NHTSA Complaint #749414 — 2000 FORD EXCURSION

1ST FAILURE: PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED THAT MY SECURITY SYSTEM "THEFT" LIGHT WAS BLINKING. THIS SHOULDN'T BE BLINKING WHILE I AM DRIVING. ALL OF A SUDDEN I REALIZED THAT I HAD NO POWER WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL. THEN NOTICED THAT ALL GAUGES HAD FAILED. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN BUT WITH NO POWER TO DRIVE. TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. TOWED INTO COVERT FORD AND THEIR EXPLANATION WAS A BLOWN FUSE THAT CONTROLS THE PCM (POWER CONTROL MODULE). THIS AFFECTED THE GAS PEDAL BECAUSE IT IS CONTROLLED BY A CHIP INSTEAD OF A CABLE. COVERT FORD REPLACED FUSE, CHECKED OUT ALL WIRING HARNESSES AND COULD NOT FIND ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. RETURNED VEHICLE TO ME. 2ND FAILURE: 2-1/2 WEEKS AFTER 1ST FAILURE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HAD TURNED OFF THE "OVERDRIVE" AT THE END OF THE GEAR SHIFTER. WHEN I TURNED THE "OVERDRIVE" BACK ON I IMMEDIATELY HEARD A POP FROM THE FUSE BOX AND NOTICED THAT MY GAUGES HAD FAILED AND THE "THEFT" LIGHT WAS BLINKING. I CONTINUED TO COAST UNTIL I FOUND A FAIRLY SAFE AREA TO PULL OFF. BECAUSE I WAS GOING DOWNHILL AT THE TIME OF FAILURE I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD. THIS VEHICLE WAS TOWED INTO COVERT FORD AND IS STILL WITH THEM. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND THAT IT WILL NEVER BE LOCATED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THERE IS NO PRIOR WARNING SIGNALS. ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING, BUT PROVIDES NO POWER TO THE VEHICLE. THE REASON THAT I AM REPORTING THIS IS THAT THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN ADDRESSING A SIMILAR PROBLEM. SERVICE BULLETIN # 14044, SEQ # 136, DATE: 0004, NHTSA # SB613701 MAKES REFERENCE TO A #19 BLOWN FUSE. *AK