Ford Excursion Brakes Problems
108 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 6 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2000. Best year: 2005.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
PAVEMENT WAS WET...CIT WAS DARK ....A CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED IN THE ROADWAY..MY ANTI LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP CAUSING ME TO SKID INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME..CAUSING REAR DAMAGE TO IT...MY AIRBAG ALSO DID NOT DEPLOY..WAS GOING ABOUT 25MPH..BU...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXCURSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE HEARD FROM THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DO...
LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE RESULTING IN ROLLOVER CRASH. EXACT DEFECT UNCERTAIN (HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY) BUT PROBABLY RIGHT REAR WHEEL LOCKED WITH INABILITY TO STEER VEHICLE AS RESULT. ALSO, SEVERAL MONTH HISTORY OF DIFFICULTY WITH BRAKES FO...
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE ROAD AT ABOUT 45 MPH CONSUMER HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES, SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK AND DRIVER HIT THE WINDSHIELD. *AK (SECOND CONSUMER FOR THIS LETTER: CHRISTOPHER EROSION WALTERS) THE TIRES BLEW OUT AND THE V...
WHILE DRIVING AT A SLOW SPEED A CAR MADE A SUDDEN STOP IN FRONT OF NO MATTER HOW HARD I STEP ON THE BRAKES THE TRUCK DID NOT STOP.*AK
THE ROTORS ON MY 2001 FORD EXCURSION KEEP WARPING AND REQUIRED PERIODIC TURNING AND/OR REPLACEMENT. AS OF 40,000 MILES. ON ONE OCCASION, THE CALIPER & ABS SENSOR FAILED, SEIZING THE FRONT WHEEL AND CAUSING AND INCIDENT ON A SNOW COVERED...
WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED IT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY, AND THE ENTIRE FRONT END VIBRATED. THIS RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ON ONE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION. DEALERSHI...
VEHICLE WAS BACKED INTO DRIVEWAY, PARKED WITH ENGINE OFF. DRIVER INTENDED TO RELOCATE VEHICLE ABOUT 6 FEET FORWARD, NEVER ENTER STREET. DRIVER STARTED ENGINE, AND WITH RIGHT FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL PLACED TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE. DRIVER REL...
A CUSTOMER WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE IN A SLOT TWO FEET FROM A WALL WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED REVVING LOUD AND TOOK OFF. HE SAID HE WAS ON THE BRAKE VERY HARD AND HAD A HARD TIME COMING TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE HIT A SIGN AND BUMP...
ON 04/28/2000, I WAS TOWING MY BOAT AND TRAILER TO LAKE ERIE ON OHIO STATE ROUTE 11 NORTH WHEN MY RIG SUDDENLY BEGAN TO FISHTAIL EXTENSIVELY IN PERFECT ROAD AND WHETHER CONDITIONS AND AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 50MPH. I IMMEDIATELY APP...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD EXCURSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT ONE ...
2000 FORD EXCURSION WITH LESS THAN 100,000 MILES, WELL MAINTAINED AND ORIGINAL OWNER. BRAKES FAILED WHEN REAR BRAKE LINE BURST ON THE FRAME RAIL WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES TO SLOW, THIS WAS NOT A PANIC STOP WHICH WOULD INDUCE A HIGH PRESS...