NHTSA Complaint #10110430 — 2001 FORD EXPEDITION ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

Complaint Details

ODI Number	10110430
Vehicle	2001 FORD EXPEDITION
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Date of Incident	February 4, 2005
Date Filed	February 13, 2005
Mileage	49,530 miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	Yes
State	TN

Consumer Description

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2001 EXPEDITION HOME FROM WORK WHICH IS ABOUT 35 MILES AWAY WHEN THE #2 SPARK PLUG "BLEW" OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD OF THE ENGINE CAUSING IT TO MISFIRE BADLY. SHE HAD TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN SOMEONES YARD. LUCKILY THE PERSON THERE LET HER USE A PHONE TO CALL ME. I CALLED INTO WORK, WENT AND PICKED HER UP AND WE WENT TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP IN SPRINGFIELD, TN. WE HAD TO SUV TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY INSPECTED IT AND FOUND THE SPARK PLUG HAD "BLOWN" OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. FORD WOULD NOT COVER ANY PART OF THE COST BECAUSE MY VEHICLE HAD 49K MILES ON IT AND I HAD CHANGED THE SPARK PLUGS ABOUT 15K MILES AGO BECAUSE THE #1 CYLINDER FACTORY SPARK PLUG "FOWLED UP". ANYWAY IT COST ME FIVE DAYS WITHOUT A VEHICLE AND $2953 TO REPLACE THE HEAD. I AM AN ENGINEER AND FEEL THAT THIS IS A DESIGN ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. THERE HAVE BEEN TO MANY OTHER CASES JUST LIKE MINE FOR IT TO BE AN "ISOLATED" INCIDENT. THIS MAY SEEM LIKE JUST A PROPERTY DAMAGE ISSUE BUT IF STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE OR EVEN ON A BUSY STREET OR INTERSTATE IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE LIFE THREATING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SW. *JB

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