NHTSA Complaint #10445460 — 2000 FORD EXCURSION

ON MY 2000 FORD EXCURSION, SUDDENLY HAD ELECTRICAL ISSUES. RUNNING BOARD LIGHTS STAYED AND TRUCK ATTEMPTED STARTING ITSELF WITH NO KEY IN IGNITION. MECHANIC FOUND LEAKING WINDSHIELD HAD DRIPPED ONTO FUSE BOX AND CORRODED TERMINALS. DESTROYED STARTER, STARTER SOLENOID AND FUSE BOX. ALSO NEARLY STARTED FIRE, AS SMOKE WAS SEEN AND SMELLED FROM INTERIOR OF TRUCK. MAJOR REPAIR COST. MY MECHANIC AS WELL AS MULTIPLE FORD DEALERS REPORT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH EXCURSIONS AND SUPER DUTY'S, YET NO RECALL. FORD DECIDED TO STOP MAKING THE FUSE BOX, WHICH POSES A PROBLEM BECAUSE 1) NOT MANY ARE LEFT IN JUNK YARD AND THEY ARE VEHICLE SPECIFIC (MINE HAD TO BE SAME YEAR AND FROM EXCURSION ONLY) AND 2) YOU CANNOT TELL IF THERE IS CORROSION WITHOUT NEARLY DESTROYING THE FUSE BOX TO OPEN IT. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALLED ITEM IMMEDIATELY, AS I PLAN ON MY $50,000 TRUCK TO LAST MORE THAN 150,000 MILES BEFORE IT HAS TO GO TO THE SCRAP HEAP. *TR