2000 FORD EXCURSION Complaints

DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS ON DRIVER'S DOOR, AND REAR PASSENGER DOOR DO NOT WORK. MUST MANUALLY OPEN AND LOCK DOORS DAILY. *TR

BLOWN SPARK PLUG FROM 2000 FORD EXCURSION V-10 TRITON ENGINE. 3RD TIME. FIRST TIME ON NEW YEARS EVE 2007 WHILE DRIVING THROUGH TOWN OF HOUGHTON MICHIGAN. WAS ABLE TO INSERT NEW PLUG AS OLD PLUG WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN OUT FROM UNDER HOOD AND COULD NOT FIND. HAD TO REPLACE PLUG COIL AS MOUNTING BRACKET WAS BROKEN AND COIL JACKET AND SPRING DESTROYED AS WELL. SECOND TIME SAME PLUG, THIS TIME NO THREADS LEFT TO SEAT SPARK PLUG. THREAD INSERT INSTALLED BY LOCAL HIGH PERFORMANCE ENGINE GARAGE. THEY VIEWED PROBLEM AS POOR DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING PRACTICES BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY. THIRD TIME JUST HAPPENED EARLIER TODAY WHILE ON US-41 TRAVELING THROUGH L'ANSE MICHIGAN IRONICALLY JUST A FEW MILES AFTER PASSING THE OLD FORD ALBERTA MICHIGAN LUMBER MILL WHERE THE SIDEBOARDS FOR THE FORD WOODSIES WERE MILLED. CONTACTED FRIENDS AT THE HIGH PERFORMANCE ENGINE SHOP TO HAVE A NEW THREAD INSERT PLACED INTO THE CYLINDER. THE NHSTA AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO REOPEN THIS CASE AND TAKE ACTION AND GET FORD TO REPLACE THE FAULTY HEADS ON ALL TRITON ENGINES. THIS COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS FIRE OR ACCIDENT. BUT MOST OF ALL IT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND THE FORD DEALERSHIPS WILL NOT DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN REPLACE THE ALUMINUM HEAD AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE OF $4,000 PLUS DOLLARS. 3 INCIDENTS OF THIS KIND ARE RIDICULOUS. *TR

HAVE 2000 FORD EXCURSION. I HAD THE DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS REPLACED IN 2003. SINCE THEN I NOW HAVE 2 DOOR LOCKS AND THE REAR TAILGATE THAT WILL NOT LOCK ELECTRONICALLY. SEEMS AS THOUGH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS GOING OUT ONE THING AT A TIME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXCURSION. AS STATED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01V075000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH), THE HEAD LAMP SWITCH KNOB FRACTURED AND SEPARATED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 101,650. UPDATED 06/17/08. *LJ

FACTORY PAINT IS CHIPPING AND PEALING ALL OVER 2000 EXCURSION. ORIGINALLY STARTED WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED IN 2002. HAVE TALKED WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH EXCURSIONS AND PICK UP TRUCKS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

HAVE HAD MY EXCURSION RECALLED FOR 2 YEARS NOW FOR A FAULTY CRUISE CONTROL. HAD IT DISCONNECTED IN 9/2007. FORD KEEPS PUTTING ME OFF GETTING IN FIXED. THEY ARE NOW TELLING ME THAT THE PARTS WILL NOT BE AVAIL UNTIL 6/2008. *TR

I HAVE HAD THREE SPARK PLUGS THAT BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD. FORD DOES NOT STATE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM AND THE COST FOR REPAIR IS ON THE OWNER. *TR

WIFE DRIVING CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, WIPERS UNKNOWINGLY FROZEN TO WINDOW AND WIPERS UNKNOWINGLY ON INTERMITTENT CYCLE, WIPERS FINALLY UNFROZEN AND MOVED, MEANWHILE SMOKE FILLED THE CABIN, SMELLING LIKE SOLDERING FUMES. TURNED OFF WIPERS AND SMOKE STOPPED. LATER, TESTED WIPERS, AND THEY WOULD NOT STOP. TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALER, AND HAD A PENDING RECALL REPAIRED, AT THE SAME TIME WE HAD TO HAVE THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH REPLACED, AND WIPER MOTOR REPLACED. DEALER SERVICE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT GEM MODULE WAS FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY, BUT SMELLED LIKE IT WAS BURNT, AND MIGHT NEED TO BE REPLACED IN THE FUTURE. 7 DAYS LATER THE WIPERS DID NOT WORK AGAIN. THIS TIME THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF PROBLEM, MOTHER AND CHILDREN DROVE INTO A BLIZZARD, AND FOUND THAT WIPERS WOULD NOT FUNCTION. LUCKILY IT OCCURRED IN A PLACE THAT WAS NOT BUSY, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SAFELY GET OFF THE ROADWAY INTO A RELATIVES DRIVEWAY. IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY BAD HAD IT BEEN ON THE FREEWAY, IN DRIVING RAIN/SNOW/SLUSH. NOW I'M SURE THE DEALERSHIP WILL BE TELLING US THE GEM MODULE WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED, COMPLETING THE ENTIRE WIPER SYSTEM BEING FAULTY WITHIN 1 WEEK'S TIME FOR THE SECOND FAILURE ( ON 1/15/2008). QUESTION: HOW WOULD THE TECHNICIAN KNOW THAT IT SMELLED LIKE THE GEM MODULE WAS BURNT, UNLESS IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM? HOW DOES THE ENTIRE WIPER SYSTEM, FROM CONTROL SWITCH, TO CONTROL MODULE, TO WIPER MOTOR GO BAD ALL AT ONCE? *TR

2000 FORD EXCURSION TRITON V-10 ENGINE, SPARK PLUG BLOWN OUT OF CYLINDER RESULTING IN DESTROYED IGNITION COIL AND SPARK PLUG. RAW FUEL VAPOR EXPOSED TO SPARK. SPARK PLUGS WERE ORIGINAL WITH ONLY 73,000 MILES ON CAR. EXTREME POTENTIAL FOR FIRE HAZARD CREATED BY THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXCURSION. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED. THE FRONT END WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BELIEVED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL AND ORIGINATED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. A POLICE AND FIRE REPORT WERE FILED. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 144,000.