2000 FORD EXCURSION Complaints

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE PULLS SIGNIFICANTLY INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC OR TO THE LEFT. DEALER NOTIFIED, BUT UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *YH

WHILE IN MOTION, VEHICLES CAR SHAFT BROKE AND INSURED LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND HIT A TREE THEN COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE IN A DEALERS PARKING LOT, CLAIM 13-7322-304. *JG

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPLACE FOUR TIME DUE TO POOR PERFORMANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. NLM

WHILE SERVICING THE WINSHIELD WASHER FLUID RESEVOIR, I NOTICED AN AREA OF RUST LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHERE THE FENDER JOINS THE FIREWALL. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, THE SAME PROBLEM WAS OBSERVEDON THE LEFT SIDE. AFTER RETURNING THE VEHIVCLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, THEY NOTED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE BOTH FENDERS AND HOOD ETC. TO SEE HOW EXTENSIVE THE PROBLEM EXISTS. PRESENTLY, WE ARE AWAITING A FORD REPRESENTATIVE TO VIEW THIS VEHICLE AND RECOMMEND WHAT CORRECTIVE ACTION WILL BE REQUIRED. THEY HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN THEIR POSSESSION FOR 10 DAYS. NLM

AT SPEEDS OF 40 MPH AND OVER VEHICLE SHAKES/VIBRATES AND PULLS TO THE SIDE. DEALER IS UNABLE TO REMEDY. *AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE OR PARK AFTER DRIVING IN SNOW, DUE TO SNOW BEING LOCATED IN THE LINKAGE. *YH

FRONT DISC BRAKE ROTORS WARP UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS RESULTS IN EXTREMELY VIOLENT SHUDDERING AND SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE BRAKING AT SPEEDS OVER 40 MPH. RAPID BRAKING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS ARE HIGH RISK FOR LOSS OF CONTROL AND COLLISION. BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS I HAVE HAD THE ROTORS RESURFACED AT 16, 000 AND 25,000 MI. AT 31,000 MILES I HAD TO REPLACE THE ROTORS BECAUSE OF REPEATED SHUDDERING FROM ROTOR WARPAGE AND WEAR. I HAVE ASKED FOUR OTHER EXCURSION OWNERS AND THEY HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINTS AND SAFETY CONCERNS REQUIRING SIMILAR REPAIRS. FRONT ROTORS ARE INSUFFICIENTLY ENGINEERED FOR THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF THIS VEHICLE, AND PRESENTS A SAFETY RISK FOR EXCURSION OWNERS AS WELL AS SURROUNDING MOTORISTS. EVEN WHEN SERVICED PROPERLY AS OUTLINED, SHUDDERING RETURNS QUICKLY.*AK

FRONT TIRES WORE QUICKLY AND BADLY ON OUTSIDE OF TIRES. *AK (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16) (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)

PE00 020; WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY ABOUT 65MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING RIGHT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM WHEEL. FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX, LT 265-75R16. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND CHANGED RACK AND PINION. HOWEVER, PROBLEM WAS NOT CORRECTED. DEALER PUT THE OLD PARTS BACK ON VEHICLE. *AK *YD