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Ford Excursion Maintenance and Repair

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Ford Excursion Window by bhoffman
Jul 15, 2005 (1:56 pm)
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Has anyone had problems with the back window falling out on the 2004 Excursion?
I have had the drivers side back window fall out 3 time in 7 months. The dealer has replaced the window each time but it is a pain and I'd like to know if it is a bigger problem than just mine.
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Engine idle occasionally low by pjmarg
Jul 24, 2005 (2:48 pm)
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I have a 2000 Excursion v10 and occasionally when I crank it, it either idles very low (4-500 rpm) or will completely shut off. It does not happen all the time, but enough to be really aggravating. (Maybe 1 out of 5 cold cranks.) At first I thought it had something to do with disconnecting the battery and not going through the engine idle re-learn process that is in the manual, so we disconnected the battery again and went through that multi-step process to let the engine "re-learn" it's correct idle. That seemed to work for a good while, but now it's happening again and repeating that process doesn't seem to fix it.
 
Has anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions?
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I have 2 2003 Excursions! by paulpizmo
Jul 28, 2005 (7:59 pm)
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I have 2 one Eddie Bauer v10 and the other is Limited 4wd 6.0. Each has had its own set of problems and one common one. But when you have 4 kids 3 of which are in car seats, I think they're the best things on the road. So far, my local Ford dealers have been pretty good at taking care of the warranty issues, but they are near the end of the period. I may pay for the extended plan for the diesel.
The V10 has had a bad alternator cash replacement and labor would have been about 750. I paid 0.
The 6.0 has had 2 turbos, an egr valve, fan clutch (did u know that you truck transmission won't engage when the switch goes out, in the middle of the desert pulling a boat at 110 in the afternoon an hour ffrom the arizona border). I guess costs whould have been about 6000 so far only 75 buck for a fuel filter.
They both have common problems with brakes. I can feel the vibration of warped rotors on both and I think I'll due the complete Power Slot rotor replacement on both along with the ceramic pads. Everything I've read says that is the way to go.I've learned alot about them and if you have questions I may have an answer. But I'm not a tech by any stretch of your or my imgination. Have fun and I really like this site. Good people!
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Re: Engine idle occasionally low [pjmarg] by paulpizmo
Jul 28, 2005 (8:03 pm)
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Replying to: pjmarg (Jul 24, 2005 2:48 pm)

I took mine to the dealer and they reflashed the engine computer with updated programming. It seemed to fix the problem for the past year. Check and see it there is a recall for your year model
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Re: backup sensors [blackx] by z06klr
Jul 31, 2005 (2:19 pm)
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Replying to: blackx (Apr 26, 2005 1:44 pm)

my 00 moutanieer does the same thing, need some help, whats the cause of this?
it use to work fine, then it would make a short chirp and tun off, now it just turns off
when i but it in "R"
any help
Darkbluestangyahoo.com thanks jeremy
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Removing 2000 Excursion inside pass. door panel by gtracer83
Aug 02, 2005 (12:59 pm)
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I need to replace my outside towing mirror and need to get to the wiring inside the door. How do I get the inside panel off? I can get the nuts off on the mirror itself, but don't see how the panel removes so I can get to the wiring connector?
 
Help! Thanks, John
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Re: Removing 2000 Excursion inside pass. door panel [gtracer83] by dogmike
Aug 05, 2005 (6:45 am)
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Replying to: gtracer83 (Aug 02, 2005 12:59 pm)

Rather then messing up the door, you are probably better off taking it to an auto glass repair facility and let them do it for you. Look in the yellow pages, they normally replace windshiedls, but will definitely helpy you.
 
You should be able to negotiate a price for it. It should not be more than $20. Plus they will be done in around a half an hour and you will never notice the door was taken apart. Doing it yourself might mess things up. They know which way the door panel moves to get if form the door itself. I had a similar case with a different vehicle.
 
Good Luck.
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Re: Removing 2000 Excursion inside pass. door panel [gtracer83] by shash
Aug 05, 2005 (4:40 pm)
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Replying to: gtracer83 (Aug 02, 2005 12:59 pm)

Well, rather than tell you to go have someone do it, how bout I provide some real meaningful advice. It's quite simple:
 
1) Rock the plastic cover at the front, highest point of the door (its the one about 6" long) until it comes off in your hand.
2) Gently pry the bezel that holds the power window control out of the hole. Start at the end closest to the front of the car. You can use a pry bar or very blunt screw driver. Don't mar the plastic. It should pop right out.
3) Mark the wiring two wiring harnesses and the holes that they plug into with tape and symbols
4) Gentle remove the wireing harness from the two fittings
6) Look for the screw that holds the panel to the door frame and remove it
7) Gently pry the red light cover on the door panel out of its position
8) Remove the screw that holds the panel to the door frame
9) Gently lift the door panel upwards and rock it back and forth until it just comes loose.
10) Look down on the inside and see the wire that powers the lightbulb in the door panel
11) Turn the plastic light bulb fitting 90 degrees and it will come out of the door panel
12) Remove the door panel.
 
Reverse to re-attach. Of course, you can drive to an auto-glass company and company then pay someone to screw it up for you but that wouldn't be as much fun.
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Re: brakes and more [bigpainford] by ltw
Aug 11, 2005 (6:18 am)
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Replying to: bigpainford (Jun 14, 2005 10:03 pm)

My Excursion has some of the same problems. To fix the inside lights staying on/door ajar thing spray all of the door sensors with WD40.
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Re: Problems [cf_koch] by ltw
Aug 11, 2005 (6:26 am)
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Replying to: cf_koch (May 31, 2005 9:46 am)

To fix the light problem, spray all the door sensors w/ WD40

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