2001 Ford Excursion: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Oct 20, 2015 · Tires · 147,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 ford excursion equipped with firestone steeltex a/t tires, size: lt265/75r16 119/116r (na). While driving 55 MPH, the tires exploded and caused considerable damage to the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The vehicle and tire failure mileage was 147,000.

Filed Nov 19, 2010 · Engine · 123,885 miles · MI

I have a ford excursion 2001 v10 with 123k I was sitting at a stop light with very little engine torque at the time when I had a "spark plug blow out" the spark plug was blown out of their head and in turn took out the coil.. When this happened it filled the engine compartment with gas fumes and the spark plug was still attached to the cable and providing a spark. With the spark I feel there could have been a fire in the engine compartment but because I was able to turn off the truck as soon as it happened there was no fire. Ford knows of this problem because they have a repair kit with a insert to put in the head to repair it. The ford dealer repaired it at a cost of $344.18 but I was told that this is common in most of the triton engines ford has. I think there could have been a fire under the hood had it not been that I was sitting at a light and turned it off as soon as it happened.

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 Dec 13, 2009 · Engine · 90,000 miles · CA

I have had a total of four spark plugs blow out of my 2001 ford excursion, v-10 in the last two years. I have had my mechanic repair them with a helicoil kit, but I recently had the helicoil come out on a defective spark plug. Now my mechanic is looking for a kit that will repair the repair.

Filed Nov 27, 2009 · Tires · 117,672 miles · AZ

Copper tires dominator at lt 305 70 16 purchased from discount tire 10-14-2005. The vehicle a ford 2001 excursion had 86000 miles on it. On 11-24-2009 a blowout occurred, right rear tire. Damaging rear tail light the paint on rear door and rear qtr panel wheel well trim damage running board damage and wheel damage. The blowout separated the tread from the tire leaving the belts exposed.

Filed Oct 1, 2008 · Engine · 110,000 miles · IL

We have a 2001 excursion, apparently according to the local dealerships owner, it is a common problem for plug blowouts and head blowouts in these v10 vehicles. If this was the case and ford motor company actually makes a special repair kit for these issues, why were the consumers not notified of this defect by recall notice? This issue will cost upwards of 300$ of which we do not have to fix, due to fords error in reporting this defect. We spoke directly to the owner of a local ford motor company and were told that this is a common safety issue.

Filed May 16, 2006 · Tires · FL

Consumer goodyear tire seprarated while driving highway speeds. *ts he consumer has had to replaced the vehicle goodyear tires a total of five times (at total of 12 tires). Each time the vehicel was taken tot he tire dealer they determined that the failure was due to tread separation.

Filed Apr 21, 2006 · Tires · 60,452 miles · TX

1. I have a 2001 ford excursion. I had firestone steeltex a/t lt 265-75 r16's all the way around my vehicle. We were driving on the highway and had a blow out; it was the right front tire. We got out looked at the tire and the tread had separated. The steel in the tire torn up the undercarriage and wheel well and did a lot of damage underneath and to my grill guard. Within less than 50 miles, my other front tire went out. But with this one the tread was pulling away and falling off (again tearing up the body as it went). The tire never blew but the tread did enough damage to my truck that it will have to be fixed on that side also. The body of my truck will need work. When I open my doors they pop because it is rubbing on the frame that has been pushed back. When we got to our destination it was late saturday so we had to wait until sunday (which was easter sunday and not many places were open). We went to sears and had new tires put all they way around the vehicle. We were not going to take the chance of the back ones separating on the way home.

Filed Dec 29, 2005 · Engine · 88,874 miles · SC

Driving on level interstate highway with cruise control set at 70 MPH. Heard small explosion similar to tire blowout. Immediately pulled over to side of road and checked engine. Found that the #3 spark plug had blown out of the cylinder head. Had vehicle towed home. No repairs made at this time due to holidays.

Filed Jul 11, 2005 · Tires · 80,700 miles · MD

The left front tire blew out & almost causing a crash!!!

Filed Jun 26, 2005 · Tires · 49,530 miles · CA

I was driving my 2001 ford excersion, with my wife and two daughters, on the freeway at approximately 65 MPH. The left rear firestone steeltex at tire blew out as a result of the tire tred seperating from the rest of the tire. The vehicle had 49530 miles at the time of the incident. The left rear quarter panel and fender were damaged as a result of the blow out. On 06-20-05, firestone replaced four out of the five tires I had on the vehicle as part of a recall. The spare tire is on oder, because they did not have it in stock.

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.