Anupam Routh
Active Member
Greetings!
My wife drives our 1999 Ford Expedition Truck. It has 75000 miles
on it. I have a 2003 ST XLT.
Recently the Expedition has had the following problem:
At various time of the day, and in various temperatures, the car has
refused to start. I turn on the ignition and the engine cranks, but then
nothing. After sitting for some time with my foot on the gas pedal, the engine
finally starts working, but for a while it sputters. This doesn't
necessarily happen first thing in the morning, when my wife takes
my daughter to school, but it has happened several
times in the afternoon when my wife is getting ready to pick my kid up
from school.
I changed the battery, thinking it would solve the problem, and for a few
weeks all was ok. Then the pattern started again.
Yesterday I drove in the afternoon without any problems, parked the car and went
shopping for one hour. The car refused to start, and even though I managed to get
the engine running eventually, it cut out a couple of times on the way home.
This morning it refused to crank at all and I had to get it towed to a nearby repair
shop. This afternoon they called me to tell me that the truck
has been running smoothly all day. They drove it around and started it
several times without any problem. I've told them to hang on to it overnigh and
see what happens tomorrow morning.
Does anyone have a clue as to what is happening to my truck? I'm wondering if it
is the spark plugs, or the distributer or even the computer dying.
I don't want to get stuck by the side of the road should this happen again.
Thanks in advance.
A. Routh
My wife drives our 1999 Ford Expedition Truck. It has 75000 miles
on it. I have a 2003 ST XLT.
Recently the Expedition has had the following problem:
At various time of the day, and in various temperatures, the car has
refused to start. I turn on the ignition and the engine cranks, but then
nothing. After sitting for some time with my foot on the gas pedal, the engine
finally starts working, but for a while it sputters. This doesn't
necessarily happen first thing in the morning, when my wife takes
my daughter to school, but it has happened several
times in the afternoon when my wife is getting ready to pick my kid up
from school.
I changed the battery, thinking it would solve the problem, and for a few
weeks all was ok. Then the pattern started again.
Yesterday I drove in the afternoon without any problems, parked the car and went
shopping for one hour. The car refused to start, and even though I managed to get
the engine running eventually, it cut out a couple of times on the way home.
This morning it refused to crank at all and I had to get it towed to a nearby repair
shop. This afternoon they called me to tell me that the truck
has been running smoothly all day. They drove it around and started it
several times without any problem. I've told them to hang on to it overnigh and
see what happens tomorrow morning.
Does anyone have a clue as to what is happening to my truck? I'm wondering if it
is the spark plugs, or the distributer or even the computer dying.
I don't want to get stuck by the side of the road should this happen again.
Thanks in advance.
A. Routh
