My 1998 Ford F150 needed to be serviced, plug and wire change. Starting to run really bad. The guy that serviced it stated that he had a plug he "couldn't get the plug out; but that he won." I took it that the plug broke off in the cylinder head. Still didn't run right after plug and wire change. After approximately 1,000 miles, the plug blew from cylinder head #7. The truck is sitting in my drive. I nearly sold it to scrap and salvage for $300. But it appears to be fixable with Cal Van inserts or Time Serts. For the year of the truck and the mileage, the repair is pricy. HOWEVER, as the sales people at Gateway Ford run around declaring, "buy a F150 today, ONLY $40,000; JUST $40,000." Well OK, in Michigan, I can buy and payoff a home for that amount of money, Deed in Hand. The Cal Van inserts and kit will run about $250 on eBay. Labor time is stated to be 30 minutes per cylinder x 8 cylinders at $65 hour = $260 labor. Yep, it is the only way I can continue to afford to drive a truck. It doesn't sound like Ford will remedy this problem. I don't believe the dealership will repair the problem, they want to move inventory. ONLY $40,000 basic model; to get the bells and whistles add $10,000 - $20,000 or more to get the Malinea Falcon line models. I really can't afford a car payment. This truck will be lucky if I can get it on the road again by April. Public transpo and 'Beg-A-Ride' for me. Bye. Bye.

This is the last one I am going to do because to go down through the years with each one is a pain in the ass. In 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017. In 2014 #4 decides it doesn't like it's hole anymore and spits it out.It is such a pleasure trying to work on that cylinder...not.so great since it is so easy to get too (sarcasm big time)

So now I have 2, 3 and 4 spitting the plugs out..two times a year on average and I'm damn sick of the coil companies making a fortune off me and plus my time spent working on it. I'm getting too old for this sh*t. I want Ford to send me a head with gaskets for it and the intake I have to take off so that I can fix their problem. Sure is funny when I paid cash for this truck nobody bothered to tell me it had already spit #3 out and that it was a big problem with that motor. I would have bought a different truck.

I want somebody to take accountability for their actions and supply me with a new head for the passenger side to fix this problem. I'm tired and live on a fixed income and cannot afford another car payment. This one is paid for. I love my truck except for this problem. .

The first time I drove it home, I didn't notice anything wrong. The truck wasn't cranked for a week, until my wife was going to go buy some plants. She honked for me to come outside. She heard the engine making a noise coming from the engine. I heard it also. Since this was on a Saturday, the garage where I had it repaired (I had all 8 spark plugs helicoiled to hopefully avoid any more blow outs) was closed. The following Monday I took it back to the shop. They finally got around to looking at the truck today.

They called me and told me the it was a rod knocking. My wife, nor I, had ever noticed the noise before. I can't imagine the spark plug problem causing a rod to start knocking. I have kept my truck maintenance up from day one. I have only used synthetic oil in the engine since synthetic oil came onto the market, and kept it and the filter changed every time it was due. Now, with a little over 155000 miles I am looking at having to have a rebuilt engine installed, which shouldn't be happening as much as I have babied this truck and kept it up.

Had a 05 F150, heard about plug problems breaking, traded the truck in to avoid this problem, bought an older F150 a 1998 to be under the year of this problem. After owning truck for two years, at 121000 miles a spark plug blew out taking out the treads and a coil. I have been all Ford my whole life and now am wondering about Ford. Every manufacturer is having issues out the ass and at the expense of the consumer. It's time that the manufacturers man up and put out a product that's worthy of the high price they are charging for their product instead of padding their pockets by producing and selling below standard products. Where's the American pride gone? Pissed off.

I used the recommended fix which lasted for about a year..seems like we have a Christmas tradition now of the spark plug spitting out. Ford needs to fix this problem as their dumbass designers are the ones behind the problem. When you are in Dallas traffic and the thing pops out without warning..trying to get off the road to prevent an accident gets tricky. Now the damn replacement coil is stuck in the head and I have to send to shop to see if they know how to get it out. FORD NEEDS TO REPLACE THE FAULTY HEADS.