NHTSA Complaint #10213535 — 2002 FORD EXPEDITION

ON DECEMBER 22, 2007 WHILE TRAVELING WE HEARD A 'POP' IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THEN THE SOUND AN SMELL OF EXHAUST ESCAPING THE ENGINE. WHEN TAKEN TO BOB TOMAS FORD IN MCKINNEY TEXAS I WAS TOLD THE THE #3 SPARL PLUG HAD BEEN EJECTED FROM THE ENGINE HEAD WHICH HAD STRIPPED THE THREADS. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM BUT THAT FORD HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL AND WAS NOT PROVIDING ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE CUSTOMERS WHO WERE NO LONGER COVERED BY A WARRANTY. MY VEHICLE HAD 97,433 MILES WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED. THE TOTAL REPAIR BILL WAS $3375.20 TO REPLACE THE RIGHT HEAD. I REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FROM FORD AFTER POINTING OUT THAT THE MAINTANCE SCHEDULE THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE DID NOT REQUIRE A CHECK OF THE SPARK PLUGS UNTIL THE VEHICLE HAD REACHED 100,000 MILES. FORD STATED THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST IN ANY WAY.*CN