1998 ford f-150 pickup truck with a 5.4 liter triton engine. Without engine ever overheating, a spark plug was ejected from the cylinder head. The plug's threads were stripped. Estimate to fix is about $2200.00
1998 Ford F-150 engine complaints
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While driving at any speed and without warning the vehicle would stall and it became difficult for the consumer to control the vehicle. *nlm.
Leaking valve cover gasket and gasket around spark plugs leaking allowing oil in cylinder. Repaired less than one year ago at 30,000 miles. Has reoccured at 33000 miles. Defective parts?
The consumer detected an unusual vibration coming from the truck. When the consumer looked under the hood he noticed that the harmonic balancer and pulley assembly was rotating erratically. It was later determined that a bolt sheared off the harmonic balancer. As a result there was damage to the harmonic balancer, water pump pulley, belt tensioner pulley and drive belt. *jb *scc
I was coming from the doctor with my wife when my truck starts doing a laud knocking sound. I could not figure what was going on. The temperature, battery, oil pressure and everything was fine. The next day I took it to a mechanic and he told me I had a bad head gasket and found that it damage a #1 cyl, bend connecting rod, crack piston and of course a bad head. To fix it was over $2,500. I live in a social security disability with a fix income since february and cannot afford to pay all that money and barely make the payments. The mechanic told me that it has been lots of problems with these engines and head gaskets. I told my stepdaughter and we went on-line surprised to see lots of people with the same problem. Ford knows about these problems since 1998 on the 3.8-liter v-6 head gasket used between 1988 and 1995 on the taurus, sable and continental, as well as the 1995 windstar and we think they did not fix the problem not until way after 1998 when they issued a technical service bulletin. Now 1998's f-150 got exaclly the same prablem. I don''t know what to do !!! I have not call ford credit to tell them yet. Anny sugestions please e-mail me at [email protected]
Started vehicle, then could smell an odor, about 30 seconds later it smelled like a belt burning. After opening the hood and seeing a fire on the distributor cap where the 4 wires plug in. I s/o engine and put out fire with extinguisher.
The engine failed with out warning.
We have a ford f150 clubcab pickup. It was performing fine and I came to work and went to start it and it would not start. My husband came to help me and it finally started but it had a severe knock in it. He took it to the gargae for repair and was told it was the engine. No warning pf any sort. It had great oil pressure , chnaged frequently, coolant was fine etc. We were told that it has a bulletin out on it for this very problem but no recall. We now have heard of 3 other people with the same identical problem around our small community. Ford says they will do nothing about it as it is just a bulletin not a recall problem. The garages around here have told us this is a common problem with this engine. If fords would even pay half of the $3600 repair we would be satisifed but they tell us no.
The transmission is going out in my 1998 ford f-150
I have read through the internet that many of these 4.2l ford engines have had the same problems with head gaskets as mine has. *ph **dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut over to artemis**770816
Ford denies that the cylinders head are defective, yet I have seen hundreds of other complaints on the internet. Dt
No summary. Dt
While driving at 30 MPH a spark plug (cylinder #2) blew out of cylinder head cracking coil pack. Dealer estimate for replacement of cylinder head is $3400. Vehicle is out of warranty period. This is a manufacturing defect that is very common in f150's particularly with the 5.4 v8 engine. This is a stock engine, with factory installed spark plugs that are not required to be replaced until 100k miles. Plugs should not blow out of cylinder for no reason. This could cause serious injury due to projectile or risk of fire. Based on my investigation, ford does not acknowledge problem. More info at: http://www.f150online.com/forums/showthread.php?s=4abd0a2337942b5d2ed89c308e5c3975&threadid=88853 dt
Vehicle experiencing engine problems with water mixing in oil pan. Engine would make a knocking noise when first starting or intermittently. Owner was informed that vehicle had a cracked block. Please describe details.
Consumer stated the head gasket failed with no warning. *ak
Driving 35 MPH when the aluminum cylinder head threads that holds the spark plug failed. The non-ford mechanic said this is a rare event, seeing only 3 incidents on the 10 years he's been repairing. However, it is commonly reported by f-150 and lightning owners. For further details, please refer to http://www.f150online.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=686548.
Truck has hydro-carbon in coolant system that results in truck over heating on numerous ocassions. Please describe details.
Dealer reports coolant loss into oil system, states cause is defect in timing chain cover or intake manifold, 1997 trucks with same engine equiped with defective timing chain cover, ford issued silent recall to dealers to cover cost of repaires for 1997 trucks, ford claimes defect corrected for 1998 truck, dealer states that even if cover is defective, ford won't cover costs for repaires, I wonder if ford completly corrected timing chain cover problem.
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Engine has a "spark knock" during light to moderate acceleration, extremely bad on heavy acceleration.
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Front inner tie rods on right side broke while vehicle was parked. Consumer has taken vehicle twice before to dealer, and the dealer still did not do anything for consumer taken it again to dealer. *ak consumer stated there is a noise in front end when steering wheel is being turned, there is a noise when attempting to start engine, headlights stay on until the parking brake is applied, engine is using 1 quart of oil every 1000 miles, the dealer replaced the outer tie rod ends.
Vehicle was leaking from engine head gaskets. Noticed on dashboard panel coolant going down, . Overflow had no coolant. Took vehicle in for service on brakes, and mechanic indicated that gaskets were leaking due to a crack in engine head gaskets. Warranty expired, but vehcle will be fixed.
Vehicle would stalls only during rainy or misty weather condition. Vehicle been into dealer shop on three occasions, and the they were unable to locate cause. Feel free to provide any further information on this matter.
When traveling on highway vehicle shutdown without prior warning. Dealership was aware of problem.
Lost #1&2 cyl due to warpped head. Engine never overheated. Engine pinging at light loads even with 92 octane gas. Research shows this to be more than a chance occurance with the triton engine.
The vehicle would shake and stall when started, and the check engine light would flash the entire time vehicle was in motion, consumer was informed that all the vehicle needed was a tune-up and was assured that after the work was completed that the vehicle would operate normal, the next day the vehicle began experiencing the same problems, consumer took vehicle back to the shop and their only answer for the problem was to keep bringing vehicle back in for repairs.
Mechanic cannot determine causes of loud noises when steering after engine is warm.
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Consumer was traveling at approximately 70 to 75 MPH when engine quit suddenly and would not restart. Oil pump was cause of defect.
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