2000 FORD EXCURSION Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD BANG AND SMOKE BEGAN COMING OUT OF HOOD. ONCE WE GOT THE ENGINE TURNED OFF AND THE EMERGENCY WAS OVER WE DISCOVERED THE SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN UP. WHEN IT BLEW UP THE HEAD BECAME STRIPPED AND WE HAD TO HAVE A PLUG INSTALLED INTO THE DEFECTIVE HEAD AND REPLACE THE COIL. I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD EXCURSIONS. *TR

SPARK PLUG BLOWOUT. *TR

Mileage: 154,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXCURSION. WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE FOLLOWED BY AN ABNORMAL TICKING. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE SPARK PLUGS EXPLODED AND BLEW A HOLE IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 92,000. UPDATED 01/24/12*LJ UPDATED 01/30/12

Mileage: 92,000

I WAS DRIVING MY EXCURSION AROUND 25 MPH AND AS I ACCELERATED TO 35 MPH I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THOUGHT MY EXHAUST MANIFOLD MAY HAVE CRACKED OR CAME LOOSE. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION I FOUND THE SPARK PLUG WIRE AND SPARK PLUG WERE BLOWN OUT. CALLED LOCAL MECHANIC AND SAID I NEEDED TO BRING IT TO FORD FOR APPROX 4K, FORD WOULD REPLACE THE HEAD. I WENT ON LINE AND PURCHASED A KIT, FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE SPARK PLUG BEING BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD BUT WILL NOT RECALL THE TRUCK. NOTE THAT THIS IS AFFECTING MANY VEHICLES, NOT ONLY FORD. THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE AND VERY UNFAIR THAT THE MANUFACTURER OF THE HEAD IS GETTING AWAY WITH THE POOR QUALITY CONTROL AND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOT CORRECTING THE ISSUE FOR THE CONSUMER. *KB

Mileage: 124,000

I WAS DRIVING MY EXCURSION AROUND 25 MPH AND AS I ACCELERATED TO 35 MPH I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THOUGHT MY EXHAUST MANIFOLD MAY HAVE CRACKED OR CAME LOOSE. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION I FOUND THE SPARK PLUG WIRE AND SPARK PLUG WERE BLOWN OUT. CALLED LOCAL MECHANIC AND SAID I NEEDED TO BRING IT TO FORD FOR APPROX 4K, FORD WOULD REPLACE THE HEAD. I WENT ON LINE AND PURCHASED A KIT, FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE SPARK PLUG BEING BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD BUT WILL NOT RECALL THE TRUCK. NOTE THAT THIS IS AFFECTING MANY VEHICLES, NOT ONLY FORD. THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE AND VERY UNFAIR THAT THE MANUFACTURER OF THE HEAD IS GETTING AWAY WITH THE POOR QUALITY CONTROL AND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOT CORRECTING THE ISSUE FOR THE CONSUMER. *KB

Mileage: 124,000

FORD EXCURSION WITH THE SPARK PLUG BLOWING OUT OF THE ENGINE. THIS IS A VERY COMMON KNOWN DEFECT IN THE FORD 4.6, 5.4, & 6.8 LITER ENGINES AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY FROM THE FRAUD THAT HAS BEEN SOLD TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THE AVERAGE REPAIR COST IS OVER $3,000.00 TO FIX A FORD DESIGN FLAW AND ONE THAT THEY SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING. SINCE THIS WOULD REQUIRE THE LARGEST RECALL IN WORLD HISTORY OUR GOVERNMENT SITS BY AND DOES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO PROTECT INNOCENT LIVES THAT ARE IN DANGER FROM THESE LITERAL "TIME BOMBS" THAT CAN IGNITE ESCAPING FUEL VAPORS FROM THE HOLE THEY JUST EXITED AND BURN A VEHICLE TO THE GROUND. IT IS DISTURBING THAT YOU ARE A GOVERNMENT AGENCY YET YOU REFUSE TO DO YOUR JOB. SINCE THE GOVERNMENT IS IN THE CAR BUSINESS NOW AND COMPETING WITH FOREIGN COMPANIES IT IS AMAZING THAT WITH LITTLE TO NO REPORTED CASES YOU WILL FORCE THEM TO REPAIR GAS PEDALS THAT WERE MANUFACTURED BY AMERCANS BUT YOU WON'T DO ANYTHING WHEN IT INVOLVES LEGITIMATE PROBLEMS WITH A GARBAGE AMERICAN PRODUCT. AND YOU WONDER WHY THE AMERICAN CARS HAVE SUCH A HORRIBLE REPUTATION. BECAUSE THEY FULLY HAVE EARNED IT. THEY ARE GARBAGE AND THEY RECEIVE IMMUNITY FROM THE GOVERNMENT THAT PROTECTS THEM AND NOT THE PEOPLE. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED TO CASH YOUR PAYCHECK WHICH COMES FROM US THE TAXPAYERS. PLEASE CHANGE YOUR WAYS AND DO YOUR JOB AND PROTECT INNOCENT LIVES THAT GOD WILL SURELY HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR. *TR

Mileage: 116,000

I HAVE BEEN LEFT STRUGGLING IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE TO GET HELP. WHILE TRAVELING ON OUR 2000 FORD EXCURSION DUE TO BLOWN UP SPARK PLUGS. IT HAS HAPPEN TO US ONE TIME IN TOWN AND TWO TIMES OUT OF STATE. THIS HAS BEEN VERY COSTLY AND FRUSTRATING TO ME AND MY FAMILY. I WISH FORD WOULD EXCEPT THIS BEING A MANUFACTURE PROBLEM AND DO A RECALL ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 101,106

A SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM MY FORD EXCURSION TRITON V10 MOTOR WHILE DRIVING 70MPH WITH MY FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS NOT DUE TO IMPROPER FITTING OF THE SPARK PLUGS OR ANY AFTER MARKET ALTERATIONS DONE TO THE MOTOR. THIS IS A FACTORY STOCK MOTOR WITH 115,000 MILES. I HAVE READ THAT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE FORD MOTORS AND YET THERE HAS NOT BE A RECALL ON THE MATTER. AFTER THIS HAPPENED I PERSONALLY SPOKE TO FRIENDS WHO HAVE AN EXCURSION AND 2 OF THE 3 HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

ON JULY 2, 2010 WHILE AT DAYCARE CENTER PICKING UP GRANDDAUGHTER, MY 2000 FORD EXCURSION BURSTED INTO FLAMES. THE CITY OF JACKSON FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME OUT AND PUT THE FIRE OUT BEFORE DAYCARE CENTER BEGIN TO BURN DOWN. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

GOT UP TO START MY VEHICLE WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP UNDER THE HOOD, WHEN I CHECKED I NOTICED A SPARK PLUG WAS RIPPED OUT OF THE ENGINE. GOT IT REPAIRD AT AROUND $.400.00 BUT IT HAPPEND 5 MORE TIMES EVER SINCE, EACH TIME A DIFFRENT PLUG. *TR

Mileage: 180,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXCURSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RPMS WOULD INCREASE SUDDENLY AND THE ENGINE WOULD SHUT DOWN. THE CONTACT HAD THE STARTER REPLACED TWO TIMES. A LOCAL MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A STICKING THROTTLE BODY AND NOT THE STARTER. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

Mileage: 30,000

WE STOPPED AT A MOTEL AT ABOUT 10:00 P.M. AND THE CAR STARTED SHAKING SO WE TURNED IT OFF. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR WE HEARD A BANG AND THE CAR STARTED CHUGGING AND AFTER READING THE REPORTS ON FORD V10'S I FIGURED IT WAS A PLUG. THE FAMILY HAD TO CATCH A PLANE THE NEXT MORNING AT 6:00 A.M. SO I DROVE IT TO THE AIRPORT AS IS FIGURING THE DAMAGE WAS DONE. WE MADE IT TO THE AIRPORT JUST FINE EXCEPT FOR THE LOUD CHUGGING. WE RETURNED I DROVE IT HOME 300 MILES AND OTHER THAN THE NOISE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS. LUCKY FOR ME THE PLUG THAT BLEW WAS EASY TO REACH SO IT DIDN'T COST MUCH TO REPAIR BUT THE MECHANIC TOLD ME HE HAD REPAIRED MANY OF THE V8'S AS WELL. HE PUT A STAINLESS INSERT IN THE PLUG HOLE AND REUSED THE COIL SO THE TOTAL COST WAS LESS THAN $200. IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE FURTHER BACK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UP TO 10 TIMES THE COST. FORD DOES NEED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 175,000

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS SPARK PLUGS HAVE BLOWN OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEADS MY 2000 FORD EXCURSION V10. FORD DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DAMAGE AND COSTS INCURRED. WHEN THE SPARK PLUGS BLOW OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEADS THEY ALSO DESTROY THE COIL ONES. *TR

RECENTLY HAD #2 SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT OF MY EXCURSION. *TR

Mileage: 117,000

SPARKPLUG EJECTION. *TR

Mileage: 143,000

SPARK PLUG BLOW OFF. *TR

Mileage: 116,500

2000 FORD EXCURSION WITH 6.8L V10 ENGINE AND 127,000 MILES EJECTED THE #4 SPARK PLUG AT RELATIVELY LOW SPEED (LESS THAN 20MPH). THIS IS A SERIOUS FIRE HAZARD AS FUEL IS ALSO EJECTED INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY OR THE NHTSA AS EVENTUALLY, CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF ONLINE COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE; SOMEONE WILL BE INJURED OR KILLED. ALSO - THE FACT THAT FORDS WITH MODULAR ENGINES EJECTING SPARK PLUGS IS SO COMMON PLACE THAT NEW BUSINESSES AND AFTERMARKET PRODUCTS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN DEVELOPED TO ADDRESS IT. FORD MOTOR APPEARS TO CLAIM THAT IT IS THE SPARK PLUG MANUFACTURERS PROBLEM (REMEMBER FIRESTONE?) YET IT ALSO OCCURS WITH OEM PLUGS. THE REPAIR COST WILL BE ANYWHERE FROM $700 TO OVER $3500 DEPENDING ON WHETHER AN AFTERMARKET SOLUTION WILL FIX THE HEAD OR IF THE HEAD REQUIRES REPLACEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 127,000

2000 FORD EXCURSION V10 TRITON, #7 PLUG BLEW OUT OF ENGINE, 159,000MI ON ENGINE, PLUGS CHANGED AT DEALER. REPAIR WAS $300 FOR HELICOIL, PLUG, AND COIL FOR ENGINE. NO REASON GIVEN FOR PLUG FAILURE. IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER BUT WAS ABLE TO PULL TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY. VEHICLE TOWED FROM SITE. *TR

Mileage: 159,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXCURSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED. THE FIRE WAS UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL AND THEN THE ENTIRE ENGINE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT IS AVAILABLE. AN INSURANCE ADJUSTER WILL INSPECT THE DAMAGES. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS UNKNOWN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

WHILE ME AND MY FAMILY HEADED OUT ON THE HIGHWAY TO VISIT FAMILY, WE BEGAN TO HEAR A NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, SOON AFTER IT SOUNDED AS IF THE ENGINE HAD EXPLODED, AND ALMOST LOOSING CONTROL FROM THE NOISE THAT IT CREATED, I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF TO THE SHOULDER AND PARK MY VEHICLE. ONCE I OPENED THE HOOD OF MY TRUCK I FOUND THAT A SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE SOCKET AND HAD ALSO BROKEN THE IGNITION COIL, SOON AFTER I RAN TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF, DO TO SMELL OF GAS FUMES. THINKING THIS WAS A ONE TIME ONLY INCIDENT AND NOT KNOWING THAT FORD HAD THESE PROBLEMS. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO A MECHANIC ONLY TO HEAR THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE EXCURSIONS FOR THIS YEAR. I THEN PAID A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. GOING BACK HOME AND TAKING THE HIGHWAY BACK HOME ANOTHER SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT AND ONCE AGAIN BROKE THE IGNITION COIL WITH IT AS WELL. I WAS FURIOUS TO FIND OUT THAT FORD HAS NO RE CALL AND WHEN I TRIED TAKING THE TRUCK TO A PEP BOYS AUTO OR ANY OTHER SHOP THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT LAY A HAND ON THE TRUCK AND THAT I HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE FORD DEALER SHIP IF I WANTED TO GET IT FIXED. NOT HAPPY I CALLED FORD THEY WANTED OVER $1,500 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS IS REALLY SAD THAT THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE THE REASON WHY I WILL POSSIBLY SELL MY TRUCK AND NEVER BUY FORD AGAIN. BUT THIS IS A REAL SAFETY PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO GET FIXED, OR IT MAY END UP KILLING SOMEONE LATER DOWN THE ROAD. *TR

Mileage: 156,000

HAVING JUST MADE IT OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASS WITH NO PREVIOUS TROUBLE, WE STOPPED AT GAS STATION FOR MORE WIPER FLUID. WHEN STARTING UP OUR 2000 FORD EXCURSION A LOUD BOOM CAME FROM THE TRUCK. THIS STARTLED US AND OTHERS OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE INCLUDING A SHERIFF THAT HEARD IT AND CAME NEXT TO US TO SEE WHAT IS WAS. WE IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF VEHICLE - SHERIFF AND PASSER BYS THOUGHT MAYBE EXHAUST?? WE MADE IT HOME BUT TRUCK NOW SOUNDS LIKE A LOUD PUTT PUTT TRUCK. WE SMELLED FUEL ALL THE WAY HOME. AS IT TURNS OUT #10 SPARKPLUG BLEW OUT HITTING FIREWALL. FROM TWO REPAIR SHOPS IT IS IN A VERY DIFFICULT SPOT AND IS NOT LIKELY WILL HOLD. SO, WE TOOK IT TO FORD DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY FORD DEALERSHIP THAT A "BANDAGE FIX" WILL PROBABLY NOT HOLD AND OTHER PLUGS COULD ALSO BLOW OR MAY NOT - APPARENTLY THIS IS NOT NEW NEWS TO FORD OR THE OTHER REPAIR SHOPS WE SPOKE WITH. SO TO REPLACE JUST ONE SIDE OF HEAD WE ARE LOOKING AT $3680 OR $5900 + FOR NEW ENGINE. VEHICLE IS NOT WORTH THAT IN TRADE IN PER FORD DEALERSHIP - EVEN BEFORE BLOWOUT . NEEDLES TO SAY, WE COULD HAVE BEEN ON FREEWAY AND BEEN FORCED OFF ROAD (IT WAS SNOWING BADLY AND A BANG THAT LOUD COULD HAVE SPOOKED MANY.) SO THAT IS WHY I STATED THERE WAS A CRASH AS THERE COULD HAVE BEEN IF WE HAD BEEN DRIVING. ALSO, NOT SURE IF THE FUMES WERE CAUSE OF ILLNESS WE HAD THAT EVENING AND NEXT DAY. WE SMELLED FUEL AND SMOKE/EXHAUST ALL THE WAY HOME. ALSO, PLUG WAS NOT FOUND AND MAY HAVE DAMAGED OR INJURED SOMEONE OR SOMETHING ELSE. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE OF FORD TO NOT RECALL THIS PROBLEM. ONLY TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE TRAGICALLY IS INJURED OR DIES. IT WILL HAPPEN. THERE IS NO CONTROL OVER WHERE PLUG BLOWS AND WHAT IT WILL TAKE OUT IN ITS PATH. IT SEEMS THIS IS AND HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH VARIOUS MODEL FORDS FROM 1999 TO 2004. WAITING FOR RECALL... OR FORD TO STEP UP AND REPAIR THIS PROBLEM AT THEIR COST. THIS IS NOT MY DESIGN FLAW! THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. *TR

Mileage: 127,000

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF MY 2000 FORD EXCURSION V10 AND I AM NOW SEEING THAT THIS IS A GROWING PROBLEM WITH THESE ENGINES. I HAVE 5 TRUCKS WITH THESE ENGINE AND NOW I AM VERY WORRIED. *TR

Mileage: 148,000

OUR 2000 FORD EXCURSION WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE CAR AT THE TIME. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BUT THE TRUCK IS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 223,080

SPARK PLUG EJECTION 2000 FORD EXCURSION V10 6.8L. *TR

Mileage: 101,092

I HAVE OWNED BY 2000 FORD EXCURSION WITH THE TRITON 5.4 FOR 3 YEARS. I HAVE BARELY PUT 20,000 MILES ON IT. IT KNOW HAS 110,000 MI. WHEN THE SPARK PLUG BLEW ON IT. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE AND THEN SPUTTERING. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC AND HAD A COSTLY REPAIR DONE. AS I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON IT THIS IS A ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FORDS BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN FLAW IN THE HEAD. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED TO FIND OUT FORD HAS NOT RECALLED THIS. THERE IS THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. FORD ARE YOU LISTENING? WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS? IF THIS IS NOT RECALLED SOON I WILL BE TRADING THIS IN AND BUYING A CHEVY OR A HONDA. NO MORE FORDS FOR ME. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF MY 2000 FORD EXCURSION TODAY ON MY WAY HOME. IT WAS A LOUD BANG, I THOUGHT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED OR MUFFLER WENT. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT FORD WILL NOT REPAIR. IT WILL COST ABOUT $4500. TO FIX. I AM VERY SURPRISED THAT I DID NOT HEAR THIS ON THE NEWS, IT HAS HAPPENED TO MANY FORD OWNERS BUT NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT UNTIL I HAD THIS ISSUE. IT IS VERY UNFAIR THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD AND THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT ENFORCE A RECALL. FORD RECALLED BUT DID NOT CORRECT THE CRUISE CONTROL DEFECT THAT COULD CAUSE A FIRE. FIRE...THAT IS ENOUGH REASON TO RECALL THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 97,000

2000 FORD EXCURSION SPARK PLUG BLOWN OUT OF HEAD ON 9/30/2008 HAS NOT BEEN FIXED YET. *TR

Mileage: 136,326

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 FORD EXCURSION. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT ON THE SHOULDER UNTIL A TOW TRUCK ARRIVED. THE VEHICLE THEN CAUGHT FIRE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. FIVE MONTHS LATER, THE CONTACT WAS NOTIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON HIS VEHICLE THAT COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. HIS VIN WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE OVER 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

BLOWN SPARK PLUG FROM 2000 FORD EXCURSION V-10 TRITON ENGINE. 3RD TIME. FIRST TIME ON NEW YEARS EVE 2007 WHILE DRIVING THROUGH TOWN OF HOUGHTON MICHIGAN. WAS ABLE TO INSERT NEW PLUG AS OLD PLUG WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN OUT FROM UNDER HOOD AND COULD NOT FIND. HAD TO REPLACE PLUG COIL AS MOUNTING BRACKET WAS BROKEN AND COIL JACKET AND SPRING DESTROYED AS WELL. SECOND TIME SAME PLUG, THIS TIME NO THREADS LEFT TO SEAT SPARK PLUG. THREAD INSERT INSTALLED BY LOCAL HIGH PERFORMANCE ENGINE GARAGE. THEY VIEWED PROBLEM AS POOR DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING PRACTICES BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY. THIRD TIME JUST HAPPENED EARLIER TODAY WHILE ON US-41 TRAVELING THROUGH L'ANSE MICHIGAN IRONICALLY JUST A FEW MILES AFTER PASSING THE OLD FORD ALBERTA MICHIGAN LUMBER MILL WHERE THE SIDEBOARDS FOR THE FORD WOODSIES WERE MILLED. CONTACTED FRIENDS AT THE HIGH PERFORMANCE ENGINE SHOP TO HAVE A NEW THREAD INSERT PLACED INTO THE CYLINDER. THE NHSTA AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO REOPEN THIS CASE AND TAKE ACTION AND GET FORD TO REPLACE THE FAULTY HEADS ON ALL TRITON ENGINES. THIS COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS FIRE OR ACCIDENT. BUT MOST OF ALL IT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND THE FORD DEALERSHIPS WILL NOT DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN REPLACE THE ALUMINUM HEAD AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE OF $4,000 PLUS DOLLARS. 3 INCIDENTS OF THIS KIND ARE RIDICULOUS. *TR

Mileage: 145,758

I HAVE HAD THREE SPARK PLUGS THAT BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD. FORD DOES NOT STATE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM AND THE COST FOR REPAIR IS ON THE OWNER. *TR

SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT ON 5.4 TRITON ENGINE. *JB

I OWN A 2000 FORD EXCURSION WITH A V10. WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM MY SON'S TRACK MEET IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE ON I94 IN MOUNT CLEMENS MICHIGAN DURING RUSH HOUR I HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT. WE (MY WIFE, MY SON AND I) WERE MOVING ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC WHEN WE BEGAN TO SLOWLY SPEED UP. I ACCELERATED AND BOOM, THERE WAS A VERY LOUD SOUND OF KNOCKING. I NEARLY HIT THE DIVIDING WALL IT SCARED ME SO BAD. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ABOUT 150-200 FEET AHEAD THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION BARRELS. I OPENED MY HOOD AND DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF MY COIL PACKS WAS STICKING UP A FEW INCHES AND BROKEN. I CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY (USAA) FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. WITHIN AN HOUR AND A HALF THEY SENT A TOW TRUCK AND HAD ME TOWED (ABOUT 7 MILES) HOME. THE NEXT DAY I WAS ABLE TO BETTER INSPECT WHAT HAD GONE WRONG. THE MOTORCRAFT SPARK PLUG HAD COMPLETELY UN-THREADED ITSELF AND THE COMPRESSION OF THE MOTOR TURNED THE SPARK PLUG INTO A PROJECTILE THAT COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED THE COIL PACK. THE COIL PACK SNAPPED FROM ITS RETAINING BOLT AND WAS BEATING AGAINST MY FUEL RAIL. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AS SOON AS I DID BECAUSE I COULD ONLY IMAGINE IF I HAD BEEN IN AN AREA WHERE I WAS TRAVELING THE ACTUAL 70 MPH SPEED LIMIT AND THE DAMAGE TO MY FUEL RAIL COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS POSSIBLY CAUSING A FIRE. I CONTACTED RUSS MILNE FORD IN CLINTON TWP MICHIGAN ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY STATED THAT IT WOULD COST OVER $1000 TO REPLACE THE HEAD AND THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY THE THREADS ON THE HEAD OR IMPROPER TORQUING OF THE SPARK PLUG. I FOUND THAT AMAZING SINCE I HAD MY TRUCK SERVICED BY THEM ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE BECAUSE OF AN SLIGHT ENGINE KNOCK THAT I HAD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE MOTOR ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER MINOR THINGS. THEY NEVER WERE ABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE "ENGINE KNOCK". UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME THE ENGINE KNOCK WAS A SIGN OF THE PENDING FAILURE THAT I WISH HAD BEEN DISCOVERED BEFORE THE BLOW OUT. NO REPAIRS YET. *JB

AT 90,000 MILES AFTER MY FIRST "TUNE UP" I BLEW A SPARK PLUG OFF OF MY HEAD ON MY 2000 FORD EXCURSION. I WAS TOLD BY MY LOCAL MECHANIC AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT FORD'S IN THIS YEAR RANGE HAVE BEEN STREAMING INTO HIS SHOP WITH BLOWN SPARK PLUGS. I ALSO STATED THAT FORD IS REFUSING TO RECOGNIZE THIS HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO GET INVOLVED. PLEASE TAKE THIS COMPLAINT SERIOUSLY. MY WIFE AND 5 KIDS WERE IN THE CAR IN A UNKNOWN AREA TO THEM AT 10:00PM WHEN THIS BREAKDOWN OCCURRED. THIS STORY IS VERY SIMILAR TO 1000'S OF OTHER STORIES ON THE INTERNET. JUST TYPE IN "BLEW A SPARK PLUG" INTO A SEARCH ENGINE AND START READING. *JB

Mileage: 91,655

1) ENGINE WOULD STALL OR COMPLETELY QUIT GOING DOWN THE ROAD IN TRAFFIC ANY WERE IT WANTED 2)CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS GOING OUT TRUCK WOULD STALL 3)FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT CHANGED CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

CAM POSITION SENSOR ON FORD EXCURSION POWER STROKE DIESEL HAS GONE OUT TWICE. THE FIRST TIME AT 50,000 MILES, WHILE PULLING A BOAT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OVER, AS THE VEHICLE DIED. THE SECOND TIME IT WENT WAS RIGHT AT 100,000. *JB

Mileage: 50,000

CAM POSITIONING SENSOR ON MY 2000 FORD EXCURSION 7.3 POWERSTROKE FAILED, LEAVING ME STRANDED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS ITEM HAS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I AM ADVISED THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FAILURES WITH RESPECT TO THE SAME PART. *JB

Mileage: 86,835

I HAD BEEN OUT OF TOWN WHEN MY 2000 FORD EXCURSION HAD A DOOR AJAR DUMMY LIGHT FAIL TO SHUT OFF. I ATTEMPTED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS CAUSING THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT TO REMAIN ON BUT NEVER DID FIND THE PROBLEM. I ENDED UP DRIVING HOME SO I COULD MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK HOME, BUT AS I WAS DRIVING THROUGH MY SUBDIVISION MY TRUCK MADE A NOISE, THEN MADE A MUCH LOUDER NOISE, AND BEGAN RUNNING REALLY ROUGH. A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL FILLED THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF MY TRUCK. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF THE ENGINE SO MY TRUCK WOULDN'T IGNITE, BUT THAT LEFT ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I HAVE SINCE BEEN TOLD THAT THE TRITON V10 ENGINE BLEW A SPARK PLUG AND IT'S BEEN QUOTED AT $4200 TO BE REPAIRED AT THE CLOSEST DEALERSHIP AND $3500 AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK BUT I HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED AGAIN. *JB

Mileage: 81,300

2000 FORD EXCURSION V-10 EJECTED A SPARK PLUG WHILE I WAS TAKING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL THIS MORNING. THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN MANUFACTURING FLAW THAT FORD REFUSES TO STAND UP TO. COST TO REPAIR WAS QUOTED AT $3,750. I BELIEVE THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR INACTION TO CORRECT A WELL DOCUMENTED DEFECT. *NM

Mileage: 75,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A STEEP GRADE, ENGINE CUT OUT AND SET A SES CODE. HAD A HARD TIME GETTING THE SUV TO STOP AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, BUT DUE TO THE SLOW NATURE OF DRIVING I KEPT IT UNDER CONTROL WITH 8 OCCUPANTS IN SUV. ONCE STOPPED, I GOT OUT CODE READER AND FOUND OUT THAT THE CPS (CAM POSITION SENSOR) HAD FAILED. I HAD A SPARE IN THE SUV AND REPLACED IT. CONTACTED FORD MAIN OFFICE AND THEY HAVE KNOWN IT TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE DIESELS AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO GET A RECALL OR REPLACEMENT PART TO FIX CPS PROBLEM. *JB

Mileage: 76,540

CPS FAILED ON 2000 FORD 7.3L DIESEL. *JB

Mileage: 52,150

I OWN A 2000 FORD EXCURSION WITH THE OPT. 7.3 DIESEL ENGINE. I HAVE HAD 2 ENGINE FAILURES WERE MY ENGINE WOULD QUIT AND NOT RESTART. THE CPS (CAM POSITION SENSOR) FAILED. THIS IS MY WIFE'S TRUCK. WHEN THE ENGINE JUST STOPS YOU MUST BE PREPARED TO TAKE EMERGENCY ACTION TO KEEP THE SUV UNDER CONTROL. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER OWNERS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED ALSO IN F250 AND F350 PICKUPS WITH THE 7.3 MOTOR. *JB

Mileage: 101,600

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, FLAMES AND BLACK SMOKE CAME FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE UNDERHOOD AREA. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITH A WATER HOSE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT CONTACTED. MINOR FIRE DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER TO AWAIT FURTHER INSPECTION.

Mileage: 140,000

ON 2/25/06 MY WIFE WAS AT WORK AND CALLED DUE TO OUR 2000 FORD EXCURSION NOT STARTING. I THEN WENT TO THE VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO CHANGE ALL FILTRATION EXCEPT THE OIL. IT DID RUN FOR A SHORT TIME BUT DIED AGAIN. I CONTINUED TO GET IT STARTED AFTER THAT AND AGAIN DYING AFTER EVERY SHORT START. WE EVENTUALLY HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO FAULKNER CIOCCA FORD IN SOUDERTON PA. WITH US LIVING IN ROYERSFORD PA IT WAS SOME DISTANCE TO THE SOUDERTON SHOP. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO WORK ON IT UNTIL MONDAY 27TH. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. THIS IS DESCRIBED IN YOUR FINDINGS UNDER INVESTIGATION PE06-011 BY MR. SCOTT YON OPENED ON 2/27/06. THE RESULTING FINANCIAL HIT WAS $561.06 INCLUDING THE TOWING. NOT COUNTING MY TIME LOST AT WORK DUE TO HAVING TO TRY TO GET THE VEHICLE RUNNING SINCE IT WAS A SATURDAY AND HAVING TO CHANGE ALL FILTRATION DUE TO THE UNKNOWN BUT POINTING TO FUEL DELIVERY. THIS WAS AN ADDITIONAL $130.43 FROM NAPA IN TELFORD PA. *NM

Mileage: 64,192

LOUISE SUDDUTH HAD DRIVEN HER 2000 FORD EXCURSION TO SUDDUTH FARMS IN MAYO, S.C. SHE HAD PARKED THE VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE IT WAS NOT RUNNING. MRS. SUDDUTH RECEIVED SERIOUS AND ULTIMATELY FATAL BURNS. *JB

Mileage: 73,000

DT: CONTACT STATES VEHICLE HAD SPORADIC SURGING. THE VEHICLE TENDED TO SURGE AT LOWER SPEEDS. IN MAY 2005 A MECHANIC REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS, ISC MOTOR, FUEL FILTER. THE VEHICLE RAN WELL UNTIL 11-9-2005. WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY EXITING A PARKING LOT THE VEHICLE STARTED SURGING. SHE PRESSED ON THE BRAKES AS HARD AS POSSIBLE AND THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WENT ACROSS 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC. AT THIS TIME THE VEHICLE IS AT A LOCAL MECHANIC.*AK

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND SHE HEARD A "BIG POP". VEHICLE BECAME IMMEDIATELY DISABLED. SHE CALLED TOW COMPANY AND SENT TO NEIGHBORHOOD FORD DEALER. THEY STATED THAT A SPARK PLUG HAD POPPED OUT OF THE ALUMINUM ENGINE. I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT "DEFECT" AS SPARK PLUGS SHOULD NOT BE FLYING OUT OF ENGINE BLOCKS. I TOOK MY COMPLAINT TO THE DEALER CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER & OWNER. SHE (AMANDA) STATED THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH FORD ENGINES AND THAT THIS IS PROBLEM THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT. SHE SAID THEY KNOW THE THREADS WERE "TOO SHORT" AND THAT IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN AT ANY TIME TO OTHER SPARK PLUGS. I FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY BUT WITH SIX KIDS WE NEED THE VEHICLE RUN OUR DAILY LIVES. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED AFTER THE RE-TAPPING "REPAIR" AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE ONLY FORD AUTHORIZED REPAIR IS A FULL REPLACEMENT OF THE CYLINDER HEADS THAT WOULD COST $ 6,000. THIS IS A WHOLE OTHER ISSUE. PLEASE DO NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS. I AM INFORMED THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM

Mileage: 89,651

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXCURSION. SPARK PLUGS WERE EJECTED OUT OF CYLINDER HEADS. NO LONGER HAD THREADS. INCIDENT HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER, 23, 2005. NO CRASH. INVOLVED. VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP SIGN. THEN VEHICLE TOOK A RIGHT TURN, AND THAT WAS WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED. NO DAMAGE TO THE HOOD. THE SPARK PLUG WIRE THAT HAD THE COIL IN IT WAS DAMAGED . *AK

Mileage: 56,883

OUR 2000 FORD EXCURSION KEEPS HAVING THE SPARK PLUGS SHOOT OUT OF THEIR HOLES DAMAGING THE HEAD AND INDIVIDUAL SPARK PLUG COILS (3 REPLACED SO FAR). WE HAVE SPENT NEARLY $500 REPAIRING THE HEADS/COILS SO FAR. I EXPECT ADDITIONAL PLUGS TO FAIL ON THE V-10 ENGINE. I AM AFRAID OF CONTINUED HEAD AND COIL DAMAGE AND EVEN FUEL LINE DAMAGE LEADING TO AN ENGINE FIRE AND TOTAL VEHICLE LOSS. I WANT FORD TO RECALL THE VEHICLE AND REPLACE THE HEADS WITH NEW HEADS WITH A BETTER SPARK PLUG HOLE DESIGN. *JB

Mileage: 77,321

I OWN A FORD EXCURSION WITH A 6.8 V10 MOTOR. WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE AT POSTED SPEED ONE OR MORE (WAITING TO HERE FROM REPAIR SHOP) SPARK PLUGS WERE BLOWN FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD WITHOUT WARNING AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. FORTUNATELY AT THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY JUST AVOIDING A FAST OVER TAKING TRANSPORT TRUCK. FROM WHAT RESEARCH I HAVE DONE ON THE INTERNET THIS IS AN ALL TOO COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FORD V10'S AND SOME V8'S. I AM NOW LOOKING AT A MINIMUM OF A REPLACEMENT HEAD AND IT MIGHT REQUIRE A REPLACEMENT MOTOR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND COULD HAVE ENDED IN AN ACCIDENT OR FIRE. *JB

Mileage: 67,000

DT: THE OIL PAN RUSTED AND THE CONSUMER HAD IT REPLACED. THIS WAS IN A 2000 FORD EXCURSION. THERE WERE NEVER ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT OIL WAS LEAKING ON THE GROUND, AND THE VEHICLE WAS USING MORE OIL THAN USUAL. THE PRICE OF $892.00 AT FORD TO HAVE IT REPLACED. THIS COULD CAUSE TROUBLE ON THE ROAD FOR OTHERS BECAUSE IT COULD RESULT IN A WRECK WITH THESE CHEAP OIL PANS. *AK *SC *JB

Mileage: 20,000

SPARK PLUG BLOWOUT ON 6.8 LITER V-10 ENGINE - 2000 FORD EXCURSION AT UNDER 50,000 MILES. PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE WIDESPREAD AND FORD WILL NOT ADMIT TO FAULT. FORD DEALER CANNOT, OR WILL NOT EXPLAIN CAUSE. ONLINE FORUMS DISCUSS PROBLEM AS COMMON. COST IS $3000.00.*AK

Mileage: 49,590

CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE EARLY IN THE MORNING AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMINGFROM THE ENGINE. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INDICATED ONE OF THE SPARK PLUG CAME OUT OF THE HEAD GASKET. NEED TO BE REPLACED THE ENGINE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO DRIFT TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE SPARK PLUGS BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE. MECHANIC REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS. *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED AND TURNED OFF. THE ALARM WAS ALSO ON. THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, PER THE FIRE INSPECTOR. *AK

Mileage: 59,000

WHILE WARMING VEHICLE AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE STALLED, AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, TECHNICIAN COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *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

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. ENGINE SLOWED DOWN. ALSO, HESITATED WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. *AK

OIL LEAKAGES DUE TO ENGINE GALLEY PLUG COMING OUT OF IT HOUSING ON TWO OTHER OCCASIO. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN MAKING A RIGHT OR A LEFT HAND TURN CONSUMER HAS NOTICED A VERY LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WHEN TURNING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK SWAY BAR REPAIRED. MOUNTS, BUSHINGS, BOLTS AND SPRINGS WERE MISSING. STEERING WAS LOST TWICE. THE DEALER HAD TRIED TO REPAIR BUT THE PROBLEM STILL CONTINUED. *YH

INTERMITTENTLY TURBO-CHARGER MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE AND VEHICLE TO STALL. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE TRHEE TIMES. *AK