Tl* the contact owns a 1999 ford e-150. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle vibrated. The contact discovered that the fuel strap beneath the fuel tank on the rear axle was rusted and fractured. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the welding on the tail pipe was also rusted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 128,000.
1999 Ford E-150 engine problems
11 complaints (13% of all complaints for this car). Typical mileage when it fails: 111,000.
- owner complaints
- 11
- of this car's complaints
- 13%
- typical mileage
- 111,000
- crashes
- 0
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Exhaust system: manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe2
- Exhaust system: emission control2
- Exhaust system2
- Engine2
- Engine: gasoline1
At what mileage
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Ford E-150 engine problems in other years
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Related investigations
Spark plug ejection from cylinder head
On september 6, 2005, odi received a petition requesting that the agency investigate allegations of engine spark plug ejection in certain model year 1997 through 2004 ford vehicles with triton v-8 and v-10 engines.odi received a total of 474 non-duplicative complaints on the subject vehicles where the complainant, or the dealer repairing the vehicle, reported that a spark plug detached from the cylinder and/or ejected from the engine.as of december 8, 2005, odi is not aware of any allegations where the alleged defect resulted in a loss of vehicle control, a crash, an injury, or a fatality in any of the 10,319,810 subject vehicles.in addition, odi is aware of only two incidents where the vehicle stalled without restart.information contained in the odi consumer complaints and obtained from 72 telephone interviews with complainants showed the following:(1) 99% of the complaints were on my 1997 to 2002 subject vehicles.(2) most the complainants reported hearing a loud pop while driving or upon starting up the vehicle followed by a loud, repetitive clicking or popping sound.(3) many of the complainants reported that the popping sound was accompanied by some loss of vehicle power; however, in 99% of the incidents reported, the vehicle did not stall.in the very few incidents where the vehicle did stall, most vehicles could be restarted.(4) only a small percentage of the complainants cited that they smelled gas or a slight burning smell when the incident occurred.(5) in all but a very few incidents, vehicle damage was limited to the engine.in one incident, the complaint reported that the fuel rail was damaged and replaced after one of the spark plugs ejected from the engine; however, the complainant reported that the damage did not result in any type of fuel leak or fire.in another incident, the only incident where a fire was alleged, the complainant reported that no fluid leak was observed, but that a fire resulted after the spark plug had ejected from the engine and he had restarted the vehicle and driven to another location.none of the complainants reported any damage to the vehicle hood.(6) only two complainants reported that they observed what appeared to be some drops of fuel coming from the cylinder where the spark plug had failed or on the spark plug itself; however, each of these complainants reported that there was no smoke or flames as a result of his incident.as the petitioner noted, and odi?s analysis showed, it is possible for a spark plug to detach from the engine cylinder threads in the subject vehicles.however, odi?s analysis of 474 complaints describing such incidents found only a very few alleged any safety-related consequences.none of these showed any evidence of a serious safety consequence.given the large population and relatively long exposure time of the subject vehicles, the complaint analysis indicates that the risk to motor vehicle safety from the alleged defect is very low.in view of the foregoing, it is unlikely that the federal safety agency would issue an order for the notification and remedy of the alleged defect at the conclusion of the investigation requested in the petition.therefore, in view of the need to allocate and prioritize the federal safety agency?s limited resources to best accomplish the agency?s safety mission, the petition is denied.
DP05005
What 1999 Ford E-150 owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
Driving down road when # 8 spark plug blew out of plug hole.
The spark plug blew out on my ford e150. This is a ridiculously common problem with ford trucks/vans/ suvs- why is ford allowed to get away with this? Just google "ford spar" and instantly "ford spark plug blowout" pops up- there are hundreds of webpages about this, yet ford continues to escape liability for their poor design. Can't someone make these people @ ford do the right thing and fix it?
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford e-150. While driving 20 MPH, the contact heard a loud popping noise. He continued to drive the vehicle and then experienced some loss of power. The contact pulled off the road. The vehicle was towed to a mechanic and he discovered that the passenger side rear spark plug blew off. The dealer has not been notified. There is an opened and closed investigation (dp05005) regarding this same issue. The VIN was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 137,800.
Spark plug blew out of motor.
March 16, 2007. V8 (5.4l) I began to hear a loud popping sound under the hood. The back passenger side spark plug had blown out.my 1999 v8 5.4 had blown the spark plug ceramic portion out of the head. I made it home driving it like that (5 miles) and had a mechanic look at it. He said this was a common event for the fords. He is now going to try to heli-coil the plug hole to save me a head job, tho he's having problems due to the location of the plug. Now checking the web I see there are many many...of fords with the same problem the fed has even urged ford to fix and recall this problem...
1999 ford f150 4.2 liter v-6 engine. Only 52,000 miles and blown engine. Starts blowing steam out of exhaust, then engine starts knocking and ties up because of hydro lock. Coolant in cylinders locks engine. This is a very well known problem that ford will not back up costing consumers thousands of dollars. All starts with a defective intake manifold gasket which cannot be detected until it's to late. Thousands of complaints about the same engine from 1997 till ????, who knows if they are any good now. Someone needs to address this issue.
I had to spend a lot of time to find out what was wrong with my van. I took the van to three different shops. All shops said that there was a deficiency problem with spark plugs 6 and 1; also, all three shops said that the solenoid needed to be replaced and I had to replace it two times (I had to spend about $260.00 each time I had to replace it.) I also had to replace the egr two times as well (I had to spend about $70 each time I had to replace it.) I also had to replace four times the spark plug cables (I had to spend about $35 each time I had to replace it.) I also had to replace four oxygen sensors (I have the old ones and had to spend about $50 for each.) I has go to autozone thee times to borrow the computer to try to get the codes (by the way, it gave me these codes: 401 and 406); every time I had to borrow this computer I had to have $90 so that autozone could lend me the computer. I had to tow my van three times, this for a total of about $350 (by the way, I saved money about three times because I had friends help me tow the van, by this I do not mean that I did not had to pay; I still paid, it just was less money.) one of these times I had to spend seven hours in the freeway. Since this started to happen, I had to replace spark plugs 1 and 6 for as long as I kept using the van at least twice a month (this sometimes I had to do it while working when I started to feel that the engine was loosing power.) I have not used the van for four months and had to buy another one for work. I had to unnecessarily buy another van. This time I bought a van from chevrolet because I was afraid I would go through this problem again if I bought another van from ford. Up to this day I did not knew what was wrong with my van until I read the newspaper.
After consumer turned vehicle off, and took the keys out of the ignition, engine continues to run and the heat blower stays on. The dealership is refusing to fix problem. Please provide more details. Ph
Airbag light on. Dealer replaced sensor, and same day light came on again. Dealer could not remedy problem. Sway bar had to be taken out and installed correctly/gas pedal was sticking/wet floor on both driver and passenger sides/ leak from firewall/front rotors and pads were replaced/exhaust system replaced/both outside mirrors replaced, were not staying in position/bumper replaced 3 times, rusting through,, and electrical problems with vehicle.
Questions about the 1999 Ford E-150 engine
Does the 1999 Ford E-150 have engine problems?
Owners have filed 11 complaints about the engine of the 1999 Ford E-150, 13% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 1999 Ford E-150 engine problems start?
The typical (median) mileage in owner complaints is 111,000 miles.
Was there a recall on the 1999 Ford E-150 engine?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Ford E-150 have bad engine?
The Ford E-150 model years with the most engine complaints are 1997 (21 complaints), 1994 (17 complaints) and 1998 (15 complaints).
Other 1999 Ford E-150 problems
Fuel system 20Steering 17Brakes 14Electrical 7Body 6Suspension 6Acceleration 5Airbags 5Tires 5Transmission 3Visibility 3Seats 2Seat belts 1
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