The consumer parked the vehicle in the driveway and heard the horn honking, when the owner went to see what was happening, the entire vehicle had gone up in flames. The fire department was notified and the fire chief said the fire started under the hood and that it was a mechanical defect which ignited the flames. Provide further details.
2001 Ford F-150 engine complaints
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Consumer popped the second spark plug. The vehicle is running rough. There was something between the plug and the aluminum head that made the plugs pop off. Please provide any further information. Please provide vehicle identification number.
While driving home from work today, approaching the on-ramp to the 280 on sand hill road in menlo park, ca. The 2001 f-150 5.4l pick-up with 75,000 miles, started making a loud popping sound while driving about 35 MPH. I pulled the truck over to the side of the road immediately and turned the engine off. The car was towed by flatbed to the local shell gas station repair shop to be seen by the mechanic in the morning. The mechanic indicated that the #3 plug on the passenger side of the car had come out of the head, the threads to the spark plug stripped. He was unable to get a new plug into the head and wanted my approval to spend about 5 hours or $750 to remove the head and inspect the cylinder head for a possible stripped socket. The ford dealership separately quoted me $1,010 for a new cylinder head and the ford service adviser at the palo alto ford dealership quoted my an estimated 12 hours to tear down and remove the head for inspection. The hourly rate quoted is $105. I checked with another local auto repair shop, where the mechanic told me that the blown plug and stripped head was a common problem. He agreed that the five hour estimate to remove the head sounded right (why is ford quoting me 12 hours?).
My truck developed a vibration and began to have trouble accelerating. Sometimes it would shake violently at idle. I brought it to my dealer and had a technician ride with me. He felt the shuddering and said my engine was misfiring. The coil pack and plug (I believe #1) had to be replaced. This, of course, occurred just after my truck was out of warranty (47k miles). An employee told me she had the same thing happen to her truck after she bought it used.
Ford f 150 safety issue. *bf (built with magnesium radiator supports) the vehicle was destroyed due to a fire in the engine compartment. The consumer parked the vehicle and later found the vehicle smoking. The vehicle was a total loss. *sc
I own a ford f150 5.4l lariat 4x4 that recently had a blown plug in #4 cylinder. My truck has 9200 miles on it. I was driving down the road when this happened. I drove the truck to a ford dealer on all 8 cylinders for a tune-up and advised of what had happened. They acted oblivious to the problem and supposedly their 20 yr tech could not get the 4th plug back in all the way when he was supposed to be changing the plugs. I later found that "blow bys" in the ford 5.4l engine is actually very common. The mechanic at the ford dealer totally stripped the #4 cylinder and ford wanted to charge me $2700 to replace the head. I took my truck to a private shop and had stainless steel sleeves put in all 8 cylinders, since the problem is due to the heads being aluminum and the plugs being steel. When these 2 dissimilar metals expand and contract at different tempatures, causing the plugs to eventually work their way out. How do we get ford to own up to their design issue and stop passing on the problem at the consumers' expense?
Vehicle stalled . Consumer took vehicle to dealer and was told that a right solenoid gasket was defective, and catalytic convertor malfunctioned. Warranty expired, however dealer was willing to meet the consumer half way on the expense.
The consumer complained that on two occasions, the spark plugs failed. When the spark plugs blew, the entire head needed to be replaced. *jb the consumers wife was driving when the incidents occurred. The dealer replaced the head within 12kmiles in which it blew another spark plug out of the other head. The consumer was told that it was from an internal backfire that was so strong that it blew plugs out. The consumer was aware of others whom experienced that same problem. (cylinder #7 specifically) *sc
The consumer complained that on two occasions, the spark plugs failed. When the spark plugs blew, the entire head needed to be replaced.
2001 f150 lightning.blewout a plug from the head 24030 miles on engine.
Problems with knocking noise coming from the engine compartment.*mr the vehicle was taken to the dealer before the warranty expired. The consumer indicated that ford motor company is aware of the problem with the 5.4 liter engine but they have not fix them. The consumer would like the vehicle repaired or his money refunded.
While driving vehicle stopped in the middle of traffic, and consumer could not restart it. The traffic was so heavy that consumer could not even get over to the shoulder for safety. Consumer's life and her children's' life was in danger for approximately one hour before help arrived. Consumer had the vehicle towed to the nearest dealer, and mechanic determined that the egr valve was dead.
I have a 2001 ford f-150 supercrew, and while driving to work last night on the expressway, heard a loud bang, and found out that a spark-plug had blown right out of the cylinder head on the engine. The noise was loud enough, and the sudden vibration of the engine at first sounded and felt like a tire had blown. On doing a quick scan of the internet, (at first looking for part numbers) I was amazed at the number of exact instances, and number of others that have had the same experience. Some even posting pictures that resemble what the broken parts from my truck looked like-- exactly! The weather conditions at the time (11:30 p.m.) dry road, about 36 degrees, and very light traffic. I have very little doubt that had the conditions have been snowy, icy or maybe even just as cold and wet, that this type of situation could have caused some type of accident. Either from the vibration and sudden noise, or the simple startling incident happening to a less experienced driver.
Spark plugs/coils going bad at 13,000 then 18,000 and 39,000 miles on 2001 ford f150 supercrew 5.4l.
Bought a 2001 ford f150 lightning with 32,xxx miles on 4/16/04. I was driving the truck back from michigan to tampa,fl, and after refueling my truck, went to start it up and blew a spark blug straight out of the cylinder head. After doing hours upon hours of research tonight, this seems to be a common problem with no recourse from ford. There is no recall or tsb on the 99-02 f150 lightning cylinder head, yet in 03 they redesigned the cylinder head with added threads to keep the spark plugs intact. I feel that with so many people affected by this, something needs to be done about it.
Truck blowing out the number 3 passenger side spark plug. Ford should do a recall on all 99-02 svt lighting, and fix the problem with the new and improved 03 svt lighting heads on both sides. All there doing now is replacing the one head that blew, with the same year head just for it to blow again down the road.
Head gasket leaks.
The vehicle was in transit at approximately 40 MPH when a pop was heard. The vehicle blew a spark plug and lost power. Provide further details.
Spark plug blew out of driver side cylinder head, on an 2001 ford, f-150 lightning all factory 5.4l supercharged v8. Vehicle was traveling in extreme rain at around 40 MPH, and 1000 RPM. Vehicle has 31,000 miles, and no modifications have been added to the vehicle. If the vehicle was running at a higher RPM, spark plug could have become a projectile injuring somebody, or causing a wreck at 5:00 traffic time.
2001 f 150 5.4 l engine driving along and spark plug # 3 blew out of the head.
Ford f-150 pickup blows spark plug out of cylinder, causing thousands in repair costs. Happened on my 2001 f-150 a few hundred miles after the warranty expired. (37,000 mi)
Spark plug explosively blown from cylinder head.
2001 ford f150 "lightning" 5.4l v8. Blew out the 3rd spark plug back on the passenger side head. This is due to a small number of threads that hold the spark plugs in the head on 1999-2003 ford f150 lightnings, as well as other ford products that utilize the same head design (mostly 5.4l v-8s). Head was replaced under warranty, along with the coil pack that was destroyed by the ejected plug. Do not know if an open cylinder could have caused a fire.
The rear passenger side spark plug blew out of the head at normal operating speed (40mph). This appears to be a common problem among the ford f150 triton v8 engines (having reviewed several internet web sites). There is a design flaw where the rear passenger side cylinder overheats and causes the sparkplug to blow out of the cylinder head. Consumers must be made aware of this situation and ford needs to take responsibility and be held accountable. If I were on the freeway with my children in the truck when this failure occured I shudder to think of what could have happened. Shame on ford!!!
I own a 2001 harley f150 ford truck which has a consistant problem, not diagnosed on several occasions by dealers, the service engine light continually pops on. I was told that the truck had to be in the shop while the light was on in order to diagnose. Shouldn't the computer record this information. It's still not fixed and now the truck is out of warranty.
While traveling on the highway and without prior warning vehicle will shut down.
While driving the vehicle manning fold bracket fell down on the highway. But before it fell hit the gas cable accelerator. Dealer notified.
Engine rebuilt due to it consuming oil through the rings on the pistons. Truck was still burning oil. If let to sit for more than 10 min. It would blow a huge cloud of blue/gray smoke and according to towne ford blue smoke was oil.
I have a 2001 f150 supercrew with a 5.4 automatic 4x4 towpackage. Since the truck was new I have had issues with it consuming oil, on an average of 3 quarts every 3000 miles. When I would take it to a dealership they would contact ford and relay a message that it was within specifications. On 5/13/03 I took the vehicle back to one of the dealerships telling them that I was going to pursue going to a lemon law attorney. That same day they discovered that the piston rings were lined up and have lost compression. The truck is currently in the dealership having the whole block and heads rebuilt. I am ashamed that it took a threat to finally get them to fix the problem with the 5.4.
Vehicle smokes almost every time when first cranked up. Is now beginning to smoke while driving some, especially within a few minutes of cranking. Vehicle stalls mostly in afternoon when outside temp is above 70. Vehicle has slight shake and vibration when driving or sitting still with transmission in gear. Vehicle makes clunking noise around front to front left side if allowed to coast to around 20 MPH then accelerating.
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