2000 FORD EXCURSION Complaints

RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2000 FORD EXCURSION. BLEW SPARK PLUG RIGHT OUT OF HEAD. TOOK BACK TO DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT. THEY PUT IN A HEIL COIL. 5 MONTHS LATER SAME THING HAPPENED ONLY DIFFERENT SPARK PLUG. TOOK TO FORD. TOLD IT WAS GOING TO COST ME 3500.00 TO REPLACE NEW HEAD. DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH 1996-PRESENT FORD TRUCKS AND EVEN FORD MUSTANGS. FORD IS REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. MEANTIME EVERYONE WHO IT HAPPENS TO USUALLY ENDS UP SHELLING OUT $3000.00 PLUS.*AK

I PURCHASED 4 BIG O BIG FOOT AT TIRES IN AUGUST 2003. IN THE FOUR MONTHS BETWEEN JULY 2004 AND NOVEMBER 2004, I EXPERIENCED 3 SEPARATE HIGH-SPEED CATASTROPHIC BLOW OUTS ON 3 OF THE TIRES. IN EACH CASE, I WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED (65 MPH) WITH MY FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE. THE FIRST WAS ON A WARM SUMMER DAY, THE SECOND WAS ON A MODERATE DAY, THE THIRD WAS AT ABOUT 35 DEGREES. THE FIRST TWO BLOW-OUTS OCCURRED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. THE THIRD WAS ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE. AFTER THE REPLACEMENT OF EACH OF THE FIRST TWO TIRES, THE REMAINING THREE WHEELS WERE ROTATED. IN EACH CASE, IT WAS A STUGGLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, BUT IN THE THIRD CASE (REAR TIRE), THE CAR SKIDDED DANGEROUSLY OUT OF CONTROL AS THE REAR END SWAYED BACK AND FORTH. HAD I NOT STEERED INTO THE SKID, I AM CERTAIN THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE ROLLED OVER. THE BIG O DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TIRES EACH TIME, BUT INSISTED THAT THE FAILURES COULD ONLY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ENCOUNTERING SOME ROAD HAZARD WHICH CAUSED THE TIRES TO DE-PRESSURIZE QUICKLY, HEAT UP AND THEN BLOW. HOWEVER, THREE HIGH-SPEED BLOWOUTS IN FOUR MONTHS INDICATES NOT AN ISOLATED CIRCUMSTANCE OR COINCIDENCE, BUT A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY PATTERN.*AK

I PURCHASED 4 BIG O BIG FOOT AT TIRES IN AUGUST 2003. IN THE FOUR MONTHS BETWEEN JULY 2004 AND NOVEMBER 2004, I EXPERIENCED 3 SEPARATE HIGH-SPEED CATASTROPHIC BLOW-OUTS ON 3 OF THE TIRES. IN EACH CASE, I WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED (65 MPH) WITH MY FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE. THE FIRST WAS ON A WARM SUMMER DAY, THE SECOND WAS ON A MODERATE DAY, THE THIRD WAS AT ABOUT 35 DEGREES. THE FIRST TWO BLOW-OUTS OCCURRED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. THE THIRD WAS ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE. AFTER THE REPLACEMENT OF EACH OF THE FIRST TWO TIRES, THE REMAINING THREE WHEELS WERE ROTATED. IN EACH CASE, IT WAS A STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, BUT IN THE THIRD CASE (REAR TIRE), THE CAR SKIDDED DANGEROUSLY OUT OF CONTROL AS THE REAR END SWAYED BACK AND FORTH. HAD I NOT STEERED INTO THE SKID, I AM CERTAIN THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE ROLLED OVER. THE BIG O DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TIRES EACH TIME, BUT INSISTED THAT THE FAILURES COULD ONLY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ENCOUNTERING SOME ROAD HAZARD WHICH CAUSED THE TIRES TO DE-PRESSURIZE QUICKLY, HEAT UP AND THEN BLOW. HOWEVER, THREE HIGH-SPEED BLOWOUTS IN FOUR MONTHS INDICATES NOT AN ISOLATED CIRCUMSTANCE OR COINCIDENCE, BUT A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY PATTERN. *JB

I PURCHASED 4 BIG O BIG FOOT AT TIRES IN AUGUST 2003. IN THE FOUR MONTHS BETWEEN JULY 2004 AND NOVEMBER 2004, I EXPERIENCED 3 SEPARATE HIGH-SPEED CATASTROPHIC BLOW-OUTS ON 3 OF THE TIRES. IN EACH CASE, I WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED (65 MPH) WITH MY FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE. THE FIRST WAS ON A WARM SUMMER DAY, THE SECOND WAS ON A MODERATE DAY, THE THIRD WAS AT ABOUT 35 DEGREES. THE FIRST TWO BLOW-OUTS OCCURRED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. THE THIRD WAS ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE. AFTER THE REPLACEMENT OF EACH OF THE FIRST TWO TIRES, THE REMAINING THREE WHEELS WERE ROTATED. IN EACH CASE, IT WAS A STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, BUT IN THE THIRD CASE (REAR TIRE), THE CAR SKIDDED DANGEROUSLY OUT OF CONTROL AS THE REAR END SWAYED BACK AND FORTH. HAD I NOT STEERED INTO THE SKID, I AM CERTAIN THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE ROLLED OVER. THE BIG O DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TIRES EACH TIME, BUT INSISTED THAT THE FAILURES COULD ONLY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ENCOUNTERING SOME ROAD HAZARD WHICH CAUSED THE TIRES TO DE-PRESSURIZE QUICKLY, HEAT UP AND THEN BLOW. HOWEVER, THREE HIGH-SPEED BLOWOUTS IN FOUR MONTHS INDICATES NOT AN ISOLATED CIRCUMSTANCE OR COINCIDENCE, BUT A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY PATTERN. *JB

BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE TIRE FAILURE, TIRE BLEW FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *BF THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE TIRES AND WAS TOLD ALL FOUR OF THE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER WAS REASSURED HE WOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE TWO TIRES HE HAD PURCHASED. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED ANOTHER NOTICE IN THE MAIL WHICH STATED THEY WOULD NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR THE TIRES HE HAD PURCHASED BECAUSE THE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO PURCHASE THE TIRES AT AN INDEPENDENT FIRESTONE DEALER. *JB

PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED WITH BRAKES ON 2000 FORD EXCURSION. *BF A SQUEALING AND CLUNKING NOISE COULD BE HEARD WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT THE DEALER REFUSES TO REPAIR THE PROBLEMS. THE CONSUMER HAS REPLACED THE ROTORS (TWICE), PADS AND OTHER COMPONENTS. *NM

CONSUMER STATED BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURELY. THIS PART WAS REPLACED EIGHT TIMES. AS A RESULT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. *AK

BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURELY. THE PART WAS REPLACED NINE TIMES. AS A RESULT, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. *AK

SPARK PLUG BLOWOUT ON 6.8 LITER V-10 ENGINE - 2000 FORD EXCURSION AT UNDER 50,000 MILES. PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE WIDESPREAD AND FORD WILL NOT ADMIT TO FAULT. FORD DEALER CANNOT, OR WILL NOT EXPLAIN CAUSE. ONLINE FORUMS DISCUSS PROBLEM AS COMMON. COST IS $3000.00.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY A POLICE OFFICER THAT THE TAIL LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WAS INOPERATIVE AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON BOTH PROBLEMS. *JB