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really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 1
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 94,054 miles
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I've had two plugs blow out on my 99 F150. It has less than 100,000 on it. If they know its a defect why not step up and fix the problem? it cost $300 a plug!!!! left me stranded at night with my family along the road!! makes me wonder if I want to stay with Ford or go elsewhere.
- Washington, IA, USA
1999 F-250 spark plug defect V8 5.4L had 2 spark plugs come loose. $700 to replace. Mechanic laughed and said they have a kit for this defect because it is so common.
- Floissant, CO, USA
I had just got off work and was leaving the parking area and blew out the number 4 sparkplug on the right side head. I shut off the my truck and parked it. I called a friend that lives close for a ride home. The next morning I drove back to the plant and took my truck to the local Ford dealership. They said that I should replace the head or install a helicoil and also replace the spark plug and coil pack. So I had them install the helicoil and replace the damaged parts. Less then a month later I was driving to work on the I 90 and I blow out the number 5 cylinder spark plug and this time it took out the plastic shield and ripped the spark plug and the coil pack off he truck. I have not done any thing but contact Ford Motor Company about this at this time. There suggestion was to replace the heads my self at a cost of 6,000 dollars.
- Lorain , OH, USA
I own a 1999 Ford F150, the sparkplug blew up as I was driving to work. I heard a loud pop.
- Cyril, OK, USA
Spark plug blowout on Ford Triton V8 engine, 5.4 liter.
- Hermiston, OR, USA
Truck engine started to cut out. Occurs every few hundred miles, requires part replacement. The cam position sensor is the part that continues to fail. Replacement fixes it.
- Centennial, CO, USA
1999 Ford F250 5.4 spit spark plug from cylinder head-2nd one back on driver side, left me stranded at 1am in December cold, no warning at all, just bang then pop-pop-pop.
- Kansas City, KS, USA
Blew out sparkplugs and broke bracket on the side of coil packs. Don't like paying $85 a pop for Ford's poor design. Plus the healy coils or maybe that's the motive. This happened three different times.
- Memphis, TN, USA
99 F250 spark plug blowout V10.
- Nekoosa, WI, USA
: the contact stated while driving 60 mph on normal road conditions the front of the vehicle started wobbling. The vehicle was pulled over to check the engine and one of the spark plugs was puff- puffing. The vehicle was taken to the dealership who determined the spark plugs dislodged and declared that all 1999 Ford F250 models presented the same defect. The dealership had not received the solution from the manufacturer. The vehicle was not drivable since the incident.
- Hollister, CA, USA
1999 Ford Expedition first blew out a spark plug in 2003 due to too few threads in cylinder head. Mechanic was able to repair for around $500. The problem occurred again on another spark plug in 2004 which destroyed the whole engine. I contacted Ford and was told they could do nothing about it. The refurbished jasper engine ended up being around $5400. The old engine was turned in to avoid a core charge. I have all of the paperwork from the mechanic stating the problem.
- Hamilton, OH, USA
1999 F-150 head gasket leaking on right back side on exhaust and catalytic convert smell and see smoke affraid of fire while driving or parked.
- Sellersburg, IN, USA
The aluminum head was cracked on the engine, which threw the spark plugs out and caused the engine not to operate. Manufacturer has been contacted by consumer.
- Seymour, MO, USA
The check engine light appeared on the dashboard and remained on. Driver took vehicle to the dealer, and mechanic determined that the problem could not be duplicated.
- Alto, TX, USA
The spark plug blew out the cylinder head while the vehicle was being driven causing the engine to not operate. The owner will contact manufacturer.
- Swedesboro, NJ, USA
6.8 litre V-10 engine and one spark plug from each cylinder head came out. One cyl head had threads destoyed thereby making a replacement nessesary and the other one was suspect. The dealer suggested a rebuilt engine as costs would be very close between repairs and a genuine Ford rebuilt engine and it would come with a warrenty. My complaint is that the plugs came out because the cyl heads were a poor design with only 3/8" threads in an aluminum casting and I shouldn't be paying for poor engineering and designs. There has been an update in 2001 that now has a cyl head with 9/16" threads and plugs to suit. I want Ford to install a new updated engine at their cost.
- Ucluelet, UN, USA
Engine leaking oil through head gasket. Four attempts have been made to repair the problem. Problem began @ 17, 000 miles. Currently vehicles has 67,000 miles. First attempt took over 6 weeks to complete. All other attempts took 1 week. Additional problems with carbon build up in the engine have occured inbetween repair attemps. Any attempt to contact Ford to address the problem was a dead end.
- Griswold, CT, USA
- Lake City, CO, USA