My 8 year old son and I, were coming home from football practice on a busy interstate and the engine just died, the battery is fine, the lights and radio come on, but engine will not say anything, l do hear a humming sound coming from the fuse box.
OI;m young, I don't know much about cars, and I am working a good 60% of the time at least. But what I do know is is that
A. this car is the worst 1st car you can get
B. is that Ford is full of bunch of greedy ( | )holes
C. not even mechanics can figure out the issue
D. this car only the outside looks great but when you dig deeper you see the real s!$@ underneath the surface
Here's whats happening and it has happened more times than not with me. Today it randomly dies while I was driving down a country road going 60 when I press on the gas and realized its happening again. After not even a month ago I replaced the alternator, battery, "the elbow", door sensor all normally costing $600 but ended up costing me only around $200. Well it has recently died not a week ago. Before that its been happening since January (I got the vehicle for $2000 in November). I am just so confused and stressed out about this. Any other ideas on the issue?
Update from Oct 30, 2018: It was at 261,000 miles not 161,000. It was the fuse box.
It shuts off about once a mile and restarts immediately, if you put the transmission in neutral and turn the key all the way off and back on. No loss in power before it shuts off or after it restarts. Nothing else shuts off other than the engine. The check engine light is on for O2 censor codes. It will idle in park for a long time but shuts off while driving at any speed whether the engine was just started or been running for hours.
I put in a new motor 50K miles ago. About 1 year ago my expedition turned off while driving. The second time it did that, I took it in to the dealer. They couldn't find anything wrong with it. I searched on the internet, someone said it could be the air conditioning cable. Checked that out, mine was fine. I noticed it would turn off when it had less than 1/4 tank of gas. Kept it above 1/2 a tank and it shut off again on 12-11-14 with 3/4 tank of gas. I thought maybe it was the float, but I guess not. The positive cable was loose. Ford no longer makes the red cover with the three attachments. Took it to a boat shop, they crimped it and fixed the loose cable. It had been ok until today, 12-29-14. My daughter is driving back home, 300 miles and it has turned off on her 3 times. It starts right up. It is very scary for her, having to keep starting it up every time and not knowing when it will shut off.
Update from Jan 13, 2015: Drove 300 miles one way, kept the tank at 1/2 or more. No problems going or coming back home. The following day it wouldn't start. Had it towed and fixed. It happened to be the JUNCTION BLOCK. They checked the fuel pump and it was fine. The junction block cost $400 from the dealer plus labor. A little less than $1,000 and now it works. I still need to drive it with a low tank of gas and see what happens.
I had this car for about 2 years, 3 times the engine was cut off while running, i know the problem is when fuse box got wet, how can i fix that?i think is very dangerous, i know too many people has same problem, why dont recall this vehicles for fix this problem?
- Ulisses I.,
Garden Grove, CA, US
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My 8 year old son and I, were coming home from football practice on a busy interstate and the engine just died, the battery is fine, the lights and radio come on, but engine will not say anything, l do hear a humming sound coming from the fuse box.
- Alvin W., Olive Branch, US