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1999 Ford Expedition transmission problems

52 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 1999 Ford Expedition, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
52 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
60,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Transmission complaints by mileage, 1999 Ford Expedition Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 60,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 60,000 miles
Based on 13 complaints that include mileage. 46% 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 miles3
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 13 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 46% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

On the 5/21/01 accident I was making a left turn off of my cul a sac st and just as I turned the wheel to go left vehicle locked up to the right and I cound not get in to unlock which caused me to hit a parked car, I bounced off the car 3 times before my truck rolloed back and stopped.the police officer tried to turn the wheels with the truck on and was unable to do so, all fluids released from the truck.

May 2001 CrashInjury

Failure of the transmission at 43,000 miles of 1999 ford expedition 4 x 4 eddie bauer caused the vehicle to stop in the middle of the road.

Reported at 42,000 miles, January 2003

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