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Adam of Basehor, KS September 28, 2009

My 2002 Ford F-150 5.4 liter engine blew the spark plug out og the head. I have researched this problem and found that it happens to many people.Ford refuses to honor that there motor design has a flaw. I was out of a vehicle for one week. and the repair cost was well over 500.

kelly of pocatello, ID September 27, 2009

we have a 1999 f250 superduty v10. the spark plug blew and stripped the spark plug hole. After talking to the local ford dealer they wanted approx 1500.00 to fix it. We do not have that kind of money to hand over so i checked with a few machine shops to find out how much it would cost to repair the hole and decided to take apart the engine ourselves and have some repair the head

Ubbo of Tracy, CA September 21, 2009

Update on my blown out sprak plug issue. I called the local Ford dealership and the way it was explained to me is that Ford knows about these spark plugs popping out, however it is caused by engine vibration which wears out the threads therefore causing the spark-plug to pop out. Preventive maintenance is cure and checking the torque or tightness of the spark plugs is required at every 60K miles (this is the new interval set by Ford on the newer engines).

Funny thing is that I never heard about this until now and we were told the plugs were good for 100K miles and I cant find it in my owners manual where it tells me to check the torgue of the spark plugs every 60K miles. My consequence is now I will have to take my truck to Ford and allow them to conduct the proper repair. I dont have money or time for this and if I had known that Ford wanted me to check the torgue on my spark plugs I would have. Maybe they could have sent me a letter stating something....Ford needs to "man up" and just replace the heads, or lose customers.

Dick of shawnee, OK September 21, 2009

2002 ford 150 plugs replaced at 100000 miles by joe cooper ford of shawnee ok. at 128000 miles #3 cly spit spark plug

Ubbo of Tracy, CA September 20, 2009

While merging onto Highway 80 in Vacaville, CA, going to work on Travis AFB.(I am in the Air Force), we heard a pop and then a constant sputtering sound. I barely got to the base and found a secure parking spot and found out that a spark-plug may have blown out of the head? now I read the internet and find this is a common problem and Ford Motor Company did not recall their engines for this safety defect?

Pete of Teaneck, NJ September 20, 2009

My 1999 Ford Expedition experienced the spark plug blow up on Sept. 11th 2009, the Truck was running fine, then a sudden loud blow-up on the left side. It's crawled to my local Mech, and he knew exactly what happened as soon as he heard the engine. After reading all the similar occurances with these Ford Engines, it just makes me Angry that Ford didn't recall and or Fix this Problem..I always been a Ford Guy..now, I'm no longer sure.

Robert of Waterloo, WI September 17, 2009

Second time a spark plug has blown out of the head removing all threads. 2003 F250 5.4 triton. Repair cost unknown at this time. vehical is a ticking time bomb.

Kevin of Coon Rapids, MN September 16, 2009

Today 9-16-09 while driving my 2002 Ford F150 home I heard a loud noise comning from the engine. I took my truck to the repair shop and as it turns out the spark plug blew out of the engine. Coil is broken and needed replacing, boot is burned and split. The mechanic said this is a common problem with this model Ford truck. The cost of repair but the mechanic said there was no gaurantee the repair would last and is most likely to occur again. After researching this issue online I see the mechanic was right and there are many complaints. I want Ford to address the issue.

Chris of Bellbrook, OH September 15, 2009

While driving to pick up my kids from school in my 1998 Ford F150 with the Triton V8 engine (128,000 miles), my spark plug blew out of my engine block, and cracked and dislodged the coil... all while doing 65 mph on the highway. I tried to replace the coil (I've had to replace about 10 of them to date). That's when I notice the damaged spark plug (missing ceramic, crushed plug etc.) laying in the cylinder. Yikes! I had it towed to the mechanic. He had to buy a rethread kit, coil, plug, etc., just to find out that cylinder now has no compression. Estimated repairs are over 6000 (new engine needed). I am only now aware of this huge Ford defect problem, and want action! I have 2 young kids, and don't have a safe/relaible vehicle to transport them. Ford knew of this problem! If I'd have known, I'd have used the Clunker program but now am stuck. Please help!

Barry of Stony Plain, AB September 13, 2009

Driving down the highway and driving my 1999 Ford E350 Econline Van blew out a spark plug. Was told that this is very common with Ford. It will cost approximately 3 thousand to fix the problem. However they can not guarentee that it won't happen again soon. Ford is aware of this and yet still no recalls. What is going on here.

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