2004 Ford Excursion: sudden loss of power

5 of the 95 complaints about the 2004 Ford Excursion describe sudden loss of power.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 5%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 74 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Sudden loss of power by model year

2005
5
2004
5
2003
7
2002
6
2001
5
2000
4

What owners say

Filed Aug 12, 2021 · IL

Was driving home from work at a light on a uphill street and all of a sudden lost all power engine shut down was extremely hard to slam vehicle into park was in very high traffic road at a very busy time of day!! Had to get towed vehicle would just crank n no start

Filed Mar 30, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · 59,000 miles · MA

Total loss of engine power massive amount black soot exiting exhaust while driving recall # 05v270000 was not performed on vehicle ( I am the original owner) never received notice in mail and dealer somehow missed this "work" and ford should have followed through on this situation. Other repairs done to this vehicle to "fix" this problem was to drain the fuel tank (algae in fuel was the excuse-no algae) fuel pump and filter rail (not problem) two turbochargers were replaced due to excessive sooting (one warranty one at my expense) egr valves and a cam sensor (ford knows the problems exist because ford discountinued the 6.0 litre motor) this problem has occured multiple times over my ownership.

Filed Dec 12, 2013 · Engine · 82,500 miles · FL

On 11/26/13 driving back from atlanta heading south leaving the florida welcome center on I-75, 4 miles north of jennings on I-75 south jennings. Leaving the welcome center the vehicles engine lost power while trying to merge back into traffic without any prior indication of a problem. The loss of power caused us to have to divert from the lane until we could gain more speed. The vehicle had no accelerating power above 40 MPH even with the gas pedal depressed all the way to the floor. There were no check engine lights on or any abnormal indicators. I called the ford customer care center on 12/12/13 and they acknowledge they have a problem with the erg failing due to collecting carbon and soot build up. They have not issued any service bulletins to owners letting them know there is an issue or have issued a maintenance program to try to prevent this from occurring. 1)ford designed the engine to pass soot and carbon back thru the erg valve. It is a bad design since it causes every engine to eventually fail. 2)ford does not warranty the egr valve or any component if soot or carbon sticks to the valve or component, even though it is designed to do so. 3)ford knows there is an issue with the egr failing which deposits soot and carbon in the intake of the engine which causes the engine to lose power and or ultimately quit without warning. 4)no service bulletins were issued to owners warning them of this safety problem. 5)cleaning the egr valve is not listed in the issued service manual. 6)no preventative maintenance service was offered to prevent this failure from occurring. 7)dealers enjoy this failure since it is a high labor revenue generator for them to tear down the engine to replace or clean the intake manifold. 8)the repair cost was approximately $3319.90 the vehicle is currently under the highest ford premium care warranty.

Filed May 10, 2005 · Engine · 11,000 miles · WA

Trucks motor cuts out losing power at diffrent times. We have been crossing intersections and pulling out into traffic and have lose the accuration. This is very dangerous. Truck has been iin shop numerous of times and ford is unalbe to fix problem.

Filed Mar 20, 2005 · Transmission · 5,000 miles · MD

I have a 2004 ford excursion with 9000 miles on it presently and have had numerous incidents with the vehicle losing power and getting stuck in the midde of the road and highway. This problem first occured in december 2004 with 5000 miles on it . Since then it has been back to the dealership numerous times for the same problem and I have been told they can not find the problem. The problem did occur when they drove the truck . They put a egr valve and reprogrammed the computer, since then they are stumped and said they cant find the problem. It was just at the dealership for a month , it also had a recall to overhaul the transmission , since I got the truck back the loss of power has occurred to my wife and kids . I feel this vehicle is very unsafe and should not be on the road for my families safety as well as others. I since spoke with ford customers relations and they told me they could not do anything because the dealership can not find the problem. This truck is not even 1 year old yet , to the date it was manufactured.