2002 Ford Excursion Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXCURSION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR BUT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN ACCELERATION ONCE DEPRESSED AGAIN. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY AT VARIOUS SPEEDS TRAVELED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIANS WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE BUT COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON I-84 EAST BOUND, BETWEEN THE DALLES AND PENDLETON OREGON, OUR 2002 FORD EXCURSION EXPERIENCED A TIRE TREAD SEPARATION ON THE RIGHT REAR. WE EXPERIENCED A RECURRING POPPING SOUND JUST PRIOR TO THE TREAD SEPARATION. WE WERE PULLING A LIGHT TRAILER. TREAD SEPARATED BUT TIRE REMAINED INFLATED. I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE TREAD LEAVE THE TIRE IN MY RIGHT MIRROR AS IT HAPPENED. WE WERE TRAVELING UP HILL AT THE TIME SO SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 63MPH. DRY ROADS AND 93 DEGREES. *TR

WAS STARTING FROM A STOP TO MAKE A LEFT TURN WHEN DRIVER HEARD A LOUD POP. THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND SOME SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DIAGNOSED. THE #3 PLUG ON THE RIGHT BANK HAS BLOWN COMPLETELY OUT AND DAMAGED THE COIL PACK. A PHONE CALL TO THE DEALER YIELDED NO HELP OTHER THAN WE CAN HAVE IT TOWED THERE TO BE REPAIRED, AS IT LIKELY NEEDS A NEW HEAD. SOME INTERNET RESEARCH AND TALKING TO OTHER FORD OWNERS DEFINITELY SUGGEST THAT THIS IS A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THE ALUM HEADS BLOWING OUT SPARK PLUGS, AND THE #3 R PLUG SEEMS TO BE COMMON. THIS COULD CAUSE FUEL/VAPORS TO BE EXHAUSTED AND SPRAYED ON A HOT MANIFOLD AND CAUSE A FIRE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOME FIRES ATTRIBUTED TO THIS PROBLEM. THIS SOUND LIKE A CASE WHERE THE DEALER/FORD REFUSES TO ADMIT THAT IT IS A PROBLEM AND FIX IT FOR OWNERS. BEFORE THERE ARE SERIOUS INJURIES FROM A CRASH OR A FIRE, FORD SHOULD BE COMPELLED TO FIX THIS ISSUE. ITS UNLIKELY THAT FORD WILL ANSWER THE CALL WITHOUT PRESSU...

THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE IS THAT IT IS NOT PROPERLY INSURED. THE LIMOUSINE OPERATOR DBA AMOR LIMOUSINE SERVICE) WORKS IN OHIO AND KENTUCKY. THE OPERATOR DOES NOT CARRY THE REQUIRED $5 MILLION AUTO LIABILITY COVERAGE. THE OPERATOR DOES NOT PROPERLY FILE WITH DOT FOR HIS PUBLIC LIVERY BUSINESS.

2002 FORD TRITON 6.8L V10 ENGINE IN AN EXCURSION VEHICLE EJECTED AN ORIGINAL (UNCHANGED, FACTORY TORQUED) SPARK PLUG WITH GREAT FORCE AND DAMAGE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. COIL WAS IMMEDIATELY DAMAGED AS SPARK PLUG RICOCHETED AROUND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FOLLOWED BY THE SMELL OF GASOLINE VAPORS AND LOUD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPRESSION BEING DIRECTLY VENTED FROM THE VACATED SPARK PLUG HOLE. THE FIVE THREADS OF THE TRITON SPARK PLUG HOLE WERE DAMAGED BY THE FORCE OF THE EJECTION. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN WITH THE FORD ENGINE TO THE CUSTOMERS SAFETY GIVEN THIS WAS AN ORIGINAL PLUG (AT 85,000 MILES). THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE SPARK PLUG EJECTION WAS -4F, AND THE SPARK PLUG EJECTED AS THE VEHICLE WAS BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STANDSTILL. FORD HAS A MAJOR AND COSTLY DEFECT WITH THEIR TRITON ENGINES THEY SOLD TO CUSTOMERS (ENGINE REPLACEMENT IS ESTIMATED AT $4000) AND THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ENFORCE FORD TO RECALL AND REPAIR ALL SPARK PLUG HOLES IN THESE ALUMINUM ENGINES SPANNI...