2001 Ford Excursion: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Mar 13, 2023 · 135,000 miles · AZ · fire

The contact owns a 2001 Ford Excursion. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked and unattended, the vehicle caught fire without warning. There were no reported injuries, police reports, or air bag deployments. The fire department and city employees extinguished the fire. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 135,000.

Filed Sep 30, 2015 · Electrical · 120,000 miles · CA · fire

Drove to local high school around 7:30am and returned home around 7:45 am about a hour later I was notified by my neighbor that my ford excursion was on fire, the fire flames were coming from the engine compartment. The excursion was park in the driveway.

Filed Jul 6, 2015 · Electrical · TX · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 ford excursion. The contact stated that while parked, the vehicle caught on fire. The fire department extinguished the fire. A police report was filed and there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Oct 13, 2009 · Electrical · 95,000 miles · MI · fire

We purchased a 2001 ford diesel excursion in february 2005. There were frequent mishaps with various electrical components (e.g. Blown fuses, dash lights, heated seats malfunctioning, back-up signals). In january 2009, the excursion caught fire in our driveway; per the insurance inspection, it was a total loss. Today we heard about a recall due to an electrical problem that could lead to a fire...we're concerned.

Filed Jul 29, 2009 · Steering · 153,000 miles · MS · fire

My husband was driving our 2001 ford excursion with myself and our 19 month old baby down the highway, when it began to smoke and ignited a fire directly under the steering column. We were in traffic, made it a point that we could pull over, get out, removing the baby from the child's seat, and the front seat was engulfed in flames. 911 was called, and the police and fire department arrived, but there was nothing left of the truck, except the iron shell and iron structures where the seats used to be. We had the recall parts replaced previously, and we had just driven to va, having some smoke under the stirring column and a fuse to blow. We took it to a local ford dealer in va, placing it on the diagnostics machine, replacing the fuse, and telling us that it should be fine. After making it back to brandon, ms, we experienced the above events.

Filed May 6, 2009 · Engine · 138,000 miles · SC · fire

Turned car off, went into school. When we came out it was on fire. Vehicle is total loss, items lost not covered by insurance no vehicle to drive as insurance has still not settled claim.

Filed Aug 31, 2008 · Engine · 139,653 miles · GA · fire

On aug 29,2008 my 2001 ford excursion caught on fire I was never contacted my a ford dealer or my insurance company that there were a recall on ford SUV my SUV are total lost due to this fire as I look under ford fire recall there are a recall on ford SUV due to fire.

Filed Aug 16, 2007 · Acceleration · 129,000 miles · CA · fire

On august 15th I drove my 2001 ford excursion to get a haircut in the morning. Then on the way back I stopped at little ceasers pizza for my kids. Soon after that I came home and parked my 2001 excursion in my back yard. About twenty minutes later I check on my kids and I saw smoke coming from the hood of my excursion. Soon after that I saw fire and the whole excursion was up in flames. My car was parked and locked therer was no fire or smoke when I locked the vehicle and came in the house. The vehicle is totaled. I got a recall notice on thursday of last week but the notice was not an emergency it just said call your local ford dealer when you get a chance to have this taken care of. They never said your truck can catch on fire and maybe burn your house down.

Filed Sep 16, 2005 · Acceleration · 93,000 miles · TX · fire · 1 injury

Concerning my 2001 ford excursion - VIN number [xxx], (not part of recent recalls by ford!). After short trip, (25 miles) drove to late evening of the 16th of july. Parked my 2001 ford excursion directly in front of home in center of the circular drive approx 4 ft from front door. Turned off vehicle & went inside house to bed. After about 50 mins, (12:15 am july 17th) startled by loud sound outside. I opened the front door of home and saw excursion ablaze on driveway where I had parked it. I woke up family, (wife and 3 young children) sent them next door, called 911. Quickly ran outside drove my cadillac away from the excursion. Flames leapt 16 to 20 feet in air. Neighbor and I grabbed water hoses and able to contain till the fire dept arrived 15 minutes later. My family traumatized! Thank goodness was not parked in the driveway. The fire also caused extensive damage to my driveway. There is now a large black area of melted material fused into the cement. Outside of home looks okay..not sure if any internal structures damaged from heat of fire or smoke. Also damaged and destroyed surrounding plants and shrubs. This was a real struggle to keep fire contained. Some smoke inhalation and continued cough since incident. Nationwide insurance said cause of the fire was the cruise control switch!!. An independent forensic fire investigator from advanced investigative concepts, (aic-fire ) investigated cause of fire examining evidence on july 19, 2005. Determined origin and cause. From their report they stated that, "the fire originated at the brake master cylinder located in the rear driver's side portion of the engine compartment. The fire was caused by a defective cruise control deactivation switch." I am very concerned this could happen to somebody else especially given that I have not seen anything released by ford concerning a recall for the excursion. Please diligently pursue ford to recall the excursions to get this rectified. *nm *nm information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5

Filed Sep 7, 2005 · Electrical · TX · fire

A passerby knocked on our front door letting us know our 2001 ford excursion parked in the driveway was smoking. We called the fire department and while waiting for them, disconnected the battery cables to shut off any power to the vehicle. The fire department investigators determined that the fire was caused by the same cruise control switch that has been causing problems with other makes of ford trucks and SUV's. Although we have been told by fire investigators and ford parts managers that the module is the same design/part used in all of the other vehicles that have caught on fire, ford is not assuming any responsibility for repairs and has not included our model in its recalls.

Filed Sep 12, 2003 · Electrical · 35,000 miles · PA · fire

While parked vehicle caught on fire. Prior to the fire there was a wire smell in the cabin per consumer. *ak the morning of the incident, the consumer reported an odor to the dealer in which no appointments were available. (wire related per inspection) *scc

Filed Nov 6, 2001 · Transmission · NC · fire

During normal operation of vehicle underside became engulfed in flames. Driver was directed by others to pull over, and fire was put out with a fire extinguisher. Dealership examined vehicle and determined that transmission cooler line broke and leaked fluid onto exhaust manifold, resulting in a fire. There were no injuries to report. *ak consumer stated it melted because it was rubber.