2001 FORD EXCURSION Complaints

SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE KEEPS COMING UNLATCHED. SEAT BELT HAS TO BE FORCED TO KEEP FROM COMING LOOSE. CONTACTING DEALER. *AK DEALER REPLACED. *SLC

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND ROAD IS JUST A BIT UNEVEN, VEHICLE BOUNCES ALL OVER ROAD. HARD TO CONTROL, THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN WHEN TOWING TRAILER. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT BOTTOMS OUT AND CAUSES THE FRONT END TO RISE SUDDENLY, CONSUMER FEELS THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE RUBBER STOPPERS THAT ARE BOLTED TO THE FRAME THAT KEEP THE SPRING FROM HITTING THE FRAME, THE ONES ON THIS VEHICLE ARE ONLY 3/4 INCH CLEARANCED FROM THE TOP OF THE SPRING TO THE STOPPER, CONSUMER STATES MOST VEHICLES HAVE 4 INCHES. *SLC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXCESSIVE VIBRATION WHILE IN MOTION. DEALER REBALANCED TIRES. AT A SECOND VISIT, DEALER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE FRONT END OF VEHICLE STARTED BOUNCING UP AND DOWN TO THE POINT THAT DRIVER ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

LOAD BANG AND TIRE BLEW OUT IN INTERSTATE 80. LOOK LIKE INTERNAL RIP BY TREAD WARE TIRE WAS DESTROYED. DEALER REPLACE BUT OFFERED NO REASON AS TO WHAT HAPPENED. *AK (TIRESIZE: 265/75/16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/75/16 )

FAILURE OF CRUISE CONTROL TO CANCEL FROM THE STEERING WHEEL OR FROM THE BRAKE. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED AT APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MPH. AFTER APPLYING THE FOOT BRAKE THE VEHICLE FAILED TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE SPEED EVEN AS THE RPM CONTINUED TO STAY AT 2000RPM, ALTHOUGH IT TOOK A MUCH GREATER DISTANCE THAN NORMAL. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV AT 2000RPM. THE CANCEL BUTTON ON THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE THE ENGINE RPM AT 2000, AND NEITHER WOULD THE BRAKE PEDAL. I PULLED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND AND PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK, AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV AT 2000RPM. I APPLIED MORE FUEL AND WAS ABLE TO REV THE ENGINE BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000RPM ONLY. THE CANCEL BUTTON ON THE STEERING WHEEL CONTINUED TO BE INOPERABLE. FINALLY, AT ONE POINT, I RELEASED MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE RPM THEN DROPPED TO THE NORMAL IDLE RANGE. I THEN OPENED THE HOOD AND INSPECTED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BUT WAS UNABLE TO SEE ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT TO HAVE CAUSED THIS TO HAVE OCCURRED. I CONSIDER MYSELF QUITE LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN IN THE PARTICULAR DRIVING SITUATION WHERE I HAD AMPLE ROOM TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP WITHOUT HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR TO HAVE INVOLVED OTHERS IN AN ACCIDENT. MY SUSPICIONS ARE THAT THE CODE THAT MONITORS THE SWITCHES WAS SOMEHOW CONFUSED. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO COVERT FORD WHERE IT HAS BEEN SINCE 11/14/2000. YESTERDAY, I AM TOLD, A FMC TECHNICAL REP HAS LOOKED OVER THE VEHICLE. TO DATE NO ONE ELSE , I AM TOLD, HAS BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME REPORTING THIS PROBLEM. THE INITIAL REPORT WAS IDENTIFIED BY NHTSA AS "ODI-735-005" BUT THE REPORT DOES NOT APPEAR ON YOUR DATABASES. *AK

THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED AT APROXIMATELY 65-70MPH. AFTER APPLYING THE FOOT BRAKE THE VEHICLE FAILED TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE SPEED EVEN AS THE RPM CONTINUED TO STAY AT 2000 RPM, ALTHOUGH IT TOOK A MUCH GREATER DISTANCE THAN NORMAL. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV AT 2000 RPM. THE CANCEL BUTTON ON THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE AND NEITHER WOULD THE BRAKE. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK, AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV AT 2000 RPM. I APPLIED MORE FUEL AND WAS ABLE TO REV THE ENGINE BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 RPM ONLY. THE CANCEL BUTTON ON THE STEERING WHEEL CONTINUED TO BE INOPERABLE. FINALLY AT ONE POINT I RELEASED MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE RPM THEN DROPPED TO THE NORMAL IDLE RANGE. I THEN OPENED THE HOOD AND INSPECTED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BUT WAS UNABLE TO SEE ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT TO HAVE CAUSED THIS TO HAVE OCCURRED. I CONSIDER MYSELF QUITE LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN IN THE PARTICULAR DRIVING SITUATION WHERE I HAD AMPLE ROOM TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP WITHOUT HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR TO HAVE INVOLVED OTHERS IN AN ACCIDENT. HAVING WORKED WITH COMPUTERS FOR MOST OF MY LIFE I SUSPECT THAT THE CODE WAS SOMEHOW FOULED UP THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE INVOLVED IN MONITORING THE STATUS OF THE CANCEL SWITCHES...JUST A HUNCH. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY OTHER REPORTS OF SUCH AN INCIDENT ON FORD EXCURSION OR FORD F250 FROM WHICH THIS MODEL IS DERIVED?