Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE | |||
| 07/07/2012 | 125000 | 1 | |
| While traveling on vacation 600 miles from home i experienced a well known failure to ford triton engine owners known as a spark plug ejection failure. i was traveling @ 65 mph and up to the failure the engine was running normal there were no abnormal sounds. at the time of the failure it sounded as if the exhaust or the intake was coming apart. i pulled over on the side of the highway and removed the doghouse at the rear of the engine to discover the right bank and 2nd cylinder from the rear had ejected the spark plug and destroyed the ignition coil. i unplugged the ignition coil and the power cable from the fuel injector from that cylinder and nursed the van to a friends house 40 miles away which took over 3 hours. i called several ford dealers to explain what happened and they finished the story for me, they said they have seen this problem several hundred times and the fix would cost $1000.00 per cylinder needing repaired. this is a known ford triton flaw and should be addressed by ford with a recall. this could be a safety issue because when the spark plug let go there was a extreme loss of power if in heavy traffic this could cause a accident, and the raw fuel coming from the cylinder along with spark from a live ignition coil is a fire hazard. *tr | |||
| 07/07/2012 | 125000 | ||
| While traveling on vacation 600 miles from home i experienced a well known failure to ford triton engine owners known as a spark plug ejection failure. i was traveling @ 65 mph and up to the failure the engine was running normal there were no abnormal sounds. at the time of the failure it sounded as if the exhaust or the intake was coming apart. i pulled over on the side of the highway and removed the doghouse at the rear of the engine to discover the right bank and 2nd cylinder from the rear had ejected the spark plug and destroyed the ignition coil. i unplugged the ignition coil and the power cable from the fuel injector from that cylinder and nursed the van to a friends house 40 miles away which took over 3 hours. i called several ford dealers to explain what happened and they finished the story for me, they said they have seen this problem several hundred times and the fix would cost $1000.00 per cylinder needing repaired. this is a known ford triton flaw and should be addressed by ford with a recall. this could be a safety issue because when the spark plug let go there was a extreme loss of power if in heavy traffic this could cause a accident, and the raw fuel coming from the cylinder along with spark from a live ignition coil is a fire hazard. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 08/11/2006 | 144000 | 1 | 06/01/2003 |
| Engine coolant leaked into cylinder due to gasket failure causing piston rod to bend. i have learned that this is all to common problem with 1997 4.2 v6. i am unable to have my truck repaired at this time .the engine needs to be replaced $4,000.00. *jb | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 06/25/2007 | 13500 | 1 | 07/01/2002 |
| Have 1997 f-150,went on vacation, truck ran fine. came back and went to pick up dog from kennel, and boom, hydro-lock. *tr | |||
| 03/03/2007 | 131000 | 1 | 07/06/2004 |
| Spark plug blow out in a 1997 ford f 150 pick up truck with a 5.4 v8. *jb | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE | |||
| 07/02/2006 | 125946 | 1 | 05/10/2004 |
| My 97 ford e150 has the 5.4 motor in it. the problem i am having is spark plug blow outs. this is my second in a years time. this could cause a fire due to raw fuel coming out of the spark plug hole and the coil land on the head could case a spark and boom bad fire. *nm | |||