FaultScore

Worst years for a Ford Excursion

Owners have filed 1,385 complaints about the Ford Excursion with NHTSA across model years 1997 to 2010. More of them are about the tires than anything else.

Avoid

2000 Ford Excursion

635 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly tires.

Cleanest on record

2005 Ford Excursion

84 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Ford Excursion year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2010 1 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2005 A 84 2 1 87,000 Engine & Cooling
2004 C 125 6 3 82,300 Engine & Cooling
2003 D 139 9 12 56,000 Engine & Cooling
2002 C 150 18 9 64,525 Engine & Cooling
2001 D 240 19 20 79,250 Tires
2000 F 635 43 56 81,000 Tires
1999 B 10 0 1 80,000 Engine & Cooling
1997 1 0 0 Lights

What breaks on a Ford Excursion

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Tires 296 21.4%

Worst in 2000

Engine & Cooling 246 17.8%

Worst in 2000

Electrical System 157 11.3%

Worst in 2000

Brakes 129 9.3%

Worst in 2000

Worst in 2000

Suspension 77 5.6%

Worst in 2000

Worst in 2001

Worst in 2005

Steering 45 3.2%

Worst in 2000

Worst in 2000

Lights 36 2.6%

Worst in 2000

Worst in 2000

Airbags 31 2.2%

Worst in 2000

Doors, Latches & Locks 23 1.7%

Worst in 2000

Exactly what failed on a Ford Excursion

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Tread/Belt 80 20.6%
Engine 57 14.7%
Sidewall 48 12.3%
Diesel 42 10.8%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 36 9.3%
Rotor 32 8.2%
Automatic Transmission 31 8.0%
Cruise Control 24 6.2%
Front 20 5.1%
Gasoline 19 4.9%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Ford Excursion, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Dec 1999 peak 31 Mar 2026

Ford Excursion problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Ford Excursion

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.