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2003 Ford Expedition cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 20 complaints for the 2003 Ford Expedition, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
20 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
67,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 4
Injuries and deaths
2 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2003 Ford Expedition Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 67,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 67,000 miles
Based on 16 complaints that include mileage. 44% 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 miles4
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 16 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 66,000 miles, and 44% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 4 fires, 2 injuries, 1 death.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford expedition. The contact stated that while driving 40 MPH and attempted a right turn, the vehicle abnormally accelerated. The vehicle would not stop despite the contacts attempts to brake and the vehicle proceeded to drive onto the pedestrian sidewalk. The contact struck a pedestrian and the pedestrian was killed. The contact sustained injuries to the hands and feet. A passenger sustained injuries to the neck and right foot. The vehicle was destroyed.

Reported at 38,000 miles, January 2008 CrashInjuryDeath

The car was running well and suddenly it die. No lights in dash board, no shakes, no any previous sign of trouble. Simply it die. I pumped the accelerator pedal and the car continue running. Next time, few days after the incident, the car does the same. This time do not continue running when I pump gas. I have to put in neutral and start it again. It start at once. Could be more than two weeks without signal of problem and then, it happen again. Some other time, it happen 4 or 5 times in a half hour trip.

Reported at 139,000 miles, April 2014

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