On vacation in maine with my 2001 ford f250 super duty I was driving down a very narrow, heavily wooded two lane road at about 20 MPH, suddenly and without warning a loud bang under the hood occurred. Difficult to pull over safely and investigate. I had to drive several hundred feet to try to get on a straight away for safety. There were several log trucks that had to pass as well as other traffic. I discovered that the #6 spark plug had "blown out" of its hole and destroyed the threads, coil pack, and spark plug. After getting the truck to a repair facility the owner/mechanic informed me that this 5.4l triton engine does this all the time. He informed me that he repairs two or three of these a week, in fact there is a "repair kit" available from most auto part stores. Doing some research after getting home I discovered that this is a chronic ford problem that they refuse to address. I will be selling this truck because it is a huge safety issue for me. I don't need to be stranded on back country roads or interstates with any of the other 7 spark plugs ready to launch from my engine without warning or cause.
2001 Ford F-250 SD engine complaints
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While driving my 2001 ford f250 5.4 l v8 engine powered truck the second (2nd) spark plug on the passenger side of the engine blew out (was ejected) from the head. This was an original spark plug on the 2001 f250 truck with 75300 original miles on it.
We have a 2001 ford f250 sd, 5.4 liter triton v8. There was an awful ticking noise for a few weeks and on monday, july 4th, while restarting the truck it made a huge pop noise followed by a very loud tick that sounded like an exhaust leak. It was so loud that my 2 year old son was scared. After looking under the hood, I saw the spark plug had been dislodged from the head, the threads were stripped and I cannot repair it myself!! Then after contacting ford and many auto shops we learned this will cost us over 500 dollars and that they have serviced over 10 vehicles in the last month with the same problem!! What? And after research have noticed that there have been complaints dating back to 2006 and no recourse by owners! What? This safety issue needs to be fixed! It is so dangerous. We are repairing our vehicle using the mechanic that ford recommended, he will be changing the coil and adding pins to it to ensure that it won't happen again for that plug, but the others...keeping our fingers crossed that nothing else happens before ford gets their stuff together and fixes this!!
We have a 2001 ford f250 sd, 5.4 liter triton v8. There was an awful ticking noise for a few weeks and on monday, july 4th, while restarting the truck it made a huge pop noise followed by a very loud tick that sounded like an exhaust leak. It was so loud that my 2 year old son was scared. After contacting ford and many auto shops we learned this will cost us over 500 dollars and that they have serviced over 10 vehicles in the last month with the same problem!! What? And after research have noticed that there have been complaints dating back to 2006 and no recourse by owners! What? This safety issue needs to be fixed! It is so dangerous. We are repairing our vehicle using the mechanic that ford recommended, he will be changing the coil and adding pins to it to ensure that it won't happen again for that plug, but the others...keeping our fingers crossed that nothing else happens before ford gets their stuff together and fixes this!!
Spark plug ejected from the motor while driving. Blew out the coil and stripped the threads. 5.4 liter triton engine with 122,000 miles.
I am an owner of a 2001 f-250 super duty, I have had the problem with spark plug ejection from the heads of my motor. The first time this happened was with the oem plugs still in the motor, the second time I had the blow out repaired already and all plugs were replaced but yet again a little over a year later the plug in another hole blew out. This time I had all holes patched with a stainless steel insert. Both times I had to pay well over $50.00 for towing and the last repair bill was in excess of $800.00. I am a full time student and single father I do not have the resources to pay for constant repairs because of an engineering problem with oem equipment, from what I have seen on the internet and told by my mechanics this is happening to almost every vehicle with these types of motors. Thank you for your time and effort in looking into this matter.
Spark plugs blown out of engines 2001 ford f- 250 . Both side of the engine.
I heard a noise like a loose rocker arm and took it to a mechanic and was told not to worry. Then at the bank the noise changed and quit "ticking" and by the time I pulled out of the line I heard a loud "pop" and then a continual popping noise, after I got pulled over I checked under the hood and the spark plug closest to the drivers seat was out. With fuel coming out and a spark plug firing on the motor, I am amazed it did not catch fire.
I have experienced 2 spark plug blow outs on my ford f250 with a 5.4l engine leaving me stranded out of state twice. I live in ohio and I had my first spark plug blow out in w virginia while en route to s carolina for vacation. The second incident was last year in pennsylvania. Now I have another plug about to blow out!
I own a 2001 ford f 250 super duty with a 6.8 liter v10 this is the second time now that it has blown out a sparkplug while driving down the road at a high speed they were not the same plug and they are original motorcraft plugs . Both times you smell alot of gas that could cause a fire.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford f-250 sd. While the vehicle was parked, the contact noticed that there was a significant amount of oil leaking from multiple locations in the oil pan . The dealer was contacted and stated that the oil pan was covered with rust and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired at the owners expense. The failure mileage was 157000 and the current mileage was 157752.
Faulty cylinder head on a 6.8l v-10 2001 f-250. Head blew and it started to sound like a riding lawn mower. I am a 3rd generation ford owner, if ford wants to be ford tough then they need to fix ford defect no need for a truck that hasn't pulled a heavy load to have such a fubar engine defect. Makes me want to switch to foreign truck>.
I was in my ford f250 v10 triton sitting idle at a red light when I heard a loud pop under my hood which was followed by a steam engine sound when I accelerated. Had it towed to a mechanic and found that my factory spark plug had blown out of the head. The mechanic told me this happens often with ford triton motors. The mechanic used a helicoil type tooling to retap the hold and fit a collar in it that would accept a new spark plug. The cost was about $300 but the fact that this happens so often for this particular manufacturer seems to me that they should bare the cost for each occurrence.
I have a 2001 ford f250 with a 6.8l v10. It has 149,489 miles on it. I am no shade tree mechanic, I have rebuilt engines, transmissions and trouble shoot cpu?s . I was driving down the road and came to a traffic light then made a right hand turn. As soon as I made the turn the #4 spark plug blew out. My father has a 2002 f250 with the 6.8l v10 and his blew out the #1 and about 300 miles later it blew out the #5 plug. It caught on fire when it blew out the #5. This is not right!! There have been to many complaints about these trucks with the same problem. The cause is not due to incorrect torque on the plug. But due to a combination of two things, 1. The amount of threads that hold the plug in place.2 the amount of compression that the engine produces.
Rotting oil pan.
Ford f250 with a v10 engine. Spark plug blew out.
My 2001 f 250 super duty pick up with a 5.4 motor spit out the number 3 spark plug. It caused me to have my vehicle towed, the # 3 coil pact replaced along with all the spark plugs and the coil pact boots. I heard a loud pop which caused me to pull over immediately , it sounded like a real bad exhaust leak. I have never had anything like this happen to me in 28 years of driving and working on vehicles. The dealer have to put in a heli coil and replace parts as stated.
I own a 2001 ford f250 super duty with a 5.4l triton v-8 engine, automatic transmission, 2wd, 137 inch wheelbase, standard emission, with no aftermarket modifications and approximately 114,000 miles. I was driving at approximately 60mph when I heard a loud bang from under the hood, the engine lost power and sounded like the exhaust had come off the engine. Upon inspection, I discovered that the number 8 spark plug had blown completely out of the engine and damaged the ignition coil. The threads where the spark plug screw into the head were damaged, but repairable. I replaced the spark plug and coil. Even though there was no fire or injury in my particular case, the possibility for such is likely if this problem is systemic. When the spark plug blows out of the cylinder head, it can be done with a lot of force, which could cause injury/death, depending upon the proximity of people at the time. Also, when a spark plug comes out of the cylinder head, gas fumes released may become ignited by sparks from the coil or spark plug wires, resulting in a engine compartment fire. The old parts are available for inspection if necessary.
The engine blew out another spark plug! This is a major design defect! Ford said the plugs blow out due to improper torque of the spark plugs. Which is impossible since I used the ford required torque on my spark plugs and I used anti seize on the plugs threads! This is a ongoing problem! I know a person that has only 50k on there 5.4 engine and the factory installed plugs and those blew out too!! Ford needs to recall these engines and correct the problem. I pulled both of the heads off my f-250 and had stainless steel threaded sleeves installed at the machine shop ! Hope this takes care of the problem! I don't trust the trucks engine design for a long trip or even take it on vacation! I am worried the spark plugs will blow out while I am on the highway or out off town! Please help us to get ford to recall this problem as soon as possible please!!!!! I have had 3 other plugs blow out before this ! To do this type of repair is very expensive and unnecessary! But must be done to fix the problem I hope! This is a major design defect and ford should be made to correct it! We paid hard earned money for these vehicles and should not have to deal with this type of repair over and over !! I'll never buy another ford if ford does nothing regarding the spark plugs! I am a certified mechanic and I have never seen any other type of engine have this problem ! Please help ! This problem is not even covered under the extended warranty !!! This is very bad for ford!!! They have nice vehicles but bad engine heads !!!
I was driving home friday january8th at 7:30 pm when my spark plug blew out of motor while driving, shooting fuel out of cylinder as coil was still connected and arcing on motor.I lost power and had to get to side of road I could not fix because threads of cylinder head were damaged when blowout occurred.fortunatly this happened within a couple mile of my home, if this were to occur on highway with traffic around the loss of power and potential for fire would have been very dangerous!
I was on a delivery with my 2001 ford f 250 v10 with 8 thousand miles, when I heard what I thought was tappet noise then I heard a pop and then realy loud exhaust noise like I lost a exhaust manifold seal, I pulled over to find I had a suddden spark plug blow out, I was on a delivery and work in the hollywood andthe production needed me at location on time, so I drove it there after I isolated t he spark plug wire from grounding by floating it in air by purring it threw the oil dip stick, I drove on with the 9 remaining cylinders and made my delivery, I was out 250 miles and had to return to la for a child custody hearing so I drove it back the whole way sounding like a tug boat, it was like I was lindberg crossing the atlantic I did not know if I would make it, but I did, I called ford and they want 700 to re tap the hole and put a insert in, I looked at the consumer complaints and see hundreds of people have had the same issue, I think ford should recall the engines and fix the thread issue.
2001 ford f-250 sd 6.8l v-10, spark plug on the number eight cylinder blew out of the head while driving at approx. 15-20 MPH. The threads on the cylinder head are non-existent at this point, the coil was destroyed, and the vehicle is undrivable. After researching, I have found this to be a known problem on several models from ford. The vehicle is currently awaiting inspection and repair by a local ford dealership. I have been told by the service writer that it is a known problem, but that ford will not provide a covered repair. I have been told that if the head is repairable without removal from the vehicle, the cost will be approx. $750.00 with no guarantee that it will not re-occur. If the cylinder head must be removed, the cost is between three and four thousand dollars. I will be retaining the old parts.
Ford f250 tryton v-8 blown plugs on interstate 80 miles from home. Ford dealer says the just issued a service bulletin concerning this but are of no help. The heads must be removed and repaired with helicoil kits @ upwards of 800.00 or more. Please require a recall !!!!!
I own a 2001 ford f-250 pick up with a 5.4 liter engine. The spark plug blew out the first time in the summer of 2008. Then again in august of 2009. The first time it was repaired with the helicoil repair kit as suggested by ford. This time, there was no option but replacing the head or the entire engine. This is a serious and very expensive problem. And seems to be too common. After some research over 17,000 vehicles have had this same problem, I believe this is a good reason to recall these vehicles. This is ridiculous. Ford is of no help on what to do the second time this happens but they will throw a $3000.00 repair bill at you.
6 months ago my ford f-250 super duty crew cab v-10 blew out the 3rd spark plug back on the passenger's side. After reading about many other people having the same problem I went to my ford dealer who told me it happens on these engines but there isn't any recall nor would they pay for the repair. Today the second plug back on the passenger side blew out. I smelled a strong gas odor and feel lucky not to have had a fire either time. Now do I have ford repair this one and just wait for the other 8 to blow? Ford needs to resolve this issue!
Sept. 07; my ford 01 f250t. Cab 4+4 with the 5.4 l triton motor, blew out of the engine cylinder head its first of 3 spark plugs, on july 4th 09 it blew out 2 more; I had just gotten one fixed and picked up my truck and did not make it out of the parking lot. When the first one blew I was coming down a steep hill with a pop-up trailer in tow, I had my family with me, wife and 2 girls age 6 and 8. When it blew it sounded like a cannon under the hood, I almost lost control, after a 4 hr. Wait for a tow truck and a couple days at the dealer, and 600.00 later, I got my truck back, no further problems til 7-4-09 when 2 more blew.. I have went online and there are several stories about this happening to this motor and two other models, ages between '99 and '04. The problem is that ford engineers did not put enough threads in their "aluminum head" only 3 threads and the spark plug has about 12. The other thing that happens when the spark plug blows out it takes the coil pack which is mounted directly above the plug another 100.00 to the equation. I talked to ford but they do not care, they would not even help me out with the labor to fix the problem which entails drilling out all the remaining cylinders and inserting heli-coils, at the tune of 1350.00 at the dealer. This is a very prevalent problem, and I can not believe there has not been a re-call....
We have a f250 2001 v10 pickup that has had 2 spark plug ejection from the drivers side head of the engine. This we were told by the mechanics at our local ford dealer shop at our 2 diff ford dealers is inherent in all triton motors. This head problem should be aa safety recall. When the second one happened we were 200 miles from home and had to smell gas fumes for 200 miles to get it back to the dealer to get it repaired. Luckily the spark plug had been ejected from the coil assembly if it had stayed on it would have started a fire. There is a serious defect in the cylinder head and from the many mechanics that I have spoken to they all state it is from only 2 or 3 threads per spark plug holding the plugs in place. Please recall all trition motors to have this taken care of.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford f250 super duty. The contact stated that the module that controls the fuel injectors has failed. The manufacturer stated that they needed to be replaced. The vehicle has experienced major issues with the camshaft sensor and the manufacturer will not assist. The failure mileage was 60,174.
My 2001 f250 with 5.4l triton engine has blown out 4 spark plugs over the last year. Each repair has been around $600. This has to be a defect. Ford didn't advise me that this was a common issue. Had I known, I would have put in a different motor or heads as I have spent that much in repairs and towing.
Spark plug blew out of my 6.8l v-10 ford f-250. Caused extensive damage and small fire.
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