Spark plug blew out of triton v10 engine almost causing a fire. Truck only has 14,000 miles on it. Very costly repair and could have caused a fire or injuries.
2001 Ford E-350 engine complaints
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Normal use .ford e-350 5.4 2001.sudden failure of right no.2 cylinder .sparkplug ejected. Coil-over damaged.;repair by coil insert.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford e-350. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the contact heard loud sounds coming from the engine. He pulled the vehicle to the side of the road and discovered that the third spark plug blew out of the cylinder head. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic and they re-threaded the cylinder head. The current mileage was 134,701 and failure mileage was 133,345. Updated 09/25/08 *bf updated 09/25/08
Twice within the past two years I have been driving down the road, at reasonably low speeds, and a spark plug has blown completely out of my engine ,with no advance warning . Twice I have had to bring it back to the dealer . He now tells me ,and the extended warranty company confirmed it ,that the heads for the 5.4 litre engine were not milled properly (only 4 threads for each spark plug, causing the plug to strip and come out of the engine) and that this is an enormous problem with this engine . The last repair cost over $4,000 but since the problem has been occurring outside of the 36,000 mile warranty that ford provides, ford has done nothing about it and in fact, it has generated much business for the dealerships. Both the dealer and the warranty company confirmed this.
Our family was riding in our 2001 ford e-350 super duty 15-passenger van powered by fords 5.4l v8 255 hp on I-80 eastbound near milesburg, pa this past saturday afternoon (july 7,2007) and one of the spark plugs blew out of the cylinder head. I am awaiting repairs even now. I have noticed our government's reluctance to issue a recall on what appears to be a recurring problem for '97-04 ford engines with the aluminum heads. The repairs are very expensive! Please help! Thanks, david lipsy
Spark plug blown out x3, each time a different plug, date listed below is the latest.
At slow speed (less thatn 30 MPH) travelling down hill at idle, engine has stalled 5 times in the 6500 miles on the vehicle. Power steering and brakes are lost.the engine starts up immediately with the key.
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