2006 Ford F-150 Engine

CYLINDER #4 BLEW THE SPARK PLUG OUT, STRIPPING THE THREADS AS IT WENT. THIS IS THE 2ND CYLINDER TO DO THIS IN 6 MONTHS. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH.

ORIGINALLY FACTORY INSTALLED SPARKPLUG BLOWS OUT OF THE ENGINE HEAD TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. THIS WAS DISCLOSED AFTER TAKING VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTICS AS THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE WHILE ENGINE RUNNING AND LOSS OF POWER. REPAIR COST WAS $617. DISCUSSION WITH DEALER DISCLOSES THAT THIS A WELL KNOW PROBLEM BY FORD MANAGEMENT, A TBS HAS BEEN ISSUED. FURTHER FORD HAS DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY AND WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY MONETARY ASSISTANCE. THIS IS A FORD CREATED DESIGN ENGINEERING DEFECT THAT FORD JUST IGNORES AND LET'S THE CUSTOMER PAY FOR ITS MISTAKE. CUSTOMER IS SUBJECT TO COST OF REPAIR THAT IS FAR FROM NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, A SAFETY CONCERN OF FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FROM RAW FUEL BLOWN OUT OF THE HOLE VACATED BY SPARKPLUG, A RELIABILITY ISSUE AND A SAFETY CONCERN FROM SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE COVERED BY A FEDERAL MANDATED RECALL SINCE FORD IS MAKING THIS A CONSUMER PROBLEM IGNORING THE FACT THAT IT IS A ENGINEERING, DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING PROBLEM FOR WHICH IT REFUSES TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. IN ADDITION THE TRADE IN VALUE OF THIS VEHICLE WILL BE REDUCED BY THE FORD DEALERSHIP THAT IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM EVAN FOR THE CUSTOMER THAT DID NOT ENCOUNTER A SPARKPLUG BLOWOUT AND AT PRIVATE SALE IF PROSPECTIVE BUYER CHECKS ON VEHICLE VIA ANY INTERNET AUTOMOTIVE SITE. AGAIN FORD LETS CONSUMER ABSORB COST OF DEFECT IT CREATED.

THE ENGINE BEGAN TO TICK ON TOP. LATER IT BEGAN TO TICK ON THE BOTTOM. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD IT CHECKED. THE CODE SAID IT WAS A CAM SENSOR. AS IT TURNED OUT THE ENGINE WAS NOT GETTING THE PROPER AMOUNT OF OIL DUE TO A CLOGGED A OIL PORT RESTRICTION. END RESULT HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. WHILE AT THE SERVICE CENTER ANOTHER TRUCK CAME IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH SIMILAR MILEAGE. NOW MY SON WHO HAS A 2005 FORD F150 IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES WITH HIS TRUCK WITH 96000 MILES THAT'S THREE THAT I KNOW OF. *TR

I BROUGHT MY TRUCK IN TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. IT IS A 2006 F150 4.6L - AFTER HIS INSPECTION, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BOTTOM OF THE #2 SPARK PLUG (MANUFACTURE INSTALLED) HAD DISINTEGRATED AND FELL INTO THE HEAD CAUSING SO MUCH DAMAGE TO THE #2 CYLINDER THAT I HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE AT A COST OF OVER $6,000 PLUS TAX. IT WILL TAKE OVER A WEEK TO FIX AND I DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE FORD TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE EXPENSE. I HAVE WRITTEN TO THEIR "CUSTOMER CARE"( [XXX]) DEPARTMENT, BUT HAVE HAD NO HELPFUL OR SATISFACTORY RESULTS. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AS FORD HAS ISSUED A TSB AND DEVELOPED A TOOL TO ASSIST WITH THE REMOVAL OF FAULTY SPARK PLUGS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE FORD 2006 F150 IT JUST STARTED RUNNING SLUGGISH AND STOPPED. I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *TR

ENGINE HAD BLOWN A PLUG OUT ABOUT 300 MILES AGO ON THE NUMBER 3 WAS REPAIRED WITH REPAIR KIT NEW PLUG AND COIL WAS PUT ON. WAS TRAVELING STARTED UP HILL ENGINE BEGAN TO MISS DROVE 20 MILES TO DESTINATION HAD TRUCK TESTED AT ADVANCE AUTO PARTS READOUT STATED MISFIRE ON CYLINDER 1 AND 3 AND BAD COIL ON 3. REPLACED COIL 3 AGAIN TOOK TO MECHANIC HIS COMPUTER READ OUT WAS NUMBER 8 COIL WAS BAD REPLACED IT ENGINE CONTINUED TO MISS TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC HE CHANGED ALL THE PLUGS THE 2ND PLUG ON DRIVERS SIDE WAS LOOSE AND READY TO BLOW OUT AND HE TOOK THE NUMBER 3 PLUG OUT THAT HAD BEEN REPLACED PRIOR THE WHOLE BOTTOM OF PLUG WAS MELTED COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FIRE LOOKED DOWN IN ENGINE WITH CAMERA THE PISTON WAS DESTROYED. THIS PROBLEM IS FROM THE FACTORY INSTALLED PLUG BLOWING OUT AND FRAGMENTS GOING INTO ENGINE. NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE MY ENGINE 2500 OUT OF MY POCKET D/T POOR HEAD DESIGN FORD IS WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND REFUSES ANY ASSISTANCE FORD ACTUALLY HAS EXCLUDED BLOWN PLUG REPAIR FROM THEIR WARRANTY. WHEN YOU PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE YOU EXPECT TO GET MORE THAN 106000 MILES. *TR

VEHICLE STARTED MISSING AND BUCKING. BROUGHT INTO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH TRITON 5.4L ENGINE. NEEDS SPARK PLUG CHANGE AND CHANCES ARE THEY WILL BREAK OFF IN ENGINE WHILE CHANGING (WHICH 5 OUT OF 8 DID). TOTAL COST A SHAMEFUL $800 (ESTIMATE WAS BETWEEN $600-$1200). MECHANIC PULLED OUT MANY PRIOR INVOICES FROM OWNERS WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. THE SPARK PLUGS IN THESE ENGINES SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

ENGINE STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE UPON INSPECTION OF ENGINE FOUND THAT THE BACK SPARK PLUG ON PASSENGER SIDE HAD BLOWN OUT FROM HEAD AND OF COURSE STRIPPED THE TREADS FROM THE HEAD THE SPARK PLUGS ARE THE ONES THAT CAME FROM FACTORY THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN REMOVED OR REPLACED VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AFTER REVIEWING INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH FORDS 4.6 AND 5.4 ENGINE AS WELL AS RESULTING IN FIRES AND CONSIDERING FORD MAKES A REPAIR KIT. IF THIS HAS EFFECTED THIS MANY VEHICLE SHOULDN'T FORD FOOT THE BILL. *TR

VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMELL LIKE GAS IN THE CAB ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. TOOK IT TO FORD DEALERSHIP MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT THE SOURCE OF THE GAS SMELL COULD NOT BE FOUND. A FEW DAYS LATER UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, A VERY LOUD EXPLOSIVE SOUND WAS HEARD UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND TOWED BACK TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ORIGINAL #2 SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE ENGINE AND DAMAGED THE HEAD. REPAIR EXCEEDING $700 WITH ABSOLUTELY NO RESPONSIBILITY TAKEN BY FORD. REPEAT INCIDENT LESS THAN ONE YEAR LATER WITH ANOTHER CYLINDER. *TR

FORD HAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE 2006-2008 F150. THEY HAVE FAULTY SPARKPLUG THAT WHEN THEY NEED CHANGEDIRECTIONS SNAP. THIS RESULTS IN THEM HAVING TO RETAP THE MOTOR AND PUT DIFFERENT SPARK PLUGS IN WHICH THEY CHARGE $400/SPARK PLUG THAT SNAPS. THE PART THAT SNAPS FALLS INTO THE MOTOR THAT'S WHICH IT IS SO EXPENSIVE. FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT THE PROBLEM FOR YEARS BECAUSE THEY MADE SURE TO GET NEW SPARK PLUGS AS SOON AS THERE WERE ISSUES. NUMEROUS PEOPLE INCLUDING MYSELF HAVE CALLED FORD AND COMPLAINED BUT THEY NEVER DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HESITANT TO ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE SPARK PLUGS WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

OIL PUMP/PRESSURE PROBLEM CAUSING KNOCKING AND ENGINE TO STOP. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING UPHILL, THERE WAS A ENGINE MISFIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN US 281(BUSY 3 LANE HIGHWAY) IN SAN ANTONIO AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF CAUSING ME TO COAST TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. ONCE I GOT OFF OF THE ROAD, THE ENGINE STARTED UP LIKE NOTHING WAS WRONG. AFTER I INSPECTED THE FLUIDS AND SAW EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT, I GOT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY ONLY TO HAVE THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AGAIN. I CALLED FORD TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE REPORTED OR A RECALL, AND THERE WAS NOTHING. I FOUND OVER 300 COMPLAINTS ON VARIOUS FORUMS BY TYPING IN --2006 F150 FAILSAFE--IN THE SEARCH ENGINE. I THINK THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE THAT FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED ON THE ROAD. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I TRIED TO START MY TRUCK, BUT IT WOULDN'T START. IT TURNED OVER PERFECTLY BUT WOULD NOT START. IT HAD STARTED TWICE EARLIER IN THE DAY. THE FUEL PUMP DRIVER MODULE, LOCATED ABOVE THE SPARE TIRE ON THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK, HAD CORRODED AND FAILED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE SPARK PLUGS WERE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

WHILE REPLACING THE SPARK PLUGS, EVERY PLUG BROKE OFF AND WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. MY MECHANIC GOT OUT THE FIRST SEVEN, BUT THE EIGHTH WOULD NOT COME OUT. IT SUBSEQUENTLY FELL INTO MY ENGINE, CAUSING IT TO SEIZE. I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN ANOTHER 100,000 MILES OUT OF THIS TRUCK! *TR

WHEN I STARTED THE TRUCK, A SPARK PLUG BLEW INTO THE HEAD. THE MECHANIC AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS. THE REPAIR COST ME $3,448. TO REPLACE THE HEAD. IF FORD IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, THE VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED AND THE PROBLEM CORRECTED. MY FAMILY WAS LEFT STRANDED 7 HOURS AWAY FROM HOME, HAD TO RENT A VEHICLE TO GET HOME AND THEN TWO WEEKS LATER, HAD TO RETURN TO DEALERSHIP AND PICK UP THE TRUCK. SO STRESSFUL AND EXPENSIVE. JUST GLAD WE WERE IN A TOWN WHEN THIS HAPPENED! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED FIVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE COIL PACKS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000.

2006 FORD F-150. CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR VEHICLE REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS QUOTED A PRICE OF $447 TO REPLACE THE SPARK PLUGS. HOWEVER, WHEN HE RECEIVED THE BILL, THE PRICE HAD DOUBLED.

THE RIGHT EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS HAD BROKEN APPROXIMATELY 5/5/2012, IN WHICH THEY DID NOT TELL ME THE FULL EXTENT OF THE DAMAGES. THEY JUST TOLD ME THE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING AND THE COST TO REPAIR IT. THIS CAUSED THE MANIFOLD TO WARP AND LEAK. THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR IT UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER I CALLED THE WARRANTY COMPANY AND FOUND OUT IT WAS ACTUALLY COVERED. WHEN I HAD TAKEN IT IN, IN MAY 2012 THE DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE 1500.00 FOR THE REPAIRS. THE REPAIRS WERE FINALLY MADE IN MAY OF 2013 TO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, BUT NOT TO THE CATALYTIC.CONVERTER WHICH STARTED CAUSING PROBLEMS IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. THIS LEAK MAY HAVE CAUSED THE RIGHT CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO FAIL ALSO, BUT HAVE FOUND MANY FORUMS STATING THAT FAILURE OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ARE A COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE PICK UPS. AT THIS TIME I AM DRIVING THE PICK UP AND IT THROWS THE CODE P0420, FOR CATALYTIC CONVERTER BELOW EFFICIENCY THRESHOLD. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD ALSO BE FORWARDED TO THE E.P.A. BECAUSE PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THEIR CATALYTIC CONVERTERS AT THE PRICE OF 1200.00 PER SIDE. IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD F-150'S THIS NEEDS ADDRESSED. ALSO THE FAILURE OF THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD IS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT COULD CAUSE THE OCCUPANTS IN THE CABIN TO BE EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE. THE LEAKING MANIFOLD ALSO CONFUSES THE COMPUTER BY TELLING IT THAT THE OF BANK CYLINDERS IS RUNNING TO LEAN IN RESPONSE TO THOSE READINGS IT THEN ADDS FUEL TO THAT BANK WHICH CAUSES IT TO RUN RICHER ON THAT BANK THAN IT SHOULD. I BELIEVE THAT THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER MAKING IT FAIL PREMATURELY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD BEEP AND THE SAFE MODE SIGNAL ILLUMINATED THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SHOULDER AND AFTER WAITING FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 50,100.

SPARK PLUGS AND COIL PACKS HAVE FAILED ACROSS OUR ENTIRE FLEET OF 2005-2008 F-150'S. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEIZED SPARK PLUGS IS SIGNIFICANT DUE TO INCREASED HEAT FROM FAILED COIL PACKS. THE COIL PACKS SEEM TO FAIL APPROXIMATELY EVERY 25,000-75,000 MILES. THE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN VERY COSTLY - ESPECIALLY WITH A FLEET OF 200+ VEHICLES. FORD HAS NOT OFFERED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH ANY OF THE CLAIMS. SYMPTOMS - THE VEHICLE SPUTTERS OR BOGS DOWN UNDER LOAD WHILE TRAVELING UP A HILL OR UNDER HARD ACCELERATION. DANGERS - THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE WITH 100% POWER WHILE UNDER LOAD IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE NEED TO QUICKLY ACCELERATE BECOMES ALTERED DUE TO POSSIBLE SPARK PLUG/ COIL PACK FAILURE. RISKS ARE ACCIDENTS, PERSONAL INJURY, OR EVEN WORSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND THE ENGINE EXHIBITED A LOUD NOISE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT SMELLED A BURNING ODOR. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE SPARK PLUG HAD MELTED DUE TO THE HEAT FROM THE HEAD GASKET. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BRAKING TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.