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Name: BRIAN JEFFERIES on Oct 14, 2006Comments:Flag
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Name: JOHN ROARK on Nov 2, 2006Comments: My '99 Ford F-150's 5.4L engine ejected the #2 cylinders spark plug the morning of Oct. 16th, 2006. I was pulling away from a stop sign when it happened and I was only moving about 15 mph at the time. My truck only had 81,790 miles on it. I was able to re-tap and install a 3/4" long full thread insert (the length of threads these aluminum heads should have milled into them in the first place and not the 1/4" length of threaded they have) and so far it's running fine. The only problem now is I'm afraid whenever I start the engine it's going to blow one of the other seven plugs out. It basically makes me leery of driving the truck. What good is it having a truck that youre afraid of driving This is a Ford issue with these heads and I think they need to fix it at their cost, not the owners. I was lucky that it blew out the #2 plug. If it had been the #3, #4, #6, or #8 spark plug I would have been screwed by Ford because of these plugs are buried back under the firewall and virtually impossible to repair without removing the head completely. Beside that, Ford will not do the insert repair (which is actually a better fix than what they want to do) because they want to replace it with a new design flawed head so that it can do the same thing at a later date. Thats another $3,000 + in their pocket and out of the owners. Ive bought Fords for the past 31 years. As you can probably tell, Im not very pleased with them at all. Ford, fix your problem. The basic engineering rule of thumb for thread wide verses length is length of thread equals the diameter (in steel). Aluminum requires 1½ times the diameter for the length. So Ford, for the Motorcraft spark plugs that you install in these heads that have a 14mm thread (with is 9/16 in diameter if you didnt know) you would need at least 3/4 to 13/16 of thread length milled into your screwed-up head design in order to secure the spark plugs from being blown out. Heck! Ive known this rule ever since I was 9 years old working in my uncles lawn mower shop.Flag
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Name: Mark Lockwood on Nov 20, 2006Comments: I have a 2001 F-150 5.4L that has just spit out #3 for the 2nd time.Flag
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Name: Robert Korrow on Nov 22, 2006Comments:Flag
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Name: Manuel Castor on Dec 8, 2006Comments: FORD needs to pay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Flag
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Name: Terry Timmins on Dec 13, 2006Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Dec 27, 2006Comments: Just happened to our 98 F150. Looks like engine was damageed so a full engine replacement is needed.Flag
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Name: Steve Trojan on Jan 7, 2007Comments: My 2001 Ford F250 Superduty shot the #7 plug out of the engine. These plugs were factory installed and I was told by the dealer this seldom happens.Flag
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Name: Mel Hewitt on Jan 10, 2007Comments: I am involved in a lawsuit already for this issue. My V10 in my 2000 Excursion had a blow out. Ford should do the roght thing!!!! I am considering replacing my Excursion, won't be a Ford!!!!Flag
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Name: Carrie Shepherd on Jan 15, 2007Comments: we just bought a 2000 ford Excursion and the spark plug blew out going down the highway. We were stranded and our truck had to be towed, Now we are being told that we have to replace the head. My dad retired from ford , my brother works for ford. Me and my husband own 17 ford mustangs. I guess it's time to E-bay some FORD'S. Have always owned Chevy SUV's and put 250,000 miles on them with only changing oil. Will go back to chevy.Flag
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Name: Martin Von Raesfeld on Feb 2, 2007Comments: 2002 Ford Expedition just spit a spark plug. Geting estimates for repair at least 2,000 dollars,Flag
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Name: Waynenetta Johnson on Feb 5, 2007Comments: 1997 Ford Expedition blew out the #3 spark plug in November 2006, then #8 blew out in January 2007. Stranded both times with my toddler, having to go through the trouble of getting the truck towed to repair shop. First repair costs $800. Second repair quoted at $1900 for a 'helicoil' fix (since #8 is harder to access than #3) or given option to replace engine for $6000 since this problem is so persistent.Flag
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Name: Kevin M. Hammons on Feb 5, 2007Comments: 1999 F-150 5.4L, Blown 2 plugs in a month truck just sitting in the cold right now.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 6, 2007Comments: I own one of these trucks and I am just waiting for my turn to spend lots of money fixing that poor design! This truck is the last ford I buy ...unless they make it right.Flag
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Name: William Good on Feb 6, 2007Comments: 2002 Ford Ligthning. Launched #3 plug. Truck has only 44000 miles on it. Used to buy Toyotas. Thought I would give Ford a try. Never, Never again!Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 6, 2007Comments: Here I am paying through the nose to fix a blown plug which I have never heard of doing on other trucks. Pay up Ford! 1999 Ford F250 CrewJunkFlag
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Name: Ronald Bellon on Feb 7, 2007Comments: My spark plug just blew out yesterday. I haven't taken it in to have it repaired yet. I have been a loyal Ford owner all my life. It's disappointing to learn they are not standing by their products.Flag
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Name: Johnnie Gillum on Feb 9, 2007Comments: I am an automotive technology teacher in a high school and community college. I have taken the Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Tests and was certified to be competent as an automobile technician. I paid $34,500 for a new 2004 Ford Lariat F-150 with the 5.4 Triton engine. When I took my truck in for a tune up, I was told that my engine was known to have gone well over 100,000 miles without having to change any plugs. At that time, my engine had 48,337 miles on it and ran beautifully. I took the Ford representatives advise to "not anticipate a problem and bring the truck back when a problem is evident". Recently, I noticed some vibration with the engine during any kind of acceleration. It was obvious that a cylinder was not producing power. The engine currently has 95710 miles on it. [Again, under the 100,000 mark.] This time a service technician says that there could be a problem with a spark plug or a coil pack. He was right about the spark plug. Another technician told me that if a plug has broken off in the combustion chamber, the cost to correct the problem could be as much as $3,000. That's when I went on-line and found that thousands of Ford customers are dissatisfied with the company and their product. Ford is very much aware of the complaints about spark plug blow-outs and faulty cylinder head designs on the 5.4 Triton engines.Flag
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Name: Ray on Feb 11, 2007Comments: Today my #2 plug blew out leaving me stranded an 1 hour away from home. I had to wait for a shop owner I know to come get me and my truck back to his shop (1.5 hours back in the opposite direction). Had to wait for 6 hours for the tow. My 2002 Ford Lightning is COMPLETELY stock with about 44K miles. That is rediculous!!! RECALL AND FIX THIS ISSUE FORD!!!Flag
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Name: Jeremy on Feb 12, 2007Comments: I own a 2000 F150 with a 5.4L Triton and now that i've learned of this i'm outraged!!! I've been a ford fan all my life but if they don't own up and fix this problem soon i'm becoming a chevy man.Flag
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Name: Mark Clements on Feb 13, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Paul Slaughter on Feb 16, 2007Comments: My 1999 Ford F-250 blew a spark plug out of the head above the #7 cylinder. 2100.00 repair for a problem the local Ford Dealer admitted was a problem caused by poor design.Flag
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Name: Jeff Donaldson on Feb 16, 2007Comments: 2001 Ford F150 Supercrew 5.4L. Blew spark plug out of cylinder. Left me, wife, and two young kids 150 from home.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 19, 2007Comments: 2001 F150 Pickup. Blew spark plug and is obviously undriveable. Called dealership and all that wanted me to do is to bring it in. Waiting on a call backFlag
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Name: Chris Kelems on Feb 19, 2007Comments: I was driving my 2000 F250 5.4L and blew the third driver-side on a cold day with my two children. I think it really sucks I had to pay a tow bill and have someone to drive 25miles to get my children and me. Ford needs to fix their problem!!!!!Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 20, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Tom Zebus on Feb 21, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 21, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: DENNIS MERKELBACH on Feb 25, 2007Comments: MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IN THE CAR POOL LANE AT NIGHT. WHEN THE NUMBER 3 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. SHE LOST POWER. WAS ABLE TO GET OF THE FREEWAY. THE CYLINDER WAS STRIPPED UNABLE TO PUT A NEW SPARK PLUG IN. CONTACTED FORD. THEY WERE NO HELP EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEMFlag
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Name: David Donovan on Feb 25, 2007Comments: I have a ford F-250 2002, it has about 55,000 miles on it and the engine is running rough i hope this is not the problem. Ford should deisng a good product for the price we pay.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 27, 2007Comments: I own A 2000 F-150 with a 5.4 engine. It only has 50,000 miles on it and it's not had a problem yet but, I hope that ford will do a stand up thing and help those that have this problem. If mine blows one out and I don't get help, it WILL be the last ford product I ever buy! I've owned four ford vehicles in the last 10 years and I'm sure if this happens to me I'll be done with Ford!!!!Flag
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Name: Thomas A. Droleskey on Feb 27, 2007Comments: Our 2001 Georgetown Motor Home, which has a Ford V-10 Triton engine, has just spit out its third spark plug in the space of thirteen months, the second in the space of less than three weeks. Repairs have been made via a special tool kit, which is made by the Ford Motor Company but which it does not authorize its service centers to use (desiring to sell customers a new engine head without any guarantees of this problem not re-occurring). It is time for the Ford Motor Company, steeped in the positivism and relativism of corporate denial, one of the fruits of the Protestant Revolt and the rise of Freemasonry as the diabolical replacements for the Social Reign of Christ the King as it must be exercised by the Catholic Church, to accept full responsibility for the design flaw in the Ford V-10 Triton engine. Those who do not fear the moment of their own Particular Judgments on their souls after their deaths, either because they believe that they are "saved" (and can thus do anything they want) or because they belive that they are immune from such a Judgment, will never be forced, absent a class-action lawsuit, to admit the harm they have done to people (ingestions of gasoline fumes, impairment of one's hearing). Ford Motor Company needs to take full responsibility and to warn all owners of vehicles that contain this flawed engine of the problems and to idemnify them fully for the expenses incurred. The corporate "bottom line" and stonewalling may "work" in the short run in this vale of tears. It won't work, I can assure you, when those responsible for considering only the "bottom line" and stonewalling meet Christ the King in the face when their bodies have breathed their lastFlag
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Name: Robert Arbuckle on Feb 27, 2007Comments: Bought a used 2000 Ford Expedition 1 week ago and just blew a sparkplug today. Did a web seach and was suprised by the number of complaints I have seen.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 28, 2007Comments: My '00 Ford Excursion has been back to the dealership at least 17 times for a wide variety of electrical and mechanical problems. Please help us, now it has 81,000 miles, is out of the extended warranty, and of course it's blown a spark plug. All told with the ongoing issues and the new spark plug /. head issue. I feel my truck is TOTALLED at 81,000 miles - the body is fine, the interior is fine, but the mechanical and electrical issues are estimated to cost more than the vehicle is worth. i cannot afford to fix it, and not having this vehicle operational is putting a large hardship on my family. Please help. I now have a really large, really expensive yard ornament. My county code won't allow me to keep the truck if it's non-operational, so what do I doFlag
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Name: Clayton Applegate on Feb 28, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Shane Comer on Mar 1, 2007Comments: just lost the #3 plug on my 2001 crew cab with a 4.6. i used to sell fords and have been very loyal. i currently own three and there is something wrong with each. i will not buy another. that is a promiseFlag
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Name: Gary R. Van Tassel on Mar 3, 2007Comments: I took my 2001 F-150 Supercrew in today for a pre- smog tune up at 87000 miles and the shop informed me of this problem and i must sign a waiver in order to get the car tuned up. I have already replace 6 coils over the past 5 years due to unknown reasons and I refuse to have my primary vehicle (that transports my 2 year old son) get stuck and possibly break down while away from home or on a freeway somewhere. Ford needs to address this with a recall for a free tune up and thread inspection prior to reinstalling the plugs.Flag
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Name: Robert W. Carr on Mar 4, 2007Comments: I fully endorse this action as my F150 V8 5.4L engine blew a sparkplug in 2006. My damage was so bad it required an engine replacement at a cost of $7,000 which I had to bear the burden of.Flag
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Name: Mike Long on Mar 4, 2007Comments: My 1999 F150 blew the right rear passenger side plug today. The truck had to be flatbedded to the dealer. It is Sunday, so I do not know how much it will cost. I had to rent a car and I will be late to a new job I am starting. I have always been a Ford truck man. After seeing the attention about this problem on the internet, Ford needs to step up to the plate and fix the problems. Neglect on Ford's part drives customers to Toyota and the rest.Flag
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Name: Mike M on Mar 5, 2007Comments: I have just had this hapen to my truck - with 66K miles on it. Fix it Ford!Flag
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Name: Blaine Linton on Mar 9, 2007Comments: I paid over $3000.00 for a spit out spark plug on my 1998 Ford F-150. I had to replace the entire enging head. My truck had around 80-90,000 miles on it at the time. I have seen hundreds if not thousands of complaints so I hope we get some money back because it is ridiculous.Flag
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Name: Morgan MacKay on Mar 13, 2007Comments: Vehicle: 2004 Ford F150 Lightning. Sparg plug ejected at 85,000 Km.Flag
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Name: Mark P on Mar 13, 2007Comments: My 2001 E-350 Ford van shot out a plug in the spring of 2005. I was at a stoplight when it happned. Fortunately I was able to get out of the way of traffic even thought I had little power left. The cost of getting it fixed was very expensive. Ford needs to take better care of their customers if they expect to keep them.Flag
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Name: Verina Eldridge on Mar 15, 2007Comments: 1999 ford expedition blew spark plug. last ford i will ever buy!Flag
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Name: Dan White on Mar 15, 2007Comments: I have a 1997 F250 that ejected a spark plug. The ejected plug hit the injection fuel line caught fire and in ten minutes my truck and everything in it was destroyed. Would love to have you post my pictures. This defect could kill someone.Flag
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Name: Gary M. Hestand on Mar 16, 2007Comments: I bought my daughter a 1999 F-250 and it blew a plug when she was on her way to school. How can I trust my little girl in another FordFlag
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Name: Gary M. Hestand on Mar 16, 2007Comments: I bought my daughter a 1999 F-250 and it blew a plug when she was on her way to school. How can I trust my little girl in another FordFlag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 18, 2007Comments: I just had a plug blow out. i am not happy knowing this has been a common occerance and Ford has done nothing to rectify it. I have always owned a Ford but after learning about this B.S. I will be changing to another manufacturer. Does Ford think that we the consumer are stupid and there is nothing wrong with their design. I have never heard of any other manufacturer with this kind of problem.WHATS UP FORD !!!Flag
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Name: Tim Norwood on Mar 18, 2007Comments: It happened to our 2002 Ford Expedition 5.4 engine.Flag
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Name: Robert E Kershner Sr on Mar 18, 2007Comments: March 18, 2007 our ride to church in our 2001 F250 SD with 110,000 miles, was interrupted by a spark plug #3 cylinder blowing out and breaking the coil. Luckily I was able to call family to pick up the 5 & 6 year old granddaughters. We were not sure we could make it home. We have always been "Ford people", but I have completely lost confidence in this truck, my crown victoria and the mustang with this head design. I pay a lot of money to purchase and insure vehicles for transportation. I expect to feel confident about my safe arrival at every destination, however, now I have serious doubts whether these vehicles will get me where I want to go. All comments regarding this problem have very, exceptionally poor reports regarding FORDs customer service. Never thought I would go foreign, but could consider looking at how they are made. How much does FORD expect me to pay for a modular motor vehicle that I can not be confident to useFlag