Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 04/18/2012 | |||
| The plug has blown out for some reason, i have owned fords for 30 years. after doing talking to people the 5.4 engine has this problem of plugs blowing out. both my sons and nephew have ford trucks with the 5.4 engine and all have had blown plugs. i am on a fixed income and the cost of this is out of my budget. but i expect ford to stand behind this problem since there has been so many complaints. can't believe ford has not had a racall on this problem. i do expect ford to stand behind its good name. i talked to some police officers and they said that is the reason that the forces are now buying dodge vehicles, i can't believe that ford would let this happen by being the top makers. this news will go nation wide if ford don't deal with this problem now. | |||
| 08/25/2008 | 1 | ||
| 2001 f150 caught fire in garage destroying f150, motorcycle next to it, and truck outside garage. moderate fire damage to home, moderate to heavy smoke damage to home. *tr | |||
| 04/05/2004 | 52000 | 1 | 05/08/2001 |
| Developed a sever oil leak on both head gaskets. dealer repaired at a cost of 2100.00 dollars. only had 52000 miles.*ak | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 04/11/2010 | 109000 | ||
| 2001 ford f-150 supercrew. 4.6l triton v8 engine. #3 sparkplug on the passenger side blew out of the head and destroyed the threads making it impossible to replace the plug. 109,000 mi. original factory installed plugs in vehicle. never replaced or touched before. | |||
| 01/20/2007 | 63000 | 3 | 11/14/2000 |
| Tl*- the contact stated that while driving the 2001 ford supercrew with 63,000 failure mileage at any rate of speed the check engine light turned on and the engine started to hesitate. the vehicle was taken to the dealer twice. the dealer stated that the coil was defected. the dealer replaced the coil wire and cylinder twice. also, the dealer stated that this was a common problem with 5.4l engines. the vehicle will be taken to the dealer for the third time on 3/30/2007 for repairs. the current mileage was 66,000.*ak update 4/23/07*tr | |||
| 10/21/2006 | 100000 | 2 | 05/15/2001 |
| In may and october 2006 the same spark plug on passenger side blew out. both times it required a new plug and coil pack. first time was on trip back from tx to ca. just started truck in vegas and it blew. in october was driving down street home from work and blew. traveling 20 mph. *nm | |||
| 06/09/2005 | 73000 | 1 | 12/10/2000 |
| Without warning, engine began running rough and sounded like an exhaust leak. engine was stopped and restarted. sound got much louder with a bang or clunk under the hood. truck was stopped at that point and towed to ford dealer. they reported the problem to be a spark plug had blown out of the cylinder head. the only repair that they recommended was cylinder head replacement, $2700 and one weeks time. a quick look at the internet, placing the words spark plug blew out in yahoo search revealed hundreds of instances of plugs blowing out of ford 5.4 and v10 triton engine, most required cylinder replacement. it is reported that ford will not cover the cost of this cylinder head design flaw regardless of mileage. i believe ford should be required to cover all or part of the cost of this repair, as it is not a result of improper operation ar mainteneance but is obviously a cylinder head design flaw. | |||
| 12/31/2002 | 35000 | 1 | 05/10/2001 |
| Oil leak at head gasket. repaired by dealership. what are then chances of this happening again? has this problem caused any damag to the engine? | |||