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.
2000 Ford Excursion engine complaints
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
When applying brakes lost control of vehicle. Engine slowed down. Also, hesitated without prior notice.
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.
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.
Intermittently turbo-charger malfunctioned, causing oil to leak from the vehicle and vehicle to stall. Dealer has repaired the vehicle trhee times.
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