Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford expedition. Upon starting the vehicle, the contact heard a loud popping sound coming from the engine compartment. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and they stated that a spark plug blew out. The dealer installed new spark plugs and a new coil. While driving 25 MPH, the failure recurred and the vehicle was towed back to the dealer. The vehicle was repaired again. The failure mileage was 170,000 and current mileage was 171,000. Updated 02/19/08
2000 Ford Expedition engine complaints
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2000 ford expedition spark plug ejected.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford expedition. The contact stated that he heard knocking sound coming from the engine and the engine skipped. The dealer stated that one of the coil packs caused the failure and they made the replacement. Approximately eleven months later the failure occurred again. The dealer stated that the number three and six coil packs need to be replaced. In addition, they noticed gunk on the spark plugs. As of december 27, 2007, the dealer had not repaired the vehicle. The current mileage was 143,000 and failure mileage was 120,000. The purchase date was unavailable.
Spark plug # 2 was spit out of the engine due to poor design.
2000 ford expedition v8 4.6l xlt stalls when gas is at 1/4 tank and at a forward angle (downhill). This happens when going 55 on the freeway, come to a slight decline and vehicle stalls and dies. Could cause an accident. I can not sell this car and get a new ford, knowing some could get hurt. We don't let our kids drive it.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford expedition. While driving 30 MPH, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was restarted, but then stalled again. There was a loss of steering. The vehicle coasted to a service station. The mechanic stated that the spark plug blew out of the cylinder head. No repairs were made. The current and failure mileages were 101,000. Updated 12/12/07
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford expedition. While attempting to accelerate from a stop, the contact heard a loud popping sound followed by a noise coming from under the hood. The vehicle hesitated and would not accelerate. The contact had to glide the vehicle downhill and into her driveway. A mechanic discovered that a spark plug blew out of the hole. The dealer has not been notified and the vehicle has not been repaired. The current and failure mileages were 140,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford expedition. Approximately an hour and a half after parking the vehicle, the contact noticed smoke and flames coming from the hood. The vehicle has not been inspected to determine the cause of the fire. The vehicle was destroyed. The current and failure mileages were 100,000. Updated 02-01-08. *kb hialeah police report. Updated 02/01/08
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford expedition. The contact had driven the vehicle all day between the speeds of 35 to 55 MPH. Five minutes after parking the vehicle, the engine began to smoke and then burst into flames. The vehicle is currently under investigation with the insurance company. A police report was filed. On september 28, 2005, the cruise control deactivation switch was replaced under recall 05v017000. The current and failure mileages were 103,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford expedition. The contact noticed smoke rising from under the hood of the vehicle. When he lifted the hood, flames were present. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was destroyed. Prior to the failure, the vehicle had been parked for two hours. The dealer referenced recall # 05v388000 (vehicle speed control), but the contact did not receive a recall notice. A police report was filed. The current and failure mileages were 83,000.
The events leading up to the failure included startup of the vehicle and on the second occurrance merely driving the vehicle - a 2000 ford expedition eddie bauer 5.4 ltr triton v8 with 90000 miles. The failure was of 2 separate spark plugs being blown from the cylinder head (both on the drivers side) a total of 3 times. The consequences was having the vehicle towed to a repair shop. The most recent repair was a recurrance of the same blown plug which happened in 2005. To correct the issues, the spark plugs were replaced and reinserted with repair kits to hopefully prevent future blowouts. Additional consequences are that I no longer trust ford or my vehicles reliability. In researching this issue online, this is not a rare occurance and there have been vehicle fires where the spark plug has ruptured the fuel rail which sits directly above the spark plug holes. Consumeraffairs.com has this report: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/03/ford_spark_plug_fire.html. Do we need to wait until some actually dies before action will be taken to have ford do the right thing and repair this obvious defect?
I took my 2000 ford expedition xlt in to huntington beach ford to be serviced due to r.p.m. Fluctuation and a service engine soon light. They conducted a diagnosis and stated I would need a I.a.c. Part. The new I.a.c. Did not fix the problem so I took it back to h.b. Ford and they stated I would need a d.p.f.e. Sensor. I had them replace that which did not fix the problem because the service engine light illuminated and the r.p.m. Fluctuation was still evident. I went back to h.b. Ford and they diagnosed a new throttle body. I gave them the o.k. To replace the throttle body. They called me a couple days later to inform me that that did not solve your problem so I will need to pay an extra $400 for a diagnostic fee so they can check all the wiring. The manager has stated they believe it is coming from the wiring system? Why do I have to pay for everything else when they cannot pinpoint the problem?
Ever since we purchased a 2000 ford expedition and drove the vehicle off the lot, a fan has been turning off and on whether the vehicle is on or off. We took it back to the dealer when it was still under warranty, but nothing was found. Now, the fan is turning on more often and it is louder than before. We are afraid that it may short out and cause a fire. We have noticed that the rear of the vehicle raises every time the fan turns on and vehicle lowers throughout the day. We are also afraid that we may have an accident while traveling on the highway.
Dt*: the contact stated while the vehicle was parked in a parking lot unattended, a fire erupted from underneath the hood and the engine compartment area without warning. The fire department was alerted, and extinguished the flames. The police were alerted, and a report was taken. Due to the extensive fire damage, the vehicle was deemed a total loss. The vehicle was towed to the dealer to await inspection. The manufacturer was alerted.
Dt*: the contact stated that there was a pup-pup noise coming from under the hood as the engine was started. Upon inspection, the source of the noise came from the spark plug. The spark plug suddenly blew out and was only attached by a hanging wire. The vehicle was towed to a dealership who determined the engine repair should be performed.
I was going to the lake when I heard a pinging in the engine on the drivers side. I stopped to check the oil level. There was plenty of oil. I drove to the lake and had a great day of fishing. On the way home, I heard the pinging again but the pinging was not there on acceleration. After driving almost total of 400 miles that day, I stopped by the gas station to put gas in, after putting gas in about 2-3 miles from home, the spark plug, coil shot out of the head - went home to check - just to my shock found no threads in the head. I also had a friend that this happened to so I was thinking it was just a one time incident but it also happened to me. I will have to find out what ford states when I take it in and how much it will cost.
On 05-04-06, was driving 35 MPH down a city street during normal driving conditions when there was a loud explosion, then my 2000 expedition began to sound as if it was sputtering or missing. Wife screamed, kids started crying, I swerved as I thought initially it was either an explosion or engine blowing up coming through the floor board / firewall. The expedition was then slowly driven to the house (was only a few blocks away luckily) and called a local mechanic to make an appointment to bring in vehicle for inspection and repair. Found it was #7 spark plug blown out of the head, coil was damaged etc. The mechanic then repaired the engine for me and I got it back after a week. The repairs included the top half of the engine being disassembled, the head taken to a machine shop and being repaired, then the remainder of the engine being cleaned up and reassembled. Also had to have the coil and coil mount replaced etc. (not a mechanic, there is an entire list if items ordered for replacement during this period of time) and just received the SUV back today. My wife is now totally scared to drive the expedition as she is now weary of the quality of the engine since we have now found that spark plug(s) flying out of ford engines are a common thing. She has had nightmares of the incident and has been afraid to drive due to the explosion and how violent the entire ordeal was.
Two weeks ago I replaced the spark plugs on my 2000 ford expedition and yesterday while driving to work I noticed a loud clanking noise. After investigating, I found that the #2 spark plug had been blown from the cylinder head. The expedition has 10300 miles on it and has been very reliable.
This is not a formal complaint, yet, but an attempt to prevent further complaints and bring to attention a defect in a vehicle I own in an attempt to get help to fix this defect before it happens! Preventative measures must be taken! I was made aware of a blog at http://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/ford_spark.html that list 67 individual and separate accounts of the spark plugs in ford expeditions that are blowing out of the heads!!!! It has been reported here before and it seems that the heads are not equipped with enough threads to hold the spark plugs!!!!! It seems only a matter of time before I will get a phone call from my wife saying that she is stuck on the highway with spark plugs blown out. Please investigate this defect before someone gets hurts. I have three small children who ride in this vehicle everyday! Please help before they are victims of a defect that can be fixed!!
I own a 2000 ford expedition with a 5.4l engine. I had heard of the problem with these engines blowing spark plugs out of the passenger side head. I had all of the spark plugs replaced in january 2005 by a ford dealer to prevent a spark plug from involuntarily removing itself from my engine. On january 4th, 2006 a spark plug blew out of the engine's head on the passenger side. My wife was turning onto the highway at the time. After contacting ford and my ford dealer, I realized that ford has not taken ownership of this well known problem. I have replaced my engine with a used engine that has lower miles.
Rolling up driver window-clicking noise/ticking in front end during slow turns-slowing down/engine vibration and roaring on acceleration/accelerator sticking while using cruise control/electrical problems(I.e-windows rolling up and down w/out prompting, door locks inoperable, running board lights flashing on and off or non-functioning, illuminated temp. And compass flashing or non-functioning, fan in A/C running for no reason w/vehicle off and keys out of ignition, indicator lights in dash flashing on and off, wipers operating w/out prompting, rear window wiper non-functioning, stereo only working in park and reverse or not at all, electrical clicking noise under the dash, left blinker faster than the right)/black foam substance coming from A/C vents/thumping noise right wiper when in use. The problems have been reported to ford dealer and they stated it was a bad gem module and told us that it was getting wet. They stated to disconnect the battery when the vehicle is parked. These problems are worse when it rains. They also stated that this will happen if it is humid. We live in florida, I don't think that we should have to disconnect the battery everytime we park the vehicle. But if we don't, we have all of this going on when the vehicle is off and then the battery goes dead. I was driving on the highway and all of these things started happening at one time, it was raining. I almost lost control of the vehicle trying to get the wipers to function and get the vehicle off the road until all of this stopped. I bought the truck used from a local dealer back in november of last year. The problems began almost immediately. As the problems have gotten worse, I looked this up on the internet and found that ford knew about the problem with the gem module, just as they knew about the cruise control problem and they are doing nothing to fix it. As I stated above, their answer to the problem which they knew existed, is to disconnect my battery everytime I park the vehicle.
Blown head gasket. After purchasing the vehicle w/55k, at 69k the head gasket blew. Ford refused to help, cost $1800 to fix it.
Ford has recognized a loss-of-power problem with its expedition and f-150 models in the 2000-02 model years with the 5.4 l. Engine. Simply put, in ambient temperatures over 100 degrees f, the engine computer will alter timing (in a misguided attempt to reduce engine temperature) which radically reduces engine power. Ford has a purported "fix" under its tech bulletin no. 02-12-3, dated 06/24/02, authorizing reprogramming of the computer and installation of some body plugs. Problem is that the problem remains after the tech bulletin work is performed. On my 2000 expedition, I continue to experience power loss of roughly 30% in stop/go driving and the hot summer temperatures in the phoenix area. This poses an extreme risk in city traffic, such as when you attempt to clear an intersection or avoid an accident. I've had several close calls this summer, "post-fix", when temperatures hover around 100 degrees--I hit the gas, and barely move.
Dt: while driving vehicle suddenly heard a loud popping sound followed by a strong odor of gasoline. Stopped immediately, and had vehicle towed to firestone dealer ,who informed consumer the spark plugs blew off the cylinder. The threading around the spark plug was too thin, this had a defect. Then, had towed to ford dealer where has a premium warranty, but this was not covered under warranty. No repairs as of yet, it is still at the dealer with over $3,000 worth damage to the engine.
Dt: the vehicle was running rough, and the service engine light appeared. Took vehicle to the dealer, and they said manifold was cracked.
While the vehicle was parked a fire started under the hood. The fire was put out. The dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. *ak the fire originated in the engine compartment. *sc
Vehicle was parked inside of a parking lot and it caught on fire. No injuries reported. Driver called the fire department to extinguish the fire. Vehicle was towed and totaled by the insurance company.
The driver's vehicle was parked inside of the garage without warning the vehicle caught fire. No injuries to report. The fire department was called out to extinguished out the fire the fire. The vehicle was towed by the insurance company. Please provide additional information. *nm the fire started without warning.
(1) air bag light stays on after vehicle started. (2) dealer stated air bag would not deploy in accident unless sensor replaced. (3) sensor has been replaced once and wiring harness has been replaced once. (1) instrument cluster odometer flickered then failed. (3) instrument cluster replaced. (1) engine knock (2) 5.4 engine failed at 32,000 miles. (3) engine replaced under warranty. (1) transmission slipping at 55,000 miles. (2) transmission slipping. (3) transmission replaced. (1) transmission began slipping again at 76,000 miles. (2) high RPM before shifting into next gear. (3) body assembly replaced under extended warranty.
The vehicle was parked when all of a sudden the engine caught on fire. The cause has not been determined at this time.
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