2000 FORD EXPEDITION Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

ON MAY FIRST OF 2014 MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON. I ASSUMED I NEEDED OIL, SO I WENT TO THE ADVANCED AUTO STORE AND PURCHASED SOME OIL. I PUT THE OIL IN AND BEGAN TO PROCEED HOME. I WAS DRIVING AND THE OIL LIGHT WAS SHOWING AS HOT. THE CAR WOULD NOT GIVE ENOUGH POWER FOR ME TO DRIVE, IT BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE ANYMORE. IT IS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I DISCOVERED THAT THIS CAR'S MAKE AND MODEL IS A RECALL CAR. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO. *TR

I DROVE THE ABOUT 3 MILES, AND PARKED THE TRUCK, THEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN FRONT OF THE WAL-MART. IT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR ABOUT 1 HOUR BEFORE WE GOT NOTIFIED THAT THE TRUCK WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND A EXPLOSION CAME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AREA. 911 WAS CALLED AND THE FIRED DEPT CAME AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE, BUT STATED WE NEED TO CONTACT THE MAUFACTOR, AND THEY GAVE ME A CASE NUMBER AS WELL (PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY - [XXX]" INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED. THE FIRE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE CONTACTS HOME. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS PRESENT, AND STATED THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED A LOUD NOISE AND FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE RESIDENTIAL GARAGE, A NEIGHBORING HOME AND ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE CONTACTED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC PENDING AN INVESTIGATION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 165,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE POLICE NOTIFYING HER THAT HER VEHICLE HAD BURNED. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND SHUT OFF WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT APPEARED ON THE SCENE AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 179,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS AWAKENED BY A LOUD EXPLOSION. SHE WENT OUTSIDE AND OBSERVED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE CONTACT CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR AT LEAST EIGHT HOURS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A FIRE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

2000 FORD EXPEDITION 5.4L MY SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM THE MOTOR CAUSING THE COIL TO EJECT AS WELL. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO HAVE THE HEAD RETHREADED THEY WOULD ONLY DUE A TEMPORARY REPAIR. *TR

I OWN A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION AND MY SPARK PLUG EJECTED OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. WHEN IS ANYONE GOING TO MAKE FORD FESS UP TO THEIR DESIGN FLAW AND ISSUE A RECALL OR AT LEAST FIX THIS PROBLEM FOR THEIR CONSUMERS THAT HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH THE SPARK PLUG FAILED. AS A CONSEQUENCE HER RISK FOR VEHICLE CRASH AND SERIOUS INJURY WAS INCREASED. SHE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER, AND HAD THE SPARK PLUG REPLACED AT AN EXPENSE OF $475.00. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 113,000. UPDATED 10/23/09 *BF UPDATED 10/26/09

MY 2000 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED AND SECURED IN OUR DRIVE WAY. THE TRUCK WAS A TOTAL LOSS, THERE IS DAMAGE TO OUR HOUSE AND TO THE LANDSCAPING. *TR

FORD EXPEDITION SPARK PLUG EJECTION. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THIS 2000 XLT. VERY DANGEROUS, ON HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, SOUND OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE THEN OPEN CYLINDER NOISE, SMELL OF RAW GAS. *TR

I OWN A 2000 FOR EXPEDITION AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT EXPENSIVE PROBLEMS. FIRST THE CAPS ON THE SPARK PLUGS GO BAD EVERYTIME IT GETS WASHED OR GOES THROUGH PUDDLES ON THE ROAD. THEN WHEN IT RAINS WATER SEEPS INTO SOME CONTROL BOX AND CAUSES THE RADIO AND AIR TO RUN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND THE KEY REMOVED, IT WILL EVEN GO AS FAR AS ENGAGING THE ANTI THEFT SO IT WON'T START. I HAVE EVEN LOST CONTROL OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WHILE DRIVING, THE RAIN DRIPS ON MY FEET AND SOAKS THE FLOOR MAT EVEN IF IT JUST SITTING. THE LATEST ISSUE IS WITH AN EJECTED SPARK PLUG WHICH FORTUNATELY DID NOT START A FIRE JUST LEAVING ME STRANDED TWICE IN ONE WEEK. I AM TOLD THERE IS NO GOOD FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM AND I AM GETTING ESTIMATES AS HIGH AS $3500. MOST SAY THAT...

I HAVE A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION WITH THE TRITON V-8, 5.4 LITER ENGINE THAT HAD A SPARK PLUG POP OUT OF THE HEAD WHILE I WAS DRIVING, DESTROYING THE FUEL INJECTOR. ACCORDING TO MY FORD DEALER, THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE AND CAN'T REALLY SEE HOW YOU CAN USE THE WORD COMMON WITH A SPARK PLUG EJECTING ITSELF, BUT OH WELL. ANYWAY, FORD DOES NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF WARRANTY ON THIS. HOW CAN THIS BE?? A SPARK PLUG EJECTING CAN LEAD TO THE VERY REAL POSSIBILITY OF FUEL COMING OUT OF THE CYLINDER AND IGNITING. THIS SEEMS PRETTY DANGEROUS TO ME. THE DEALER WILL HAVE TO HAVE THE SPARK PLUG PORT RE-THREADED AND A NEW INJECTOR PUT IN PLACE FOR A TOTAL OF 590 DOLLARS. UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD. *TR

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED AND TURNED OFF AND THE ASHES FROM THIS VEHICLE BURNED THE VEHICLE NEXT TO IT. *TR

VEHICLE WAS PARKED NEXT TO A FORD EXPEDITION THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURN MY VEHICLE TOO. *TR

2000 FORD EXPEDITIOPN SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE GARAGE AT THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE HOUSE AND THE OTHER VEHICLE PARKED IN THE GARAGE WERE BURNED. THE SHERIFF AND FIRE DEPARTMENT ISSUED CASE NUMBER 09021176 AND CONCLUDED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 89,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND THE ABS INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING, THE ODOMETER, HEAT, AND RADIO BECAME INOPERABLE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN IDLING LOUDLY. UPON ENTERING HER DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THERE WAS NO REACTION. THE CONTACT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGES; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE THAT WAS REAR ENDED SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE REAR BUMPER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR A POLICE REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT WATER ENTERED THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD AND DRAINED INTO THE FUSE BOX, WHICH DAMAGED THE G.E.M MODULE. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT LIABLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 120,000.

I HAVE A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION WITH THE TRITON 5.4 LITRE V8 ENGINE. THIS VEHICLE HAS A LITTLE OVER 100,000 MILES AND IS USED FOR PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION ONLY. TODAY WE HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT ON THE VEHICLE AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP QUOTED ME A PRICE OF OVER $700 TO HAVE A TEMPORARY FIX OF A HELI COIL PLACED INTO THE SPARK PLUG HOLE TO REPLACE THE STRIPPED THREADS CAUSED BY THE BLOWOUT AND TO HAVE THE COIL REPLACED. HE MENTIONED THAT THIS TEMPORARY FIX IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HE CAN GUARANTEE WILL WORK SO HE ALSO OFFERED ME A $5000 "PERMANENT FIX" OF HAVING THE ENTIRE ENGINE BLOCK REPLACED. UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO MY FINANCIAL SITUATION, I CANNOT AFFORD THE PERMANENT FIX AND AM HAVING TO OPT FOR/GAMBLE WITH THE TEMPORARY FIX ATTEMPT. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC...

I WAS JUST DRIVING ALONG GOING 15MPH WHEN MY SPARK PLUG BLEW-OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD IN MY 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. I HAVE 91,000 MILES ON IT. NOW IT IS COSTING ME $1100.00 TO FIX. *TR

I HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET, I FOUND THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD TRITON ENGINES. *TR

MY 2000 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE PARKING GARAGE AT MY JOB AND DAMAGED 6 OTHER CARS WITH NO SIGNS OF ANY WARNINGS. *TR

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT, CAUSING LOUD, POP-LIKE NOISE, AND PUFF OF WHITE SMOKE. PLUG BLEW A HOLE IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. ENGINE WAS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER 5.4 TRITON V8. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY STALL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE COIL PACK LOCATED NEAR THE AIR COMPRESSOR, COULD DEVELOP MOISTURE, WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE COIL SPRINGS TO FAIL AND THE VEHICLE TO STALL. SECONDLY, THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT IN RAINY CONDITIONS, CONDENSATION UNDER THE HOOD COULD CAUSE THE COIL SPRINGS TO FAIL SPONTANEOUSLY. AS A RESULT, THE RISK OF A CRASH IS INCREASED. THREE COIL SPRINGS NEED TO BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $500. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 120,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. A WEEK AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TUNED UP, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POP WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH. SHE DROVE HOME AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SPARK PLUG BURST OUT OF THE SECOND CYLINDER IN THE ENGINE. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER, IN JUNE OF 2008, THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND HEARD A LOUD POP AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. HE PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE SPARK PLUG WAS LOOSE AND DETACHED FROM THE FIFTH CYLINDER. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND DUE TO THE FAILURE, THE ENTIRE ENGINE HEAD WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED TO DECREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE ISSUE RECURRING. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 114,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

2000 FORD EXPEDITION XLT WITH 5.4 TRITON ENGINE. I'VE HAD 2 SPARKPLUGS POP OUT OF THE ENGINE ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS. ONE IN DEC. 07 AND THE OTHER IN AUG. 08. SINCE IT IS INEVITABLE THAT THE HEADS BE REPAIRED I USED JB WELD TO EPOXY THE SPARKPLUGS IN WITH SUCCESS. IN 100,000 MILES I'LL HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THE HEADS REPAIRED, BUT I MAY NOT HAVE THE CAR AT THAT TIME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS AN EXHAUST LEAK, THE ELECTRICAL ODOMETER FLICKERS ON AND OFF, AND THERE IS RUST AT THE BOTTOM OF EVERY DOOR ON THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK AND THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD BE LIABLE FOR 50% OF THE REPAIR COSTS, AND THE OTHER 50% WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 109,150, WHICH WAS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE DUE TO THE FAILED ODOMETER.

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HEAR A KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE. OPEN UP HOOD AND FIND THAT WE HAVE BLOWN A SPARK PLUG. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN MY 2000 EXPEDITION. WE HAVE BEEN STRANDED UNLESS WE FIND THE SPARK PLUG OR ARE ABLE TO GET A NEW SPARK PLUG. ALSO THE WIRING HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THIS ISSUE. UNFORTUNATELY THE LAST TIME IT BLEW WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CALIFORNIA DESERT IN 100 PLUS TEMPERATURES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. AFTER A HEAVY RAINSTORM, WATER SEEPS IN THROUGH THE FRONT WINDSHIELD DOWN INTO THE ELECTRONIC FUSE BOX. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND THEY REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC FUSE BOX AND WINDSHIELD AT THE COST OF $1,400. AFTER ANOTHER HEAVY RAINSTORM, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE MECHANIC AGAIN AND THEY STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01V258000 (VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR) WAS REFERENCED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 143,000.

SPARK PLUG POPPED OUT OF HEAD ON MY EXPEDITION AND HAD A VERY BAD GAS SMELL AND WE JUMPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ON FIRE, IT ACTUALLY DID NOT CATCH ON FIRE, BUT IS GOING TO COST ALOT OF MONEY TO FIX. *TR

DRIVING AT 35 MPH, I HEARD A POPPING SOUND, TO FIND OUT UPPER THE HOOD THAT THE # 2 SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF IT'S HOLE STRIPPING THE THREADS AND BREAKING THE COIL PACK HOUSING. 2000 FORD 5.4L EXPEDITION ENGINE. *TR

THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE OF MY 2000 EXPEDITION. *TR

WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE COIL PACKS GO OUT, LEADING UP TO THE FIRE. OUR GARAGE COUGHT FIRE AND BURNT OUR NEW HOME DOWN. *TR

2000 FORD EXPEDITION SPARK PLUG EJECTED. *TR

SPARK PLUG # 2 WAS SPIT OUT OF THE ENGINE DUE TO POOR DESIGN. *TR

2000 FORD EXPEDITION V8 4.6L XLT STALLS WHEN GAS IS AT 1/4 TANK AND AT A FORWARD ANGLE (DOWNHILL). THIS HAPPENS WHEN GOING 55 ON THE FREEWAY, COME TO A SLIGHT DECLINE AND VEHICLE STALLS AND DIES. COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I CAN NOT SELL THIS CAR AND GET A NEW FORD, KNOWING SOME COULD GET HURT. WE DON'T LET OUR KIDS DRIVE IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR AND A HALF AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 100,000. UPDATED 02-01-08. *KB HIALEAH POLICE REPORT. UPDATED 02/01/08 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT HAD DRIVEN THE VEHICLE ALL DAY BETWEEN THE SPEEDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH. FIVE MINUTES AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SMOKE AND THEN BURST INTO FLAMES. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2005, THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH WAS REPLACED UNDER RECALL 05V017000. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 103,000.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT UNATTENDED, A FIRE ERUPTED FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AREA WITHOUT WARNING. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ALERTED, AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE POLICE WERE ALERTED, AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE, THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER TO AWAIT INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

FORD HAS RECOGNIZED A LOSS-OF-POWER PROBLEM WITH ITS EXPEDITION AND F-150 MODELS IN THE 2000-02 MODEL YEARS WITH THE 5.4 L. ENGINE. SIMPLY PUT, IN AMBIENT TEMPERATURES OVER 100 DEGREES F, THE ENGINE COMPUTER WILL ALTER TIMING (IN A MISGUIDED ATTEMPT TO REDUCE ENGINE TEMPERATURE) WHICH RADICALLY REDUCES ENGINE POWER. FORD HAS A PURPORTED "FIX" UNDER ITS TECH BULLETIN NO. 02-12-3, DATED 06/24/02, AUTHORIZING REPROGRAMMING OF THE COMPUTER AND INSTALLATION OF SOME BODY PLUGS. PROBLEM IS THAT THE PROBLEM REMAINS AFTER THE TECH BULLETIN WORK IS PERFORMED. ON MY 2000 EXPEDITION, I CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE POWER LOSS OF ROUGHLY 30% IN STOP/GO DRIVING AND THE HOT SUMMER TEMPERATURES IN THE PHOENIX AREA. THIS POSES AN EXTREME RISK IN CITY TRAFFIC, SUCH AS WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO CLEAR AN INTERSECTION OR AVOID AN ACCIDENT. I'VE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS THIS SUMMER, "POST-FIX", WHEN TEMPERATURES HOVER AROUND 100 DEGREES--I HIT THE GAS,...

(1) AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON AFTER VEHICLE STARTED. (2) DEALER STATED AIR BAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY IN ACCIDENT UNLESS SENSOR REPLACED. (3) SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND WIRING HARNESS HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE. (1) INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ODOMETER FLICKERED THEN FAILED. (3) INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED. (1) ENGINE KNOCK (2) 5.4 ENGINE FAILED AT 32,000 MILES. (3) ENGINE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. (1) TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AT 55,000 MILES. (2) TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. (3) TRANSMISSION REPLACED. (1) TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AGAIN AT 76,000 MILES. (2) HIGH RPM BEFORE SHIFTING INTO NEXT GEAR. (3) BODY ASSEMBLY REPLACED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. *JB

THE SPARK PLUG WENT OUT WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. CONSUMER REPLACED THE SPARK PLUG, DROVE TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THE HEAD WAS BLOWN AND REPLACED IT. CURRENTLY, THE ENGINE BLEW OUT. CONSUMER STATED THE SPARK PLUG LEFT THE ENGINE AGAIN.*AK

NORMAL DRIVING AND HEARD LOUD NOISES UNDER THE HOOD. TURNED OUT TO BE A BLOWN SPARK PLUG IN THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAD. I MANAGED TO PULL OFF FREEWAY AFTER SEVERAL MILES AND HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALER. HAVE JUST READ ABOUT A LOT OF FORD TRUCK OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE WITH SOME EXPERIENCING IT MORE THAN ONCE! I AM NOT HAPPY. TRUCK AT CARS101 SERVICE DEPT NOW IN HOPES THAT IT CAN BE REPAIRED BUT FROM I'VE BEEN READING I'M NOT SURE. *JB

VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE OF A PARKING LOT AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. NO INJURIES REPORTED. DRIVER CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK

THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE IT WAS PARKED. THE CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED. *JB

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. *TT

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THERE WAS NO WARNING. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED BUT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOO WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM

THE DRIVER'S VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE OF THE GARAGE WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. NO INJURIES TO REPORT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED OUT TO EXTINGUISHED OUT THE FIRE THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM THE FIRE STARTED WITHOUT WARNING. *TC

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *SC *JB

FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF DRIVERS SIDE TOWARD THE REAR OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT NEAR THE WINDSHIELD AFTER HAVING BEEN PARKED FOR 1.5 HOURS. TWO DAYS EARLIER, BRAKES WERE SQUEAKING. NO TROUBLE WITH CRUISE CONTROL, BUT DID NOT USE OFTEN. WILL E-MAIL BRUCE YORK PICTURES. *AK *TC