2001 Ford Excursion: engine failure

Filed Mar 4, 2013 · Engine · 84,014 miles · MI

Spark plug blew out of engine. Possible defect in casting..?? Was told this is not uncommon but ford refused to cover their known defect. Cost me over $6,000 to replace engine.

Filed Oct 9, 2012 · Engine · 82,000 miles · MI

Spark plug blew out of engine. Possible defect in casting..?? Was told this is not uncommon but ford refused to cover their known defect. Cost me over $5,000 to replace engine.

Filed Jun 28, 2012 · Engine · 98,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 ford excursion. The contact stated that while driving 55 MPH, he heard a loud noise in the engine. The vehicle then stalled and the contact confirmed that the engine was blown. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where the dealer advised that the oil was not entering the engine as it should have, which caused the failure to occur. The engine was replaced. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 98,000 and the current mileage was 180,000.

Filed Jan 4, 2010 · Engine · 127,000 miles · TX

Ford - spark plug blow out: yesterday my 2001 excursion with a 5.4 triton v8 engine blew a spark plug right out of the engine. It blew out with such force, the boot and cap/ coil snapped in two (the screw is still on tight). The treads of the old plug have no (none, zero) signs of damage, so how does a spark plug that is screwed in just blow out. Our local mechanic states "this is common on many ford triton engines. The head heats up and expands, since there are minimal threads holding the plug in place, during the combustion cycle, the plug just blows completely out." I thought he was giving me a load of non-sense, thus simply preparing me for the sure to be huge up-coming bill. However, once I researched this on-line, it only took just a few minutes to discover many, many people have experienced the same thing, on several different year, make and model vehicles involving ford's triton engines. I have always been a ford guy. I dealt with the cruise control issue and such but this one takes the cake. During these harsh economic times ford needs to step up and do the right thing or they will never see me, any of my relatives or friends at any of their dealerships again! We will go elsewhere and let ford learn a thing or two about a very valuable lesson regarding simple economics called "supply and demand" or lack thereof for any of ford's products (cars, trucks, t-shirts, logo stickers, etc). Ford owners experiencing this same issue need to stand up, be heard and more importantly to have this problem fixed by those responsible for creating the issue - ford!

Filed Apr 10, 2007 · Engine · 135,904 miles · WA

I was driving down the highway when the 01 ford excursion began intermittently losing power. As I began to pull of the road the engine died completely and would not restart. After leaving the truck to sit for 8 hours, I went back and it started up fine. My mechanic said no error codes were showing on the ECM. After research on the internet,I figured out it was the camshaft position sensor and had it replaced. No more problems since then. Apparently this is a huge issue. There are entire message boards filled with complaints about this problem.

Filed Mar 9, 2006 · Engine · 69,000 miles · OR

2001 ford excursion with 7.3l power stroke and automatic transmission. On 11/06/2005 the engine died without warning with my wife driving along a remote country road along a river. The immediate loss of power brakes and power steering resulted in a partial loss of control that caused the truck to leave the pavement and nearly plunge into the river. The check engine light came on. The truck restarted, but there was a profound loss of power rendering it undriveable. The truck was towed 45 miles to the nearest ford dealer where a sensor was replaced and we were charged $1000 for a tune-up. The service manager told us that we should use unleaded gasoline to augment the octane in the diesel fuel to prevent a future failure. On 3/9/2006, after just 3000 miles, the truck stalled and the check engine light came on again, this time while towing a loaded horse trailer and with my 4 year old twins in the vehicle. Again, power steering and power brakes were lost and the truck became extremely difficult to control. I halted the vehicle before it went fully over the edge of the road and into the river. Had my wife been driving it is unlikely we would have survived.

Filed Mar 13, 2005 · Engine · 52,000 miles · MN

I have a 2001 ford excursion with 52,000 miles. I was 2 blocks from home when I heard this loud pop, then this loud clapping noise from under the hood. I immediately shut the vehicle off and had it towed to the dealership that I purchased it from and have had all the regular maintenence done at. (morrie's buffalo ford, buffalo, mn) the 3rd spark plug on the rh side of the engine blewout, and took the cylinder head threads with it. $3000 to repair. The ford inspector refused to admit fault on ford's part, yet the service manager at the dealership told me that the plug blowout was no fault of mine. Purchased an additional $2000 bumper to bumper extended warranty that wouldn't cover it either. It is still at the dealership as I'm trying to figure out how to get ford motor company to take responsibility for a faulty product and fix like they should. I have filed a formal complaint with the ford motor company. I've also been doing some pretty heavy research over the last week, and have found hundreds of identical incidents. It's about time ford is forced to be responsible.