Ford F Series tire blowout problems

Filed Mar 11, 2015 · Tires · 165,000 miles · FL

Driver side rear tire suffered tread separation after apx 1 hour around 70 MPH. Tire pressure was checked / inflated to max cold prior to departure. Air temperature was in the low 80s. I am providing this information in case you track such incidents. No response is required. Cooper discoverer h/t 255/70 r16 dot upcu c5u 2808.

Filed Jul 30, 2013 · Tires, Wheels · 36,000 miles · LA

Two blocks from my residence, I experienced a loud 'boom', tread separation and damage to my right rear quarter panel, fender braces and my exhaust pipe. The tire in question is a goodrich t/a km lt 285/75r/16/122/119/d m + s mud tire. This is a load range d tire with a max of 65 psi. I use 50 psi. The tires were purchased in 2007/2008, and mounted on separate rims. The original equipment and the mud terrain tires were exchanged often.my truck has approximately 40k total miles. If the driving on each tire were divided evenly, each tire would only have 18k miles, at the time of the tire failure. The tires were rotated often. Inflation was checked every week. I chose not to use the road hazard warranty to replace the tire. As it happened on a newly rebuilt street.this tire has a 3 ply side wall and a 5 ply tread. This type of tread separation should not happen. I want goodrich to replace all tires, because I'm afraid to use them. Had this failure happened at highway speed, results could be worse. I have tried to reason with goodrich consumer representatives, to no avail. The tires 'were too old', based on the dot number. Sears wants to only replace 1 tire. I believe the set to be dangerous. The original 2001 tires are very serviceable. I noticed some 59 complaints on 'consumer affairs' for b. F. Goodrich off-road tires. My complaint will make 60. The ones reported to your agency numbered in the 70's some the complaints reported serious injury with this type of tire. Their link is: https://www.consumeraffairs.com/brands/support/ . I would hope that you review the complaints, and ask b. F. Goodrich to be a responsible corporation, file a voluntary recall and replace suspect tires; at no cost to the consumer. Please inform me of the results of your investigations, along with any recommendations made to goodrich. Thank you.

Filed Nov 10, 2011 · Engine · 78,000 miles · IA

I've had two plugs blow out on my 99 f150. It has less than 100,000 on it. If they know its a defect why not step up and fix the problem? It cost $300 a plug!!!! Left me stranded at night with my family along the road!! Makes me wonder if I want to stay with ford or go elsewhere.

Filed Jul 5, 2010 · Tires · 102,970 miles · PA

My left rear tire blew out.

Filed May 24, 2010 · Engine · 100,988 miles · OH · fire

I had just got off work and was leaving the parking area and blew out the number 4 sparkplug on the right side head. I shut off the my truck and parked it. I called a friend that lives close for a ride home. The next morning I drove back to the plant and took my truck to the local ford dealership. They said that I should replace the head or install a helicoil and also replace the spark plug and coil pack. So I had them install the helicoil and replace the damaged parts. Less then a month later I was driving to work on the I 90 and I blow out the number 5 cylinder spark plug and this time it took out the plastic shield and ripped the spark plug and the coil pack off he truck. I have not done any thing but contact ford motor company about this at this time. There suggestion was to replace the heads my self at a cost of 6,000 dollars.

Filed Feb 5, 2010 · Engine · 154,000 miles · MO

I was driving my 1999 ford f150 4x4 with 5.4l engine home from work and stopped at traffic light. The light turned green and I proceeded to go and then "pow" the truck began to make a loud "popping" noise and lost all engine power. I was in the middle of the intersection and somehow managed to keep it running long enough to get through the intersection and on a side road. I hesitated to open the hood because of the strong gasoline smell but it wasn't on fire "yet" so I opened it and found one of my ignition coils (coil packs) loose on top of the intake manifold. Upon further inspection I realized the spark plug had blown out of the aluminum cylinder head. I was able to catch a ride to the auto parts store with coil and plug in hand. The salesman at the store immediately knew what had happened and even knew the engine was a 5.4l before being told. He said that if I was lucky I would probably just have to install a helicoil or threaded insert in it. The other option was to replace the cylinder head. I purchased new coil and plug then drove back to my truck. I tried to clean the threads with a spark plug thread chaser but there were no threads left to clean. I searched the web and found numerous complaints of the same issue. Some people said they had multiple spark plugs blow out or "spit out" on the same vehicle. Why doesn't ford have a recall on this? The gasoline smell was due to the fuel injector still spraying while the plug was blown out of the head. What if it had caught on fire? I haven't repaired it yet but will try the "repair kit" that was handed to me when I bought the coil and plug. I think ford should recall all the 5.4l engines that have this problem and install the helicoil or insert to prevent a customer breakdown or a potential vehicle fire.

Filed Dec 26, 2009 · Engine · 90,000 miles · PA

Spark plug blow out on 2000 f150 5.4 triton engine. Damaging coil and head. Releasing fuel mixture into engine compartment creating an environment for potential explosion.

Filed Mar 4, 2009 · Tires · GA

I have had 3 tire failures due to valve stem failure. All three times we were going down the freeway and had sudden loss of air pressure. This resulted in replacing two tires on 2 vehicles and replacing stems on the remaining 6 tires. Both vehicles had new tires put on about the same time at the same dealer. (april 2007) I understand from consumer report that there is a recall on dill valve stems. I am trying to determine if these stems were part of that recall.

Filed May 7, 2007 · Engine · 97,000 miles · MI

Spark plug # 7 blew out of the ford f-150 truck with a v8 motor. The plug and coil stuck the fuel rail above this area , and took a chunk of the fuel rail out, almost crating a leak , vehicle could catch on fire. Over 100,000 reports on the exact same spark plug along with # 3 plug doing the same thing with the fuel rail also. Usually the other plug blew a few months after the first one blew out of the engine. Repairs were to pull the header ,and drill hole in header to install a coil to replace threads torn on the head, and install a new plug due to blow out and coil.

Filed Dec 1, 2006 · Engine · 32,000 miles · CA

2000 fleetwood pace arrow motorhome with ford triton v10 enginge: at 32,000 blew a spark plug out of the head. Ford dealer quoted me $6,000 to replace with new/improved head. I can replace the whole engine for less than $3,000. This is incredible and something needs to be done. Even the tow truck driver that towed me to the dealer said his ford truck with a v10 recently blew a plug as well. I own four motorhomes all with the ford triton v10 engine. The company I used to work for had six motorhomes with the ford triton v10 and had four spark plug blowout incidences while I was working there. Something needs to be done about this. It is unthinkable that a company can get away with peddling crap to customers and then charging them $6,000 to fix this problem!!! Contact oscar at don kott ford in carson, ca to confirm my estimate. Do something, do something do something! Thank you very much.