2001 FORD EXCURSION Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND WITH NO WARNING DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEWOUT. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER.*AK

I HAVE A 2001 FORD EXCURSIONS, WITH ONLY 54,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE OVERHAULED DO TO A DEFECT THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT AND CHANGED IN NEWER MODELS THAT CAUSE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SKIP SECOND GEAR. I HAVE SEEN MANY OTHER PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET TALK ABOUT IT BUT I LIKE MOST PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO GO TO MAKE FORD FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTSEDTO A LOWER GEAR WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON 8/5/2003, WHO STATED THE TRANSMISSION LOST POWER IN THE SECOND AND FOURTH GEARS. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.

THE VEHICLE HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, BRAKES, AND AIR TIRE. WHILE DRIVING A NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE, AND THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. *AK *CB *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL. THE TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE, STEET TEX, AT#P265 75R16. *AK

FIRESTONE, STEELTEX A/T TIRES ON FORD EXCURSION. LATERAL WALL SLITS IN TWO TIRES THAT HAVE JUST OCCURRED WITH ONLY 34,000 MILES. ONLY ONE PERSON HAS DRIVEN THE CAR RECENTLY AND I KNOW NOTHING WAS HIT OR CAUSED THIS NO DAMAGE TO CAR ,ETC, AND YET - DEALER & FIRESTONE KEEP BLAMING IT AS ROAD HAZARD AS CAUSE! PLEASE HELP!!!!*AK

THE SIDEWALL/TREAD OF ONE OF MY FRONT TIRES LOOKED AS IF IT WERE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF TREAD SEPARATION AS INDICATED BY A CRACK OR LINEAR INDICATION THAT EXTENDED ALMOST 75% AROUND THE PERIMETER WHERE THE SIDEWALL MET THE TREAD AREA. THERE WERE ALSO NUMEROUS OTHER AREAS OF NOTABLE SEPARATION THAT APPEARED TO BE A RESULT OF THE RUBBER MATERIAL BEING TOO DRY PERHAPS. I CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT AND REFERRED ME TO THIS SITE. BEFORE FAILURE OCCURRED WITH MY FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE, I INSTALLED ALL FOUR NEW TIRES, MODEL MICHELIN LTX M/S THAT I PURCHASED FROM COSCO. THIS IS A 2001 FORD EXCURSION WITH APPROX 30,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. UNFORTUNATES, I WASN'T REALLY THINKING AT THE TIME AND DID NOT HAVE THE TECHNICIANS AT COSCO SAVE THE OLD TIRES FOR ME. *NLM

SHOCK BROKE IN HALF AND SEVERED THE BRAKE LINE AND VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STOPPED. ALSO, DAMAGED WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. REPORTED TO FORD. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED. AS A RESULT THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT SOME TREES. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *NLM

THE ROTORS ON MY 2001 FORD EXCURSION KEEP WARPING AND REQUIRED PERIODIC TURNING AND/OR REPLACEMENT. AS OF 40,000 MILES. ON ONE OCCASION, THE CALIPER & ABS SENSOR FAILED, SEIZING THE FRONT WHEEL AND CAUSING AND INCIDENT ON A SNOW COVERED ROAD. *JB