# 2006 Ford Expedition

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-expedition/34607>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford, expedition\
**Created:** [August 6, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-expedition/34607 "2009-08-06T14:31:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Doug51](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Doug51](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Doug51)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-expedition/34607/1 "2009-08-06T14:31:48Z")

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Help ! Located Smyrna GA outside of Atlanta.  
  
  
  
 My Ford Expedition 2006 has about 107k miles on it and at higher speeds 65+ mph it intermittently (almost feels like it might cut off) hesitates before the engine kicks back in. I took it to a local Ford Dealer thinking they would be the best to fix it (they changed the gas filter, checked the fuel injection) but the problem persists. When I called the Ford repairman back he suggested I might sell go to AutoNation for a trade in (which I am not ready to do).  
  
  
  
 Couple of possibilities I have thought might be the problem before I go back to another Ford repair shop.  
  
  
  
 1) sparkplug wires going bad?  
  
 2) Distributor cap needs replacement?  
  
 3) leak in a vacuum hose?  
  
  
  
 Finally…any recomendations for a good Ford Service shop in the Atlanta area?  
  
  
  
 Doug

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-expedition/34607/2 "2009-08-06T18:52:36Z")

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This could be either an inability to maintain fuel supply (fuel pump or fuel pressure regulator) or ignition based. According to my information this doesn’t have a distributor or traditional ignition wires, it’s a “coil on plug” setup.

It doesn’t sound at all like a typical vacuum leak problem.

Start by getting the codes downloaded at the local parts store and post them here.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-expedition/34607/3 "2009-08-06T19:18:22Z")

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I just read another post on multiple coil-on-plug failures on a Ford engine. UncleTurbo posted that he too had experienced multiple COP failures. This may be a clue to your problems.