NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Ford Excursion Recalls
The 2001 Ford Excursion has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 13, 2009.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Ford Excursion. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 209
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
19 fires
On a 2001 Ford Excursion, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2001 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 2000, 2002–2003 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 2000, 2002–2003 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 2000, 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 2000 Excursion, 14 other models
Seat belts: front: buckle assembly
- Campaign
- 01V227001
- Reported
- July 16, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,400,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 12 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 01V082000
- Reported
- March 12, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 268
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Wheels: hub
- Campaign
- 07E106000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Excursion, 14 other models
2001 Ford Excursion complaints by year
NHTSA has received 209 owner complaints about the 2001 Ford Excursion, the newest on December 8, 2025. Of these, 17 describe a crash (8%) and 19 a fire; owners reported 14 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2001 Ford Excursion, the component group named most often is the tires (27%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (21%) and the power train (10%).
1 of the 2001 Ford Excursion's 7 recalls also concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2001 Ford Excursion owners gave the mileage (116 complaints), the median was 80,700 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Tires57
- Engine And Engine Cooling44
- Power Train20
- Suspension14
- Electrical System13
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic13
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 15 | |
| 2002 | 34 | |
| 2003 | 34 | |
| 2004 | 32 | |
| 2005 | 13 | |
| 2006 | 12 | |
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 14 | |
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Ford Excursion peaked in 2002, when NHTSA received 34. 56% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Ford Excursion drew 1.8× the complaints of the median Ford Excursion year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 6 ranked years.
The 209 complaints about the 2001 Ford Excursion are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Excursion by model year
Other 2001 Ford models
Newest record on this page: December 8, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted