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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005058635 | Incident Date: Nov, 04 2005 |
| Consumer's City: ELKTON | Consumer's State: OR |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: EXCURSION | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine:diesel |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMSU43F41E | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 08 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 31 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 2001 ford excursion with 7.3l power stroke and automatic transmission. on 11/06/2005 the engine died without warning with my wife driving along a remote country road along a river. the immediate loss of power brakes and power steering resulted in a partial loss of control that caused the truck to leave the pavement and nearly plunge into the river. the check engine light came on. the truck restarted, but there was a profound loss of power rendering it undriveable. the truck was towed 45 miles to the nearest ford dealer where a sensor was replaced and we were charged $1000 for a tune-up. the service manager told us that we should use unleaded gasoline to augment the octane in the diesel fuel to prevent a future failure. on 3/9/2006, after just 3000 miles, the truck stalled and the check engine light came on again, this time while towing a loaded horse trailer and with my 4 year old twins in the vehicle. again, power steering and power brakes were lost and the truck became extremely difficult to control. i halted the vehicle before it went fully over the edge of the road and into the river. had my wife been driving it is unlikely we would have survived. *nm |
