This first happened a year earlier on our way to Canada and wasted a day in Saratoga Springs getting two plugs and caps replaced. It than occurred again a month later and needed to get another one fixed. 11 months later on way hole from Canada, 10 miles from boarder there was a loud bang sound. I was able to make to Plattsburg. It was January 1st so only Sears auto was open. they were unable to fix. It was myself, wife, 2 kids and my parents. We were able to rent a car in Plattsburg to drive over to Burlington Vt to the airport to rent a Yukon XL to drive everyone back to DC. The Ford dealership ended up re-threading 5 of the heads after they removed my engine. I was without my truck for a month. I than had to catch a train to Plattsburg and then drive my truck back. Man, that Yukon drove nicely!!!!!! Ford dropped the ball on this one.

I had picked up a client at the airport and was headed out of town. I did not know what the problem was until the car was towed in to my mechanic and he called to let me know it blew the spark plug and that this was a common problem on Fords. This is hard to believe that this would happen. It caused me quite a bit of grief especially since I had a client riding with me. We had to ride in the tow truck to a car rental facility to rent a car and continue our trip. I won't have my car back for a couple of days.

Unfortunately, my husband and I thought our 2003 Ford Expedition was the most reliable vehicle we owned so he took off on a 600 mile trip late one Sunday. In the middle of Nowhere, KY around midnight, it blew a spark plug. Fortunately he was able to drive the remaining 200 miles with the remaining 7 spark plugs and took it to a repair shop the next day. After finding this site we realized that $384 was a cheap fix, this seems to be a common problem, and we needed a reliable vehicle. Although we both loved the Expedition, we could not trade this thing in fast enough. Purchased a GMC Sierra and haven't looked back.

Wife and kids traveling from Las Vegas at night and spark plug blew from the head. Had car towed to riverside area to brothers house till I could get if fixed. Went to local dealer ship in Riverside and the guy (moron) working there had the nerve to tell me he had never heard of the plugs blowing out of the heads before. Interesting, but he was able to immediately tell how much it was going to cost to fix it. I have two other fords and I have been very disappointed in their customer service. I took it to a friend of mines shop and he helicoiled it and has been great ever since. If you haven't heard of helicoil (if I am spelling it correctly) alot of shops do it for about a couple of hundred bucks. Worth checking out. It is amazing that ford will not recognize this as a problem. Well, They have they just won't admit it because it would cost them too much to fix. Like the fords but will not purchase another one because of their customer service.

so far i am barely able to afford my payments do to economic recession and making ends meet. this is the second time i had dealt with my spark plug blowing out of my engine. this time i was on the freeway and had almost been rear ended by a semi truck. it was snowing really bad and i felt my life had almost ended when loss of power. had family in vehicle when almost in a collision. i read upon 2003 expedition because i swore i purchased a safe reliable vehicle for my family and found out that most have been having issues with spark plug blow outs from engine block. does a death in my family or to me have to happen for ford to take action to solve its problems on cars family's have already purchased? as of right now i got to go out side and try to fix my family ford expedition car so i can provide what my family needs. i live in a town where there's no public transportation and most jobs around here are located in other towns so traveling is required. i pay for me to have personal transportation and the cost of fuel and rely on a vehicle that does not work. i maintained proper maintenance and still end up with a death trap vehicle instead of reliable transportation and passenger safety.

The first time my expedition blew a plug was on Blewitt pass and I was with my children in the middle of no where. We had no cell coverage, so we had to coast down the pass for six miles before we got to a little store. I had to have AAA come in from Wenatchee to tow my car to the dealership. Unfortunately, this was on a Saturday and the service department was closed. They said that the plug blew completely out and the threads were completely stripped. My car wasn't available until Wed. and this cost me $763.00. When the plug blew, it gave me know warning whatsoever, and this is very dangerous because of the exhaust that comes in the car when the plug blows.

Ford needs to recall this car because of the safety issue that it causes. This is VERY DANGEROUS especially for women who a drive children.

Labor Day weekend, late Saturday afternoon, September 4th, 2010, I was driving when I heard a loud pop. I thought I had a rock go through my muffler as the popping sound wouldn't quit.I pulled over when the cabin started smelling of gas. Decided I could make it to the cabin 1/2 mile away. My brother looked at the engine and saw the spark plug blew out of the cylinder. We called into the nearest Ford dealership to see if we could get a replacement spark plug. It was a few minutes after 5pm and they were closed for the long weekend. Luckily, the manager was still there and helped us out. He sent the spark plug with a mechanic who was just leaving to go home. We drove 2-1/2 hours round trip to pick up the spark plug. Sunday morning we tried to thread the new spark plug, but the threads were stripped. Nothing was open until Tuesday. We had to wait until Thursday of the next week to get a tow into the nearest Ford dealership. Meanwhile, we had to get our family of 4 people and 2 dogs home for the week. We ended up begging & borrowing cars to get through the next week. Drove 2 hours back to the dealership the following Saturday morning to pick up the truck. HUGE PAIN ALL THE WAY AROUND! The mechanics said that they see two of these spark plug incidences a month.

Ford needs to step up and issue a recall as the mechanics said that Ford didn't drill the spark plug holes deep enough on this year's model.

I was towing a trailer when it sounded like a tire had blown. We stopped the vehicle and we did not have any flat tires. When we started up the engine a noise similiar to driving on a flat tire came from the engine. We had to have it towed to the nearest Ford Dealership. Luckily we had AAA. Had to have my brother tow our trailer to our camp spot. Then later we borrowed a vehcile to tow it home. We had to have a new engine put in. The mechanic said that the spark plug blew the engine cap off. We had to have a new engine put in at a cost of $5300. It has been at the shop for two weeks now and is still not fixed. We had planned to leave today to go camping with friends for four days. It doesn't look like that is going to happen.

My 2003 Ford Expedition blew out the #3 spark plug on my way home from work. It first stared with a rattling noise and a week later the spark plug bew out. Since the Expedition was still drivable and did not shut off, I drove it to nearby service center (Galpin Ford in North Hills).

The next day i received a call from the technician indicating that the #3 spark plug blew out. As a result, the threads of the head were stripped and could not be repaired. I wa quoted $3834.00 for parts and labor.

I decided to investigate and found that this was a widespread problem and contacted the service manager at Galpin. I explained to the manager that I read about this problem in the internet and that i should not be responsible for the cost of the repair. The manager stated that this problem would not be covered under the manufacturer warranty, but that he would give me a "great deal". He later called me back and stated that the best he could do is $2800.00 (1000 less).

Clearly Ford is well aware of this problem, but does not offer to help unless someone does the proper research and complaints about the problem. In my opinion, Ford must issue a recall for these defective engines.

The website recommends that a simple helicoil fix will fix the problem and to not be fooled by service centers into replacing the head. When I asked the service manager about this, he mentioned that this fix was not a proper fix because the problem would happen again very soon.

I asked the service manager if he knew the root cause of the problem. His response was "NO". I also asked him that if the head was repaired if he would guarantee that this problem would not happen again. His response was "NO". Very frustrating!!!!!