2002 Ford Excursion Engine Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXCURSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT EACH TIME SHE DROVE THE VEHICLE, IT STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER THE FAILURES, ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAITED A MINUTE OR MORE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. SOMETIMES, IT TOOK UP TO FOUR ATTEMPTS BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT HESITATED TO MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT THE TECHNICIAN COULD NOT FIND A FAILURE CODE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07V553000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 210,000.

I HAVE A 2002 FORD EXCURSIONS AND 2 TIME SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM THE MOTOR.

I STARTED MY TRUCK AFTER SITTING FOR 36 HOURS AND WHAT SOUNDED LIKE BAD EXHAUST LEAK ..AFTER BEING CHECKED OUT BY MECHANIC FOUND THAT A SPARK PLUG AND COIL HAS BEEN SPIT OUT OF MOTOR ..I HAD THEM REPACE SPARK PLUG AND COIL ON TOP WHICH REPAIRED THE PROBLEM ..TODAY I WAS DRIVING TO TOWN 10 MILES AND AFTER STOPPI G TO GET GAS THE NOISE STARTED AGAIN !

ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, A SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD. *TR

THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD (CYL #3), DAMAGING THE THREAD, THE SPARK PLUG, THE SPARK PLUG BOOT AND THE IGNITION COIL. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED IN THIS VEHICLE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. THE FIRST WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO AND THAT WAS THE PLUG IN CYLINDER #5. THE SAME DAMAGE OCCURRED. *TR

#4 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF ENGINE HEAD, THREADS DESTROYED. FORD DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT IN THE FORD 5.4 TRITON ENGINE HEAD AND THAT FORD IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXCURSION. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AFTER THE FAILURE AND TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,550 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,600. UPDATED 02/22/12*LJ UPDATED 03/01/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXCURSION. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V553000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL) AND WAS REPAIRED. AFTER THE REPAIR WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE TECHNICIAN PERFORMED REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE OF THE EXACT REPAIRS. THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

WAS STARTING FROM A STOP TO MAKE A LEFT TURN WHEN DRIVER HEARD A LOUD POP. THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND SOME SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DIAGNOSED. THE #3 PLUG ON THE RIGHT BANK HAS BLOWN COMPLETELY OUT AND DAMAGED THE COIL PACK. A PHONE CALL TO THE DEALER YIELDED NO HELP OTHER THAN WE CAN HAVE IT TOWED THERE TO BE REPAIRED, AS IT LIKELY NEEDS A NEW HEAD. SOME INTERNET RESEARCH AND TALKING TO OTHER FORD OWNERS DEFINITELY SUGGEST THAT THIS IS A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THE ALUM HEADS BLOWING OUT SPARK PLUGS, AND THE #3 R PLUG SEEMS TO BE COMMON. THIS COULD CAUSE FUEL/VAPORS TO BE EXHAUSTED AND SPRAYED ON A HOT MANIFOLD AND CAUSE A FIRE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOME FIRES ATTRIBUTED TO THIS PROBLEM. THIS SOUND LIKE A CASE WHERE THE DEALER/FORD REFUSES TO ADMIT THAT IT IS A PROBLEM AND FIX IT FOR OWNERS. BEFORE THERE ARE SERIOUS INJURIES FROM A CRASH OR A FIRE, FORD SHOULD BE COMPELLED TO FIX THIS ISSUE. ITS UNLIKELY THAT FORD WILL ANSWER THE CALL WITHOUT PRESSURE FROM NHTSA. THERE SEEM TO BE FAR TOO MANY OF THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS 5.4L MOTOR FOR IT TO BE A COINCIDENCE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXCURSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BLEW THE NUMBER SIX SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE ENGINE. THE SPARK WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

2002 FORD TRITON 6.8L V10 ENGINE IN AN EXCURSION VEHICLE EJECTED AN ORIGINAL (UNCHANGED, FACTORY TORQUED) SPARK PLUG WITH GREAT FORCE AND DAMAGE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. COIL WAS IMMEDIATELY DAMAGED AS SPARK PLUG RICOCHETED AROUND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FOLLOWED BY THE SMELL OF GASOLINE VAPORS AND LOUD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPRESSION BEING DIRECTLY VENTED FROM THE VACATED SPARK PLUG HOLE. THE FIVE THREADS OF THE TRITON SPARK PLUG HOLE WERE DAMAGED BY THE FORCE OF THE EJECTION. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN WITH THE FORD ENGINE TO THE CUSTOMERS SAFETY GIVEN THIS WAS AN ORIGINAL PLUG (AT 85,000 MILES). THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE SPARK PLUG EJECTION WAS -4F, AND THE SPARK PLUG EJECTED AS THE VEHICLE WAS BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STANDSTILL. FORD HAS A MAJOR AND COSTLY DEFECT WITH THEIR TRITON ENGINES THEY SOLD TO CUSTOMERS (ENGINE REPLACEMENT IS ESTIMATED AT $4000) AND THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ENFORCE FORD TO RECALL AND REPAIR ALL SPARK PLUG HOLES IN THESE ALUMINUM ENGINES SPANNING YEARS 2000 TO 2004 GIVEN THEY ONLY USED 5 THREADS IN EACH SPARK PLUG HOLE, WHICH IS INSUFFICIENT FOR AN ALUMINUM BLOCK. HOW IS IT THAT THIS WIDELY KNOWN ISSUE IS NOT GETTING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ATTENTION GIVEN THIS IS A DEMONSTRATED MAJOR DEFECT AND A SAFETY ISSUE (COULD HAVE HAD A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IF A SPARK FROM THE EJECTED SPARK PLUG OCCURRED). *TR

I'M THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF MY FORD EXCURSION 2002; WHILE DRIVING DOWN A 40 MPH ROAD (WITH THE ORIGINAL MOTOR AND PARTS) THE SPARK PLUG POPPED OUT OF THE MOTOR BLOCK!!! THIS WAS UNDER NORMAL EASY DRIVING CONDITIONS IN A VERY WELL MAINTAINED AUTOMOBILE. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR ON SOMETHING THAT TO ME SEEMS VERY DEFECTIVE! *TR

MY 2002 FORD LEXCURSION BLEW OUT IT'S SPARK PLUG YESTERDAY. YOU ALL KNOW THE STORY BY NOW: CORPORATE WILL NOT HELP. MY LOCAL DEALER WILL NOT HELP. AND, AS MOST OF YOU ALREADY KNOW, THE GOVERNMENT TO THIS DATE HAS DONE NOTHING TO HELP EITHER. THESE KINDS OF THINGS ARE EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY: MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THINGS THAT GO WRONG. I WILL NEVER BUY A FORD AGAIN, THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS BREAKING MY HEART BECAUSE I REALLY DO LOVE AMERICA AND MY BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN-MADE FORD TRUCK. IT'S A EXCURSION, PEOPLE. MY POINT IS THAT IT WAS BUILT HERE IN AMERICA, NOT OUTSIDE OUR BORDERS LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER CARS WE BUY. THE MANUFACTURER INCLUDES A NUMBERED CERTIFICATE WITH EACH LEXCURSION TO VERIFY THAT IT WAS BUILT BY AMERICANS, IN AMERICA, FOR AMERICANS. I AM ASHAMED OF FORD, AND OF MY GOVENMENT FOR LETTING THIS GO ON FOR SO LONG. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING WITH FORD V8,V10 ALL TRITION ENGINES SPANNING BACK 11 YEARS, AND THAT'S JUST WHAT I'VE FOUND SO FAR: I'VE BEEN SEARCHING ONLINE FOR ONLY ABOUT TEN MINUTES NOW. WHEN I GOOGLED THE ISSUE I DIDNT EVEN PUT FORD'S NAME IN THE SEARCH BOX. I JUST TYPED "WHY DO SPARK PLUGS BLOW OUT?", AND IT SPIT OUT A TON STUFF ABOUT FORDS, IN PARTICULAR THEIR TRITON 6.8 V10. HOW MANY MILLIONS OF THESE HAVE THEY INSTALLED? GOOD PEOPLE OF AMERICA: THEY WON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE TO DO THAT WOULD CRIPPLE THEM. THIS IS THEIR VERSION OF THE TOYOTA ACCELERATORS. I EVEN CALLED MY CONGRESSMAN TODAY, LEFT A MESSAGE, WHICH BREAKS MY HEART EVEN MORE BECAUSE I ALREADY KNOW I PROBABLY WON'T BE CALLED BACK. I AM A FORD OWNER, AND NOW I OWN A TRUCK THAT I NO LONGER TRUST OR BELIEVE IN, BUILT BY A COMPANY THAT I NO LONGER TRUST OR BELIEVE IN. MY FAMILY WAS WITH ME AND I WAS STUCK ON THE BELTWAY DISABLE AND ANYTHING COULD HAD HAPPEN. THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF THE SAME PROBLEM. I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO. PLEASE HELP. THIS ISSUE KEEPS HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AND SEEMS THERE IS NO FIX.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXCURSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER OPENING THE HOOD THERE WAS GASOLINE FUMES COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND FUEL WAS SPRAYING ALL OVER THE ENGINE. THE FUEL CONTINUED TO SPRAY THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON; HOWEVER, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF FUEL UNDER IT. THE DEALER OBSERVED THE FUEL LEAK WHILE PERFORMING AN ADDITIONAL RECALL REPAIR AND REFUSED TO ADDRESS OR REPAIR THE FUEL LEAK UNLESS THE CONTACT PAID $200 FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE FUEL LEAK WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. THERE WAS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROX 60 MPH THE SPARK OUT OF THE # 1 CYLINDER WAS EJECTED FROM ENGINE. BROUGHT TO LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INSTALLED A HELI COIL AND REPLACED SPARK PLUG. *TR

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS, RUSTED AND BROKEN OFF, RIGHT BANK. *TR

I HAVE A FORD EXCURSION 2002 V10 WITH 116000 MILES ON IT. AFTER 8 HOURS OF A ROAD TRIP ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS EJECTED FROM THE ENGINE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS MOTOR. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AT 100,000 MILES AND THE OWNER HAD IT HAPPEN ONCE TO HIM. *TR

2002 FORD EXCURSION WITH 6.8L V10 TRITON BLEW A SPARK PLUG OUT. SPARK PLUG HAD BEEN IN ENGINE FOR 30000+ MILES AND WAS PROFESSIONALLY INSTALLED AND TORQUED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXCURSION. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, IT BURST INTO FLAMES WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THE FAILURE ORIGINATED FROM THE ENGINE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 82,000.

SLIGHT TICKING SOUND, LIKE AN EXHAUST LEAK, LEADING TO THE SPARK PLUG BLOWING OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD, DAMAGING THE THREADS AND ALSO COIL PACK TO BREAK. *TR