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1999 Ford Expedition fuel system problems

Owners reported fuel system problems in 28 complaints for the 1999 Ford Expedition, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
28 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
130,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 5
Injuries and deaths
4 and 2

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 1999 Ford Expedition Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 130,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 130,000 miles
Based on 13 complaints that include mileage. 8% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 13 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 130,000 miles, and 8% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 5 fires, 4 injuries, 2 deaths.

What owners wrote

1999 ford expedition collided head-on with another vehicle. Both were travelling at highway speeds. The expedition immediately caught fire, including the passenger compartment.the fire wall failed and fuel apparently fed the fire.

April 2004 CrashFireDeath

My expedition started acting like it was starving for fuel misfiring loss of power and there's a ticking sound coning from under the dash board the door lock unlock the lights flicker and horn beeps by its self I parked it and a couple days later it wouldnt it trying to crank but its sound I dont believe battery is dead if it was then lights wouldn't come on now and again also when I use my key ring lock to lock the door there's a clunk cluck sound I've spent a lot of money trying to find out what's wrong with…

Reported at 165,000 miles, November 2014

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