2001 Ford Excursion: engine stalls while driving

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 31, 2012 · Engine · 88,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 ford excursion. The vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 07v553000 (engine and engine cooling:engine:diesel) and was repaired. After the repair, the contact was driving approximately 65 MPH when the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The approximate failure mileage was 88,000.

Filed Jun 10, 2011 · Engine · 120,000 miles · CA

2001 ford excursion shuts off while driving or stopped. It was taken to local dealer and was told there were no recalls and that everything was fine. This happen on average 2 a week. From that point to present. The vehicle is a psd and had its csp replace several times. This problem has happen while stopped at stop light, driving 65mph, pulling a trailer and is now putting needless persons at risk. I have personally replaced the cps, the valve cover gaskets, the PCM has been checked and the dealer still states there is nothing wrong with the excursion.

Filed Dec 16, 2010 · Engine · 98,000 miles · CT

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford excursion limited. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled, similar to the federal safety agency campaign id number: 07v553000 ( engine and engine cooling:engine:diesel). The dealer was contacted and stated that there were no recalls on his vehicle. The contact was waiting for a diagnostic testing appointment. The manufacturer was notified and advised the contact to call the federal safety agency. The current and failure mileages were approximately 98,000.

Filed Oct 31, 2008 · Engine · 100,000 miles · MD

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford excursion. The contact stated that the vehicle would fail to start occasionally. In addition, while driving between 60-70 MPH, the vehicle would stall. The failure occurs during normal driving or changing lanes. Sometimes the vehicle will immediately restart. The vehicle is difficult to pull to the shoulder due to the lack of power steering and brakes when the failure occurs. There are no warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel prior to the failure. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but they could not diagnose the failure. The vehicle is currently at the dealer. The failure mileage was 100,000.

Filed Apr 9, 2007 · Engine · CO

Vehicle stalls without prior warning. There's no consistent situation I have noticed, has stalled at highway speeds, as well as at a stop light. The problem was rather sporadic when I first noticed some time ago, but is becoming more frequent.*ak I have not attempted any repairs yet.

Filed Apr 6, 2006 · Engine · FL

2001 ford excursion shuts off while driving.

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 Dec 20, 2003 · Acceleration, Engine · 39,121 miles · WA

After purchasing my 2001 excursion with power stroke diesel I had problems with a hunting and sometimes surging when starting the engine. After two trips to the dealer and them stationing that there was "no" problem, the vehicle shut down while driving three days later. Luckily I wasn't in traffic I was just getting ready to pull out onto the road. After having it towed to a different dealer (due to location) I was informed that the cam pick-up sensor was bad and there was a service bulletin on this. I returned about two days later complaining that the hunting and surging was still present. Again, I was told that there appeared to be "no" problems. (they plugged the computer into it and got no codes. But, did not drive or run the vehicle.) now three dealers, less warranty and months later I'm still having lack of power,acceleration and poor fuel consumption problems. But, still being told by the dealer that nothing is wrong. Finally I took the excursion in to the dealer while is was demonstrating the problem. The service tech agreed that "this isn't right". They replaced the fuel injector on number 8 cylinder. And the turbo charger under the warranty. The vehicle still exhibits lack of acceleration on take off and now shuttering when first placed into reverse. Service tech states that it is the torque converter and that is not covered under warranty now and will cost approximately $3000. The cost of the vehicle new is $50,000 I would think the engine and transmission would last more than 40,000 miles? Ford is ignoring and not standing behind a manufacture defect that is noted on multiple excursions and f-250's.

Filed Mar 13, 2002 · Engine · OH

When brakes are applied on an incline vehicle will stall. Vehicle has been to dealer on one occasion, and dealer was unable to duplicate the problem. Feel free to provide any further information.