NHTSA Complaint #10249948 — 2002 FORD F-150

I WAS DRIVING TO PICK UP LUNCH ONE DAY FROM WORK AND WHEN I PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC TO HEAD BACK I HEARD A LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF POWER AND A SOUND THAT MADE ME THINK THE SERPENTINE BELT BROKE. THE PLUG SHOT OUT OF THE HEAD AND BROKE A COIL PACK IN HALF. I TALKED TO THE FORD DEALER THAT I GET MY PARTS AT, AND HE TOLD ME IT HAPPENS ALOT ON 4.6 LITERS, 5.4 LITERS, AND V-10 FORD TRUCKS SO MUCH THAT THEY STAY WELL STOCKED ON THE PARTS THAT I NEEDED TO FIX WHAT FORD DOESN'T CONSIDER TO BE A PROBLEM, THE FIX IS A WELL GREASED, EXTRA LONG 14 MM TAP AND HELICOIL, RED LOCKTITE, SPARK PLUG, COIL PACK, AND ANY OTHER BITS AND PIECES THE PLUG DESTOYS ON ITS WAY OUT, FROM THE REPORTS I'M READING I GOT LUCKY THTAT IT WAS JUST MY COIL THAT TOOK THE BRUNT OF IT, I'VE TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE AROUND THE AREA AND THEY SEE ANY WHERE FROM 2 TO 4 PER WEEK, AND ON TOP OF THAT THERE WAS TWO PEOPLE AT MY WORK THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. WE ONLY HAVE 18 EMPLOYEES. ONE WAS IN A 5.4 AND THE OTHER WAS A V10. THE DEALER TOLD ME THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE PROBLEM AND THAT FORD DOESN'T RECOGNIZE IT. THE PART WILL BE REPARED AND WILL NOT BE AVALIBLE AND JUST COST ME MORE OF MY TIME AND MONEY DOING STUPID REPARES THAT ARE QUESTIONABLE AT BEST. *TR