1999 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

I HAVE A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER WITH A TRITON 5.4 LITER V-8 AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT I HAVE HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD.. I AM AWARE THAT THIS IS A RE-OCCURRING PROBLEM WITH THE FORD ENGINE, BUT I LIKE MANY OTHERS AM GETTING TIRED OF SHELLING OUT THOUSANDS F DOLLARS TO FIX A "DESIGN DEFECT" I AM A LAID OFF AUTO WORKER LIVING IN MICHIGAN AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT FORD WANTS US TO STILL BUY THEIR MISTAKES AND THEN BAIL THEM AND THE OTHER MANUFACTURING COMPANIES OUT OF WHAT IS CLEARLY THERE OWN DOING.. AND AS FAR AS MY TRUCK I THINK WILL BE LOOKING INTO A BETTER KIND OF CAR AND COMPANY!!!!!! *TR

99 FORD EXPEDITION BLEW OUT #3 SPARK PLUG AND DAMAGED COIL, NO FOREWARNING OF THIS , HAS 114,000MILES, COST ME $400 FOR A TEMP FIX,,WAS TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 5.4 ENGINE, GARAGE INSTALLED A REPAIR SLEEVE AND SPECIAL PLUG,,NO WARRANTY,,I WAS 800 MILES FROM HOME, WHEN THE PLUG BLEW, I THOUGHT SOMEBODY TOOK A SHOT AT ME...IT ALSO RUINED THE COIL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SHUT OFF FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES, IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND STATED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE. A REPORT WAS FILED. THE WINDSHIELD AND WINDOWS WERE ALL CRACKED AND DAMAGED DUE TO THE HIGH FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF ANY DEFECTS. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE OVER 200,000.

WATER LEAKS IN THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING BLOWER MOTOR TO STAY ON AFTER IGNITION IS ON, RANDOMLY TRIES TO START WHEN KEY IS NOT EVEN IN IGNITION, LIGHTS BLINK, COULD CAUSE FIRE. *TR

PURCHASE 4 NEW INTERCO TSL/THORNBIRD TIRES ABOUT 1 1/2 YEARS AGO. PURCHASED IN MURRIETA CA AT THE TIME OF RESIDENCE. JUNE 2008 MOVED TO YUMA AZ. ON 9/2/08 A BIG CHUNK BLEW OUT THE CENTER OF THE TIRE IN TUCSON AZ. CONTACTED RAMONA TIRE VIA EMAIL. EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPEN . THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH ME TO TELL ME WHO TO TAKE IT TO. NEVER RETURNED A MESSAGE. ON 11/28/08 ANOTHER TIRE DID THE SAME THING. *TR

WAS DRIVING CAR TO WORK THIS MORNING. MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN AND HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE SUDDENLY AFTER COMPLETING TURN. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN VEHICLE. AFTER SHUTTING DOWN I SMELLED WHAT APPEARED TO BE GASOLINE. CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEY HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP. AFTER WAITING A FEW HOURS THEY TOLD ME SPARK PLUG HAD POPPED OUT AND CYLINDER HEAD NEEDED TO BE FIXED ALONG WITH PLUG, AND IT WAS INDEED GASOLINE I SMELLED. THEY SAID IT WOULD NEED MAJOR REPAIR TO FIX, AND TRIED TO CONVINCE ME TO PAY AND ARM AND A LEG. I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT, I CARE THAT MY CHILD COULD HAVE BEEN IN CAR, AS I PICK HER UP EVERY DAY FROM SCHOOL. ALSO MAD THAT A FIRE COULD HAVE STARTED AND FORD DOES NOTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS FROM FORD TRUCK OWNERS WITH EXPEDITIONS AND F150'S FROM 97-02. SOMETHING BETTER BE DONE TO RECALL THESE FAULTY ENGINE COMPONENTS, OR FAMILIES WILL SUFFER FROM FORD'S LACK OF SAFETY WITH THESE PLUGS AND CYLINDER HEADS/COILS. *TR

1999 EXPEDITION 5.4 WHILE DRIVING I HEARD A LOUD NOISE .MOTOR SHUT OFF . SMOKE COMING FROM HOOD I PUT OUT THE FIRER AND SEEN #3 COIL BLOWN OUT . THE SPARK PLUG WAS NO WERE TO BE FOUND THE SPARK PLUG HOLE THREADS CAME OUT WHIT THE PLUG WHAT A HAVE SEEN FORD DID NOT PUT MANY THEARDS IN THE HEAD THY MADE A NEW HEAD FOR THAT MOTOR SO THEY KNOW THE HEADS ARE NO GOOD PLUS THE INJECTOR IS PUTTING GAS IN THAT CYLINDER THAT WHY IT STARTED THE FIRE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE FARTHEST REAR SPARK PLUG ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE FORD TRITON V8 ENGINE EJECTED FROM THE HEAD. *TR

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT COMING FROM UNDER MY HOOD. COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS THE #3 SPARK PLUG BEING BLOWN OUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE COIL. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD GARAGE AND THEY GAVE ME 3 OPTIONS. 1. HELI COIL IT, BUT THEY WILL NOT GUARANTEE THE WORK AND THAT WILL BE $600. 2. BUY A NEW HEAD, THAT WILL COST $3000.00 3. BUY A NEW MOTOR AND THAT WILL COST $6000.00 I FEEL THAT I'M GETTING THE SHORT END OF THE STICK. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 5.4L TRITION ENGINES AND FROM WHAT I GATHER THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT. SOMEONE NEEDS TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE. *TR

DRIVING HOME FROM DOCTOR VISIT, HEARD A LOUD POP, AND LOST POWER, VERY LOUD ENGINE NOISE AS IF I HAD NO EXHAUST. MECHANIC LOOKED AT IT APPARENTLY THE ENGINE BLEW OUT A SPARK PLUG MAKING IT NECESSARY TO REPLACE THE CYLINDER HEAD SINCE IT STEPPED THE TREADS. AND ALSO BROKE THE COIL. AM ON DISABILITY AND FIXED INCOME, THE REPAIR COST IS SO HIGH I HAVE TO WAIT AND BE WITHOUT A CAR. DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND FORD. AND I RESEARCHED THE WEB AND FOUND OUT THAT MANY OTHERS EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING. FURTHERMORE WHEN GOING TO FORD FOR REPAIR, THEY SAY THAT THE NEW HEAD IS A IMPROVED VERSION. SO IF IT IS AN "IMPROVED" VERSION THAT MEAN THAT THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE PRODUCT TO BEGIN WITH. FORD SHOULD REPLACE THE FAULTY HEADS AT NO COST TO VEHICLE OWNER. *TR