Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford f-150. While driving approximately 3 MPH, the vehicle exhibited a loud pop from the engine as the vehicle began to lose power. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where he was informed that a spark plug fractured from the engine and tore an engine coil. The vehicle was in the process of being repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The failure and current mileage was 95,800.
2002 Ford F-150 engine complaints
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2002 f-150 ford 4.6 v-8 spark plug ejection. First time happened on june 20 2008 in the number 3 cylinder truck showing 160,000 kms. I removed the head sent it to machine shop to be repaired. 11 months later(182000) the heli-coil that was installed came out with the spark plug. Removed the head and installed reman head (on right side) during the spring of 2010 I started to loose compression on all cylinders, ranging from 0-90 lbs and the best cylinder at 120 lbs) brought it to a ford dealer, and results showed leaking was around spark plugs. Ford declared I need a new engine. I am lucky enough to be able to do my own repairs. I purchased a used engine from a wrecker and installed @ 190000kms in july 2010. I have spent over $4000.00 on this problem, and I am not dumb enough to change spark plugs when the engine is hot, I use anti-seize when installing, and torque as ford recommends! Ford needs to fess up to this issue and offer some sort of recall program. I'm sure that my repair bills would have been double if I had to pay for labor.
Starting from a stoplight, I heard a sudden pop and smelled gas. Loud clicking or popping noise caused me to turn around and head straight to the dealer. They said a spark plug blew out, damaging the coil. Initial estimate of $500 grew to $3600 as they said then that the head would need to be replaced due to damage there as well. Researching this problem, it appears that there are quite a few (many many many) ford owners with this problem! Why is there no recall? Immediate safety or not, this is an obvious defect.
I have a 2002 f-150 harley-davidson edition supercrew pick up truck and just had my number 3 spark plug blown out it destroyed the coil pack the plug and boot the vehicle has 121,556 miles.
2002 ford f150 5.4l engine plug popped out broke coil.
I was following the ford rules for when to replace spark plugs at 100,000 miles. I have 99,860 miles on my 2002 ford f150 xlt 4.6l triton v8 motor. I was driving home from getting the new plugs from the auto store to replace when I heard what sounded like a gun going off. One of the spark plugs fired out of its location ripping off the coil pack hitting my fan blade on the truck. This is very dangerous because as I have been reading. The fuel could have been ignited by the coil pack causing a fire or worse. What is being done about this defect and why has their not been a recall on the ford motors?
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford f-150. While traveling at 25 MPH, there was an unusual pop from the front end of the vehicle. Immediately, there was an abnormal air pressure release sound. The dealer advised that the engine head would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. There were no prior warnings of the failure. The current and failure mileages were 106,000.
I have had two sparkplugs ejected from my truck motor. I have a ford truck. It has happened twice in two years with plugs that were in it when I bought it new from a ford dealer, with ford certified mechanics. 2 out of 8 is a 25 % failure rate.
Spark plug blowout of the cylinder head on a ford 5.4 triton motor. Many have had this problem and have to deal with a bad design by ford. It makes these ford vehicles non reliable because it could leave you stranded away from home with no one to fix the problem like what happened to me.
2002 f-150 history - have had to replace 4 coils. 2 were burned out and 2 were damaged from the spark plug blowing out the hole, this last time just recently (june 2010).
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 ford f-150. While driving at 55 MPH, the spark plug failed. The contact called an authorized dealership and the dealer stated that the spark plug did not call for repair until 100,000 miles. The dealer also stated that there are different metals interacting with each other which would cause the spark plugs to fail and stated that the contact would have to pay out of pocket for repair. The vehicle was repaired. The current mileage was 89,533. The failure mileage was 89,520.
On a 2002 ford f-150 harley davidson edition truck, the # 2 spark plug was ejected from the engine while driving 65 MPH, causing my vehicle to slow down, and the gasoline and exhaust fumes were filing the drivers compartment. This is the second truck I have owned previous a (2003 same vehicle model) where the sparkplug has been ejected from the engine while driving. Why is there no recall or study on this problem from ford?? Engine still had original plugs from factory!! Their torque specs!!
Spark plug blow out ford f150 4.6 v8 triton engine.
Auto fire: resident heard car horn sounding, came out and saw 2002 ford f-150 smoking. Opened door and air entering vehicle started flames to grow. Neighbor extinguished with dry chemical. Appears to have been smoldering for sometime, due to heavy smoked glass in cab interior and melted dash compartment. Resident had last driven vehicle at 7pm, monday night. Truck dash is extensively damaged. Fire originated in the middle of the dashboard. Vin # has no recalls. Reported to fire department.
Ford triton v8-4.6l spark plug ejection on #2 plug. This has now happened to me as I was driving at 60mph and it blew it out and the coil spring is now down on top of the piston and smashed within seconds. Towed to ford dealership and mechanic admitted this was common but no recalls. He scoped the cylinder with bore scope to find the coil spring smashed so bad it could not be retrieved. Estimated cost is $3500.00 plus remove head and clean out. Can I claim this back to ford?
On april 17, I noticed a whistling sound coming from the engine, but could not find the source of the sound, and thought it was a vacuum line leak. I started the truck on the morning of april 14 and I heard a loud popping sound followed by a small black cloud, upon examining under the hood, I found the #3 spark plug on the passenger side had blown out of the hole and the coil had been blown off with it, breaking the plastic that had a steel insert that was screwed down to the block. I tried to replace the spark plug, but could not get it started in to the threads on the head. I found out that o'reily's sells a cylinder head repair kit # 42025 specifically for this problem, it had a insert that you screwed into the head and it was threaded on the inside to accept a extended length spark plug that was included in the kit, I tried this kit @ $64 dollars plus the new coil @ $43, upon completing the work with the kit and the new coil installed, I started the truck and still had the same whistling problem and was losing compression, I contacted a local mechanic, and found out from him that this is a very common problem and he see this same problem once every two weeks or so, I took the truck to him and he worked on it for approx. 6 hours and has the problem fixed, however, he said he couldn't promise that this is not going to happen again, to the same plug or others. If ford knows there is a problem why won't anybody make them fix it and make it right for the little guy (consumers?)
My 2002 ford f-150 with triton 4.6 liter engine blew the #4 plug on sunday morning. After it spent 3 days in the dealership to repair the problem, it then blew the #2 plug the very same night I picked it up on 4/7. Now I have found that this is a very common and well known problem in the 1997 to 2008 for engines with aluminum head threads. Ford is not taking responsibility for this design flaw. It is a hug problem that needs to be acknowledged.
Spark plug ejected from engine.
I was driving my 2002 ford f150 with a 4.6l triton v8 at 65 miles per hour, when all of a sudden my motor made a loud bang and the was banging non stop. I was unable to pull over imediatly because I was on the pa turnpike at a narrow point. I pulled over a little down the road and after a exspensive tow I learned that the #3 spark plug blew out of the cylinder head. The mechanic first tried to repair it with a self tapping sparkplug repalcemen thread but the damage was to extensive. Now he is going to try a heli coil if that doesn't work I'm told I will need a new head.
Spark plug blow out in 2002 ford triton engine. In past 3 years have had 2 sparkplugs blow out while traveling approx 65mph. Problem corrected by retapping and replacing the plug at approx $700 repair each.
#3 spark plug blew out of the head going 65 MPH. $500- repair bill to place a helicoil. Talking to several mechanics, it is a common problem with the 5.4 ford motor. Why has there been no recall or safety warning issued?
2002 ford f150 blew the spark plug out of the head when starting engine. Gasoline fumes in cab very strong, had to exit vehicle, disable sparkplug coil to keep from having a serious gasoling fire on my hands......
2002 ford f-150 5.4 v8 - spark plug blew out of cylinder no. 3 under normal driving use. Vehicle has 98,000 original miles on the engine. I have ford extended service plan on the vehicle, although the local dealer said this is not covered under the warranty, and wants to charge me $4500.00 to repair. When I called the salesman to inquire about the esp, he said that the 5.4 is known to have those problems with the spark plug, so why will ford not stand up and accept responsibility!
I own a 2002 f-150 4x4 it has 79k miles and had the original ford plugs in it. I was stranded a long distance from home when the truck spit a spark plug out destroying the coil. Smoke and fuel came out from the engine compartment and not knowing what went wrong I thought the truck was on fire. I had the truck towed to a ford dealership where they said yes that's a bummer. They fixed it with an insert and said there is no guarantee it wont happen again to that cylinder or the other ones!! Not feeling comfortable leaving town in my truck now, I find out this spark plug issue is so common that there are shops in my little area that fix one to two of these problems a week! I'm sure ford don't even know about these vehicles. So I contacted ford directly and was told the same thing everyone else is being told across the country sorry cant help you!! But we have great incentives on new vehicles!! I was told the preventable fix for this problem is to replace the spark plugs more often although due to the cylinder head design this is only a possible bandage not a permanent fix and it could still happen. Ford and chevrolet represent history. I know times are bad but stand up for your product be american!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford f-150. The number 7 and 8 spark plugs have blown out of the cylinder head. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection. The technician stated that the spark plugs misfired because there was not enough thread to hold the spark plugs in place. Spark plug number 8 and replaced and number 7 was in the process of being replaced. The failure mileage was 94,227.
2002 ford f150 spark plug failed. *nj the consumer was charged $2,600 to fix the problem.
2002 ford f-150 5.4 v8 - original factory spark plug blew out of cylinder no. 3 under normal driving use. Vehicle has 78,000 original miles on the engine and plugs and ford does not recommend changing the spark plugs in this engine for the first 100,000 miles. Service manager at the ford dealership where truck is being repaired indicated that this is a common issue with this motor, however the repair is not covered by ford.
Well the events leading up to the failure....there were none we were driving back home when all of a sudden pop and there goes my #3 spark plug. Well I was stranded for two hours or more until I got my truck towed to my house. The estimated price on a repair for that is $1700 to take the cylinder head apart and install an insert and that price is just for labor no charge on parts yet. This is a common problem that if you look online you will see that many people have the same problem. We need to make ford stand up for their mistake before someone looses their life do to an open spark and fuel being present and exposed when the spark plug blows out.
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