2024 expedition vibration

[ib_jigged]

It does. And only have 2700 miles on the truck.

Can’t make this up, new tire showed up, it also had excessive run out so still waiting on another new one?!?!

I would push to get the dealer to give you credit or have Ford buy you new tires. My dealer gave me $400 towards the new set. Generals are garbage! We have just over 12,000 on ours in the last year and not one issue with vibration after the new set of tires.

Can I ask what dealer you bought yours from? The dealer logo on the front plate looks very similar to ours?

 

[4thFord1stExped]

I got mine up in Park Rapids, but live down in the Twin Cities. So working with a different dealer for service. Mine was on a different dealers lot and they traded with that dealer to get it for me.

 

[ib_jigged]

Crazy! I live in Thief River Falls and got ours at Thief River Ford. Park Rapids Ford and Thief River Ford are owned by the same guys. Their logos are basically the same. PR Ford and TR Ford

 

[4thFord1stExped]

Talked to service manager, still not fixed but a little better, they’re submitting to ford to replace with a different brand, Pirellis probably, but will be shaking to the other side of South Dakota and back in the meantime.

Liked working with the PR ford folks.

 

[Fastcar]

The dealer should be able to do it with a phone call. Are they doing a road force on it? A little better by the dealer? Sounds like he's headed in the right direction. Maybe go to a tire dealer and have them take a shot at it.

 

[dr2024]

2024 Limited MAX with HDTP & CCD, July 2024 build date purchased earlier this summer from a dealer in southern Utah, so the car heat-cycled on the dealer lot for nearly a year. General Grabbers.

-> Michelin Defenders & RoadForce balancing for the win.

Kept the car below 67mph during break-in for first 1200 miles or so, then encountered significant vibration in mid to high 70s when I started to open it up.

Learned to sense slight vibration beginning in low 60s that simply got worse with speed. Sometimes worse or better (I suspected flat spotting evening out) seeming to vary some with road surface, temperature, and occasionally with sweeping freeway curves (relative index between left and right wheels changing because of path length difference?)

Finally at 4k miles, ordered Michelin Defenders and took the car to a really good Seattle shop to have them swapped in and RoadForce balanced.

Night & day difference driving home today from the shop with the new Michelins - turbine smooth through a brief burst to 85mph, and a noticeably softer, more supple ride than the Grabbers.

I asked the shop to check balance of the wheels with the Grabbers before they tore them off. All 4 with Grabbers were out of balance.

One of the front wheels had a slightly bent inner rim, they rotated that wheel to the right rear and advised not to worry further about it, unless I feel a difference when driving. (Cue OCD…) I’ve been careful, I believe it was bent when I took delivery with 36 miles on the odometer. Anyhow, water under the bridge - no way to verify.

Life is short, get Michelins.

 

[Mr Big]

Sometimes vibration can be caused by prevent a flat goop installed by the dealer, etc., out of balance, (road force balance may be required), hardened mud stuck in tire grooves, wrong rated tire where the rubber may be harder, material components of tire, definitely brand and model of tire, (some Hankook, General, Goodyear and more have vibration issues at high speeds), and of course weather conditions.

We tried several other brands including Goodyear, Bridgestone, Cooper, BFGoodrich, Hankook, Firestone and Nitto Tires.
After purchasing many fleet sets of tires, the number one tire we used for road used pickups and SUVs is a Michelin Defender. They are smooth as glass and properly rated. They also last forever, if your alignment is correct and you properly rotate. I'm sure there are other tires that will give the same results. Pirelli Scorpions handled well too, but we stuck with the Michelin.

 

[ROBERT BONNER]

Life is short, get Michelins.

I might appropriate that remark in the future!

 

[dr2024]

July 2025 update.

Brought the vehicle in for pre-long distance travel service.

Oil change plus tire rotation.

In some miraculous fashion, the tire rotation completely disintegrated the vibration. I can drive the vehicle now close to 90 miles an hour and the vibration is nearly imperceptible.

I’m attributing this to the quality of the Michelin defenders/the most current rotation/who the hell knows…

It does appear that it’s going to take 20,000 miles and some luck with really good tires.

I’m wondering if there’s been any feedback on the 2025 models — particularly the Stealth editions and any vibration noticed.

I wonder if a slightly bent rim went from the front to the back.

 

[4thFord1stExped]

Dealer I bought from is paying for the three flat spotted tires, I’m paying for the fourth. Think I’m going with the Michelin Crossclimate2.

 

[Mr Big]

Dealer I bought from is paying for the three flat spotted tires, I’m paying for the fourth. Think I’m going with the Michelin Crossclimate2.

Check into Michelin Defenders as well. Crossclimate 2s are great, but the cost to rotate them will kill you unless you do it yourself as they are directional. Maybe you can find an alternative that is not directional?

 

[4thFord1stExped]

Check into Michelin Defenders as well. Crossclimate 2s are great, but the cost to rotate them will kill you unless you do it yourself as they are directional. Maybe you can find an alternative that is not directional?

Thanks for the info, hadn’t really considered that. I’m used to having two full sets winter/summer, trying to get as much out of one set of tires and not have to store a set as well. So probably still go with the cross climate.

 

[Left Coast Geek]

do the crossclimates even come in the sizes for the Expedition? I've only used them on cars and seen them on small SUVs.

 

[Mr Big]

Not sure what your size tire is, but they havge them all the way up to this size:
Michelin CrossClimate2

 

[Left Coast Geek]

I have 275/65R18's having swapped out those awful 22" wheels mine came with.

I plan on getting these,

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=BFGoodrich&tireModel=All-Terrain+T%2FA+KO3&partnum=765SR8KO3RWL&vehicleSearch=true&fromCompare1=yes&autoMake=Ford&autoYear=2019&autoModel=Expedition%204WD&autoModClar=275%2F65-18

 

[4thFord1stExped]

And now the noise is a bad steering rack, new one should arrive at the dealer on Monday. Appreciate the warranty coverage and assume mine is not a usual experience. This is nuts.

 

[Trainmaster]

I bought a new (10 mile SSV) 2023 model year in August of 2025. It came with Goodyear Wranglers. It rumbled something awful over 75 MPH. Scary awful.

I put this up to these cheap knobby tires that have probably developed three years of flat spots and my being spoiled by the Michelin Defenders on my 2008.

The Goodyears have smoothed out a bit and the ride is tolerable. I've had Goodyear Wranglers on other Ford SUVs and trucks and they generally suck, so I'll probably ride them out until the wear bald at 20,000 miles. Maybe I'll even rotate them, and check the toe which is probably out by 1/8" or so...

Then I'll buy a set of Michelin Defenders for the remaining 85,000 and enjoy life.

Life is short, as a wise man said earlier in this thread.

 

[4thFord1stExped]

And now they’re going to disassemble the front axle assembly and see if they find the issue in there.

 

[Moeman]

And now they’re going to disassemble the front axle assembly and see if they find the issue in there.

Oh boy, careful with that one. We have a 22 and they replaced tires, driveshaft, half-shafts trying to fix vibration. Apparently the entire diff assembly is not an option to order (which I kinda think is BS) so they ordered the guts. About five months later they called us back to replace. I thought it was a fat chance this would fix the vibration we were feeling, but I reluctantly proceeded. Few thousand miles later we lost the rear end returning from a camping trip out west. Thankfully only 250miles from home. Still a nightmare trying to get it fixed again (about 5w in the shop). Would it have failed had they not rebuilt it? Kinda doubt it.

Otherwise, one little tip for you all - I was a mfg eng at Ford for a long time, worked closely with product development and have a lot of friends there. Buddy in Vehicle Dynamics recommended the RFB to fix our vibration, but additionally told me to have them mark the high spot (high road force) after they balanced as good as they could get it. When installing the wheel, place that mark to the top. There's a small gap between hub and bore of wheel. The weight of the wheel will close that gap at the top, hence the high spot of the assembly will be just slightly closer to center of rotation and help to offset the remaining imbalance. And no, tapered lug nuts do not center the wheel. He wrote me another paragraph about that myth, but I'll spare you.

 

[Fastcar]

And now they’re going to disassemble the front axle assembly and see if they find the issue in there.

Have they replaced the steering rack? If so, I'd get it out of there and find another dealer.