Five problems related to wiring have been reported for the 2000 Ford Excursion. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Ford Excursion based on all problems reported for the 2000 Excursion.
I stopped engine at my house, left headlights on to see. Wiring harness failure (dead short) ignited the left headlight assembly, flames extended over a foot high. Fuse never blew out. Had a fire extinguisher at hand, put out flames. $4600 damage, but saved the vehicle. Why didn't the fuse blow? I have all of the damaged parts: wire harness, headlight, bracket. Took vehicle to Ford dealer, damage was repaired, insurance paid.
My vehicle, a 2000 Ford Excursion limited, v-10 gasoline engine, was parked in my driveway on 3/3/07, locked and everything turned off and had been there for quite a while, when I heard a loud explosion and I ran outside to find the vehicle on fire under the hood on the driver's side. The hood release did not work and I tried to put out the fire with a water hose. When the fire department came, we pried the hood open and extenquished the fire. But everything was burned and the vehicle is a total loss.
The vehicle was parked and without warning it caught on fire. Driver called the fire department to extinguish the fire. Vehicle was towed and totaled by the insurance company.
Vehicle caught on fire unexpectedly while it was parked. Manufacturer was contacted by owner, but the cause was undetermined.
V-10 spark plug blow out.