general problems of the 2000 Ford Excursion

I was driving and a spark plug popped out in the ignition coil popped out.

Tl the contact owned a 2000 Ford Excursion. While driving, the contact noticed smoke coming from the front driver's side floorboard. The driver was not aware of any warning indicators illuminated. The contact coasted the vehicle over to the side of the road where it caught fire and burst into flames. The fire department extinguished the fire. The vehicle was not driveable and was towed to the driver's residence. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. The driver believed the failure was related to NHTSA campaign number: 09v399000 (vehicle speed control); however, she never received a notification. The failure mileage was unknown.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Excursion. The contact stated that while parked and unoccupied, the vehicle independently started. The contact disabled the battery. The failure recurred on a separate occasion. In addition, the heater and the interior lights would activate without the vehicle in operation. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure was 111,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Steering sways its hard to drive it feels like steering isn't stable.

Why do my spark plugs keep blowing out on this damn thing???? this is extremely dangerous & I'm sure people have died from this continuing to happen on the Ford trucks with aluminium heads.

Ford dose not have enough threads in spark plug holes and plugs blow out without warning , this left us stranded in unsafe location.

Spark plug blowout.

Ford Excursion with the spark plug blowing out of the engine. This is a very common known defect in the Ford 4. 6, 5. 4, & 6. 8 liter engines and the government has done absolutely nothing to protect the citizens of this country from the fraud that has been sold to the american people. The average repair cost is over $3,000. 00 to fix a Ford design flaw and one that they should be held responsible for repairing. Since this would require the largest recall in world history our government sits by and does absolutely nothing to protect innocent lives that are in danger from these literal "time bombs" that can ignite escaping fuel vapors from the hole they just exited and burn a vehicle to the ground. It is disturbing that you are a government agency yet you refuse to do your job. Since the government is in the car business now and competing with foreign companies it is amazing that with little to no reported cases you will force them to repair gas pedals that were manufactured by amercans but you won't do anything when it involves legitimate problems with a garbage american product. And you wonder why the american cars have such a horrible reputation. Because they fully have earned it. They are garbage and they receive immunity from the government that protects them and not the people. You should be ashamed to cash your paycheck which comes from us the taxpayers. Please change your ways and do your job and protect innocent lives that god will surely hold you accountable for.

A spark plug ejected from my Ford Excursion triton v10 motor while driving 70mph with my family in the vehicle. This was not due to improper fitting of the spark plugs or any after market alterations done to the motor. This is a factory stock motor with 115,000 miles. I have read that this is a very serious problem with the Ford motors and yet there has not be a recall on the matter. After this happened I personally spoke to friends who have an Excursion and 2 of the 3 had the same problem.

On July 2, 2010 while at daycare center picking up granddaughter, my 2000 Ford Excursion bursted into flames. The city of jackson fire department came out and put the fire out before daycare center begin to burn down.

We stopped at a motel at about 10:00 p. M. And the car started shaking so we turned it off. When I restarted the car we heard a bang and the car started chugging and after reading the reports on Ford v10's I figured it was a plug. The family had to catch a plane the next morning at 6:00 a. M. So I drove it to the airport as is figuring the damage was done. We made it to the airport just fine except for the loud chugging. We returned I drove it home 300 miles and other than the noise I didn't have any other problems. Lucky for me the plug that blew was easy to reach so it didn't cost much to repair but the mechanic told me he had repaired many of the v8's as well. He put a stainless insert in the plug hole and reused the coil so the total cost was less than $200. If it would have been one further back it would have been up to 10 times the cost. Ford does need to address this issue.

Sparkplug ejection.

On two separate occasions spark plugs have blown out of the cylinder heads my 2000 Ford Excursion v10. Ford disclaims any responsibility for the damage and costs incurred. When the spark plugs blow out of the cylinder heads they also destroy the coil ones.

2000 Ford Excursion with 6. 8l v10 engine and 127,000 miles ejected the #4 spark plug at relatively low speed (less than 20mph). This is a serious fire hazard as fuel is also ejected into the engine compartment. This needs to be taken seriously by Ford motor company or the NHTSA as eventually, considering the number of online complaints regarding this issue; someone will be injured or killed. Also - the fact that Fords with modular engines ejecting spark plugs is so common place that new businesses and aftermarket products have actually been developed to address it. Ford motor appears to claim that it is the spark plug manufacturers problem (remember firestone?) yet it also occurs with oem plugs. The repair cost will be anywhere from $700 to over $3500 depending on whether an aftermarket solution will fix the head or if the head requires replacement.

2000 Ford Excursion v10 triton, #7 plug blew out of engine, 159,000mi on engine, plugs changed at dealer. Repair was $300 for helicoil, plug, and coil for engine. No reason given for plug failure. Immediate loss of power but was able to pull to side of highway. Vehicle towed from site.

While me and my family headed out on the highway to visit family, we began to hear a noise coming from the engine, soon after it sounded as if the engine had exploded, and almost loosing control from the noise that it created, I was able to drive off to the shoulder and park my vehicle. Once I opened the hood of my truck I found that a spark plug had blown out of the socket and had also broken the ignition coil, soon after I ran to turn the engine off, do to smell of gas fumes. Thinking this was a one time only incident and not knowing that Ford had these problems. I had the truck towed to a mechanic only to hear that this was a common problem with the Excursions for this year. I then paid a couple hundred dollars and thought the problem was fixed. Going back home and taking the highway back home another spark plug blew out and once again broke the ignition coil with it as well. I was furious to find out that Ford has no re call and when I tried taking the truck to a pep boys auto or any other shop they told me that they would not lay a hand on the truck and that I had to take it to the Ford dealer ship if I wanted to get it fixed. Not happy I called Ford they wanted over $1,500 to fix the problem. This is really sad that this could possibly be the reason why I will possibly sell my truck and never buy Ford again. But this is a real safety problem that needs to get fixed, or it may end up killing someone later down the road.

Our 2000 Ford Excursion was sitting in the driveway and caught on fire. There was no one in the car at the time. The fire department was called and the fire was extinguished but the truck is damaged beyond repair.

Spark plug ejection 2000 Ford Excursion v10 6. 8l.

I have been left struggling in the middle of no where to get help. While traveling on our 2000 Ford Excursion due to blown up spark plugs. It has happen to us one time in town and two times out of state. This has been very costly and frustrating to me and my family. I wish Ford would except this being a manufacture problem and do a recall on it.

Got up to start my vehicle when I heard a loud pop under the hood, when I checked I noticed a spark plug was ripped out of the engine. Got it repaird at around $. 400. 00 but it happend 5 more times ever since, each time a diffrent plug.

2000 Ford Excursion spark plug blown out of head on 9/30/2008 has not been fixed yet.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Excursion. The contact stated that the rpms would increase suddenly and the engine would shut down. The contact had the starter replaced two times. A local mechanic informed the contact that the failure was caused by a sticking throttle body and not the starter. The contact filed a complaint with the manufacturer. The failure mileage was approximately 30,000. The current mileage was approximately 75,000.

: the contact stated while the vehicle was parked, flames and black smoke came from the driver's side underhood area. The contact extinguished the fire with a water hose. The fire department was not contacted. Minor fire damage was visible inside the engine compartment. The vehicle was towed to a dealer to await further inspection.

Contact states vehicle had sporadic surging. The vehicle tended to surge at lower speeds. In may 2005 a mechanic replaced the spark plugs, isc motor, fuel filter. The vehicle ran well until 11-9-2005. While driving slowly exiting a parking lot the vehicle started surging. She pressed on the brakes as hard as possible and the vehicle went out of control. The vehicle went across 2 lanes of traffic. At this time the vehicle is at a local mechanic.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Excursion. Spark plugs were ejected out of cylinder heads. No longer had threads. Incident happened on September, 23, 2005. No crash. Involved. Vehicle was at a stop sign. Then vehicle took a right turn, and that was when the incident happened. No damage to the hood. The spark plug wire that had the coil in it was damaged .

Louise sudduth had driven her 2000 Ford Excursion to sudduth farms in mayo, s. C. She had parked the vehicle, and the vehicle caught fire while it was not running. Mrs. Sudduth received serious and ultimately fatal burns.

Spark plug blowout on 6. 8 liter v-10 engine - 2000 Ford Excursion at under 50,000 miles. Problem appears to be widespread and Ford will not admit to fault. Ford dealer cannot, or will not explain cause. Online forums discuss problem as common. Cost is $3000. 00.