Vehicle threw a spark plug without warning while at highway speeds. This stripped out the plug socket requiring rebuilding of the engine heads to really fix it correctly to be sure it wouldn't happen again. Mechanic expressed that this was common on these vehicles. Destroyed the spark coil and wiring as it blew out. Could easily have caused a severe accident at highway speeds, towing a trailer. We were lucky it was late and traffic was light.
2002 Ford Expedition engine complaints
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Tl*the contact owns a 2002 ford expedition. When the contact started the vehicle, he noticed smoke coming from the engine. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The dealer stated that the cause of failure was due to a blown spark plug cylinder. The dealer replaced the spark plug cylinder. Approximately two weeks later, while driving 65 MPH uphill, the vehicle lost power. The mechanic replaced the spark plugs and performed a tune up. The following day, while driving 65 MPH uphill, the vehicle lost power again. The dealer stated that the engine was blown and needed to be replaced. As of july 11, 2007, the engine has not been replaced. The purchase date was unknown. The current mileage is 106,710 and failure mileage was 106,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 ford expedition. While driving 30 MPH, the spark plugs blew out from the side of the engine. The contact pulled over and the vehicle was towed to the dealer. The vehicle is currently waiting to be repaired. The current and failure mileages were 68,000.
We were traveling at about 30-40 MPH on a sharp curve on a freeway on-ramp. We experienced a loss of power and a very loud popping noise. We pulled over since driving at freeway speeds seemed impossible. We were stranded in a very dangerous spot about 100 feet in front of the freeway on-ramp. After aaa informed us it would be about an hour for a tow truck and an accelerating vehicle came within inches of our car, my family and I decided to abandon the vehicle and climb a very steep and dangerous embankment. I feared for my three kids and wife's the whole time waiting for the tow truck. We were towed to a ford dealer where they told us( a week later) the number three spark plug had blown. The usual problem with these engines. The plug blows because there are only five threads for the spark plug in these aluminum heads. The new design from ford now has 12 threads. We decided to have the whole engine replaced since this cost less than having two heads replaced. Its 5500 for the engine and 3500 per head. We wanted both heads since the other head would be prone to the same problem. I think ford should own up to this problem because eventually there are going to be serious consequences to someone as a result of this. We were only inches away from this happening.
Started with pinging noise from engine 1 day before spark plug on #3 cylinder blew out. Broke coil-over-plug module & required repair to head. Another failure recently occured on #8 cylinder involving head replacement.
On july 6, 2005, my of engine spark plug ejection in certain model year 2002 expedition triton v-8 the spark plug detached from the cylinder and/or ejected from the engine. I heard a loud pop while driving or upon starting up the vehicle followed by a loud, repetitive clicking or popping sound. The popping sound was accompanied by some loss of vehicle power. The vehicle did stall and I was not able to drive it upon starting it due to the loud noise I also smelled gas or a slight burning smell when the incident occurred.
Today I had the spark plug blow out of my ford expedition when I was on the freeway with my 3 kids. Come to find out this is a common problem and ford won't do anything to fix this problem.
An original equipment never changed spark plug on my 2002 ford expedition suddenly and without warning blew off my engine, stripping the threads on the engine block. Prior to this failure, the engine was running well and without problems.
Blown spark plug on a 2002 ford expedition. Mileage:36046 cylinder number 3 I took the truck to ford 4 days before the incident as I had been hearing a slight ticking nose coming from engine. Ford dealer told me to keep driving it until something bigger happened as my extended warranty might not cover all labor costs if they couldn't find the problem. Turns out it was small exhaust leak around the threads of the plug. Once the plug blew on the highway approximately 65 MPH loud noise and loss of power. Now the vehicle needs a new head and will be with dealer for over a week.
On sept. 16th, 2005, as I was driving in my ford 2002 expedition, my engine blew a spark-plug out of the engine which caused me to swerve out of my lane and loose all power on the highway. It was a very dangerous experience for me and my family and other drivers around me. I have since learned that ford is aware of this obvious manufacturing defect and has done nothing to prevent this from happening and does not stand behind its product. The attached letter was sent to ford motor company. I purchased a 2002 ford expedition brand new from syosset ford on long island. After four years and 62 thousand miles, I was told by tower ford of great neck that I blew a spark-plug out of the engine head. They requested that I change the entire engine since there maybe cylinder damage, and also I would now have a new warranty for my engine. Before spending $5,253.34, I looked into the problem with other customers on the national highway traffic and safety administration and found out that other purchasers of this engine have had the same problem and ford has done nothing to compensate them or fixed the engines problems. They know this is a problem in this particular engine and continue to use it, even though, ford states that no tune-up is need on this engine for 100,000 miles. It is obvious that this is a manufacturer??s defect in the engine and nothing is being done about it. At this point, I had no choice but to have a new engine installed or junk a $39,000 SUV. Tower ford replaced the engine in september. Now here I am again, three months and 4,900 miles later I had to change the front blower motor for $335.09. In march two months and 2,100 miles later, tower ford tells me that spark-plugs one and two, and coils one and two, need to be replaced and this is not under warranty for my new engine and it will cost me $488 plus tax. What??s next?
My repair is as described in service bulletin # 041601 and the federal safety agency # 10018745. My coil was replaced.
Started as small oil leak. After placing dye in crankcase found drivers side head gasket leaking. I am having both head gaskets replaced for 17k. There is only 49k on this truck with all normal driving. From other complaints that have been posted I do not understand why ford has not been made to respond to the problems with their product line. This problem has been in complaints since '98. Isn't time that some accountability be taken by the manufacturer?
Dt: the contact stated while driving at approximately 25 MPH heard a loud boom. The vehicle sputtered and jerked. He pulled the vehicle to the side of the road. The vehicle was towed to a dealership, where they found the problem to be a blown out spark plug. No repairs were made.
2002 ford expedition (eddie bauer) with 63000 miles on 12/24/05, at approximately 1530 hours, we loaded up our infant and toddler into their car seats. I started the engine and immediately heard a loud thumping noise from under the hood and could smell gasoline. I immediately shut off the engine and looked under the hood and noticed that a spark plug coil pack was moved out of place and the retaining screw bracket was broken off the coil pack on the passenger side of the engine. I pulled the coil pack out and realized that the spark plug was no longer screwed into the head. There was no damage to the threads on the spark plug. It was obvious that the spark plug had blown-out of the head. I did a google search and found that there are numerous complaints of the same problem for the triton engine for 1998-2002 model years. I also found that ford is not paying for any repairs. To repair the problem, the head and head gasket will need to be replaced. I got a price quote of $2954.10 (including tax, parts, and labor). Had I left the engine run longer, the spark plug will still be firing with gasoline being discharged into the engine compartment, a severe fire hazard.
Dt: the contact stated the inside of the vehicle occasionally had a strong smell of gasoline when driving at 75 MPH. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic, but the mechanic could not duplicate the problem. The contact only used the vehicle for driving her children to school, which was about 5 or 6 blocks away. Due to her fears about the smell she tried to exchange the vehicle for another but the dealer denied her request.
Blew spark plug.
Dt: the contact owned a 2002 ford expedition and on friday a spark plug blew out the side of the engine through the right cylinder head and caused the vehicle to lose power. *ak
On several separate occasions the engine has revved upon depression or release of the brakes. This causes the vehicle to lurch forward unexpectedly. The radio also becomes louder as if the speed sensitive volume is affected as well. I have notified the dealer but as they have been unable to duplicate the problem, they have not responded. Please help as I fear that this will eventually cause an accident.
The vehicles engine missed, lost power and made a banging noise. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the entire engine was replaced. About 100 miles later the banging returned.
While traveling down the hill the vehicle shut down without prior warning. Please fill in addtional information. Dealer is aware of the problem. Ts
The consumer stated that four days after purchase, the vehicle vibrated and lunged side to side, the tires were balanced to try and correct the problem, however the problem was still not resolved.
Motor mount belt separated from vehicle ,causing engine to sputter and lose power. Please provide further information.
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