Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / EXPEDITION / 1999

Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005052053	Incident Date: Oct, 19 2005
Consumer's City: HARLAN	Consumer's State: IA
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:gasoline
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No	Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMPU18L5XL	Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 05 2006	Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No	Purchase Date: Nov, 14 1998
Was Original Owner: No	Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8	Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: -	Description of the Complaints: Engine spark plug blow out at 80,000 miles on engine. engine had 40,000 on it from new and was consuming oil due to the right head leaking oil. ford replaced the head gasket. the gasket did not solve the problem so a new motor was installed. now at 120,000 (80,000 on the motor) after the spark plugs were changed, a plug blew out of the head. a helicoil was installed after the plug blow out but that also failed. rebuilt head is being installed. feel this is a ford problem on this spark plug blow out. the 5.4l head is not manufactured to withstand the horsepower. *jb