1999 FORD EXPEDITION Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

1999 FORD EXPEDITION 5.4L WHILE DRIVING HEARD LOUD NOISE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PULLED OVER AND LIFTED HOOD SEEN THAT NUMBER 3 COIL WAS MOVED AND SPARKPLUG WS ATTACHED. PLUG HAD BEEN BLOWN OUT OF SPARKPLUG HOLE AND STRIPPED THE THREADS OUT AS IT CAME OUT. GAS WAS BEING BLOWN OUT OF PLUG HOLE AND THE SPARKPLUG WAS SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO THE GAS COMING OUTMAKING A POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. HAVE TO HAVE CYLINDER HEAD REPLACED TO FIX STRIPPED THREADS. *TR

MY 1999 FORD EXPEDITION HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES. *JB

ENGINE SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT AT 80,000 MILES ON ENGINE. ENGINE HAD 40,000 ON IT FROM NEW AND WAS CONSUMING OIL DUE TO THE RIGHT HEAD LEAKING OIL. FORD REPLACED THE HEAD GASKET. THE GASKET DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM SO A NEW MOTOR WAS INSTALLED. NOW AT 120,000 (80,000 ON THE MOTOR) AFTER THE SPARK PLUGS WERE CHANGED, A PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD. A HELICOIL WAS INSTALLED AFTER THE PLUG BLOW OUT BUT THAT ALSO FAILED. REBUILT HEAD IS BEING INSTALLED. FEEL THIS IS A FORD PROBLEM ON THIS SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT. THE 5.4L HEAD IS NOT MANUFACTURED TO WITHSTAND THE HORSEPOWER. *JB

MY '99 FORD EXPEDITION 5.4L ENGINE BLEW OUT A SPARK PLUG. CURRENT MILEAGE IS 64,400 MILES. *JB

UPON START UP MY 1999 FORD EXPEDITION BLEW A SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE ENGINE BLOCK. FORD REFUSED TO ADMIT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM . REPAIR IS APPROXIMATELY$4000.00. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AT CONSUMER AFFAIRS ATTEST TO THIS PROBLEM. *NM

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY FAMILY MY 6 YEAR OLD FORD EXPEDITION BLEW A SPARK PLUG RIGHT OUT OF THE HEAD. IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. WE HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS COMING HOME FROM A FAMILY VACATION WHEN THIS OCCURRED IN NEW JERSEY. WE WERE LUCKY IN THIS CASE BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY AND OFF THE ROAD. THE PROBLEM COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE HEAD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNUSABLE FOR OVER TWO WEEKS WHILE THE LOCAL FORD DEALER WORKED ON THE PROBLEM. THAT HEAD HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PARTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN WITH THE HEAD ON THE RIGHT SIDE. BETWEEN THE REPAIRS TO THE ENGINE AND THE RENTAL...

ONE SPARK PLUG ON MY 1999 FORD EXPEDITION EXPLODED AND BURST THROUGH THE HEAD OF THE ENGINE. MY WIFE WAS PICKING UP MY CHILD AT SCHOOL. SHE PARKED THE VEHICLE, SHUT IT OFF AND MINUTES LATER RETURNED. AS SHE WAS STARTING THE EXPEDITION BOTH HER AND MY DAUGHTER HEARD A VERY LARGE EXPLOSION FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN AND A CONSTANT POPPING SOUND COULD BE HEARD. SHE IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND NOTICED A VERY STRONG GAS/EXHAUST TYPE SMELL. SHE CALLED ME AND I ARRIVED TO CHECK THE VEHICLE OUT. I INSPECTED ALL THE FLUID LEVELS AND FUSES AND THEY WERE FINE. I BRIEFLY STARTED THE ENGINE WITH THE HOOD OPEN TO HELP NARROW THE LOCATION OF THE SOUND. THE SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE ENGINE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I STARTED INSPECTING THIS AREA AND FOUND THAT THE THIRD...

1999 FORD EXPEDITION 5.4L 4WD DRIVING DOWN ROAD AND SPARK PLUG SHOT OUT OF THE HEAD. CAUSING A LOUD POPPING NOISE AND BAD IDLE. REPLACED SPARKPLUG AND HAD HELI-COIL INSTALLED. TWO WEEKS LATER, ANOTHER SPARK PLUG SHOT OUT OF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HEAD.

1999 FORD EXPEDITION WITH 5.4 TRITON V8. SPARK PLUG IS EJECTED FROM THE ALUMINUM CYLINDAR HEAD. IMMEDIATELY UPON THE PLUG BEING "BLOWN" FROM THE POSITION ON THE HEAD I COULD SMELL FUEL AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY MAKE A LOUD "POPPING" SOUND. I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB REGARDING THIS BUT CANNOT FIND ANY RESOLUTION MEASURES. BOUGHT THE TRUCK USED WITH 85K MILES BUT I HAVE READ OTHER COMPLAINTS WHERE THE PLUGS BLOW OUT AT MUCH LOWER MILEAGE. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED BECAUSE I WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER THAT, "IT WOULDN'T BE A GOOD IDEA TO DRIVE IT IF YOU SMELL FUEL." I HAD THE SERVICE REP TELL ME THAT, "THIS IS PRETTY COMMON IN OUR LIGHTING MODELS WITH THE V10, BUT NOT WITH OUR V8 MODELS." HE ALSO TELLS ME THAT THE PLUGS WERE TOO SHORT FOR THE ENGINE BUT I CHECKED WITH THE...

SPARK PLUG (BELIEVE IT WAS #4) BLEW OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. 66K MILES. THESE WERE ORIGINAL PLUGS, SO NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO FAULTY MECHANIC. HEAD RE-THREADED, NEW PLUG INSERTED.

WHILE DRIVING TO MYRTLE BEACH I HEARD A LOUD BANG UNDER THE HOOD.I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO A FORD DEALER WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD.I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THE STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE WHEN THIS HAPPENS.FORD SAID THEY WILL DO NOTHING AND IT WILL COST ME 3600.00 TO FIX THIS. WHO SAYS EVEN AFTER REPLACING THE HEAD IT WONT HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN. I AM DISGUSTED WITH THE WHOLE THING. I THINK FORD SHOULD STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND FIX THIS PROBLEM.

RIGHT SIDE OIL LEAK FROM HEAD GASKET. *AK

I HAVE A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION 5.4L ENGINE, WHILE DRIVUNG THE VEHICLE ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS BLEW OUT. I CONTACTED FORD MOTOR ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. FORD MOTOR KNOWS THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE BUT WOUN'T ADMIT IT. I THINK IT IS A BIG SAFETY PROBLEM AND FORD SURE REALIZE IT . IF YOU COULD DO ANYTHING FOR ME AND UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT PURCHASED THIS PIECE OF JUNK PLEASE EMAIL ME THANKS

1999 FORD EXPEDITION - SIGNIFICANT OIL LEAK IN THE RIGHT HEAD GASKET. THERE IS A CURRENT SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THIS PROBLEM.*AK

THE OWNER NOTICED A BURNING SMELL ENTERING THE COMPARTMENT. THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE HAS A CYLINDER FAILING CAUSING A LEAKAGE OF OIL ONTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE OWNER IS AWARE THAT THE MANUFACTURE HAS (3) TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS THE INDICATE THIS TYPE OF FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TS

VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN 1999 NEW, ALL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED ON TIME AND ON SCHEDULE, VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH A FACOTRY EXTENDED WARRANTY TO PROVIDE DRIVETRAIN COVERAGE TO 100,000 MILES. ENGINE FAILURE AT 103,000. WARRANTY EXPIRED, MANUFATURE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPORTED SO SORRY. BUY NEW ENGINE. MR

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

UNEXPLAINED FIRE. CAR WAS PARKED AND UNATTENDED AT THE TIME. NO COMPONENTS WERE ON OR IN OPERATION. NLM

UNEXPLAINED FIRE. CAR WAS PARKED AND UNATTENDED AT THE TIME. NO COMPONENTS WERE ON OR IN OPERATION. NLM

THERE IS A LOW RECURRING BEEP WHEN DRIVING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN. CAUSE UNKNOWN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE IS LEAKING OIL. ALSO, EVERY TWO WEEKS CONUSMER HAS TO ADD A QUART OF OIL. ALSO, FUMES OF OIL BURNING GO INSIDE OF VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK

PLEASE NOTE THAT BRANDON FORD HAS NOT HELPED ME RESOLVE SOME OF THESE ISSUES. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK (TIRESIZE: 26516)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 26516 )

OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO INCIDENCES WHERE VEHICLE HAS LOST ENGINE POWER WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED BOTH TIMES, VEHICLE REGAINS POWER AFTER THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR THIS PROBLEM 4 TIMES, DEALERSHIP IS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE MALFUNCTION AND THEREFORE COULD NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. CJ

ENGINE HESITATES. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO LOCATE PROBLEM OR PROVIDE REMEDY. ALSO, VEHICLE HAD AN OIL LEAK, AND KNOCKING NOISE. DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKET, BUT PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING.*AK

THIS IS THE SECOND FORD VEHICHLE PURCHASED. INITIAL VEHICLE TRADED BECAUSE OF SAFTEY ISSUE INVOLVING SEAT BELT MALFUNCTION. THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE NEEDED AN ENGINE REPLACED AND EXTENSIVE TRANSMISSION REPAIRS. FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS BASICALLY UNTOUCHABLE FOR COMMENTS. SERVICE TECHNICIAN AT DEALERSHIP ADMITTED TO KNOWING THE ENGINES IN THE 1997- 1999 EXPEDITIONS WERE HAVING PROBLEMS. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. *AK

AFTER CHANGING OIL COULD STILL SMELL OIL. THEN ,TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER WHERE THEY FOUND BLOWN OUT HEAD GASKET. THIS WAS SECOND TIME. FIRST WAS REPAIRED BY DEALER UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THIS TIME IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

ENGINE LOSES POWER WITHOUT WARNING, CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITION. MULTIPLE REPAIR ATTEMPTS FAILED. FORD HAS DISPLAYED NO CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. *AK

ENGINE NOISE UPON COLD START. SOUNDS LIKE MARBLES CHURNING ABOUT INSIDE A COFFEE CAN. *AK

ENGINE EXPERIENCED VIBRATION AND IN COLD WEATHER THE ENGINE RATTLED, DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A BAD OIL LEAK. *SLC

AT 3000 MILES THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED DUE TO A KNOCK IN THE ENGINE. AT 11,000 MILES THERE WAS A SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE DRIVE TRAIN AT 65 MPH WITH THE VECHILE UNDER LOAD - FORD COULDN'T IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AND HAD NO FIX. AT 12,500 MILES THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED RESULTING IN THE VECHILE STALLING AT STOPS. THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION WERE REPLACED. THIS REDUCED THE VIBRATION BUT DID NOT ELIMINATE IT. AGAIN FORD TRIED SEVERAL TIMES BUT COULD NOT IDENTIFY AND CORRECT THE PROBLEM. AT 21,000 MILES THE VECHILE LOST ALL POWER AND WOULD ONLY MOVE BY REVING THE ENGINE (LIKE SEVERE CLUTCH SLIPPAGE ON A MANUAL TRANSMISSION). FORD IS PRESENTLY INVESTIGATING. BOTH FAILURES COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SEVERE ACCIDENTS IF THE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAD BEEN SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURES. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO ME TO BE IN THE COMPUTER CONSTROL SYSTEM FOR...

AFTER NOTICING AN OIL LEAK, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CYLINDER HEAD WAS WARPED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. MY EXPEDITION HAS ONLY 12,000 MILES ON IT. I BELIEVE FORD HAS ISSUED TECHNICAL BULLETINS REGARDING CYLINDER HEAD LEAKS AND REPLACING THE HEAD GASKET ON THE FORD EXPEDITION. THERE MAY BE MORE EXPEDITIONS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS MINE.

THE VEHICLE OIL CONSUMPTION IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE, AT FIRST A QUART IN 6,000, THEN 3,000 MILES AND NOW 1,800 MILES. NLM

THE VEHICLE OIL CONSUMPTION IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE, AT FIRST A QUART IN 6,000, THEN 3,000 MILES AND NOW 1,800 MILES. NLM

WHILE TRAVELING AT 75 MPH VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

DRIVEN FOR 20 MINUTES AND LET SIT 20 MINUTES, AND IT HESITATED AND RAN ROUGHLY UNTIL COOLDOWN 3 TO 4 HOURS, RUNS BETTER. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? EVERYTIME I DRIVE AND LET IT SIT FOR 20 MINUTES IT RUNS LIKE THIS. ALSO, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF.

WHILE DRIVING OR COMING TO A STOP OR A YIELD SIGN, VEHICLE HESITATES WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AUTOMOBILE HESITATES FROM A COMPLETE STOP WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. CONSUMER HAS ESCAPED ACCIDENTS TWICE. BOTH TIMES HAD TO GET TO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID THE OTHER AUTOMOBILE. *AK

THREE ENGINE REPLACEMENTS WITHIN 35,000 MILES. *MJS

WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF, IT STARTED SMOKING. LATER I NOTICE A LEAK COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR.

ENGINE ROUGH IDLE. VEHICLE "RUMBLES" AT IDLE. DEALERSHIP CONTACTED; NO SATISFACTION. *AK

AFTER PARKING VEHICLE EXPLODED IN FLAMES, TOTALED. ONLY 2000 MILES. FORD SAID RECALL 98V312 DOES NOT APPLY. PROBLEM MAY BE MORE PERVASIVE THAN FORD THINKS. STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY IT CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE PULLING OUT FROM A STOP SIGN VEHICLE WILL JUST CUT OFF. *AK

WHILE TURNING VEHICLE ON THERE WAS STALLING. CONSUMER CUT THE VEHICLE OFF TO RESTART, AND ENGINE REVVED. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN STRAIGHT TO THE SHOP AFTER THE FIRST EPISODE, AND IT STALLED ALL THE WAY THERE. *AK

THIS IS A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE FROM FORD FOR MY 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. THE REPLACEMENT VEHICLE HAS MANY OF THE SAME PROBLEMS. THE STALLING WHEN ACCELERATING IN AN INTERSECTION IS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. WE WE'RE NEARLY T- BONED. FORD SOMETIMES ADMITS THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS AND THEN AT TIMES WILL DENY THEM. PLEASE INVESTIGATE

VEHICLE DOES NOT ACCELERATE, IT HESITATES/BACKFIRES AND STALLS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SEEN BY THE DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR THIS PROBLEM. HOWEVER, DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *SB

WHEN DRVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN. VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES, AND DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK