2000 FORD EXCURSION Complaints

I ENTERED ON FREEWAY AND WAS GETTING UP TO FREEWAY SPEED WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED. I WAS TOWING A 32' TRAVEL TRAILER. WE STARTED TO JACKNIFE. I ACCELERATED AND USED MY TRAILER BRAKE TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT, THEN I STARTED TO APPLY BRAKES AND AGAIN STARTED TO JACKNIFE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION. SO I AGAIN ACCELERATED AND USED MY TRAILER BRAKES TO STRAIGHTEN OUT, THEN I TRIED TO BRAKE AND SLOW AGAIN AND WE STARTED TO JACKNIFE, SO I AGAIN ACCELERATED AND USED MY TRAILER BRAKES. THE TRAILER WHIPPED AROUND AND SLAMMED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE EXCURSION. BROKE LOOSE, TIPPED OVER, TOTALING TRAILER AND DAMAGING EXCURSION. IT WHIPPED US AROUND AND SHOOK US UP PRETTY GOOD. (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)

VEHICLE SUSPENSION MAKING UNUSUAL NOISES SINCE PURCHASE. STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY SINCE PURCHASE. DEALER REPAIRED "BODY BOLTS" WITHOUT RESOLVING PROBLEM. FRONT TIRES ARE "CUPPING". VEHICLE SWAYS SIDE TO SIDE, CLANKING NOISES FROM FRONT AND REAR. BRAKES REPAIRED/REPLACED TWICE. NEW BRAKES WILL NOT HOLD VEHICLE WITH 1800 LBS TRAILER WHEN BACKING DOWN SLIGHT GRADE. THIS COMPLAINT SHOULD BE CONNECTED TO NHSTA ACTION: EA01004. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT ANY SPEED THERE IS VIBRATION ON RIGHT FRONT OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES, ROTORS WERE GROUNDED ON TWO VISITS, BUT DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM.*AK ALSO THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT, CAUSING DAMAGE TO RIM.*SLC

VEHICLE HAS THREE BACK DOORS. TOP ONE MADE OF GLASS, AND TWO BOTTOM ONES. BOTTOM ONE HAS TO BE CLOSED FIRST, THEN TOPPED WITH THE GLASS. BUT, SITUATION WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE GLASS ONE WAS CLOSED FIRST, THEN BOTTOM SHATTERED GLASS INTO PIECES, INJURING CONSUMER AT THE TIME OF PICKING IT UP. *AK CONSUMER HAS SINCE FOUND THAT IF THE TOP DOOR IS DOWN, THE BOTTOM DOOR STRIKES THE EDGE OF HE GLASS SO QUICKLY AND SO FAR OVER, IT IS NOT SOMETHING ONE CAN PREVENT ONCE THE DOOR STARTS TO CLOSE, CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW. *JB

FIRESTONE STEEL TEX P265/75R16, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000 FORD EXCURSION WITH 20000 MILES. SIDEWALLS OF ALL 4 TIRES ARE SPLITTING. *AK *JB

BRAKES PULL TO LEFT WHEN HARD STOPPING , THERE IS NO REPAIR FOR THIS PROBLEM ACCORDING TO FORD. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH TOOK FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR WHILE GETTING READY TO EXIT, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER, WHICH IT ACTUALLY DID. ALSO, STATED BY VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, IT HAS LOST POWER STEERING AND V STALLED. HAD NOT CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

CONSUMER WENT TO OPEN UPPER PART OF LIFTGATE AND STRUTS DID NOT HOLD, LIFTGATE FELL DOWN. HAD NOT CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

ALL FOUR FIRESTONE TIRES FAILED (FIRESTONE STEELTEX A/T, LT265/75R16-119/116-L.R.DM/S). NLM

SEPTEMBER 18, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 PM MY WIFE EXPERIENCED A BONA-FIDE BLOW-OUT OF THE LEFT REAR FIRESTONE STEELTEX ON OUR 2000 EXCURSION. I HAD CHECKED AIR PRESSURE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 55 PSI IN EACH TIRE. LISA WAS PROCEEDING EAST BOUND ON THE SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY ON CLEAR ROADS, IN THE MIDDLE LANE, AT 65 TO 70 MPH, WHEN THIS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OCCURRED. THEIR WERE NO ROAD HAZARDS NOTED, AND NO TREAD DAMAGE OTHER THAN A COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATIONTHIS MORNING I REPLACED ALL OF THE FIRESTONES WITH MICHELINS FOR $884.65 AT DISCOUNT TIRE COMPANY ON FM 1960. I DO NOT WANT TO FURTHER ENDANGER MY FAMILY WITH THESE TIRES.*AK (TIRESIZE: 265/75/16)