The best model year for Ford Excursions was First, it had few complaints. In addition, the high number of positive reviews the model year garnered put its performance rate at 4. The model year offers sufficient room for luggage and passenger, and a strong build to haul heavy loads. On the downside, the gas mileage the model year offers is very low. Also check out our article about how long the Honda Ridgeline lasts. The Ford Excursion has witnessed 12 recalls. Some of the recalls involved steering column problems, speed control deactivation switch, and camshaft position sensor.
However, paying for the repair of faulty parts in Ford Excursions is another story. The service life for Excursion brakes ranges from 30, to 60, miles. However, you can make your brakes last longer by going gentle on them when you drive. The practice of stomping on your brakes is actually the reason your brakes wear out faster. The batteries on Ford Excursion can last for about years depending on how you maintain your vehicle.
One way to make your batteries last longer is to ensure that you turn off all engine lights before you exit your car. The most common tires Ford Excursions use are Firestone tires and they can last for about 12,, miles. If you want to make your tires last longer, you need to check what season the tires are suitable for.
For instance, if the tires are all-season, then you might be safe using them year round. However, if you live in an area characterized by extreme weather conditions, get tires that fit the bill.
For chilly and wet terrain, get winter tires. Ford Excursion transmissions last for ,, miles. Your transmissions will last longer if you take them for servicing after every 7, miles. Because of its size, it can double as a truck for hauling heavy loads! U-joints are also a wear item and a "fuse" link, intended to fail before anything more expensive does. The "suspension arms" do fine for most light wheeling and offer more wheel travel than pretty much anything that isn't an F and a pickup truck.
Since the Kodiak went away, there's literally nothing substantially beefier from any of the big three OEMs right now than what you would get under an F It's clear you don't actually know what you're talking about.
Majority of 6. Quoted: I've driven a few 7. The half dozen I've seen tended to either blow up their driveshaft joints when someone gunned it when trying to unstick it while humping a rock and converting it permanently to FWD for whatever reason it was always the rear shaft , or the suspension control arms breaking.
Usually the passenger side--not sure if people are less careful to avoid obstacles on that side without a spotter. These weren't heavily modified vehicles on hard core trails, either Not much different from the H2 tie rods snapping.
Quoted: Also not available in the Excursion. Quoted: Quoted: Get the 6. The 6. Head studs that wear designed only for stock pressures means that installing a tuner could cause some excess pressures in the cylinders which could cause leaky head gaskets and even warped heads. They can also have valves stick open which will cause a loss of power. This is caused by excess soot build up.
But if you live a inspection state you probably can't do that. The hydraulic injectors are also kinds problematic. This engine was designed in Italy where lsd is and has been for awhile quite common.
When the engine was introduced in America some stations only had high sulphur and most diesels would run on it. The high sulphur diesel would cause a build up of soot in the injectors and EGR cooler and cause the above problems. Always wanted the custom office conversion. Quoted: Quoted: There is nothing special about the universal joints that separates it from anything else that uses a conventional longitudinally oriented 4x4.
Quoted: Not selling it any time soon. Probably ever. Still get it serviced at the dealer. Yeah, I know and the diesel guy offers to buy it from me every time I go in there.
As for the other avatar, it was to mark an unfortunate 10 anniversary where I lost six guys KIA in 3 days. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: They're all good. I've been looking for a job end black on black or black on tan forever to match my F Last year the 7.
And here is mine She is for sale, btw Quoted: Looks nice! Quoted: Quoted: The 7. In the 6. If you want to stay with a 7.
Those years have forged rods you still need to confirm it by engine vin just to be sure - or do a visual of the rods through the inspection port. The other years have powdered metal rods which are weak as shit. Left stock, the 7. They love crank position sensors and most people keep a spare in the glove box so when it fails on the highway at 70mph you can coast to the side of the road and change it out in less than 2 minutes.
Go ahead and grab a glow plug relay as well since the 7. The best bet is an 05 as the 6. It will still require some mods to be bullet proof but you are getting the updated exterior, minor changes to the interior and the far superior 5r transmission. Tthe 05 grill can be retrofitted to earlier models as mostly a bolt on if you like that look and style though.
In the factory added a tow package which included a very important rear sway bar. Now it it confusing because all Excursions have a rear hitch which is part of the blocker bar system, but not all Excursions have the factory tow package. The corresponding year F sway bar does bolt right in, so if you get one without the tow package, you def. The tow package also offers up the real size mirrors instead of the little paddles.
The tow mirrors were optional on all Excursions without the tow package and are a pretty easy bolt in. The X can also take the updated factory tow mirrors with a little wiring adjustments.
Quoted: The 7. If I could afford it, the best year would probably be the Excursion:. View Quote Plenty wrong with the 6. I wouldn't rule out either as long as the budget allows correcting the factory wrongs, regardless of which engine you choose.
View Quote When you can get a minivan with a diesel V8, front straight axles and lockers, let me know. View Quote Agree. View Quote Huh? Not selling it any time soon. View Quote Also not available in the Excursion. There is not a single vehicle like the Excursion, as it was, in a class all its own, and forever will be.
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