2000 FORD EXCURSION Complaints

CAMSHAFT SENSOR FAILURE, 2000 EXCURSION 1ST FAILURE MAY 2003 2ND FAILURE JULY 10/07 3RD FAILURE AUGUST 26/07. *JB

I OWN A 2000 FORD EXCURSION WITH A V10. WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM MY SON'S TRACK MEET IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE ON I94 IN MOUNT CLEMENS MICHIGAN DURING RUSH HOUR I HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT. WE (MY WIFE, MY SON AND I) WERE MOVING ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC WHEN WE BEGAN TO SLOWLY SPEED UP. I ACCELERATED AND BOOM, THERE WAS A VERY LOUD SOUND OF KNOCKING. I NEARLY HIT THE DIVIDING WALL IT SCARED ME SO BAD. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ABOUT 150-200 FEET AHEAD THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION BARRELS. I OPENED MY HOOD AND DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF MY COIL PACKS WAS STICKING UP A FEW INCHES AND BROKEN. I CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY (USAA) FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. WITHIN AN HOUR AND A HALF THEY SENT A TOW TRUCK AND HAD ME TOWED (ABOUT 7 MILES) HOME. THE NEXT DAY I WAS ABLE TO BETTER INSPECT WHAT HAD GONE WRONG. THE MOTORCRAFT SPARK PLUG HAD COMPLETELY UN-THREADED ITSELF AND THE COMPRESSION OF THE MOTOR TURNED THE SPARK PLUG INTO A PROJECTILE THAT COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED THE COIL PACK. THE COIL PACK SNAPPED FROM ITS RETAINING BOLT AND WAS BEATING AGAINST MY FUEL RAIL. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AS SOON AS I DID BECAUSE I COULD ONLY IMAGINE IF I HAD BEEN IN AN AREA WHERE I WAS TRAVELING THE ACTUAL 70 MPH SPEED LIMIT AND THE DAMAGE TO MY FUEL RAIL COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS POSSIBLY CAUSING A FIRE. I CONTACTED RUSS MILNE FORD IN CLINTON TWP MICHIGAN ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY STATED THAT IT WOULD COST OVER $1000 TO REPLACE THE HEAD AND THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY THE THREADS ON THE HEAD OR IMPROPER TORQUING OF THE SPARK PLUG. I FOUND THAT AMAZING SINCE I HAD MY TRUCK SERVICED BY THEM ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE BECAUSE OF AN SLIGHT ENGINE KNOCK THAT I HAD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE MOTOR ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER MINOR THINGS. THEY NEVER WERE ABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE "ENGINE KNOCK". UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME THE ENGINE KNOCK WAS A SIGN OF THE PENDING FAILURE THAT I WISH HAD BEEN DISCOVERED BEFORE THE BLOW OUT. NO REPAIRS YET. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXCURSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPARK PLUG EJECTS FROM THE ALUMINUM HEAD IN THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE. THE VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD NOISE AND THEN SHUTS OFF. THE FAILURE USUALLY OCCURS WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH. THE VEHICLE ALSO HAS A GAS LEAK. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 126,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

AT 90,000 MILES AFTER MY FIRST "TUNE UP" I BLEW A SPARK PLUG OFF OF MY HEAD ON MY 2000 FORD EXCURSION. I WAS TOLD BY MY LOCAL MECHANIC AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT FORD'S IN THIS YEAR RANGE HAVE BEEN STREAMING INTO HIS SHOP WITH BLOWN SPARK PLUGS. I ALSO STATED THAT FORD IS REFUSING TO RECOGNIZE THIS HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO GET INVOLVED. PLEASE TAKE THIS COMPLAINT SERIOUSLY. MY WIFE AND 5 KIDS WERE IN THE CAR IN A UNKNOWN AREA TO THEM AT 10:00PM WHEN THIS BREAKDOWN OCCURRED. THIS STORY IS VERY SIMILAR TO 1000'S OF OTHER STORIES ON THE INTERNET. JUST TYPE IN "BLEW A SPARK PLUG" INTO A SEARCH ENGINE AND START READING. *JB

CAM POSITION SENSOR ON FORD EXCURSION POWER STROKE DIESEL HAS GONE OUT TWICE. THE FIRST TIME AT 50,000 MILES, WHILE PULLING A BOAT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OVER, AS THE VEHICLE DIED. THE SECOND TIME IT WENT WAS RIGHT AT 100,000. *JB

1) ENGINE WOULD STALL OR COMPLETELY QUIT GOING DOWN THE ROAD IN TRAFFIC ANY WERE IT WANTED 2)CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS GOING OUT TRUCK WOULD STALL 3)FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT CHANGED CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR. *TR

CAM POSITIONING SENSOR ON MY 2000 FORD EXCURSION 7.3 POWERSTROKE FAILED, LEAVING ME STRANDED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS ITEM HAS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I AM ADVISED THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FAILURES WITH RESPECT TO THE SAME PART. *JB

MY VEHICLE, A 2000 FORD EXCURSION LIMITED, V-10 GASOLINE ENGINE, WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY ON 3/3/07, LOCKED AND EVERYTHING TURNED OFF AND HAD BEEN THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE, WHEN I HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION AND I RAN OUTSIDE TO FIND THE VEHICLE ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE HOOD RELEASE DID NOT WORK AND I TRIED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH A WATER HOSE. WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME, WE PRIED THE HOOD OPEN AND EXTENQUISHED THE FIRE. BUT EVERYTHING WAS BURNED AND THE VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS. *JB

MY WIFE WENT INTO TOWN AND WAS RETURNING AND DRIVING THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION WHEN OUR EXCURSION DIED, SHE HAD A TERRIBLE TIME STEERING AND AVOIDING INJURY WITHOUT POWER ASSIST, WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AT OUR EXPENSE, I BORROWED AN OBDII SCAN TOOL AND PULLED THE CODE FOR CPS, REPLACED AND IT RUNS AGAIN $200.00 LATER. *JB

I HAD BEEN OUT OF TOWN WHEN MY 2000 FORD EXCURSION HAD A DOOR AJAR DUMMY LIGHT FAIL TO SHUT OFF. I ATTEMPTED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS CAUSING THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT TO REMAIN ON BUT NEVER DID FIND THE PROBLEM. I ENDED UP DRIVING HOME SO I COULD MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK HOME, BUT AS I WAS DRIVING THROUGH MY SUBDIVISION MY TRUCK MADE A NOISE, THEN MADE A MUCH LOUDER NOISE, AND BEGAN RUNNING REALLY ROUGH. A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL FILLED THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF MY TRUCK. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF THE ENGINE SO MY TRUCK WOULDN'T IGNITE, BUT THAT LEFT ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I HAVE SINCE BEEN TOLD THAT THE TRITON V10 ENGINE BLEW A SPARK PLUG AND IT'S BEEN QUOTED AT $4200 TO BE REPAIRED AT THE CLOSEST DEALERSHIP AND $3500 AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK BUT I HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED AGAIN. *JB