2000 Ford F-150: sudden loss of power

Filed Aug 21, 2018 · Engine · 132,000 miles · TN

Takata recall, on my 2000 ford f-150 it had very few issues till this occured. At just over 130,000 miles the engine began knocking on the interstate and progressively grew worse as I was looking for a exit, it started to lose power and I got it to the shoulder before it died. Later that day I had a tow truck pull it up to a trusted shop about 60 miles away. The mechanic there said that it droped a rod and the crankshaft was shot. After talking to him, he said that this is a fairly frequent occurrence. I took it to get a second opinion from another shop a few miles away and had the same conversation. Both mechanics and a few fourms on the internet said this is a problem with the 1998-2003 and 2004 heritage, that have the ford 5.4 triton 2v engine. At the mechanic the the truck was diagnosed as nonrepareable engine and would have to be swaped out for a diffrent one. The cost of this was for a rebuilt engine by jasper's becasue a donor truck engine would be prone to the same failure. The cost to replace would total out to be around $6500 between parts and labor including the new engine. Be wary of the ford 5.4 2v engines, there are a few unicorns out there that will never have a problem, but most, even if they have regular maintenance like mine will be prone to this fate.

Filed Aug 6, 2010 · Engine · 124,131 miles · IN

2000 ford 5.4l spark plug ejection ford knows of the problem' they should have to fix the flaw. This happened to my wife and child while driving, she nearly drove off the road due to the loud noise and loss of power.

Filed Sep 25, 2006 · Engine · 62,000 miles · FL

Dt*: the contact stated while driving 40 MPH, the vehicle began to lose power, accompanied by a knocking noise coming from the engine compartment. The vehicle was taken to a service dealer, who determined that the # 2 spark plug had blown out of the head. One year prior, the # 7 plug had also blown out of the head, and the dealer replaced the head, however the problem persisted.

Filed Sep 9, 2003 · Engine · 00

Timing sensor gear and pulley broke, causing vehicle to stall and lose power steering.

Filed Feb 12, 2003 · Engine · 24,000 miles · TX

Spark plug ejected from the motor while driving approximately 15 MPH. Resulted in drastic loss of power and extremely loud exhaust leak noise.

Filed Apr 26, 2001 · Brakes, Steering · MD

While driving at 50 MPH and pulling a trailor, went to apply brakes, and lost power assit brakes and power steering which almost caused a crash. Please provide further information.

Filed Oct 17, 2000 · Suspension · TX

Since I purchased the front end would not stay aligned and the engine would lose power the dealership would not fix it and ford motor company did not care I put up with this for a year until ford gave me $3,5000 down for a new vehicle and I no longer have the VIN indicated I traded the lemon and they ripped me off during purchase.

Filed Aug 1, 2000 · Brakes, Steering · NY

While turning into my driveway with brakes applied I lost power steering and power brakes totally, engine almost stalled. I immedialy put transmission in neutral and regained all power back. This happened to me twice. Will bring to dealer so the can document it.

Filed Apr 13, 2000 · Electrical · WA

Intermittant failure of the power control module causes engine failure at highway speed with no warning. Complete power loss renders sterring/brakes inoperative.