1997 Ford Expedition: sudden loss of power

Filed Jan 23, 2013 · Electrical · 179,000 miles · PA

I was returning home from work and I heard a clicking noise as I was driving coming from my dash along with all of my gauges jumping rpms ran extremely high and speed gage jumping from all over from 50's to 05 miles a hour lights lighting up and then power lost in which made it harder to stop and steer its done this a few times along with a with the clicking the radio will turn its self on and kills the battery and there is a smell of a hot plastic smell along with all of that when I start to lose power my head lights dim down.

Filed Apr 8, 2010 · Engine · 233,357 miles · CA

I have a 1997 ford expedition, my 15 year daughter and I was driving on 10 freeway going eastbound towards san beradino, when my check engine light started flashing a then I heard a loud pop under my hood as my truck started to lose power and make loud popping sounds. I was terrified cause this happen as I was going between 65 and 70 miles per hour on free way. Once I coasted safely to side of freeway and examined under my hood I see my spark plug wire laying to the side and spark plug laying on axle I was in disbelief until I tried to pick up spark plug and it was too hot, to hold in my hand yes this was my spark plug! It had been spit out of the engine. This is very dangerous once this happens your truck lose power and slows down tremendously, I had my truck towed to shop. I knew I would have a hard time explaining this to mechanic, because I'm a woman and mechanic was not going to believe me, but he stated that it was common in ford trucks, the same thing happen to him and when he contacted dealer they did not acknowledge that there is an issue with they're spark plugs. My question is does some have to be killed before you guys do something it cost me $400 dollars to repair this and it could have cost me my life mechanic stated that it could happen again and maybe I should get rid of it as he sold his navigator after his incident. Would not feel right putting someone else thru this. As I research this issue I see I'm not the only one and this is not an isolated incident. This has happened enough times to enough people for ford to be held accountable.

Filed Nov 10, 2008 · Engine · 175,896 miles · MD

I have a 1997 ford exp with a 5.4 engine, I was driving along and I heard this loud pop sound and then lost power! I open the hood and found that the spark plug ejected out the engine and blew the ign coil apart. I have had three set of spark plugs installed from 1998-2007 and never had a problem(175896 miles on my truck). Im a auto tech by trade and have worked for western auto for 11years, and pep boys auto for 14 years. Over the last several years I have seen alot of fords trucks come in with this problem ! With so many people having the same problem when will ford be held accountable or some type of recall put in place ?it has not been fix yet , but I have look into buying a online insert kit that drills out the spark plug hole and install new threads to repair the damage threads. The cost of the kit is $367.95 and im doing the work myself but im sure it would be between 900 to 3000 thousand dollar if I have gone to a shop for repairs. Please contact me with a response ? Thank you for your time!

Filed Jan 2, 2007 · Electrical · MA

My 1997 ford expedition has been having serious electrical problems. I have had the gem mod replaced as well as the fuse box. It seems as though water is leaking into these parts from the windshield. I am still having these problems with a family of six, I am concerned with the prospects of an electrical fire or something else. We have had instances where the car lost power while on the highway, this could cause a serious accident. Please talk to ford. This seems like a very common problem!

Filed Jul 10, 2006 · Engine · 112,683 miles · CA

#3 spark plug ejected from the engine, which resulted in significant power loss. I nearly was rear-ended by a gas truck, but was eventually able to pull off the freeway. The spark plug threads were stripped from the head, the spark plug boot was split and the coil mount was broken off.

Filed Feb 8, 2006 · Engine · 132,980 miles · OH

Spark plug blown out of head by force of the engine, loss of power an major damage.

Filed Nov 29, 2005 · Engine · 132,000 miles · MA

Towing trailer and exhaust manifold studs broke. This caused a loss of power climbing a steep grade. Car behind almost hit us.

Filed Nov 4, 2005 · Engine · 118,000 miles · TX

Traveling @ 65 MPH and loud bang. Engine lost power and was extremely loud. Was told by authorized ford dealer that the spark plug had blow out of the cylinder. The truck was not fixed. Ford wanted $5000 for new engine or $4200 to rebuild mine. 1997 eddie bauer expedition.

Filed Oct 1, 2003 · Steering · MA

While trying to park lost power steering . Dealer replaced pitman arm/steering assembly/ intermediate arm/power steering gear box, and rack and pinion.

Filed May 8, 2001 · Steering · VA

Experienced a loss of power assist and steering while driving at approximately 50 MPH due to failure of power steering pump. Please provide further information.