NHTSA Complaint #10292851 — 2003 FORD EXPEDITION

MY 2003 EXPEDITION, WITH THE V8 5.4 TRITION ENGINE, IS BEING DECLINED TO BE FIXED BY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIPS, DUE TO THE FACT OF THE "KNOWN" ISSUE, WITH THE SPARK PLUG, THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR THE FIX OF THE HELI COIL WHICH ISN'T A GUARANTEE AND THEN HOPE IT WORKS, IF NOT IT WILL BE A REBUILT ENGINE, THE FIRST TIME THE SPARK PLUG BLEW IT WAS AT NIGHT, UPON STARTING, SOUNDED LIKE GUN FIRE, HAD VEHICLE TOWED AND THEN RESEARCHED IT ON THE INTERNET FOR SOLUTIONS, FOUND OUT WHAT IT WAS AND THEN REPLACED THE SPARK PLUG AND IGNITION COIL AND THEN HOPED IT WOULD STAY, UPON STARTING IT , IT DID IT AGAIN, BOUGHT MORE SPARK PLUGS AND IGNITION COILS, AND GOT IT TO SEAT BETTER, AND THEN 4 WEEKS TO THE DAY WHILE DRIVING IS WHEN IT MADE THE SAME SOUND LIKE GUN FIRE AND WE KNEW THEN WHAT IT WAS, PULLED OVER ON A HIGHWAY AND PROCEEDED TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE, ONCE AGAIN A SPARK PLUG AND A NEW IGNITION COIL, HOWEVER THIS TIME THE SPARK PLUG WAS VASTLY DISCOLORED AND BURNT IN APPEARANCE, 1 WEEK AND 1 DAY LATER UPON STARTING IT DOES IT AGAIN, AND THIS TIME NO SPARK PLUG CAN BE PUT IN, THERE ARE NO MORE THREADS IS WHAT I WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC, THEY TOLD BE THEY WILL HAVE TO REMOVE THE ENGINE TO PUT THE HELI COIL IN, AND THAT ISN'T A GUARANTEED FIX, ALSO THAT I SHOULD JUST REPLACE THE ENGINE, SINCE IT CAN AND PROBABLY WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AGAIN, I HAD THE AUTO TOWED TO MY RESIDENCE AND I BEGAN TO RESEARCH MY OPTIONS, I CALLED ALL THE FORD DEALERSHIPS IN WHICH THEY SAID THEY COULD DO THE HELI AND THERE IS NOT A GUARANTEE FOR THIS TO WORK, SO AT WHAT COST IS A HUMAN LIFE TO FORD? PER THE INFO AND RESEARCH IT DOES SAY THAT IT CAN CATCH FIRE, AND EXPLODE.....OR PAY A FORTUNE FOR A CAR THAT CAN'T BE FIXED. WE DO HAVE SOME OF 6 THE SPARK PLUGS THAT HAVE "SHOT" OUT, I AM TOLD BECAUSE IT IS THE 3RD PLUG NEAR THE FIREWALL THAT THE ANGLE IS NOT APPROACHABLE....HELP NOW! *TR