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David of Glasgow, MT October 16, 2009

I have a 99 F250 with the V10 engine and have had two spark plug blow out of the cylinder head. The first time this happend I was stranded in a Montana winter in the middle of no where until I could find cell service and call a tow truck. The second time was less than 1500 miles after this was repaired by the dealership.

After the first repair bill of 700 to re-tap the spark plugs in which I was told at the time should be a permanent fix. When the 2nd plug blew out of the same hole I was 350 miles away from the dealership that fixed it and they refused to stand behind they work stating that it was a spark plug repair and was not covered under their warranty policy. Now I am looking at 4200 from my local dealership for an entire head replacement. My truck has now been sitting since April 2009 as I can not afford to sink that much more money that I just purchased from a relative in March 2009.

Martin of SAN BERNARDINO, CA October 16, 2009

I am having problems with my spark plugs on 6 different occasions 5 different spark plugs have popped i have paid so much money fixing it and m truck has spent more time in the shop getting fixed rather then being used.

Terry of Fort Qu'Appelle, SK October 15, 2009

I have had 3 spark plugs blow out of my 2000 F150. The first one went, so I got it repaired within a week, nearly 800km later I lost a second, so again I got it fixed. Then just this week another plug blew, this happened only with less than a 1000Km since the last repair. I have parked the truck and am not repairing or driving it until FORD fixes this problem.

George of Lowell, MA October 13, 2009

I have had to have replaced 4 different spark plugs for same reason at different times. Spark plugs blowing out, stripping head and coil being destroyed.

ROBERT of Stamford, CT October 12, 2009

I started the truck up and spark plug blew out. Many people have had the same problem and I don't understand how Ford can get away with this. The repair work is so expensive and I don't have the money. I am left without a vehicle because I don't have the money to repair it.

Elizabeth of Bluefield, WV October 11, 2009

We are buying a Ford F-150 with a 5.4 motor, And the engine light comes on and my husband took it to Advance and had it hooked to a computer, they told him it was the number 7 plug burnt out on it, So he tried taking the plug out and it broke off below the parts that screwed out, Part of the plugs fail into the cylinder,so he had to take apart the cylinder to get out the rest of the plug,So after he did this, he thought he would go ahead and change the other plugs while he had it apart,He had to beat the other ends of the plug out of the cylinder and all the other plugs broke off in the cylinder too, It has costed more then we can afford, We have put around a thousand dollars into it, over the sparks plugs.On our budget we really can't afford this, My payments is 484.94 a month, We still owe 16,200.00 on it

Scott of Merrillville, IN October 9, 2009

Add me to the list of popping spark plugs. 99 E 250 Econoline with the Triton V8. Had it tuned up by Ford dealer at 82,000 miles. At 108,000 miles #3 plug blew out and #7 was on it's way. 1100 to for a fix on these. Mechanics are tapping plug holes and installing sleeves that give additional threads to hold plugs in. I am having them do all 8 at a cost of 1700 as, I do not want to worry about when one of the other 6 may go. I guess there is a kit on the after market to correct the problem. Van is being repaired by Midas Muffler Shop in Merrillville, Indiana.

This is a shameful moment for Ford. I was born and raised a Ford man. Next work van or vehicle of any kind won't be a Ford...unless, of course, they step up and do what is right.

Greg of Lehi, UT October 8, 2009

I too just fell victim to the blown out spark plug issue in my 2000 Ford F-250 with the Triton V-10. This occurred in my #3 cylinder which ruined the threads in the head and destroyed the coil and boot which also had to be replaced. This cost me a day of work, 125 dollars for a tow and 350.00 in repair's. It sounds like I was lucky and found a good repair shop.

Jefferey of Houston, AK October 6, 2009

My wife was on her way from work, here in Alaska, and the spark plug blew out of the Engine. She was stuck for 45 minutes, until I could get to her. If this would have been in November she could have frozen to death. I am really disappointed in Ford not to send a recall out on this problem. Ford, You just lost a faithful customer of 35 years! Repair 1500

Russ of baltimore, MD October 4, 2009

Ford has an issue with triton motors. I have a triton V10 in my motor home and while backimg up BLEW a plug apart. This is an oringinal Ford plug with only 28528 miles on it. The plug blew taking the coil pack with it.The whole inside of plug blew out leaving the threads still in the motor.I hear from alot of people I'm lucky cause I should be able to just replace them. There is no way a spark plug should just blow out without a flaul of desisgn. After looking into and checking up on this issue I can only come to one conclusion. Ford is avoiding there responsablity by not issuing a recall and explaining why this is happening instead of making excusses for there products failure.From what I read They are trying to shift the blame on concumers rather than standing by there product. I would hope to see a boycot against Ford just to show the consumer can make a difference or a class action law suite against them for many people who WILL and have to make the costly repairs themselfs. I think maybe FORD is avoiding the issue just to collect more revenue because most consumer will return to there Service departments for repairs. I will never OWN another ford product and Ford can bank on that.

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