2001 Ford Excursion problems
NHTSA has received 240 complaints about the 2001 Ford Excursion, and 24% of them involve tires. Next are engine (21%) and brakes (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 240 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Tires 24% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 19 and 20
- Injuries and deaths
- 14 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 79,000 miles 130 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 24 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 24 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 15 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 20 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 15 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 16 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 7 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 130 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 79,000 miles. For tires specifically, the median reported mileage is about 41,000 miles (25 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 19 complaints mention a crash; 20 complaints mention a fire; 14 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Ford Excursion with enough data (168 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Vehicle was traveling at 70 MPH when consumer lost control and vehicle rolled over. Roof above driver and passenger seats totally collapsed. Roof over second row and third row seats remained intact. Consumer felt that driver and passenger side roof should not have collapsed. There were two deaths. *slc
Consumer was sitting at a light when another driver traveling at 50 MPH rear ended the consuners vehicle. None of the airbags deployed. Consumer stated that her vehicle was pushed into the vehicle sitting in front of hers and totalled that vehicle, there were 4 injuries in the accident. *scc
While driving to a book store, a steering input was made to avoid a tractor in the road. At this point the vehicle became completely uncontrollable, unresponsive to any and all further inputs.the vehicle departed the road crossing a median, two northbound lanes of traffic, up a bank and rolled at least 2 times before stopping. Inspection of the steering linkage indicated failure of the steering box shaft where the control arm attaches to the steering box.
2001 ford excursion: accelerated after turning a corner and a spark plug blew out. Had been highway driving for 60 miles prior to the failure. The engine still ran but did not run smoothly. The threads were damaged and a new plug could not be inserted. The head is being replaced with a new head from the dealer at an approximate cost of $3800. Nm
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 ford excursion. The contact was driving approximately 65 MPH when the windshield wipers began to shut on and off intermittently. The manufacturer was contacted in regards to NHTSA campaign id number: 01v258000 (visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor) but the contact was informed that the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.