Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||||
| AS-21769 | 03/01/2011 | 10039053 | Ready | 07/06/2011 | |
| AS-21769 | 03/01/2011 | 10039053 | Ford: if there is an intermittent lack of power, surge, or hesitation while driving the brakes will override acceleration. *rm | 07/06/2011 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 12/01/2010 | 60511 | ||
| Driving along, heard a bang, smelled very strong smell of fuel, truck started backfiring and vibrating so much it was hard to control, forward motion slowed rapidly, vibration, attempted to pull the truck over across 4 lane of traffic, opened windows as the smell of fuel was choking everyone in the cab. stopped truck, engine running very rough and had strange noise, unable to locate. eventually found right rear most spark plug blew out of head (leaving metal threaded part and base in head), contacted dealer big ford, vancouver, wa and courtesy ford, portland, oregon both claim the flex fuel engines have a common problem with the spark plugs separating, sticking in the head, and/or exploding out of the head the also stated the ford was aware of the problem but no recall was taking place as there were not enough complaints as of yet (the truck engine is damaged, still smells like fuel inside the cab, plugs, coil, and injector have been changed, dealer would not honer bumper to bumper warranty this issue will eventually cause a great number of deaths and or injuries and the fuel issue could likely cause an explosion (even in my vehicle after the repairs)(dealers wanted between $2,000.00 and $6,000.00 to extract the spark plug bases and stated repeatedly it was a common issue and it was not covered under warrently | |||
| 05/27/2010 | 101000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2007 ford f150. the contact stated that the spark plugs in the vehicle are defective. he took the vehicle to a dealer for replacement and was informed that the plugs were defective because of a design flaw and they would change them but if they did not function normally there would be a $200.00 per plug cost to take them out. he was also asked to sign a waiver to that effect. the owner has contacted ford motor company and they offered no assistance. the failure mileage and current mileage is approximately 101,000. rd | |||
| 01/01/2008 | 6000 | 1 | |
| Truck has a rough idle issue since 6k. i now have 30k. the problem happens when the truck is started cold sometimes is very bad engine shake, also when idling at a stop light engine seems to shake. no check engine light comes on even when the truck is running so bad it seems like it is going to stall. i have had it at the dealer many times and they can't find a problem they say because no trouble codes show in the computer or check engine light does not come on. *tr | |||
| 07/01/2007 | 33000 | 1 | |
| At 33k mile my 2007 f 150 with the 5.4 liter engine had engine failure. the engine failed as a result of a know problem that ford has with a back of the 5.4 liter engine having to much end play on the cam shaft. as a result the engine was starved for oil and failed in the middle of a trip. the oil pressure dropped to 0 when the engine was full of oil. ford's suggestion is to only replace heads when they know that the engine was starved for oil. they will not officially admit to the problem but several ford employees have told me ford is aware of the situation. the engine initially locked up and would not re start. had this happened at high speed the situation could have been deadly. *tr | |||
| 10/17/2007 | 656 | 20 | 09/16/2007 |
| The idle on the vehicle is up to 2000 rpm, it is unsafe when the idle does not return to the factory specification. the dealer worked on it and said it would get better and gave me a tsb 619400 / 19508. 2007 vehicles- gas engine vehicles with higher than normal idle speeds. this is unsafe............ *jb | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 09/25/2010 | 51235 | ||
| Spark plug blow out on my 2007 f150 with the 5.4l modular engine. spark plugs were the factory plugs and as i bought the truck new their is no way that they have ever been changed and improperly torqued as the ford dealer told me after it happened. i explianed that ford has issued a tsb on the problem as it is so rampent in every ford v8 engine from 1993 to current. this is the 3rd ford vechicle that i have had this happen to me. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM - EMISSION CONTROL - CRANKCASE (PCV) | |||
| 09/22/2007 | 4833 | 8 | 06/18/2007 |
| Black oily smoke coming from exhaust pipe,engine noise. *jb | |||