREASE OR DECREASE BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE. WHEN SHE IS ABOUT 10' TO 14' AWAY FROM THE CAR IN FRONT OF HER, THE ENGINE BEGINS TO CHANGE SOUND, REVS UP, SHE IMMEDIATELY HAS TO APPLY BRAKE PEDDLE PRESSURE TO SLOW AND THEN ENOUGH PRESSURE TO PREMATURELY STOP THE VEHICLE. IT'S REAR TIRES BEGIN TO BRAKE LOOSE, SQUEAL, AND SPIN. SHE TURNS THE KEY OFF, TO KILL THE ENGINE. THE BRAKES HELD FIRM KEEPING THE VEHICLE STATIONARY AS WAS EVIDENT IN THE FRONT TIRES IMPRINT ON THE PARKING LOT. THE REAR TIRES HAD SPUN, EATING THROUGH THE SEALED SURFACE OF THE PARKING LOT, DEPOSITING RUBBER AND PARKING LOT MATERIAL BEHIND THEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. AGAIN THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, AND FORD WOULD NOT LET THEM DO ANYTHING TO THE VEHICLE UNLESS THEY COULD FIND SOMETHING. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT ON THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST WAS COMPLAINT ODI # 10347250. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAD PROPERTY DAMAGE AND VEHICLE DAMAGE. THE SECOND INCIDENT DID NOT. - FORD HAS NO RECORD AT THE DEALERSHIP OF THIS VEHICLE BEING THERE FOR 3 WEEKS THE FIRST TIME AND 2 WEEKS THE SECOND TIME. FORD REP ALSO SAID NOT TAKE THIS VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH SHE NOTICED A LOUD GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE, AT THE SAME TIME THE BRAKE PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOOR AND SUPPLIED THE CONTACT WITH VERY LITTLE BRAKING POWER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP. THE CONTACT HAS EXPERIENCED THE IDENTICAL FAILURE 5 MONTHS PRIOR. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 60800.

EXCESSIVE ICE BUILD UP (DURING WINTER MONTHS) UNDER DRIVERS SIDE FLOOR BOARD. AS ICE RELEASES, UP TO 15 LBS. OF ICE WILL HANG UP CAUSE TENSION ON E-BRAKE CABLE, VEHICLE WILL SLIDE OUT IN SOME CORNERING AND PREMATURE REAR PAD WEAR. REAR DRIVES SIDE BRAKE FAILED @ 67K. PASSENGER SIDE @ 40%, FRONT @50-60%. NO HAULING. HAVE KNOCKED ICE BUILD UP OFF NUMEROUS TIMES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH MAKING A RIGHT TURN ON A PAVED ROAD, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. SHE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE BRAKES ALSO LOCKED. THE ADVANCED TRACK LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THERE WAS A NOISE IN THE BRAKE AREA. SHE TRIED TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL BY REMOVING HER FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE BRAKES ALSO FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE SPEED BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AND IT SUDDENLY CAME TO A STOP. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE DEALER; HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. SHE IS AWARE OF THE SAFETY RISK INCLUDING THE CRASH THAT COULD HAVE OCCURRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 50,000.

2007 FORD EXPEDITION EL, EDDIE BAUER 4X4 MILEAGE - 35,800 PASSENGER FRONT BRAKE "DRAGGING". CAUSED EXTREMELY HOT AND SMOKING BRAKE COMPONENTS. -- THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO BRAKE FLUID BOILING; POSSIBLE FIRE, POSSIBLE LOCKED/SKIDDING TIRE AND LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. FULL STORY: WAS TOWING A CAR ON A TRAILER OF ABOUT 5000 POUNDS TOTAL WEIGHT. TYPICAL DRIVING, SOUTH OF WATKINS GLEN ON RT 14 TOWARD INTERSTATE, SPEEDS 30-60MPH; TRAILER HAS FULLY OPERATIONAL ELECTRIC BRAKES. SMELLED "HOT BRAKES", PULLED OVER, SMOKE POURING OUT OF WHEEL. PYROMETER COULD NOT MEASURE ROTOR TEMPERATURE - MEANING ROTOR WAS HOTTER THAN 790 DEGREES F. (I BELIEVE THE DRIVERS FRONT ROTOR WAS ABOUT 230F). I ALSO CAN'T SAY 100% THERE WAS NOT A FIRE. JACKED IT UP, IT WAS HARD TO TURN THE WHEEL. WHEN IT COOLED, THE WHEEL ROTATED WITHOUT RESISTANCE. TOOK CALIPER OFF, CLEANED BRAKE PAD CONTACT AREAS, PISTONS SEEMED TO PRESS BACK EASILY. DID NOT NEED BRAKES ON REST OF WAY HOME AND HAVE NOT TOWED SINCE -- NO PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES SINCE (ABOUT 200 MILES REGULAR DRIVING). SO FAR STOPS STRAIGHT WITHOUT A SHIMMY. I PLAN TO REPLACE PADS AND BLEED SYSTEM UNLESS I FIND SOMETHING THAT SUGGEST PROBLEMS IS MORE SERIOUS. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD IDENTICAL PROBLEMS AND ABOUT SAME MILEAGE: HTTP://WWW.EDMUNDS.COM/FORD/EXPEDITIONEL/2007/CONSUMERREVIEW.HTML. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED HE WAS DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 65 MPH IN HEAVY RAINS. HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THE RIGHT PASSENGERS WHEEL LOCKED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE SIDEWAYS. HE REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE WHEEL WAS UNLOCKED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD ONLY OCCUR WHEN DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF 25 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER. THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE BUT WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER RAN SEVERAL TESTS AND SUBMITTED THEM TO THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED THE VEHICLE WAS FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,500.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON AN INCLINE, THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 27,000.

WE HAVE BEEN HAVING SPORADIC ISSUES WITH A GRATING/GRINDING/SCRAPING NOISE AND A BUCKING/JERKING WITH OUR 35,00MILE 2007 FORD EXPEDITION EL. NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO PINPOINT THE PROBLEM (DEALERSHIP, OF COURSE). I'M SURE AT 36,001 MILES THEY'LL FIGURE IT(WARRANTY UP). HELP. I WORRY ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY THREE CHILDREN, AS WELL AS THE EXPENSE OF FIXING IT. WHEN IT OCCURS LONGTERM (20+ SECONDS) , TAPPING THE BRAKES SEEMS TO RELEASE THE NOISE/HANG UP. YOU CAN ALSO FEEL IT IN THE PEDALS/FLOOR WHEN IT HAPPENS. WHEN THE CAR BUCKS(NOT ALWAYS OCCURRING WITH THE NOISE)- IT REALLY BUCKS. I HAVE PULLED OVER EVERY TIME TO CHECK THAT I HAVEN'T BLOWN A TIRE BECAUSE I KNOW I DIDN'T HIT A POTHOLE OR ROAD DEBRIS AND JUST TO BE SAFE. IT IS TERRIFYING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 10-15 MPH ON NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE FINALLY CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. IMMEDIATELY, THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE CONTACT'S DRIVEWAY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED, BUT COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED BY THE DEALER AGAIN. THE VEHICLE HAS CURRENTLY BEEN AT THE AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR OVER A WEEK AND IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE ENGINEERS. THE CONTACT REFUSES TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE HAS BEEN DETERMINED AND REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 14,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON DRY PAVEMENT AT APPROXIMATELY 25-35 MPH THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WILL START TO ILLUMINATE RANDOMLY. EVENTUALLY STAYING ON CONSTANTLY. PUSHING THE TRACTION CONTROL BUTTON WILL NOT TURN OFF THE LIGHT. TURNING OFF THE CAR AND STARTING IT AGAIN WILL MAKE IT GO AWAY. ONE TIME WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE ABS BRAKES ENGAGED AND THE BRAKES HAD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED STOPPING POWER. I TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER AND THEY DID NOT SEE ANY ERROR CODES IN THE SYSTEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. SHE HAD TO TAP THE PEDAL FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 SECONDS IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. SO FAR, THE FAILURE HAS ONLY OCCURRED ONCE. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE A SERIOUS CRASH COULD OCCUR. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 28,436.

Symptom was low brake pedal or “soft brakes” due to the brake booster pushrod not being turned out to appropriate length requiring to adjust the brake booster pushrod length. In order to correct mechanic has to remove the master brake cylinder and turn out the pushrod 1/2 or 1/4 turn.