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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2004 Ford Excursion Recalls

The 2004 Ford Excursion has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 13, 2011.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Ford Excursion. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
2

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
95

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
4

3 fires

NHTSA crash test
Not rated

On a 2004 Ford Excursion, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

2 recalls on the 2004 Ford Excursion

Exterior lighting: tail lights

Campaign
11V352000
Reported
July 13, 2011
Vehicles affected
up to 26,715
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Federal standard
FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
Same campaign
also 2002–2003, 2005 Excursion, 7 other models

11V352000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Electrical system: wiring

Campaign
05V270000
Reported
June 10, 2005
Vehicles affected
up to 180,104
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2005 Excursion, 6 other models

05V270000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2004 Ford Excursion complaints by year

NHTSA has received 95 owner complaints about the 2004 Ford Excursion, the newest on August 12, 2021. Of these, 4 describe a crash (4%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.

In complaints about the 2004 Ford Excursion, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (23%), followed by the electrical system (22%) and the vehicle speed control (9%).

1 of the 2004 Ford Excursion's 2 recalls also concerns the electrical system.

Where 2004 Ford Excursion owners gave the mileage (78 complaints), the median was 82,300 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Engine And Engine Cooling22
  • Electrical System21
  • Vehicle Speed Control9
  • Engine7
  • Power Train7
  • Tires6

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2004 Ford Excursion received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20031
200410
200514
20064
20077
20088
20097
20109
20117
20125
20136
20147
20153
20181
20194
20212

Complaints about the 2004 Ford Excursion peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 14. 38% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Ford Excursion drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Ford Excursion year in the same window: 5th highest of the 6 ranked years.

That makes 2004 one of the three best-measured Ford Excursion years.

Ford Excursion years to avoid →

The 95 complaints about the 2004 Ford Excursion are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Ford Excursion by model year

Other 2004 Ford models

Newest record on this page: August 12, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted