2001 FORD EXCURSION Complaints

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF ENGINE. POSSIBLE DEFECT IN CASTING..?? WAS TOLD THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON BUT FORD REFUSED TO COVER THEIR KNOWN DEFECT. COST ME OVER $5,000 TO REPLACE ENGINE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXCURSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE THEN STALLED AND THE CONTACT CONFIRMED THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE OIL WAS NOT ENTERING THE ENGINE AS IT SHOULD HAVE, WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE TO OCCUR. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXCURSION. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V553000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL) AND WAS REPAIRED. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

RIGHT SIDE TIE ROD END CAME OUT OF COUPLER DUE TO WORN THREADS. HAPPENED IMMEDIATELY UPON LEAVING HOUSE, SO VERY LOW SPEED. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED AND REPAIRED. COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF SPEED HAD BEEN HIGHER. RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WAS COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED FROM THE STEERING LINKAGE. *TT

2001 FORD EXCURSION SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING OR STOPPED. IT WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THIS HAPPEN ON AVERAGE 2 A WEEK. FROM THAT POINT TO PRESENT. THE VEHICLE IS A PSD AND HAD ITS CSP REPLACE SEVERAL TIMES. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPEN WHILE STOPPED AT STOP LIGHT, DRIVING 65MPH, PULLING A TRAILER AND IS NOW PUTTING NEEDLESS PERSONS AT RISK. I HAVE PERSONALLY REPLACED THE CPS, THE VALVE COVER GASKETS, THE PCM HAS BEEN CHECKED AND THE DEALER STILL STATES THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE EXCURSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXCURSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER WHEN PARKING OR DRIVING AT VERY LOW SPEEDS AND HE WAS UNABLE TO PARK THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE CONTACT CONTINUED HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH STEERING. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS OR RECALLS OPEN FOR THE FAILURE AND THAT THEY WOULD BE SENDING THE INFORMATION TO THEIR TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXCURSION. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN TO SHUT ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED IN REGARDS TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 01V258000 (VISIBILITY: WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER: MOTOR) BUT THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXCURSION LIMITED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED, SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V553000 ( ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL). THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON HIS VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS WAITING FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING APPOINTMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO CALL NHTSA. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 98,000.

I HAVE A FORD EXCURSION 2001 V10 WITH 123K I WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT WITH VERY LITTLE ENGINE TORQUE AT THE TIME WHEN I HAD A "SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT" THE SPARK PLUG WAS BLOWN OUT OF THEIR HEAD AND IN TURN TOOK OUT THE COIL.. WHEN THIS HAPPENED IT FILLED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WITH GAS FUMES AND THE SPARK PLUG WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE CABLE AND PROVIDING A SPARK. WITH THE SPARK I FEEL THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BUT BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF THE TRUCK AS SOON AS IT HAPPENED THERE WAS NO FIRE. FORD KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE A REPAIR KIT WITH A INSERT TO PUT IN THE HEAD TO REPAIR IT. THE FORD DEALER REPAIRED IT AT A COST OF $344.18 BUT I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS COMMON IN MOST OF THE TRITON ENGINES FORD HAS. I THINK THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD HAD IT NOT BEEN THAT I WAS SITTING AT A LIGHT AND TURNED IT OFF AS SOON AS IT HAPPENED. *TR

2001 FORD EXCURSION. CONSUMER STATES THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD OF THE ENGINE DAMAGING THE THREADS.*TGW