Tl* the contact owns a 1998 ford expedition equipped with goodyear wrangler trailmark tires, size: p265/65/r18 (na). The contact purchased the brand new tires from walmart. While driving 35 MPH on the highway, the rear driver's side wheel detached from the vehicle. A police report was filed that stated that the lug nuts were completely gone. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. Walmart filed a claim with their insurance company, which stated that walmart followed procedures when they installed the tires and were not liable. The dealer and manufacturer had not been contacted. The contact spoke with her state's attorney general's office. The tire failure mileage was unavailable. The failure mileage was 246,233.
1998 Ford Expedition: tire blowout or tread separation
30 of the 836 complaints about the 1998 Ford Expedition describe tire blowout or tread separation.
- owner complaints
- 30
- of this car's complaints
- 4%
- typical mileage
- 120,000
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 3 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Tire blowout or tread separation by model year
What owners say
I have the 5.4 triton v8 engine. I just had my 3rd spark plug blow out in the last year.they need to recall these heads. Luckily it hasn't resulted in an engine fire like it has for others.
Coil and spark plug blow out of engine when truck was started (1998). The expedition has been known to have this issues as well as other issues. Why is ford not taking responsibility; so far accident avoided. I had to replace one coil pack each year so far but this was the worse. I needed the cinder retreaded to fit the spark plug in.
Our 1998 ford expedition with the 5.4 v8 triton engine had another spark plug blow out of the cylinder head. The last time this happened was about 3 years ago, it was the #3 cylinder plug then and last week it was the #6 cylinder plug, I searched the internet concerning this problem and found hundreds if not more of the same issues, and no one is making ford do anything about this, just thought my voice in this matter might help. Please if there was ever an instance of a recall this is surely one. This is getting very expensive for the auto owner, the first time we had it fixed by ford and it was $250 and this time it was over $1,000. Thank you for addressing this issue. *tr
3rd time we have had a spark plug ejection from the passenger engine head of our 1998 ford expedition with a triton 5.4 liter engine. I owned a ford f150 and had this same problem twice. I did research and called a few ase master mechanics that are rated as america's #1 and #4 mechanics in the nation, and was told it is the most common problem fords triton engines have ever had, and they see these problems on a daily basis, yet ford does not acknowledge the problem. Ford desperately needs to recall these engines, they are a hazard, and the spark plug ejects with explosive power damaging nearby components on it's way out of the engine. Ford refuses to acknowledge this common manufacture defect. To fix this problem new heads need to be installed on the engine. The quick helical style sleeve into the stripped spark plug threads has a failure rate of 100%. Again this is a major problem and the magnitude can be seen all over the internet by searching fords spark plug blowouts. Literally 10's of thousands of forums, and insight in this problem is available online, except support from ford motor company.
1998 ford expedition the spark plug blow out.
While driving on the highway on 02/20/2009 I experienced a blow out on the passengers right front tire. The speed was about 60 MPH. I then experienced a second blowout 30 days later 03/20/2009 on the left rear drivers tire. Once again this was about 1.5 -2 hrs of highway driving. My whole family of 4 was in the SUV at the time. Now I don't feel safe with the other two tires.
The engine in my 1998 ford expedition continues to have spark plug problems. The engine misfires, runs poorly, and is a hazard to have on the road. I have had several spark plugs blow out and have had to spend $4000 to have one of the heads replaced because ford did not include enough threads in their original design. They later changed the design in 2003 I am told. If someone there would visit the following site [http://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/ford_spark.html], they would see that these engines continue to blow out spark plugs as recently as yesterday, 9/16/08. When are you going to issue a recall? These engines have been dangerous and defective for years. I am not sure what it takes, but ford needs to step up an resolve this problem.
Spark plug blowout in a ford expedition 5.4l v8.
Back in 2005 my 1998 ford expedition had a spark plug blow out of the cylinder head. Had it fixed the first time with a heli-coil. In 2006 it blew out again had to replace the cylinder heads.
1998 ford expedition triton motor-spark plug blowout #2 cylinder.
Spark plug blow out ford 5.4 v8.
Service bulletins that may apply
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1998 Ford Expedition tire blowout
Is tire blowout or tread separation a common problem on the 1998 Ford Expedition?
30 of 836 owner complaints about the 1998 Ford Expedition (4%) mention tire blowout or tread separation. The model year with the most reports is 1999.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1998 Ford Expedition?
There are 0 recalls and 3 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 1998 Ford Expedition
Fire or smoke 61Adaptive cruise 33Ball joint 29Wipers 27Stalling 18ABS 13No deployment 12Seat belt 12Brake failure 11Engine failure 9Headlights 9Loss of power 9Won't start 9Grinding brakes 8Door locks 8Knocking 8Sudden acceleration 8Transmission failure 8Check engine light 7Hesitation 6Overheating 6Pulling 6Won't shift 6
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