The power door lock electric motors freeze up and do not operate with the electric switch. The frozen power door lock does not allow the door to be opened properly and quickly in an event of an emergency. The manual door lock release knob must be utilized in order to unlock the doors. This safety issue affects all four doors of the vehicle. This is not an isolated safety hazard, we currently have 2 in our fleet and all the power door locks don't operate safely or properly. We have had other ford excursions which all were affected with the defective power door locks. The front door manual release knob is flush with the door panel which makes it even more difficult to attempt to escape from the vehicle in an event of an emergency.
2000 Ford Excursion electrical complaints
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The power door lock electric motors freeze up and do not operate with the electric switch. The frozen power door lock does not allow the door to be opened properly and quickly in an event of an emergency. The manual door lock release must be utilized in order to unlock the doors. This safety issue affects all four doors of the vehicle. This not an isolated safety hazard, we currently have 2 in our fleet and all the power door locks don't operate safely or properly. We have had other ford excursions which all were affected with the defective power door locks.
2000 ford excursion 7.3 l diesel no start when key turned. Originally told it was a pats issue and needed new keys. Problem was intermittent then was continuous. All lights on dash came on but the starter would not turn over. Was a starter solenoid that was fried.
Windshield wipers running in intermittent mode. Started to smell an electrical burning smell in the interior cabin. Windshield wipers started to move very slowly. I tried to turn wipers to on-slow and on-fast mode and they worked erratically. I pulled off road and stopped vehicle and smoke was pouring out of drivers side on outside of windshield where wiper motor is located. I ran for my fire extinguisher but did not have to use it. Wipers are not functioning at this time. I have not replaced any parts at this time and I am filling a complaint. I see there is a the federal safety agency campaign id# 01v258000 that I believe involves my vehicle. I called ford motor company and they noted my concerns and said there was no recall on my vehicle at this time.
I purchased a 2000 ford excursion last month from private seller. After fixing all of the door lock actuators ( which is apparently is yet another non-recalled problem) affecting most of these ford vehicles, I discovered that the former owner "forgot" to tell me the gem unit had been swapped out for one found apparently in a salvage yard. The gem controls 4x4 function, and a ford tech tells me, it appears this one came from a 4x2 vehicle. The plot thickens. This integral electrical component of a formerly $45,000 vehicle has been declared obsolete by fo mo co. . It cannot be found. There are none available...anywhere. No after market company has them either. This vehicle is virtually worthless to me.. I live in colorado and must have a 4x4. I thought parts for vehicles had to be available for 20 years. Ford customer service hirelings have been totally worthless. "we're sorry, there is nothing we can do."
#4 spark plug ejected from head. This is an obvious defect and I believe ford should be held accountable for this poor design.
1. The blinkers and four way stopped working. 2. Under the hood there were two burst out sets of wires near the break fluid. The wires are connected to a previously recalled part. 3. The vehicle's battery was disconnected and it is now at the dealership.
My car was working perfectly, except for a blinker light which was not working, it was completely off, I started my truck around 10am and I dropped my kids to school, came back and park my car, about 1 hour later I head out again, I insert the key to start the car and the minute it started lots of smoke started coming out from the front hood. Everything was so quick, there was not even time to open the hood and look, the truck got into fire, buy the time the firemen came there was a big fire, the car is completely lost.
2000 ford excursion 7.3l diesel 4x4 we've experienced intermittent failure of the generic electronic module that affects electrical safety components of the vehicle while raining heavily. The safety components affected are windshield wipers and lights on our vehicle- water leaking through the windshield was blamed by the dealer and a faulty gem was replaced to the tune of about $755.
I stopped engine at my house, left headlights on to see. Wiring harness failure (dead short) ignited the left headlight assembly, flames extended over a foot high. Fuse never blew out. Had a fire extinguisher at hand, put out flames. $4600 damage, but saved the vehicle. Why didn't the fuse blow? I have all of the damaged parts: wire harness, headlight, bracket. Took vehicle to ford dealer, damage was repaired, insurance paid.
Cruise control quit working.....brushed off........then we went to use the horn and now it doesn't work with the engine on. The gem is faulty. Needs to be replaced with oem unit.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford excursion. While driving at an unknown speed, the rear windshield wiper malfunctioned and overheated. Smoke appeared from the wiper as well as the instrument panel. The dealer stated that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number 01v258000 (visibility:windshield wiper/washer:motor) and would not repair it for free, although the failures were identical. The repair would cost $1,000. The vehicle is currently in the shop with extensive damage to the instrument panel and rear windshield. The failure mileage was 80,000.
2000 ford excursion triton v-10 engine, spark plug blown out of cylinder resulting in destroyed ignition coil and spark plug. Raw fuel vapor exposed to spark. Spark plugs were original with only 73,000 miles on car. Extreme potential for fire hazard created by this issue.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford excursion. The vehicle caught fire while parked. The front end was completely destroyed. The fire department believed that the cause of the fire was electrical and originated underneath the hood. A police and fire report were filed. The contact filed a complaint with the manufacturer. The current and failure mileages were 144,000.
Camshaft sensor failure, 2000 excursion 1st failure may 2003 2nd failure july 10/07 3rd failure august 26/07.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford excursion. The contact stated that the spark plug ejects from the aluminum head in the vehicle's engine. The vehicle makes a loud noise and then shuts off. The failure usually occurs while driving 15 MPH. The vehicle also has a gas leak. The current mileage is 126,000 and failure mileage was 106,000.
My vehicle, a 2000 ford excursion limited, v-10 gasoline engine, was parked in my driveway on 3/3/07, locked and everything turned off and had been there for quite a while, when I heard a loud explosion and I ran outside to find the vehicle on fire under the hood on the driver's side. The hood release did not work and I tried to put out the fire with a water hose. When the fire department came, we pried the hood open and extenquished the fire. But everything was burned and the vehicle is a total loss.
My wife went into town and was returning and driving through a busy intersection when our excursion died, she had a terrible time steering and avoiding injury without power assist, we had the vehicle towed at our expense, I borrowed an obdii scan tool and pulled the code for cps, replaced and it runs again $200.00 later.
2000 ford excursion, cruise control recall performed in dec, 2006. On 11 jan ,2007 smoke coming from engine compartment. Unplugged brake switch at master cylinder, connector was plastic and had brake fluid dripping from it. Pulled 20 amp fuse from fuse panel, smoke stopped. The main concern is that ford performed recall(installed fuse jumper) but did not replace switch, when brake fluid leaked through switch, fusible link modification failed to protect electrical system. I am concerned that others that have had this recall performed are still in danger. This is not my vehicle, it is my cousins. He is not sure if he will file a complaint or not so I thought I needed to. I am a witness to the whole incident and can provide more info and pictures if needed.
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.
Cps failed on 2000 ford 7.3l diesel.
Driving approx. 40 MPH, heard a pop and suddenly vehicle lost all but minimal power. Pulled over, opened hood and noticed a spark plug dangling outside the cylinder head. Took to local ford, said "oh, yes it happens all the time....but its not a recall." vehicle has 82k miles, off warranty, last spark plug change 9k miles ago. They wanted 5k to fix it. Went to another ford service, same story, same price. Called local mechanic friend, "oh yeah happens all the time with that vehicle. All you have to do is carefully tap a slightly larger hole and insert appropriate spark plug ...$400." if everyone who repairs these vehicles is aware of what must be a production defect, why are there not more reports and a recall? How can I best identify others similarly affected and make ford, the federal safety agency or other appropriate agencies aware of the problem?
I purchased my 2000 ford excurion in summer 2003. The interior lights have been repaired several times times for staying on randomly. The backup beeper has never worked and when I tried to have both items repaired under the $2000 extended warranty I bought they told me it was not covered. I also have seen the records for this vehicle from the previous owner (that the dealership accidentally sent me) and the vehicle had been in for the same problems as I have before I ever purchased it and that was not disclosed. The paint in the winter of 2003-2004 started peeling off of the area bove the windshield and the roof of my vehicle. I took it to the dealer and they told me there was nothing they could do because it had been repainted. I took it to a body shop and they told me that the paint lines show that the vehicle was never repainted and that they have seen several ford vehicles with this problem, and ford is very relucatant to help people in thi situation.. My husband now has a ford truck too which he purchased used, and has the same interior light problems I have. The last time I contacted the dealer to have the ford representative contact me, I never even received a phone call from the service manager or ford. They ignore my contact and calls, especially randy in the service dapartment. The original complaint I made to them was 2 1/2 years ago and they have done nothing to help me or resolve my problem.
My 2000 ford excursion caught fire in my driveway last night and burned. The entire engine compartment was in full flames when my daughter heard the alarm going off. The fire department says the fire started under the hood on the driver's side. It burned the entire front half of the vehicle before we got it put out. I don't know what started the fire but it was about 45 minutes after we had come home from having dinner at a local restaurant here in boerne. There was no previous "warning" that would have pointed to any potential fire. Again, the fire department suspects the fire started on the driver's side underneath the hood based upon burn patterns. I have heard this is the same vicinity that other ford fires that have something to do with the cruise control have started.
Multiple electrical system failures, fixed at least with three visits to century ford in mt. Airy, md under warranty. Warranty expired problems arose again and have compounded. (* fixed in warranty period more than once and continues to occur) door ajar light stays on*, interior lights remain on for extended time *, running board lights caught fire even though car was not running, auto lock/unlock feature does not operate,power windows are slow to open and close, rear power source inoperable*,front headlight passenger side sometimes does not light.
4 a.m. We heard a loud noise. Woke up to see what it was and our 2000 ford excursion was in flames. At that time the fire was consentrated under the hood on left side.the left tire was already in flames. Vehicle was totally destroyed by the time the fire depatment arrived to put it out. Which took about 10-15 minutes. The only problems we had was the cruise control had recently quit working.
2000 ford excursion - v10 1st - all powerlocks malfunctioned and had to replace motors at own expense 2nd - battery drain within one week - causes dead battery. Have put three batteries in vehicle and ford can't figure it out. 3rd - front beeping noise intermittently - can't find it, don't know where it is
Electrical harness (which includes the cruise control, horn, etc) caught fire and burned.we were able to replace the burned out parts. I went back recently to the local ford dealer to ask if it was related to the recall and they said that excursions were not part of the recall and it was just coincidence. I am now concerned that it will catch fire again.
The past six weeks my service engine soon light came on. After checking engine fluids and changing fuel filter the light would go out. I have also noticed my headlights going dim quite frequently. After third occurence, I took my vehicle to independent service shop. After checking for two days, they determined that the main wiring harness has again been melted through. This was reported to you on 2-17-2004 when the first fire was discovered. Confirmation number is 10081075. You can contact this service shop. They have replaced this part on many fords. They had one vehicle which became fully engulfed in flames while driving down the road. Does someone have to die before ford is required to recall this. The wiring harness is placed where engine fluids frequently drip on wiring harness and causes it to melt and eventually starting on fire. I have another ford with same engine. I would like this fixed before it costs me another $2500 for that vehicle. The repair shop is valley diesel injection located in neenah, wi . Please call them with questions. Ford dealers will not truthfully state they have a problem. If there is not a problem why are the wiring harnesses not available. Last time it was a national back order.
Vehicle fire. 2000 ford excursion. In the same wire/switch as the recalled vehicles. I parked in a mall parking lot, and prepared to wait a few minutes until the store opened. I saw puffs of smoke from under the driver's side of the hood. I got out and cautiously lifted the hood. The wiring nearest the driver's side burst into flames. I closed the hood to limit airflow and a bystander called 911. The fire truck came and put out the fire. Arrangements were made to tow the car to a ford dealership nearby. The repair shop replaced the wiring and said that it was not covered under the recall because it did not have a constant current through it. I have the burned parts.
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