Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / EXPEDITION / 1999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 007101861 Incident Date: Mar, 19 2007
Consumer's City: NORTH SYRACUSE Consumer's State: NY
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#: 1FMPU18L3XL Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 10 2007 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 02 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Tl*- the contact owns a 1999 ford expedition. he was having problems with the aluminum head spark plugs, the number 3 & 4 cylinder failed, and the mechanic told him it was a design flaw. the failure was caused by not having enough thread in the aluminum spark plug head. he needed a new engine or a head job. it will cost him over $3000. he stated that there was a service bulletin for this problem. the current and failure mileage were both 110,000.*ak