Kris Parish
These complaints are old but I have an 08 expedition that just hit 110K miles and took it to my dealership (Tom Smith ford in Lillington NC) and they pulled the plugs without breaking them and replaced them for a hair over $200. I am so happy with my expedition. Maybe those complaining should have taken it to the dealer and not done it themselves. They would have saved themselves a hell of a lot of hassle.

Probally didn’t even change them. Thats was dealerships do. Unless you saw all of the old plugs. Took mine to dealership to get breaks changed only changed one side.

what can cause ford explorer 2004,plug mouth to black.

I want to change my spark plugs in my 2004 f150. It has the 5.4 L engine and I’m on fixed income so it cosy too much for me to change them. Even the tools I need to do it myself cost over $200.00 so I can’t afford that either. Now the reverse band tab in the transmission has broken off. I have no reverse in this truck. No telling how much that will cost to fix. For 40 years I was an auto mechanic and even worked at a Ford dealer at one time. All my years in auto repair I have never seen a band in an automatic transmission brake. I think ford is making sorry parts to brake so people either fix what they can’t afford to fix or trade it in for there own money making strategy.

Has the lawsuit against Ford for the spark plug removal debacle been settled. If not how do I join. I just purchased an involved vehicle from a dealership and was never told about this issue. It’s a 2006 Lincoln Mark lt with 83K miles.

found this site after researching the issue and figured I throw in my 2 cents. Happened to me today. I got a 2002 ford e-350 with the 5.4 8cyl that has 88,000 miles. I go to pull out onto the main road and boom…a loud popping noise coming from the engine. My dog started going nuts barking at the engine. At the time, it scared the &$%$ outta me. After I finally got the truck home and was able to pinpont the sound, found the coil pack was shredded and the plug was loose enough to come right out with no tools. Now, I don’t know what ford was thinking with this particulatr vehicle. The plugs are near impossible to get to, with room barely enough to fit your hand in there. The best I read so far is that ford really just doesn’t care. Their design shows their intentions… it was almost set up to make it impossible to change, so they labeled it as plugs that just don’t need to be changes for at least 100,000. In an aluminum head? BS. Let’s get em out there, make our money, it’ll run for a while but eventually will fault out….but not our problem if it happens out of warranty. Thanks ford. Class act business model….I should have learned my lesson from previous experiences with ford, but I think aside from class action suites and waiting for recalls, just don’t ever buy a ford. We are the consumer, thus the life line to these corporations. They need to learn a lesson, that people wont put up with what would appear to be blatant disregard for their customers trust, as well as safety. There is a level of tolerance for things that go wrong with our vehicles, it happens. And most will step up to the plate and at least address the issue gracefully. But ford, most of the time, issues become so common place that they become cliches. I just have to be extremely grateful for the internet. At least now people have a voice and can pursue actions with others behind them.

While it is true that the Ford 5.4 has a few problems that definitely should have been caught by the quality control department before the engines left the factory the spark plugs will normally come out of the engines if you get the engine hot, work quickly to get the coils out, spray air into the plug holes to get debris out then spray a small amount of penetrant into each hole. I have removed hundreds and broke only four using this method. I hope this helps. These engines also have a defective oil pump design which if you use anything other than a Motorcraft oil filter will cause the oil filter to break up and end up with pieces of the oil filter in the oil pickup screen. This quickly destroys the thrust bearing on the crankshaft and allows the crankshaft to rub against the engine block destroying both pieces. I have replaced over 40 of these and any tech at any Ford dealership has seen this before. Jasper engines commissioned Melling oil pumps to manufacture a better oil pump which Melling sells directly and I would highly recommend BEFORE your engine sounds like a diesel. I totally agree that both the ridiculous spark plug design and the oil pump/ engine thrust bearing problems should have been addressed during quality control and customers should not be used as beta testers who paid over $30,000 to show Ford their mistakes.

I would like to say to the genius at FORD that designed the 5.4 Triton motor to please KISS MY ASS!!!!! This is absolutely theee worst motor they ever built!!!!! My 1972 Pinto was more dependable than this crappy motor!!! Just Google it, and look at all the hundreds of stories about this sh*t motor. FORD should be sued over this intentional plot to f*ck the public.
I contacted FORD about this and of course, NO REPLY.
FORD truly stands for Found ON Road Dead, or Fix Or Repair Daily

Newest victim. 2007 Mustang GT v8 with 4.6 L engine. Two broken plugs. One completely seized up inside head. Lisle tool kit won’t remove it. I’m selling as soon as I put 1000.00 to fix it. Done with Ford products.

Am I eligible class action for my 1998 Ford F-150? I am experiencing faulty coil pack problems. I have replaced the coil pack 8 times.

2002 F-150 Harley Davidson. Just had #3 Spark plug blow out and destroyed coil with it. $1000.00 to repair at ford service center.

My 2004 F-150 had a major plug problem when less than 2 years old. However, when it had 162,963 miles the number 1 plug broke and fell into the cylinder; now that was a MAJOR PROBLEM. A re-manufactured motor at a total installed cost to me of $4,048.22 fixed the problem for now. FORD SHOULD STEP UP AN REIMBURSE ME FOR $4,048.22. How so I get this as part of the settlement?

yes i’ve had more than my share of bad luck with plugs F150 2004 XLT 4X4….I NEED A STANDARD CLAIM FORM…. DON R. SMITH 804 CEDAR RIDGE DR. LITTLE ROCK, AR 72211

I have a 2002 Ford F150 truck. At 37,000 I blew the first spark plug. 1,000 miles after the 3 years, 36,000 warranted expired. When I talked to a mechanic, he said, oh yes it’s common on Triton V-8’s. After doing some research I saw what he meant. Also that Ford wasn’t taking any responsibility. It blew a second time it tore everything out. I had to have the whole head replaced. It was very costly. The same problem, but were the 2002 included? They have the same problem why wouldn’t they be??? Thanks for any response.

what will i neet to do when it time to tune-up my truck the nix time!!!!!

Need help getting my money back from ford on having to replace my spark plugs.

Blew out #3 Plug in May 2010 cost $575 then blew again in Oct 2015. Can I file now for the first incident?? Truck is a 2002 F150 5.4.

I have a 2002 Eddie Bauer Ford Expedition with the 5.4 liter Triton motor in it. the motor is shooting the spark plugs out of it and ripping the threads out of the heads. There are a ton all people with the same issue I’m having online. my truck has 130,000 miles on it and cause I was 50 grand new. Is there anyway you can help us out? This is geeting very expensive for everybody what does this issue

I have a 2005 f150 with the 5.4 motor , truck seems to run ok, afraid to take it to a dealer to get it serviced might need to refinance my house just to get a tune up.

I have 296000 on an F250 with Triton 5.4. I would like to change plugs, but I too am worried about breaking plugs. I bought the truck used about a year ago and am having problems too. I like the truck and it is a work truck. I can’t afford this expense with a dealer.