2000 Ford Expedition Engine

FORD EXPEDITION SPARK PLUG EJECTION. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THIS 2000 XLT. VERY DANGEROUS, ON HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, SOUND OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE THEN OPEN CYLINDER NOISE, SMELL OF RAW GAS. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION WITH THE TRITON 5.4 LITRE V8 ENGINE. THIS VEHICLE HAS A LITTLE OVER 100,000 MILES AND IS USED FOR PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION ONLY. TODAY WE HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT ON THE VEHICLE AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP QUOTED ME A PRICE OF OVER $700 TO HAVE A TEMPORARY FIX OF A HELI COIL PLACED INTO THE SPARK PLUG HOLE TO REPLACE THE STRIPPED THREADS CAUSED BY THE BLOWOUT AND TO HAVE THE COIL REPLACED. HE MENTIONED THAT THIS TEMPORARY FIX IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HE CAN GUARANTEE WILL WORK SO HE ALSO OFFERED ME A $5000 "PERMANENT FIX" OF HAVING THE ENTIRE ENGINE BLOCK REPLACED. UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO MY FINANCIAL SITUATION, I CANNOT AFFORD THE PERMANENT FIX AND AM HAVING TO OPT FOR/GAMBLE WITH THE TEMPORARY FIX ATTEMPT. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC AND RESEARCH INFORMATION I FOUND ON THE INTERNET, THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE PROBLEM. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE MECHANIC AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP ATTEMPT THE $700 TEMPORARY REPAIR. WITH THE FACT THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO FORD AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE PART OF A RECALL FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY. *TR

2000 FORD EXPEDITION EJECTED SPARK PLUG LEADING TO FAILURE OF VEHICLE TO PROVIDE RELIABLE SAFE TRANSPORTATION IN WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS, OUT OF CELL PHONE RANGE IN RURAL CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO. SPECIFIC SAFETY FACTOR OF 4WD SUV HAS BEEN REDUCED TO ZERO AND PLACES FAMILY AT ADDITIONAL RISK OF AN ENGINE FIRE. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION WITH THE TRITON V-8, 5.4 LITER ENGINE THAT HAD A SPARK PLUG POP OUT OF THE HEAD WHILE I WAS DRIVING, DESTROYING THE FUEL INJECTOR. ACCORDING TO MY FORD DEALER, THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE AND CAN'T REALLY SEE HOW YOU CAN USE THE WORD COMMON WITH A SPARK PLUG EJECTING ITSELF, BUT OH WELL. ANYWAY, FORD DOES NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF WARRANTY ON THIS. HOW CAN THIS BE?? A SPARK PLUG EJECTING CAN LEAD TO THE VERY REAL POSSIBILITY OF FUEL COMING OUT OF THE CYLINDER AND IGNITING. THIS SEEMS PRETTY DANGEROUS TO ME. THE DEALER WILL HAVE TO HAVE THE SPARK PLUG PORT RE-THREADED AND A NEW INJECTOR PUT IN PLACE FOR A TOTAL OF 590 DOLLARS. UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD. *TR

VEHICLE WAS PARKED NEXT TO A FORD EXPEDITION THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURN MY VEHICLE TOO. *TR

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED AND TURNED OFF AND THE ASHES FROM THIS VEHICLE BURNED THE VEHICLE NEXT TO IT. *TR

2000 FORD EXPEDITIOPN SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HEAR A KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE. OPEN UP HOOD AND FIND THAT WE HAVE BLOWN A SPARK PLUG. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN MY 2000 EXPEDITION. WE HAVE BEEN STRANDED UNLESS WE FIND THE SPARK PLUG OR ARE ABLE TO GET A NEW SPARK PLUG. ALSO THE WIRING HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THIS ISSUE. UNFORTUNATELY THE LAST TIME IT BLEW WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CALIFORNIA DESERT IN 100 PLUS TEMPERATURES. *TR

I HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET, I FOUND THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD TRITON ENGINES. *TR

WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE COIL PACKS GO OUT, LEADING UP TO THE FIRE. OUR GARAGE COUGHT FIRE AND BURNT OUR NEW HOME DOWN. *TR

MY 2000 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE PARKING GARAGE AT MY JOB AND DAMAGED 6 OTHER CARS WITH NO SIGNS OF ANY WARNINGS. *TR

SPARK PLUG BLOWN OUT ON MY 2000 EXPEDITION. *TR

I WAS JUST DRIVING ALONG GOING 15MPH WHEN MY SPARK PLUG BLEW-OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD IN MY 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. I HAVE 91,000 MILES ON IT. NOW IT IS COSTING ME $1100.00 TO FIX. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. A WEEK AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TUNED UP, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POP WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH. SHE DROVE HOME AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SPARK PLUG BURST OUT OF THE SECOND CYLINDER IN THE ENGINE. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER, IN JUNE OF 2008, THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND HEARD A LOUD POP AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. HE PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE SPARK PLUG WAS LOOSE AND DETACHED FROM THE FIFTH CYLINDER. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND DUE TO THE FAILURE, THE ENTIRE ENGINE HEAD WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED TO DECREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE ISSUE RECURRING. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 114,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

I HAVE A 2000 4.6 FORD EXPEDITION WITH APPROX 150,000 MILES ON IT. I DROVE IT FROM LOS ANGELES TO SAN FRANCISCO. WHEN I ARRIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO I WAS GREETED BY A LOUD POP AND AN ACCOMPANYING RATTLE AND SPUTTER. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT AND BROKE OFF THE IGNITION COIL. THE SPARK PLUG STRIPPED THE THREADING OF THE ALUMINUM HEADS. I TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THEY BLAMED FAULTY INSTALLATION OF THE SPARK PLUG. IN RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SIMILAR PROBLEM NOT SPECIFIC TO CHANGED SPARK PLUGS. I HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT SOME CLASS ACTIONS SUITS HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST FORD IN REGARDS TO THIS PROBLEM BUT HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. I AM OUT A COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS AND AN EXTENDED STAY IN SAN FRANCISCO DUE TO THIS PROBLEM THAT I AM LEARNING WHAT IS HAPPENING FAR TO COMMON REGARDLESS OF THE AGE OR THE MAKE OF A FORD PRODUCT. I AM THANKFUL THIS DID NOT OCCUR IN A DESOLATE OR DANGEROUS AREA BUT I AM EXTREMELY UPSET IN WHAT SEEM APPARENT TO ME AND MANY OTHERS AS A FACTORY DEFAULT. *TR

2000 FORD EXPEDITION XLT WITH 5.4 TRITON ENGINE. I'VE HAD 2 SPARKPLUGS POP OUT OF THE ENGINE ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS. ONE IN DEC. 07 AND THE OTHER IN AUG. 08. SINCE IT IS INEVITABLE THAT THE HEADS BE REPAIRED I USED JB WELD TO EPOXY THE SPARKPLUGS IN WITH SUCCESS. IN 100,000 MILES I'LL HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THE HEADS REPAIRED, BUT I MAY NOT HAVE THE CAR AT THAT TIME. *TR

SPARK PLUG POPPED OUT OF HEAD ON MY EXPEDITION AND HAD A VERY BAD GAS SMELL AND WE JUMPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ON FIRE, IT ACTUALLY DID NOT CATCH ON FIRE, BUT IS GOING TO COST ALOT OF MONEY TO FIX. *TR

DRIVING AT 35 MPH, I HEARD A POPPING SOUND, TO FIND OUT UPPER THE HOOD THAT THE # 2 SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF IT'S HOLE STRIPPING THE THREADS AND BREAKING THE COIL PACK HOUSING. 2000 FORD 5.4L EXPEDITION ENGINE. *TR

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT, CAUSING LOUD, POP-LIKE NOISE, AND PUFF OF WHITE SMOKE. PLUG BLEW A HOLE IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. ENGINE WAS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER 5.4 TRITON V8. *TR

THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE OF MY 2000 EXPEDITION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. THE DEALER INSTALLED NEW SPARK PLUGS AND A NEW COIL. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AGAIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 171,000. UPDATED 02/19/08 *TR

2000 FORD EXPEDITION SPARK PLUG EJECTED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HEARD KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE ENGINE SKIPPED. THE DEALER STATED THAT ONE OF THE COIL PACKS CAUSED THE FAILURE AND THEY MADE THE REPLACEMENT. APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN MONTHS LATER THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE NUMBER THREE AND SIX COIL PACKS NEED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THEY NOTICED GUNK ON THE SPARK PLUGS. AS OF DECEMBER 27, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 143,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

SPARK PLUG # 2 WAS SPIT OUT OF THE ENGINE DUE TO POOR DESIGN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND FOLLOWED BY A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT HAD TO GLIDE THE VEHICLE DOWNHILL AND INTO HER DRIVEWAY. A MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HOLE. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED AND THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 140,000.