2004 Ford Expedition Engine

SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM ENGINE

ENGINE HOOD INSULATOR MATERIAL BEGAN TO SMOLDER AND SMOKE. NEEDED TO REMOVE BEFORE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. BURNED TWO FINGERS. *TR

3 WEEKS AFTER 60,000 MILE CHECK UP, MY WIFE TURN THE VEHICLE ON AND IT MADE A LOUD POP NOISE THEN ENGINE STARTED VIBRATING ABNORMALLY AND MAKING A LOUD PUTT-PUTT NOISE. SHE DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE AND IT SMELLED LIKE IT WAS BURNING. MY MECHANIC SAID, IT BLEW OUT THE #5 SPARK PLUG, AND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON A FORD TRITON ENGINE. *TR

WE OWN A 2004 FORD EXPEDITION. ON JUNE 29TH MY WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN WERE DRIVING THE TRUCK HOME WHEN A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD. SHE DROVE THE TRUCK TO ME AT WORK NOT KNOWING WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. THERE WAS A PLUG ATTACHED TO THE COIL BOUNCING AGAINST THE BLOCK NEAR A HOLE SPITTING GAS AN GAS VAPOR. I'M NOT SURE WHAT SITUATION IS NEEDED TO ORDER A RECALL BUT IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE ONE UNLUCKY BOUNCE AND AN ENGINE FIRE WOULD BREAKOUT. I HAVE SINCE LOOKED THIS MATTER UP AND FOUND MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. AT THE VERY LEAST FORD SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO INFORM THEIR BUYERS THAT THIS IS A POSSIBILITY. I HAD NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF THIS BEING A PROBLEM OR I WOULD HAVE PUT ANTI-SEIZE ON THE PLUGS WHICH COULD HAVE STOPPED THE PROBLEM. IN A TIME WHEN TOYOTA HAD TO CAUSE ACCIDENTS AND DEATH TO GET SOMETHING DONE MAYBE WE COULD BE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE ON THIS ONE. *TR

STARTING VEHICLE SPARK PLUG BROKE LOOSE,DAMAGING THREADS FOR SPARK PLUG AND BREAKING COIL PACK. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS OCCURED. FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND BLEW THE SPARK PLUG OUT INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE SPARK PLUGS HAD NEVER BEEN CHANGED BEFORE THE FIRST INCIDENT. IN ORDER TO FIX THE PROBLEM THE SPARK PLUG HOLE WILL HAVE BE REPAIRED BEFORE A NEW PLUG CAN BE PUT IN. *TR

A POPPING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AND THE SMELL OF GAS WHILE DRIVING 25MPH IN TOWN. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND HE SAID IT WAS A SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM THE ENGINE & WOULD COST $1200+ TO REPAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE PARKED THREE SPARKS PLUGS/ENGINE MISFIRED. THE FAILURE CAUSED $1700.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE FORD DEALER AND ALL OF THE WIRES UNDER THE CYLINDER HEAD WERE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,680.

MY VEHICLE'S ENGINE HAS FAILED. THE DEALER WILL NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY CLAIMING I DIDN'T CHANGE THE OIL, THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF ME COMING IN FOR MAINTENANCE, I CHANGE MY OWN OIL AND BROUGHT RECEIPTS IN. THIS WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THEY HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE FOR 18 WEEKS WITH NO RENTAL. I HAVE CONTACTED THE COMPANY THE BBB A NEWS CHANNEL IN MY AREA AND I ALSO WORK FOR FORD WHICH MAKES IT EVEN WORSE THAT THEY ARE DENYING MY CLAIM. *JB

MY 2004 FORD EXPEDITION'S MOTOR POSSIBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE ONLY 38,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS BLAMED SAYING I DIDN'T CHANGE THE OIL SAYING THEY DIDN'T HAVE ME ON RECORD COMING TO DEALER TO HAVE IT DONE. I CHANGED MY OWN OIL AND COULD ONLY FURNISH A FEW RECEIPTS. THE DEALER AND THE INSPECTOR BLAMED EACH OTHER FOR THE DENIAL SAYING THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE OIL PAN WHICH WAS THE CAUSE. THEY HAVE HAD MY SUV FOR 17 WEEKS GIVEN ME NO RENTAL AND IT WAS TAKEN APART AND IS NOT DRIVABLE AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME FOR IT. THEY ALSO WON'T PUT IT BACK TOGETHER WITHOUT CHARGING ME SO I CAN TAKE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. I ALSO AM AN EMPLOYEE OF FORD MOTOR AT THE NORFOLK ASSEMBLY PLANT WHERE THE F-150 IS BUILT AND WAS TOLD IT DIDN'T MATTER THAT I WORKED FOR FORD. *JB

2004 FORD EXPEDITION. SINCE I TOOK DELIVERY, THE VEHICLE HAS A ROUGH IDLE IN ANY GEAR ONCE THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP TO OPERATING TEMPERATURE (APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES). THE TRUCK HAS BEEN RETURNED TO ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE ORIGINAL "SOLUTION" WAS STATED THAT DUE TO THE CHANGE IN GAS TYPES FROM SUMMER TO WINTER THE DIFFERENCE IN OXYGEN IN THE FUEL WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD TO DRIVE IT USING A MID-GRADE GAS FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS AND IF THE PROBLEM WAS STILL PRESENT RETURN IT TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS ABOUT 5,900 MILES ON IT AND THE ROUGH IDLE CONTINUES AFTER IT WARMS UP. THE VEHICLE IS ONLY GETTING ABOUT 10.6 MPG WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN MFG STATED AND LESS THAN THE 1997 4.6L EXPEDITION I PREVIOUSLY OWNED. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS FROM THE ORIGINAL VISIT COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ROUGH IDLE PROBLEM AND REDUCED MILEAGE. ON THE SECOND VISIT THE DEALER SAID ALL "ELECTRONIC" CHECKS WERE IN SPEC AND THERE WAS NOTHING "WRONG" WITH THE VEHICLE. SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO TURN IT OVER TO FORD ENGINEER. WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM FORD. THE CAR IDLES ROUGH AND THE MILEAGE IS POOR. STILL NO RESOLUTION TO ORIGINAL PROBLEM. *AK

2004 FORD EXPEDITION. SINCE DELIVERY DAY THE TRUCK HAS A ROUGH IDLE IN ANY GEAR ONCE THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE REACHES THE MID POINT BETWEEN C AND H. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERSHI[S FOR THIS PROBLEM. TWO HAVE CHANGED DIFFERENT COIL PACKS AND SPARK PLUGS. ONE OF THEM CHANGED OIL SAYING IT DISPLAYED TOO MUCH OIL. THE THIRD DEALERSHIP, WHICH THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO TWICE SAID THIS WAS A CHARATERISTIC OF THE 2004 4.6 ENGINE. THE TRUCK NOW HAS 6,000 MILES ANE THE ROUGH IDLE CONTINUES AFTER IT WARMS UP. NO OF THESE DEALERS HAVE CHECKED FOR A BAD COOLING SENSOR, BAD HEAD GASKET, CLOGGED OR DEFECTIVE RADIATOR OR CONSTRICTED COOLING SYSTEM.*AK

CONSUMER WILL DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM RELATED WITH THE EXHAUST INTAKE MANIFOLD. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *JB THE LEAF AND TWIG LITTER WOULD COLLECT ON THE SKID PLATE WHEN DRIVEN OFF OF THE ROAD. THIS WAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO HOT PIPES WHICH CAUSED SMOLDERING AND A FIRE HAZARD. *SC *JB