2000 Ford Expedition: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Oct 15, 2013 · Electrical, Engine · 179,000 miles · WA

Spark plug blow out.

Filed Sep 11, 2012 · Tires · 50,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford expedition equipped with good year tracker2 tires, size: p265-70-r17 (serial number: 48570555000). The contact stated that all four tires would constantly lose air, causing the tires to becomes flat without warning. The tires were replacement tires. The vehicle was taken to a tire shop where two tires were replaced, however the failure also occurred with the replacement tires. The tire failure mileage was 11,000 and the vehicle failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage was 165,713. Updated 8/15/13 *cn the consumer stated he had to replace the tires after 1 1.2 years. During that time period, she experienced ten tire incidents.

Filed Mar 1, 2011 · Tires · 156,859 miles · MD

Drive a 2000 ford expedition with yokohama geolander h/t s p265/70r17 and had blowout of one tire on the inside sidewall. Extended over 15 inches and was close to the rim as evidenced in most blowouts. The car was parked for about 2 hours after a tire rotation when it ruptured abruptly. Resulted in a tear of about 12 inches and then ended in an extension to the tread.

Filed Dec 12, 2010 · Engine · 131,000 miles · OH

I own a 2000 ford expedition with a 5.4 liter triton engine which experienced a spark plug blow out. So far, the federal safety agency has not required ford to issue a recall for a problem that many others have had with the same type of engine. Ford does not accept responsibility for a defective design of this engine. I am now forced to pay $3,000 to fix the problem before I can even consider trading it in or trying to sell it.

Filed Jul 27, 2010 · Engine · 140,000 miles · FL · fire

2000 ford expedition with a 4.6l I have had 3 factory install spark plugs blow out of the cylinder head.

Filed Mar 11, 2010 · Tires · MD · crash

Unit 1 was traveling eastbound on the ohio turnpike in the right lane at mile post 138. #1 while slowing its speed claims the right rear tire blew out, causing loss of control, the driver struck a concrete divider.*cw letter updated 03/18/10 *bf ohio traffic crash report # 10-0122-90.

Filed Jan 8, 2009 · Engine · 110,000 miles · CA

I have a 2000 ford expedition with the triton 5.4 litre v8 engine. This vehicle has a little over 100,000 miles and is used for personal transportation only. Today we had a spark plug blow out on the vehicle and had to have it towed to the local ford dealership. The mechanic at the dealership quoted me a price of over $700 to have a temporary fix of a heli coil placed into the spark plug hole to replace the stripped threads caused by the blowout and to have the coil replaced. He mentioned that this temporary fix is not something that he can guarantee will work so he also offered me a $5000 "permanent fix" of having the entire engine block replaced. Unfortunately, due to my financial situation, I cannot afford the permanent fix and am having to opt for/gamble with the temporary fix attempt. According to the mechanic and research information I found on the internet, this is a common occurrence problem. We are in the process of having the mechanic at the ford dealership attempt the $700 temporary repair. With the fact that this is a known issue to ford and consumer affairs, this issue should be part of a recall from ford motor company.

Filed Oct 18, 2008 · Engine · 105,000 miles · CA

I had a spark plug blow out from the engine compartment. After searching the internet, I found this is a very common problem with ford triton engines.

Filed Nov 9, 2007 · Tires · 61,252 miles · FL

While traveling south on I-95 at approx 65 MPH, the passenger right rear tire failed. It appears that the failure mode was tread separation/detachment. The tread ended up wrapped around the rear axle. At the moment of the failure the 2000 ford expedition torqued hard to the right, but control was maintained. Further information on this incident is that the failed tire was a replacement for a recall (the federal safety agency campaign id number: 02t012000) by continental tire co. And replaced by a ford dealership. The failure of the replacement tire fits the exact description as stated in the federal safety agency investigation report.

Filed Apr 25, 2007 · Visibility · 96,090 miles · AZ

Driver's side window adjacent to third seat (cargo area) of 2000 ford expedition shattered for no apparent reason; window was open for ventilation per design (tempered glass window pivots open about 3" via electric actuator). Speed was 65 MPH under calm conditions, smooth road surface. I initially believed I had suffered a complete left/rear tire failure as there was a very loud "bang" and a large amount of debris hurled into adjacent traffic lane. Approximately 1/4 of the volume of shattered glass was hurled into the passenger compartment, primarily in the third row. Fortunately I was alone in the vehicle; anyone in third row would have, at a minimum, suffered lacerations and likely eye injury.

Filed Apr 14, 2007 · Engine · 95,220 miles · CA

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?

Filed Dec 20, 2006 · Tires · GA

4 new dunlop a/t radial rover p255/70r16 109s m+s dot pjcu 78hr tires bought from internet seller discount tire direct installed also by discount tire, hampton, georgia, shipped from arizona to discount tire in hampton, georgia, all had defect of steel belt internal separation (some called tread separation) after driving only about 30 miles, one tire had sidewall blow-out, paper thin at point of defect, ridge of tread separation easy to see and feel, other 3 tires all had belt separation, felt and seen by a, b, j, l (dt employees) and others, all amazed that all 4 tires had same defect, of discount tire hampton. Discount tire advised by me to notify dunlop, dunlop called once monday basically asking for the tire that blew out (discount tire could not reach anyone over weekend at dunlop). I have the tire that blew out at my home. I believe these tires should be investigated by the federal safety agency immediately. Discount tire hampton employees were gracious, retained other 3 tires, replaced with 4 kelly tires.