NHTSA Complaint #10336355 — 2003 FORD EXCURSION

WE OWN A 2003, DIESEL FORD EXCURSION. LATE ON 6/10 AS WE WERE GOING DOWN A STEEP CURVE THE ENGINE STALLED. WE LOST ALL POWER. IT TOOK ALL MY HUSBAND'S STRENGTH TO KEEP THE TRUCK ON THE ROAD, WITHOUT POWER STEERING. THE BRAKING SYSTEM WAS DIMINISHED. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A POTENTIAL DISASTER FOR OUR FAMILY, WE HAD 2 CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE AS WELL. HE MANAGED TO GET US SOMEWHAT OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS, POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING MALFUNCTION OF THE FORD EXCURSION. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD FOR INVESTIGATION AND FOUND OUT THAT THE WIRE HARNESS IS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WE INVESTIGATED THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND OTHER REPORTS WITH SIMILAR DESCRIPTION HAVE BEEN REPORTED. FORD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS DEFECT, IT IS A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN WITHOUT WARNING. THANK GOODNESS THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE SUCH THAT WE WERE OKAY. WE SHUDDER TO THINK IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE I, THE WIFE AS DRIVING OR ON A BUSY FREEWAY. WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER PERSON TO EXPERIENCE THIS, WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO IF THE PROBLEM IS CORRECTED. IT IS AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM. *TR