2000 FORD EXCURSION Complaints

TRUCK LOSES POWER, ATTEMPTED TO RESTART, RESTART WENT A FEW BLOCKS AND CUT OFF AGAIN

VEHICLE JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE WITHOUT BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. DAMAGE WAS CAUSED TO FRONT PORCH OF CONSUMER'S HOME. CONSUMER WAS PARKED ON A INCLINE WITHOUT EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTATCED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE TREAD CAME OFF THE TIRE CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL. THE VEHICLE RAN OFF THE ROAD INTO A GLASSY FIELD/DITCH. THIS OCCURED ABOUT THE 45 MILE MARKER OF I-10 W/B IN LA.

MY FOOT BECAME STUCK BETWEEN THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ACCELERATOR, BECAUSE IT WAS DARK AND THERE WAS NO LIGHTING I COULDN'T SEE HOW TO REMOVE MY FOOT AND THE CAR DESTROYED A MOTEL. *AK

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE WAS STEERING TO RIGHT WHILE CONSUMER WAS PULLING IT TO LEFT FOR A SPLIT SECOND. THEN, HE REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM ACELLERATOR, AND RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDERS. FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX TIRES. *AK

WHILE PASSING ON A TWO LANE ROAD, THE VEHICLE I WAS PASSING SWERVED INTO MY LANE. I HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES VERY FORCEFULLY AND WHEN I DID SO, THE BRAKES PULLED THE STEERING SO HARD TO THE LEFT I NEARLY LOST CONTROLOF THE VEHICLE. FOLLOWING THIS SITUATION I TESTED BOTH MY EXCURSION AND MY FORD F-350 AND BOTH VEHICLES SWERVE HARD TO LEFT DURING FORCEFUL EMERGENCY BRAKING. I SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT AT 36,000 MILES, MY EXCURSION WAS SERVICED UNDER WARRANTY FOR BRAKE PULLING AND PULSATING. THE ROTORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED HOWEVER, I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS WARRANTY SERVICE IS RELATED TO THE SEVERE PULLING DURING EMERGENCY BRAKING. I BELIEVE THE BRAKING PROBLEM IS STRUCTURAL IN ORIGIN AND IS GOING TO RESULT IN SOME NUMBER OF FATALITIES. I KNOW THAT IT MY CASE, I CAME TO THE BRINK OF AN UNSURVIVABLE ACCIDENT.*AK

HAD A TREAD SEPARATION WHILE TOWING A 5000LB BOAT. TIRE PRESSURE WAS 65LBS. AMBIENT TEMP = 95 DEGREES. TIRE BLEW WITHOUT WARNING AT CREST OF 5% GRADE. ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AS MY STEERING WAS SEVERELY IMPACTED. TIRE WAS THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE. TONGUE WEIGHT 400 LBS. TWO ADULTS, 5 CHILDREN AGES 11 - 12. *AK (TIRESIZE: 265/75/R16)

WHEN VEHICLE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT OR WHEN THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED VEHICLE WOULD SUDDEN ACCELERATE. HAD TO STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL TO RESTRAINT VEHICLE. THIS HAD HAPPENED WHEN TRANSMISSION WAS PLACED IN REVERSE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

AUGUTS 7, 2001 - TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY WITH SPEED LIMIT OF 65MPH AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS 101. APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES INTO MY DRIVE I NOTICE VIBRATION IN MY STEERING WHEEL AND THE VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT HAD A SCUTTLE SHAKE WHICH CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. I STOPPED AND LOOKED AT MY FRONT TIRES AND UNDERNEATH THE FRONT END FOR ANY OBVIOUS DEFECTS. DIDN'T LOOK AT THE BACK TIRES CLOSELY BECAUSE I ASSUMED IT WAS A FRONT END PROBLEM DUE TO THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION. WHEN I GOT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY THE PROBLEM WAS GETTING WORSE (SHAKING HARDER) SO I STOPPED ONCE AGAIN TO LOOK AT THE FRONT END. I HAPPENED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE REAR TIRES WHILE STANDING A DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. MY DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD WAS SEVERLY WARPED. FIRESTONE DEALER REPLACED TIRE IMMEDIATELY. I FEEL THAT IF I HAD IGNORED THESE OBVIOUS WARNING SIGNS AND KEPT ON DRIVING, I WOULD HAVE HAD A BLOW OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS MOST LIKELY A FACTOR IN THE TIRE'S FAILURE.*AK (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)

WHILE DRIVING 75MPH HAD HEARD A THUMP, TIRE HAD BLOWN, MAINTAINED CONTROL AND PULLED OFF ROAD. CHECKED TIRES, AND NOTICED LEFT FRONT HAD A HOLE ON INSIDE OF SIDEWALL, WHICH WAS OUTWARD. OUTSIDE OF THE SIDEWALL WAS PEELED AWAY FROM TREAD WHICH HAD REMAINED INTACT ON TIRE. FIRESTONE ,STEEL TEX, P265/75R16, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT.*AK