2000 FORD EXCURSION — Complaint #575729
Open-data reference.
NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH filed March 14, 2006
NHTSA complaint #575729 (ODI reference 10152687) concerns a 2000 FORD EXCURSION and was filed on March 14, 2006. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 14, 2006. The vehicle had 45,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Massachusetts based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:headlights:switch, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD EXCURSION cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:headlights:switch failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2000 FORD EXCURSION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE KNOB FOR THE HEADLIGHTS HAS DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 01V075000, REGARDING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER, IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 575729 |
| ODI Number | 10152687 |
| Date Filed | March 14, 2006 |
| Failure Date | March 14, 2006 |
| VIN | 1FMNU43S8YE |
Similar EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH Complaints for 2000 FORD EXCURSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXCURSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH NEEDED T
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXCURSION. AS STATED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01V075000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH), THE HEAD LAMP SWITCH KNOB FRACTURED AND SEPARATED. THE DEALER AND MA
TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 2000 FORD EXCURSION HAD A DEFECTIVE SWITCH. THE HEADLAMP SWITCH FRACTURED AND SEPARATED FORM THE HEADLAMP. HE USED A PAIR OF PLIERS TO TURN WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE H
DT: THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH KNOB BROKE AND SEPARATED FROM THE SWITCH. CONSUMER MATCHED THE RECALL CAMPAIGN THAT WAS ALREADY IN EFFECT, BUT IT DOES NOT COVER THE OWNERS VEHICLE ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEMS WER
HEAD LIGHT SWITCH KNOB FRACTURE AT DASH BOARD CONNECTION. HEADLIGHT SWITCH KNOB FELL OFF. UNABLE TO TURN HEADLIGHTS ON - SAFETY ISSUE. OTHER NHTSA THAT HAS SAME ISSUE WITH SAME YR AND MODEL 01V0750
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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