Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2001 Ford Excursion submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXCURSION. WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKES FAILED AT LEAST EIGHT TIMES. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE BRAKES WERE OPERATING NORMALLY. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE COULD RUN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR $85; YET, THE CONTACT DECLINED THE TEST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 254,000.
2001 FORD EXCURSION 7.3L POWERSTROKE DIESEL WITH 114500 MILES : ABS CONTROL MODULE STOPPED WORKING AND DISABLED ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM CAUSING VEHICLE TO SKID UNCONTROLLABLY ON WET SURFACE. FAILURE IS PERMANENT IN NATURE AND CANNOT BE RESET, SO ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM IS DEACTIVATED. REPAIR REQUIRED IS FOR THE ABS CONTROL MODULE TO BE REPLACED BY DEALER (COST EXCEEDS $500) AND OLD PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR
WHILE BRAKING ON A BUMPY ROAD AT 45 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED. *AK
THE VEHICLE HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, BRAKES, AND AIR TIRE. WHILE DRIVING A NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE, AND THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. *AK *CB *JB
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 ROAD. *JB
PANIC STOP AND VEHICLE PULLED LEFT SO HARD THAT IT ALMOST WENT THROUGH THE CENTER SAFETY BARRIERS ON INTERSTATE. PULLED SO HARD THAT IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE HAD GRABBED THE STEERING WHEEL AND YANKED IT. ANYTIME YOU BRAKE HARD IT PROGRESSIVELY PULLS HARDER TO THE LEFT THE MORE YOU APPLY THE BRAKES. ALSO POWER-STEERING WILL DISAPPEAR AT SLOW SPEEDS MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN INTO PARKING LOTS. DEALER HAD VEHICLE FOR OVER 4 WEEKS. THE FORD HOT LINE HAD THE DEALER REPLACE THE FRONT SPRINGS, TIE ROD ENDS, STEERING BOX, POWER STEERING PUMP, CHECK ALIGNMENT,TRY DIFFERENT ALIGNMENT SPECS, BALANCE & ROTATE TIRES, SWAPPED CALIPERS FROM SIDE TO SIDE, PUT NEW CALIPERS AND PADS ON. DEALER DROVE TWO OTHER EXCURSION'S ONE NEW ONE & ANOTHER CUSTOMER'S AND THEY BOTH DID THE SAME THING. FORD HOT LINE HAS ADMITTED TO DEALERSHIP THEY KNOW OF PROBLEM BUT DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TRY. *JB
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES TRUCK PULLS TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT VERY HARD ALMOST FORCING STEERING WHEEL OUT OF CONSUMERS HAND. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED VEHICLE MAY TIP OVER. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD AND THE REPLACED THE BRAKE CALIPERS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES HARD, VEHICLE SWERVES LEFT OR RIGHT MAKING CONTROL VERY DIFFICULT. ON TWO OCCASIONS COULD NOT STAY IN LANE. HAVE HAD IT IN DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM AT LEAST 5 TIMES. DEALER HAS CHANGED DISCS, ROTORS, PADS, CALIPERS, AND HAVE SWAPPED PARTS FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THEY HAVE ALSO CHANGED TIE ROD. I HAVE ALSO CHANGED SHOCKS AND TIRES. DEALER SAYS THEY ALL DO THIS. MY WIFE WILL NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE, AND HAD THERE BEEN CARS IN NEXT LANE I WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. TO MAKE IT WORSE TWO PEOPLE HAVE JUST DIED IN AN EXCURSION WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL ON HIGHWAY IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES.*AK
WHILE APPLYING ON BRAKES VEHICLE WILL VEER LEFT WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED, AND SENT OUT AREA REPRESENTATIVES/ TECHNICAL SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES TO REPAIR VEHICLE. HOWEVER, PROBLEM WAS STILL OCCURRING. *AK
WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIES THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE AND THE PEDAL WILL PULSATE. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADE WAS MISSING WHICH CAUSED THE WIPER ARM TO BREAK, ALSO VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKING, THE DEALER PERFORMED SUSPENSION WORK ON THE VEHICLE, VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING A COOLANT LEAK, DEALER REPLACED THE RADIATOR HOSE.*JB
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 BUMPED INTO A WALL OF THE HANDICAP RAMP. TREAD MARKS WERE SEEN ON THE PAVEMENT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING AND ONLY SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE.*AK
WHEN BRAKING AT VERY SLOW SPEEDS CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO TURN STEERING WHEEL, LIKE POWER STEERING GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER CAN'T REMEDY THE PROBLEM BUT THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE BOOSTER ASSEMBLY.*AK
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE PULLS EITHER TO LEFT OR RIGHT. DEALER TURNED ROTORS AND REPLACED BRAKE PADS, CHECKED WHEEL ALIGNMENT. ( 1000 MILES ) IN MARCH VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALER FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, DEALER TURNED ROTORS AGAIN, VEHICLE STILL PULLS TO SIDES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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