Ford Excursion - Problems, Statistics, and Analysis

Ford Excursion owners have reported a total of 1,195 problems for their cars built in the 9 model years listed in the chart below. The chart shows the number of problems reported across all service years for each given model year of the Ford Excursion. The 2000 Ford Excursion cars have the most problems reported (550 problems).

Table 1. Total number of problems by model year for Ford Excursion

🔍 Common problems of Ford Excursion

The following chart shows the 26 most common problems for Ford Excursion cars. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's tires (278 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's engine and engine cooling (233 problems).

Table 2. Common problems of Ford Excursion

Problem Category Number of Problems
  Tire
278
  Engine And Engine Cooling
233
  Electrical System
150
  Service Brakes
97
  Vehicle Speed Control
59
  Power Train
52
  Suspension
51
  Steering
39
  Exterior Lighting
33
  Air Bag
31
   
  Structure
27
  Visibility
23
  Equipment
17
  Seat Belt
17
  Gasoline Fuel System
14
  Seats
14
  Latches/locks/linkage
14
  Diesel Fuel System
12
  Other Fuel System
11
  Unknown Or Other
11
  Wheel
5
  Parking Brake
2
  Air Brake
2
  Child Seat
1
  Electronic Stability Control
1
  Interior Lighting
1

📉 Compare Reliability Across Model Years Using PPMY Index

It would not be fair to compare the Ford Excursion of an older model year to newer model years since older vehicles have been in service longer and thus are expected to have more problems. In order to compare the reliability across Excursion model years, we use the PPMY index which is defined as the problems reported per thousand vehicles per Year. A smaller PPMY index indicates greater reliability of the given model year cars.

    PPMY = P / S / Y * 1000,

where P = total problems reported during the life of a Ford Excursion model year; S = total units sold of the model year; Y = years since the debut of the model year (the age of the vehicle).

The results are shown in Table 3.

Table 3. Use PPMY Index to Compare Reliability Across Excursion Model Years

Excursion
Model Year
Problems Sales [1] Vehicle
Age
PPMY Index
  2005 7622,36221    
0.16
  2004 10420,87222    
0.23
  2003 11426,74223    
0.19
  2002 13126,96024    
0.20
  2001 21134,78425    
0.24
  2000 55065,47826    
0.32

📊 Number of Problems Reported During the First Year

Another way to measure the reliability across the model years of the Ford Excursion is to use the total number of problems reported during the vehicle's first year in service, as shown in the Table 4.

Table 4. Number of problems in vehicle's; first service year

Model YearProblems Reported
  2005 Excursion
5
  2004 Excursion
19
  2003 Excursion
23
  2002 Excursion
11
  2001 Excursion
22
  2000 Excursion
57
  1999 Excursion
1


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