2000 FORD EXPEDITION — Complaint #605524
Open-data reference.
NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM:SPRINGS/BAGS filed December 6, 2006
NHTSA complaint #605524 (ODI reference 10175426) concerns a 2000 FORD EXPEDITION and was filed on December 6, 2006. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 31, 2000. The report was geocoded to Texas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:rear:springs:air suspension system:springs/bags, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD EXPEDITION cohort independently describe similar suspension:rear:springs:air suspension system:springs/bags failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2000 FORD EXPEDITION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
EVER SINCE WE PURCHASED A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION AND DROVE THE VEHICLE OFF THE LOT, A FAN HAS BEEN TURNING OFF AND ON WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS ON OR OFF. WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER WHEN IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, BUT NOTHING WAS FOUND. NOW, THE FAN IS TURNING ON MORE OFTEN AND IT IS LOUDER THAN BEFORE. WE ARE AFRAID THAT IT MAY SHORT OUT AND CAUSE A FIRE. WE HAVE NOTICED THAT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE RAISES EVERY TIME THE FAN TURNS ON AND VEHICLE LOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WE ARE ALSO AFRAID THAT WE MAY HAVE AN ACCIDENT WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. *NM
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 605524 |
| ODI Number | 10175426 |
| Date Filed | December 6, 2006 |
| Failure Date | October 31, 2000 |
| VIN | 1FMRU15L4YL |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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