6.0

fairly significant
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
105,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. replace iwe lines & solenoid (1 reports)
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problem #1

Jun 082016

Expedition Limited 5.4L V8

  • Automatic transmission
  • 105,000 miles

iwe system failing

Was on vacation and the front of the vehicle started making a very loud grinding/screeching noise while driving on the highway. At first I thought we had gotten a piece of metal caught somehow and were dragging it along the road. It persisted. Upon slowing down, there was a rubbing sound at the front of the vehicle, and finally a loud clunking sound and the vehicle jolted forward. The sound stopped at that point and we continued on. It came back a few days later again on the highway. Same chain of events: grinding sound, rubbing sound when slowing down, clunk/jolt, sound went away.

Researched the problem and it sounds as though one/both of the IWE at the front are bad, lines are bad, or IWE solenoid is bad. Never got around to replacing, as this vehicle had bigger problems (other complaints). A good way to check if this happens to you is to put the vehicle in 4-Hi when the noise begins. If the noise goes away in 4 wheel drive, that's a sign that your IWE is bugged up somewhere. No idea what the fix would cost, but everything I read said it's fairly straightforward and probably a DIY job.

- Bob O., Newburgh, IN, US