2003 Ford Excursion Suspension problems

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Excursion. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the suspension made an abnormal popping sound. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that an air bubble had formed on the front passenger's side tire which he linked to the suspension failure. The tire was not replaced. The contact also stated that after he replaced the radio inside the vehicle, the radio had become defective after the second day of installation. The contact stated that an abnormal...

The 2003 ford excursion 6.0 Liter diesel, first broke down while driving home from the dealer who was working on recall items. The vehicle stalled while driving less than 2 miles from the dealer (dealer now out of business). After a while the vehicle began losing power, but not stalling while driving, especially up hills. After many attempts to clean parts, egr valve etc, it was stated that the injectors were bad. All injectors replaced. Front main leaf spring broke on the vehicle, and had to be replaced - the...

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 ford excursion. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer due to a rattling noise in the front end. The failure was noticed while driving 10 mph. He was informed that all four ball joints needed to be replaced. Seventeen thousand miles after the replacement, he took the vehicle to be inspected and it failed because of the ball joints. The contact returned to the dealer and they confirmed that all four ball joints should be replaced again. The failure mileage was 78,500 and current mileage was 95,500. Updated 03-04-08 *bf

I was turning on to my street when I heard avery loud bang and my car stopped immediately. As I sat there in shock it appeared that my car was tilted down on the left side. I got out of my car and sure enough it was leaning. The body of my car was resting on the top of the tire. Since I couldn't drive it I called a tow truck and had it towed to a garage to be looked at. After my car was inspected for the reason for the bang I was told that the front coil spring was broken in two places. Also, the sway bar was...

Dt: the contact states while driving at any speed the vehicle wandered into another lane. There was poor steering return. He took the vehicle to a dealer numerous times. The dealer made several attempts to correct the problem. He took the service manager on a drive, who agreed that there was a problem. The technician stated this was a death trap, and ball joints needed to be replaced. The dealer discovered a technical service bulletin (tsb) on earlier models that suggested replacing the ball joints. The dealer replaced the upper and lower ball joints. Since the repairs there have been no further problems. *Ak

Passenger-front tire received an impact in an accident. This hit was a "side-crash" where only the tire and a small area of the outside framing above the wheel were damaged. The air bags did not deploy. The truck sparked and ignited on impact. The truck was in full flames in the tire and engine area within 9-11 minutes. The fire burned out the center portion of the windshield, the entire engine area, the dashboard/glove compartment, and the tire area within that time frame. I was moving at approximately 10 mph when the other driver colided with my truck at approximately 40-45 mph; the weather was cloudy/rainy but it had not rained yet during my morning travel. The air

Vehicle experienced a problem with the front ball joints. This vehicle had 60,000 miles on it. Owner took the vehicle to the dealer for a check up on the brakes when it was discovered that the ball joints had worn out, and there was plenty of movement with in the wheel. *Ak dealer replaced left front lower ball joint. And machined the front rotors. *Tt

2003 Ford excursion lost control under normal highway driving conditions swerving into both left and right lanes barely missing other vehicles. I returned vehicle to dealership with complaint. They had no explanation or solution. I contacted ford and was told it was up to the dealership to rectify problem. I was not willing to wait and see if it would happen again considering the safety of my family. We were left with no option from the dealership other than to trade vehicle in with great financial loss. They...