Even though i have put the car in park, it still moves and has hit me and some of the passengers getting out the car with the doors and other parts of the vehicle almost running us over. the vehicle was put in park according to dial. however, it still moved.
Tl* the contact leased a 2018 ford expedition. the contact stated that while his spouse was driving the vehicle at 10-15 mph, the brake pedal was depressed but failed to stop. the vehicle crashed into the rear of another vehicle. there were no injuries sustained by either drivers. a police report was filed. the vehicle was driven from the scene to the residence. the contact stated that the abs warning light was illuminated. the contact stated that while driving the vehicle to the residence, the brake pedal was depressed several times and went to the floorboard. the vehicle was taken to bill brown ford located at 32222 plymouth rd, livonia, mi 48150, (734) 399-4244, but was not diagnosed. the vehicle was not repaired. the contact stated in the four months since the crash, the vehicle had remained at the dealer due to the abs module and software not being available to have the vehicle repaired. the manufacturer was contacted and informed of the failure. case number: 21685353. the approximate failure mileage was 10,000.
Electronic dial shifter will automatically switch from drive to park if the vehicle start stop button is depressed when the car is running. the parking brake also automatically switches on at the same time. consider what would happen if a 2018 ford expedition is traveling on a freeway in traffic and the start stop button were accidentally depressed. the car would shift into park, the parking brake would engage and the driver would decelerate rapidly from 65 mph to a stop with no notice, likely being rear ended by traffic ie; a semi truck at highway speed. the electronic shifter should stay in the selected gear when the start stop button is depressed as a convention shifter would, electric or mechanical. i determined this after going to a car wash, putting the car in neutral then depressing the stop button to save fuel. the carimmediately shifted from neutral to park and engaged the parking brake. i tested the drive, start button off, immediately switches to park on a flat street at zero speed. i realized as an engineer that if this happened at speed a fatal accident could occur. ford can remove this risk with a software update to the electronic shifting, leaving the car in the selected gear if the start stop button is depressed.
Today i experienced a complete failure of the brakes on my 2018 ford expedition el. the brake pedal would not build any pressure which almost caused an accident with my children in the vehicle. to answer the specifics requested by nhtsa, the vehicle was being driven at 45mph or less on a city street and the problem still persisted when the vehicle was stopped. the only way to build brake pressure was to turn the vehicle off and pump the pedal. this vehicle is less than 6 months old and for how much ford charges for a limited edition expedition you expect to not have your brakes fail. this is unacceptable, ford! thank god nobody was killed by this manufacturing flaw.
Purchased new 2018 expedition fx4 xlt woth class iv towing package and other options relying on ford, its dealers, and ford's pr, that vehicle could tow trailers up to certain weight. but, once went to purchase travel trailer to tow, discover that fine print hard to find ford disclosure had far lower towing limits unless purchase additional expensive towing options. also, vehicle lacks trailer brake controller that is required in many places by law and necessary to tow almost anything safely. it is possible that buyers will not know the foregoing and tow resulting in dangerous risks and potential third person injuries/deaths in crashes involving the towing of heavy trailers with no brake controllers.