Ford Expedition engine problems

engine problem

7.5

pretty bad

Typical Repair Cost:

$220.00

Average Mileage:

104,575 miles

Number of complaints:

4 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. tap out the hole and insert heli coil (4 reports)

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problem #4

2008May 22

Expedition Eddie Bauer 5.4L V8

  • Automatic transmission
  • 101,100 miles

Not fun if this happens. You'll not it too. Huge pop then your engine sounds like a steam engine. Took it in and was also told that this is a common problem with the Ford 5.4L V8. They had to buy the Coil Kit from Ford and did a coil over coil replacement and replaced the coil which was shot. It was the #3 spark plug that blew out. I just hope this does not happen to the other 7 plugs. I also had them replace all plugs, which I was planning on doing anyways.

bruins96

Dublin, CA, USA

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problem #3

2007Jun 07

Expedition Eddie Bauer 5.4L V8

  • Automatic transmission
  • 126,000 miles

driving heard a loud noise stopped found #3 plug blown out, bought repair kit from autozone, made a bushing to guide the drill/tap and using a ratchet slowly retapped the block, turned over the engine to blow out whatever chips may have fallen in the cylinder and installed the new spark plug and so far good.

Steve C.

Ronkonkoma, NY, USA

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problem #2

2007Sep 28

(reported on)

Expedition XLT 5.6L TRITON

  • Automatic transmission
  • 100,000 miles

If you have ever had a spark plug blow out on you, you know the feeling. It sounds like a gun shot under your hood. The shop I use for repairs told me this was an issue on these models. The problem was between the metal spark plug and the aluminum block. They had to retap my block to put in the new plug.

Tw C.

Mt. Juliet, TN, USA

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problem #1

2007Apr 14

(reported on)

Expedition Eddie Bauer 5.4L V8

  • Automatic transmission
  • 91,200 miles

The failure was of 2 separate spark plugs being blown from the cylinder head (both on the drivers side) a total of 3 times. The consequences was having the vehicle towed to a repair shop. The most recent repair was a recurrance of the same blown plug which happened in 2005.

To correct the issues, the spark plugs were replaced and reinserted with repair kits to hopefully prevent future blowouts. Additional consequences are that I no longer trust Ford or my vehicles reliability.

In researching this issue online, this is not a rare occurence and there have been vehicle fires where the spark plug has ruptured the fuel rail which sits directly above the spark plug holes. ConsumerAffairs.com has this report:
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/03/ford_spark_plug_fire.html.

Do we need to wait until some actually dies before action will be taken to have Ford do the right thing and repair this obvious defect?

Joseph R.

Altadena, CA, USA

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