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2002 Ford Excursion cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 16 complaints for the 2002 Ford Excursion, 11% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
16 11% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
102,000 miles 10 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
5 and 4
Injuries and deaths
6 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2002 Ford Excursion Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 102,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 0 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 102,000 miles
Based on 10 complaints that include mileage. 30% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles0
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 10 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 102,000 miles, and 30% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 4 fires, 6 injuries.

What owners wrote

When applying accelerator pedal it will go to the floor intermittently, engine will not revv, and vehicle will not move forward. Vehicle was rearended after consumer was at a stop. Then, started to accelerate, and vehicle did not respond. Damage to vehicle unknown at this time. There were 6 injuries in accident.

June 2002 CrashInjury

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.

Reported at 160,000 miles, July 2011

Other problems reported for the 2002 Ford Excursion

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