NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Ford Excursion Recalls
The 2000 Ford Excursion has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 13, 2009.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Ford Excursion. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 533
- Crashes reported
- 37
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
49 fires
On a 2000 Ford Excursion, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2000 Ford Excursion
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 09V399000
- Reported
- October 13, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,500,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Excursion, 10 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine: diesel
- Campaign
- 07V553000
- Reported
- December 5, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,176,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Excursion, 5 other models
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 06V286000
- Reported
- August 1, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,200,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Excursion, 5 other models
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 01V258000
- Reported
- August 8, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,083,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Excursion, 14 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights: switch
- Campaign
- 01V075000
- Reported
- March 12, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 74,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Wheels: hub
- Campaign
- 07E106000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Excursion, 14 other models
2000 Ford Excursion complaints by year
NHTSA has received 533 owner complaints about the 2000 Ford Excursion, the newest on March 3, 2026. Of these, 37 describe a crash (7%) and 49 a fire; owners reported 50 injuries and 7 deaths.
In complaints about the 2000 Ford Excursion, the component group named most often is the tires (35%), followed by the electrical system (11%) and the engine and engine cooling (11%).
1 of the 2000 Ford Excursion's 6 recalls also concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2000 Ford Excursion owners gave the mileage (232 complaints), the median was 80,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Tires184
- Electrical System59
- Engine And Engine Cooling59
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic58
- Suspension35
- Vehicle Speed Control30
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 55 | |
| 2001 | 88 | |
| 2002 | 53 | |
| 2003 | 56 | |
| 2004 | 81 | |
| 2005 | 46 | |
| 2006 | 28 | |
| 2007 | 16 | |
| 2008 | 15 | |
| 2009 | 15 | |
| 2010 | 32 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Ford Excursion peaked in 2001, when NHTSA received 88. 48% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Ford Excursion drew 3.4× the complaints of the median Ford Excursion year in the same window: 1st highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2000 one of the Ford Excursion years to avoid by our method.
The 533 complaints about the 2000 Ford Excursion are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Excursion by model year
Other 2000 Ford models
Newest record on this page: March 3, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted