2000 FORD F-250 SD Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

I WAS TRAVELING ON I-90 IN ERIE,PA AND A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE MOTOR. I LOST ALL POWER AND WAS NEARLY HIT FROM BEHIND. THE TRUCK IS A FORD F-250 WITH A TRITAN 5.4 L MOTOR. *TR

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

SPARK PLUG EJECTION IN MY 2000 FORD F250 5.4L ENGINE. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME IN 2 YEARS THIS HAS HAPPENED. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS COMMON WITH THESE ENGINES AND THERE ARE NO RECALLS BY FORD MOTORS. BEFORE THE SPARK PLUG IS EJECTED, THERE IS A LOUD TAPPING SOUND FOLLOWED BY THE EJECTION SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE BECAUSE FUEL ESCAPES FROM THE HOLE AND CAN BE IGNITED BY THE SPARK PLUG THAT IS STILL ATTACHED TO THE COIL PACK AND FIRING. THIS CAN CAUSE AN ENGINE FIRE AND WORSE. FORD SHOULD BACK UP THEIR PRODUCT AND FIX THIS ISSUE. *TR

DRIVING TO WORK YESTERDAY EVENING I STOPPED TO GAS UP. AFTER FUELING THE TRUCK I STARTED THE ENGINE AND HEARD A LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY LOUD ENGINE NOISE. I SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE TO INVESTIGATE AND FOUND THE SPARK PLUG FROM THE SECOND CYLINDER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE EJECTED DESTROYING THE COIL IN THE PROCESS. I HAVE YET TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM AND HAVE CONCERNS THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

LAST YEAR ABOUT SEPT 08...MY 2000 F-250 10 CYLINDER P-UP STARTED VERY ROUGH-LIKE. IT WOULD NOT DO 50 MPH ANYMORE AS OF THAT SAME DATE. I TOOK IT TO GOOD-YEAR AND TO TWO OTHER GARAGES FOR ESTIMATES AS TO WHAT WENT WRONG. THE 10TH VALVE HAD STUCK. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY CHARGED ME 4,000 DOLLARS TO DO A VALVE JOB. THE TRUCK ONLY HAD 49K MILES ON IT. THE ENTIRE REAR OF THE ENGINE REQUIRED ALL NEW PLUGS AND WIRES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE. NOW I AM LOOKING FOR A WAY TO REPAIR THIS. THERE IS NO WAY TO PUT AN NEW SPARK PLUG IN THE VEHICLE. I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ONLINE AND SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM WITH FORD VEHICLES. *TR

FORD 5.4L SPARK PLUGS. I JUST EXPERIENCED MY THIRD BLOWOUT. LUCKILY, I WAS CLOSE TO HOME AND DID UNPLUG THE FUEL INJECTOR. SOMEONE LESS KNOWLEDGEABLE MAY HAVE DRIVEN THEIR VEHICLE AND WITH UNBURNED GASOLINE PUMPING ONTO A HOT ENGINE, WITH THE BLOWNOUT SPARK PLUG NEAR BY, THUS CAUSING A FIRE, OR WORSE AN EXPLOSION. IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT FORD BE REQUIRED TO REPLACE THE CYLINDER HEADS ON THE DEFECTIVE VEHICLES, AT THEIR EXPENSE, WITH THEIR NEWLY REDESIGNED CYLINDER HEADS. IF THE CYLINDER HEADS WERE NOT DEFECTIVE, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE REDESIGNED THEM!!! DOES SOMEONE NEED TO DIE IN A SERIOUS AUTOMOBILE FIRE, BEFORE THEY ARE FORCED TO RECTIFY THEIR PROBLEM? IF THEY CAN ASK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BAIL THEM OUT, THEY CAN STEP UP AND TAKE CARE OF THE MESS THEY HAVE CREATED. *TR

FORD 250 TRUCK 5.4L TRITON ENGINE WHILE DRIVING THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE. *TR

ENGINE SPARK PLUG EJECTION IN 200 F250 V-10 ENGINES. DEALER REPAIRING THE VEHICLE, REPORTED THAT A SPARK PLUG DETACHED FROM THE CYLINDER AND/OR EJECTED FROM THE ENGINE. DEALER ALSO NOTED A LETTER FROM FORD STATING NOT TO ATTEMPT TO REPAIR BUT REPLACE HEAD ON ENGINE. THIS IS A EXTREME PROBLEMS NOTING FORD ACKNOWLEDGES THE DESIGN FLAW AND NEEDS REPLACING WITH NEWER DESIGN THAT HAS A LONGER THREAD FOR THE SPARK PLUG. GAS SPEWS ON THE ENGINE WHEN SPARK PLUG EJECTS WHICH IN TURNS CAUSES A FIRE HAZARD. DOES IT TAKE A DEATH OR AN ENGINE TO CATCH FIRE FOR SOMEONE TO NOTICE A PROBLEM????? MY HUSBAND PULLED OVER AS SOON AS HE NOTICED THE SOUND AND THE SMELL OF GAS. IT WAS A GOOD THING THAT WE WERE NOT PULLING A TRAILER OR ON AN INTERSTATE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. *TR

MY 2000 FORD F-250 WITH A TRITON V-10 MOTOR IS BLOWING SPARK PLUGS. IT HAS BLOWN 5 SPARK PLUGS NOW OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS OR SO, AND THIS IS ON A MOTOR INSTALLED BY FORD. SO IF THERE CLAIM OF IMPROPER TORQUE IS TRUE THEN IT WAS THEM WHO IS TO BLAME. I ALSO READ MANY CONSUMER REPORTS SAYING MANY FORD MODEL ENGINES DO THIS FROM 2000 TO 2004. IT IS VERY UNSAFE, FUEL STILL KEEPS PUMPING EVEN WHEN THE SPARK PLUG IS GONE. YOU CAN SMELL THE FULE COMING OUT VERY STRONGLY AND FIRES HAVE OCCURED UNDER THE HOOD DUE TO THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION. *CN

1. TRUCK RUNNING CORRECTLY. 2.ENGINE STOPPED, PULLED OFF ROAD, TOW REQUIRED TO FORD, ROCKLAND MAINE . 3. CPS REPLACED, ENGINE RUNNING FINE. NHTSA ACTION #: PE06011 SYNCHRONIZER OR CMP SENSOR. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON A CITY STREET, THERE WAS A LOUD BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FOLLOWED BY THE VEHICLE OPERATING AT A REDUCED SPEED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER FOR INSPECTION. AFTER OPENING THE HOOD, A SINGLE SPARK PLUG WAS SITTING ATOP THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER TO AWAIT FURTHER INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

2000 F250 SUPER DUTY...49,000 MILES #8 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT @ 45 MPH.. LIMPED HOME....REMOVED HEAD....CRACKED....$300.00 FOR RECONDITIONED HEAD..... GASKETS, GOOP, TOOLS,BOLTS, FIXTURES..$600.00...........ABLE TO DO WORK MYSELF..LUCKY.....HELP FROM FORD..HA HA HA.... 80,000 MILES HEAD GASKET OTHER SIDE..ALREADY HAD TOOLS AND FIXTURES.... GUESS WHO GOT STUCK OUT IN THE COLD AGAIN.. *JB

I ALSO HAVE HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOWOUT ON MY 2000 F250 V-10 ENGINE, I HAVE CONTACTED YOUR COMPANY AND HAVE BEEN OFFERED NO HELP AT ALL, NOT EVEN TO HELP GET THE TOOL I HAD TO PAY $250 FOR TO FIX YOUR DEFECT!! THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE THIS PROBLEM!! *NM

SPARK PLUG BLOWN OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD. CYLINDER HEAD IS STRIPPED. *JB

MY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE CPS (CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR) ON THE FORD 7.3L POWER STROKE ENGINES. IT SEEMS THAT MOST/ALL VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THIS SENSOR HAVE EXPERIENCED FAILURE, WHICH RESULTS IN THE VEHICLE STALLING. I BELONG TO SEVERAL FORUMS AND NEARLY EVERYONE HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT SENSOR AND IT IS "RULE OF THUMB" TO CARRY ONE IN YOUR GLOVE BOX FOR WHEN IT GOES BAD. THIS HAS BECOME SUCH A PROBLEM THAT YOU CAN NOW BUY THE SENSORS ON EBAY, PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT THESE BY THE TRUCKLOAD TO SELL SINCE THEY KNOW OF THE PROBLEM. WHY SHOULD WE CONSUMERS HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SUCH AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE ENGINE FAILING? WE SPEND 20-30-40K DOLLARS ON THESE VEHICLES AND CAN BE LEFT STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DUE TO THIS ONE PART FAILING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. PLEASE, SOMEONE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!!*JB

MY VEHICLE BLOWS SPARK PLUGS OUT OF THE ENGINE WHILE DRIVING IN EXTREME HIGH TRAFFIC PUTTING ME AND MY PASSENGERS LIVES IN DANGER. *NM

STARTED ENGINE, HEARD POP SOUND, ENGINE SUDDENLY RAN BAD. MECHANIC SAID SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT (STRIPPED). MECHANIC SAID THIS IS COMMON FORD PROBLEM, A DEFECT, AND EXPENSIVE. *NM