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Is this to be expected or do I have any recourse? At $500 a coil, this is getting to be very expensive.
Repair total is as follows:
coil asy - ignition - $121.64
sensor asy - $30.07
coil on plug tune up, replace plugs, labor - $140.30
spark plugs - $52.80
labor - $130.49
Are these figures reasonable?
Thanks for any help.
i'm just saying it is a possiblity.
i am having a disagreement with some friends of mine about the motor.
When i was changing my oil i noticed that the motor has a aluminum block and heads
all the information on the web says that a expedition is to come with a aluminum heads
and cast iron block which is rated @232hp and 298lbs torque.
And the aluminum block and head is rated@302hp and 300lbs torque which comes in the
aviator suv I have checked the motor and it is all aluminum. Can you help me on this problem for me and set me straight.
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What is the problem, winning a discussion? You have a nice rig albiet slightly underpowered and its fine for everything but towing 8,000 pounds. It produces 232 HP and the engine is metal, none of that silly plastic or ceramic inside. It is rusts, it was steel, if it doesn't, must be aluminum. Really though, your block and heads are all aluminum, you already confirmed that. The 5.4L like we have in our '03 Eddie-B XP has the cast iron block with I-hope-these-disimilar-metals-play-nice-with-the-headgasket aluminum heads. I considered the 4.6L but needed more ooomph and I did like the fact that the 4.6L engine is all 'aluminium' lowering headgasket risk (anyone remember Chevy Vega radiator mushroom soup?). The aviator gets it's extra HP from a second exhaust valve and more aggressive timing. Enjoy yours, you saved enough to by half of another one compared to the Aviator!
Anyway, after further looking into the problem I have discovered that the cable and wheel for the window (yes it is like a little wench in there, pardon the pun also) need to be replaced. Since the cable appears to be damaged beyond repair and the wheel is all boogered up they must be replaced. My only option so far is to spend about $200 for the parts at the local Ford dealership. That price seems a bit high for a steel cable and a plastic wheel. Can anyone help. I have run out of possiblities for an alternate part search. No one seems to be able to get this part. :confuse:
and the only aluminum blocks were found in the cobra DOHC 4.6 and the aviator
only, I looked it up on ford facts and info on their web site.
My rear right window was "grinding" and "clicking' for a few months. I asked mi passengers (usually my son) not to use it, and they mostly obeyed.
Two days ago my son just closed the door (not even slammed it) and the window fell open. I removed the panel and found that the wire snapped. It was worn out badly. It looked like it was dragging constantly for longer time against something sharp (like knife blade). The plastic wheel inside the motor housing had its thread quite eaten.
I still haven't got a price from the dealer. I took the whole apparatus beneath the window out of the door and put a 1x2 piece of wood inside the door to support the window until I find a fix. I hope it will hold.
I am wondering whether these kinds of parts are available on junk yards?
If somebody wants to start a class action suit, I am on. This last is a joke, unless somebody is serious about it! :confuse:
Overall would you still buy an expedition instead of the GM twins or the foreign Nissan Armada?
I have a 04 expy and the gind up noise is common. When the ac is left on the compressor grinds at startup, something about the pressure. I have been to the dealer twice and to an independent shop. It is the ac compressor and nothing is wrong, just a ford thing. Hope this helps.
Sounds like a loud BRR... I heard it, other people hear it. I am told its normal.
Don't hear it all the time Great truck and uses the same $2.50 gas that every other car uses . just goes 20-25% less distance. I was able to move my daughter from NJ to DC and can fit a box spring, mattress and Futon with the seats down and the hatch closed
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I got into a Toyota Highlander which gets ~18+ around town and over 20 on the highway. The Toyota has been absolutely trouble free - not a squeak, rattle, whine, or grind to be heard anywhere at any speed. It is easily as quiet as the Expy was driving down the road - which was hard for me to believe as I thought the Expedition was as quiet as they came. Now when I pull up to the pump and the low fuel light is on I put ~ 15 gal in to fill up versus ~ 25. That combined with the lower payment helps me feel better about my decision.
So why am I in this forum - asking these questions? Well, it isn't to poke a stick in your eye Dave - or anyone else for that matter. I was merely curious if anyone else had made the move I had because fuel here hit $2.99 per gal yesterday for Regular 87.
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Thanks for sharing, no offense taken, it's all good. We are about to trade our '03 EB XP for the some of the same reasons. For me it has more to do with convenience that the latest Odyssey offers (a curse word among hard-core SUV fans) as a luxo-fam-cruiser more so than just to get a little better real-world MPG (XP EPA 13/17 vs Ody 20/28 but truth is a diff of 5 tops). Although the $/gal discussion is better hashed out elsewhere, it supposedly hit $5.50 in Atlanta today... why? Katrina put a single digit dent in production but nearly doubled the price, who is getting richer, not me. I wonder...
Why is it we consumers flock to things that don't make sense? Panic buying, paying thousands to save pennies. Forgive me if I diverge but why pay another $5K for a hybrid vehicle? If folks would do the math, you only save $200-300 per year in fuel. Hybrids have some not so obvious faults besides initial increased cost. Life expectency is forecasted to be lower and depreciation is defininitely higher so you have less time to get a return on investment. I'm not against the 'green thing' but it seems it isn't worth it...yet (cha-ching).
Speaking of worth (I promise, no more paragraphs), why are large SUV's worth 25 percent less as a trade in (Edmunds prices included) than the market books and comparisons show and should support? This frustrated XP owner who wouldn't be upside down in a normal $2.50/gal economy is now I'm faced with a big dive. I have no probs trying to sell privately or allowing dealers a modest living (cough) but truth is, someone who drives short distances will get a great vehicle with a 40 percent residual on a 3 y/o XP EB, that's not fair! Thanks for making it this far, opine on.
It is interesting you should mention this. When I first wanted to move on my Expedition trade, I put a rather costly ad in my local paper and ran it for a week to try and sell the vehicle on my own. I'll give you a guess on how many calls I got for the Expy. ZERO. Not one call for a low miles Expedition. It really stunk that I couldn't sell it on my own, but that is the way it went.
Yesterday fuel prices spiked up 30 cents, but today the average here is $3.20 another 20 cent uptick. I really don't think it is over yet. $5.50 in Atlanta?! That is pushing the riot envelope! Whoa!
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I bought an 05 Armada and regretted it (I've now sold it at a huge loss). The quality of the Armada is apalling compared to the Expedition. The interior is full of cheap, uncomfortable materials and its so full of squeaks and rattles you have to turn the stereo up for some peace. I had problems with the 4WD and the thin paint scratches easily, even from waxing too hard. I should have kept the Expedition along with the 10k I lost.
Does anyone know how to turn those lights off while the tailgate remains up?
By the way, I also tried the panel dimmer dial, but no matter what I did to that, the lights still stayed on.
My '99 4WD 5.4 gets 13 mpg around town.
Yours must've been broke.
Also, I can't decide whether or not to order the 2nd row captains chairs. I have 3 kids and think that the captains chairs will ease access to the 3rd row. Any down side to the captains chairs other than losing seating for one? I would like to avoid my kids stepping all over the seats to access the third row and know that flipping up the bench for access may not always happen. Thank you!