NHTSA Complaint #10068020 — 1998 FORD EXPEDITION

DRIVING ONE DAY AND HEARD A LOUD POP THEN NO RESPONSE OR POWER FROM THE ENGINE.A CERTIFIED MECHANIC SAID THAT THE 3RD SPARK PLUG WAS BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD AND THE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS IS A COMMON THING IN THESE TYPE OF ENGINES. I ALSO TALKED TO THE DEALER THAT I BOUGHT THIS JOKE OF A VEHICLE FROM AND THEY SAID THAT THEY GET THESE KIND OF REPAIRS IN ALL THE TIME - DOMINO FORD IN MIDLOTHIAN IL. I TALKED TO FORD MOTOR CO. CONSUMER COMPLAINTS AND ALL THEY SAID WAS "SIR THERE IS NO RECALL ON YOUR'E VEHICLE AND THEY SAID HAVE A NICE DAY. THE MECHANIC SAID THEY WOULD PUT IN A INSERT OR HELI COIL AND THAT IT MIGHT WORK BUT AFTER SCANNING THE INTERNET THERE IS ALL KINDS OF COMPLAINTS OUT THERE WITH THIS EXACT KIND OF PROBLEM WITH THE FORD PICKUPS , VANS AND SUV'S THAT HAVE THIS TRITON ENGINE. FORD WON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THIS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT UNDER A RECALL IT WILL COST THEM A LOT TO FIX THIS OBVIOUS MANUFACTURER DEFECT. OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT I READ AND TALKING TO MY MECHANIC THEY ALL MENTION THAT THE THREADS THAT HOLD THE SPARK PLUGS ARE NOT LONG OR DEEP ENOUGH TO CONTAIN THE SPARK PLUG FOR GOOD. FOR 40K PRICE TAG FORD MOTOR CO. SHOULD REPLACE THE ENGINES IN THESE VEHICLES. DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO SACRIFICE THEIR LIFE FOR THIS TO GET RECTIFIED? JUST LIKE THE TIRE ISSUES. IF SOMEONE DOES DIE DUE TO THIS DEFECT I WILL BE THE FIRST TO COME FORWARD ON THIS ON WHEN I COMPLAINED AND THAT NOTHING WAS DONE. PEOPLES LIVES SHOULD NOT BE RISKED TO LINE FORDS POCKETS. IF YOU SUE THEM THEY WILL DRAG IT OUT SO LONG BECAUSE THEY MADE 40K A VEHICLE ON THIS MODEL ALONE AND THEY WILL DRAG IT OUT UNTIL YOU CAN'T PAY FOR HELP ANYMORE.