Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / EXPEDITION / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005051004 Incident Date: Dec, 23 2005
Consumer's City: HOUSTON Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: EXPEDITION Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMPU18L9XL Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 27 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 11 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Pulling out from a stop sign in neighborhood when suddenly smoke smell and loud rhythmic banging from under hood. i immediately pulled over and had the vehicle towed to shop. they discovered a spark plug had blown through the head, requiring a head replacement. subsequently i discovered this is a problem with ford vehicles with the triton engine-design defect in that their are only 5-6 threads holding spark plugs in leaving them susceptible to this type of failure during normal operation. ford would not assist me with repairs stating there was no recall dealing with this issue. *jb