Ford Expedition Engine Problems

2002 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer 2WD. So far I've fixed leaking gaskets and seals on almost every major component of the vehicle. I had the spark plug blowout, intake manifold cracked, DS exhaust manifold bolt threads repaired, most of the interior electronics are broke or occasionally don't work, sunroof leaks, typical Ford Mod Motor ticking noise, etc., etc. But the thing that really pissed me off was the stuck throttle problems. My wife experienced it for the first time with our three kids, her sister, and her two kids. She was going about 50 mph and let off the throttle to start braking for a red light, and she wound up blowing thru it, and two more red lights before she figured out how to stop it (and destroyed the front brake rotors and pads in the process).

Ford knows about the problems and has TSB's on all 1st Gen Expeditions (97-02) for the throttle sticking problem. Yet they won't admit being responsible for a faulty design that could definitely cause serious injury or death in certain cases. Toyota lost millions of dollars when the whole throttle sticking problem on their vehicles became noticed by the media, but this problem with the Ford's has been going on longer and I haven't heard anything about till it happened to my wife and I looked it up on the internet and searched TSB's. This isn't the first problematic Ford I've owned. I also made the mistake of buying a 2nd Gen Taurus (transmission and engine blew), and a 1998 Mustang (transmission). But this was the nail in the coffin. I'll never buy a Ford product ever again.

I have a 2010 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer EL edition. While driving home on vacation the RPM gauge revved up between 5000 and 7000 RPMs. The driver's seat will not hold my settings on #2. The backup camera and sensors stop working on occasion. The motor accelerated while driving down interstate causing it to gain speed but luckily we hit a steep grade and the Expedition slowed down. The driver's and passengers' seat belt sensors will not chime when you pull out or drive down road. We have even taken our seatbelts off while driving and no sensor sounded. The DVD system will shut off or freeze up or switch languages unexpectedly. All the gauges (oil, transmission, temperature and battery) are pegged out while towing our small aluminum boat up a hill. Several other things have gone wrong.

If anyone has any similar issues send me an email to: **. My wife and I are filing a lawsuit against Ford. If you want to be added to the lawsuit send an email to me with your contact information and I will pass it on to my lawyer to see if he can take the lawsuit nationwide. All we hear from the Ford dealer is we cannot duplicate the problems. This vehicle is a death trap. Do not buy this vehicle. Many close calls causing my wife or me to be a wreck.

I have a 2002 Ford Expedition XLT with a 5.4 triton. At 73,000 miles, a plug blew out of the number 6 cylinder so I now have 206,000 miles. Today, another plug blew out of the number 3 cylinder and I now have to spend $3,500 - $4,000 to fix it. Ford knows that this is a problem.

My 1998 Ford Expedition blew out #6 plug at 79000 miles. I had to have it towed. Ford wanted $1600 to fix it. I bought $400 kit to repair and have loaned kit out twice to friends to repair the same problem. Also, my 2004 F150 had to have broken plug extracted. The dealership denies any knowledge of any problems with blown, broken, or stuck spark plugs.

My 2010 Ford Expedition's engine randomly revved (increasing speed) while driving on the highway and in a parking lot. Yesterday, when the engine randomly revved, it was in a parking lot and caused me to hit a parked car and a bystander was seriously injured.

This was a frightening experience having no control over the speed of my vehicle.

I was driving down the highway, when all of a sudden a very loud noise, and something smelled like it was burning, was coming from the engine of my 2001 Ford Expedition. I got it towed to the Ford place and found out that my spark plug had blown right out. Now, I am on my fifth spark plug, and they all happened while I was on the road with my children in the car, and it left me stranded. The dealership said that it is a common problem for these engines, that Ford knows about it, and all the plugs will eventually blow out. Ford refuses to acknowledge the problem and refuses to have a recall. After 5 blown spark plugs, obviously, there is a problem with the manufacturing of the engine. Ford needs to step up and acknowledge the problem before someone gets seriously injured from the engines starting on fire or the plugs blowing through the hood, which I heard happens also. I will not buy another Ford again if this is the way they treat the consumers.

In December 2008, I was driving with my family in my Expedition when I heard a loud popping sound and smelled a strong fuel smell. I immediately stopped and had to have it towed in where it was determined that the third spark plug on left side had blown out of the head.

Now here we are in July 2011, the second spark plug on left side has now blown out of the head. Apparently, Ford needs some assistance from Toyota or Honda on how to construct heads for their vehicles. It's very aggravating to me to spend so much money on a vehicle and perform all the proper maintenance and yet have so many problems. I won't even go into the other issues I have had such as transmission, rear axle, etc., just after 36,000 mile warranty expired. They are just junk! I will not buy a Ford again!

I own a 2001 Ford Expedition with the Triton 5.4L V-8 which engine has now blown its 2nd spark plug while driving down the interstate. We have been blessed and have not had injury; we have only incurred the expense of repair. At this point, we are still considering a repair of the 2nd one, as the vehicle sits in the driveway.

It is such a shame that there will have to be lives lost before FMC steps up to the plate and takes responsibility for the engineering defect in these aluminum heads. I am sure glad that I don't have to go to sleep at night with the guilt that a person will feel once a life has been lost knowing that he/she denied the issue prior to the loss.

My 2000 Ford Expedition with 5.4 Liter Triton engine threw the #7 spark plug at 150,000 miles .As I was traveling out of state, my only option was a Ford dealer, who charged me $850 to replace plug and coil and tap a Stitch-n-Lock insert into the engine to repair the stripped threads.

My 2001 Ford Expedition 5.4L with 75,000 miles blew a spark plug so I had to re-thread 3 cylinders, replace engine coils and plugs. This incident not only left me 1 week without a vehicle but has caused me a total mechanic's bill of $2,000 and towing services of $75.

My 2004 Ford Expedition with 4.6 L engine and with just over 69,000 recently had the #3 spark plug blow out when I started the engine, first thing in the morning. I took it to the repair shop and the mechanic said that this is quite common among Fords as they are known for not having enough threads on the #3 plug to hold in the spark plug.

Since the car has individual, in-line coils that was also damaged, the total repair was just under $500.00.

I bought a 1999 Ford Expedition, used with about 45,000 miles on it. I also bought the extended warranty. Sure enough, within three months of buying it, it gets the dreaded right-hand cylinder head leak. They fixed it with a new head gasket. Within five months it was leaking again, it was still under warranty, but I could not get it in the shop, being out of state a lot on business with the vehicle.

By the time I got it back in the shop, it was 1,000 miles out of warranty and I had to pay for a new engine, at $5400! I have filed with State Of Ohio Attorney General, I have also disputed the charge on my credit card so I do not have to pay for it immediately.

Purchased a 99 Ford Expedition with 38k miles. Within a week of purchase noticed an oil leak. Informed by Ford that right head gasket needed replacing, cost over $2k. Now, 12 months and 14k miles later, car has exact same oil leak. Told by dealer and Ford Motor Customer Service there is nothing they can do. The old saying is still true today...Ford stands for Found On Road Dead or Fix or Repair Daily.

I leased '99 Ford Expedition in July of 1999. The first head gasket went out in March 2000 at 11,869 miles. The replacement was covered under warranty. The 2nd time the head gasket had to be replaced was in November 2001 at 39,100 miles. Ford did not want to cover the repair under warranty, but, with much noise on my part, I got most of the repair covered. Now, in September, 2002 at just under 56,000, guess what? Head gasket gone again. Of course warranty was for 1 year or 12K miles and it's been 10 months and 16K miles. I also lost the sway bars and brake cables at 31,600 miles not to mention the numerous recalls on this model. Now the automatic lock function for my door locks is not working.

I have a 1999 Ford Expedition with 37,000 miles on it. So far my head gaskets have gone and need to replaced -- major job covered under warranty at 30,000 miles. 2 weeks ago at 37,000 my fuel pump went out -- $600.00 plus to fix. I ate it because Ford was no help. Now at 37,700 miles my car will not go into reverse. They think it is either my differential which would be $3,000 plus out of my pocket.

Expedition bought new, currently has approx. 17,200 miles - 6.5 months old. While driving home the other evening steering wheel starts to shimmie and "Check Engine" light comes on then goes off. Got it home and has a rough idle and smoke coming from exhaust - did not put it in garage!

Next morning called Ford dealer "drive it on in to the shop". While driving through town smoke is billowing out of exhaust - all gauges OK, bad gas smell when we would stop at stop lights. Finally get to dealer and they check it out -- #5 fuel injector stuck open and was pumping so much fuel that the catalytic convertor was soaked and gas was dripping out of the exhaust pipe.

Also, bent piston rod = "new engine" replacement in a new top of the line Ford. Mechanic stated that it could have blown up and that I was driving a bomb. Replacing the engine does not address what caused the injector to stick open. What part failed? Wiring harness?

Ford is putting a "rebuilt" engine in my new vehicle. I just learned today that the shop had farmed it out to "some other" shop because of backlog.The main thing is this is a major safety problem that I think Ford is well aware of

I am the owner of a 1999 Ford Expedition. At 14,000 miles I noticed an oil leak on my garage floor. The service tech at the dealership told me that I needed a cylinder head gasket replaced. Now at 17,224 miles I'm told that the vehicle needs a reassembled factory engine.

Upon calling the Ford Customer Service I was told that the company would not give me a full warranty on the rebuilt engine and that's the way it is. After paying good hard-earned money for this vehicle I think that myself and others, after reading about what's going on with this model, need more support from the Ford company. I still have just under a year on my warranty and have taken out an extended warranty, this after the financial manager at the dealership said if I wanted to pay another $17,000 he could get me into another, newer Expedition. No thanks!

We paid cash for this vehicle as we were retiring and will be on a fixed income. Now we are told that we could either pay $1600 for an extended warranty or $17,000 to get into a new Expedition. We expected that this vehicle would last us at least 8 yrs. Now looking at the history of this vehicle we can only expect to hold out until the extended warrenty runs out, in 3 yrs 9 months. It's very unsettling to be driving a vehicle you can't trust.

I bought a 2 year old 1997 Ford Expedition with 32K miles on it. I was assured by the salesman it was a leased vehicle and very well maintained, as it appeared to be. In the past 2 years it has been in 3 times for spark plug cap problems (broken and loose), 2 times to fix a speaker problem (that still is not fixed) and last week on my wife's 5-mile 30 mph trip to work a head gasket blows.

There is nothing like making the concious decision to spend a lot of extra money on a quality vehicle and end up with headaches and even more money out of pocket

We can't imagine putting a faulty stereo speaker and a blown head gasket in the same paragraph and we're afraid Randy will soon forget about the speaker too as he confronts the dire consequences that often follow premature head gasket failure in Ford engines.

My new 2000 Ford Expedition was bought in March 2000. Within the period of 1 year it has broken down 4 times with the same engine problem. The car will start at times, then will leave us stranded. The third time they attempted to fix the car, they called my wife and said that the car was ready. About 10 minutes later they called my wife and said that the car was getting washed, and that the person that was washing the car couldn't get it started, so again the kept the car for about 10 days.

That was the third time that they attempted to fix the car. They said that Ford Headquarters was not going to replace the car, and that they had to attempt to fix it. Again for the fourth time the car did not start again. This is an ongoing problem, since the car has been bought we've had to go without a car for about 14 days. They have been generous to give us a a loaner, but that doesn't replace our car that has a value of $39,000.

This is a prime Lemon Law case. Franz should see an attorney immediately.

'97 Ford Expedition, 4.6 motor, 40,038 miles. Oil changes every 3 to 4 months. The engine blew. Broke a rod and bent a valve. Over $3900 in repairs to replace the motor. 6,000 miles over warranty. Ford has agreed to take care of $1505 of this bill -- $2395+ still seems steep to me for a motor with so little miles.

Beyond the repair bills, It has left me without a vehicle for a week now, and they are saying 10 to 14 days more before they get the motor in to replace. The knocking in the motor didn't happen until after my last oil change in December, from my local Ford Dealer. They have been giving me the runaround since I took the thing in.

I have a Ford Expedition that has had three engines and in the shop now for the fourth. It has been in the service department for more that 85 days total, and now more than 25 consecutive days. There have been many other problems with this vehicle that continue to not be repaired properly.

Half of the miles put on the car are taking it into the service department. I have missed work and been stranded two times with four small children.

I bought a 1998 Ford Expedition. After I drove if off the lot, it had a drive shaft problem, severe enough that they tried to replace it but I opted for another truck (after a big fight). I really didn't want another Ford Expedition after that experience but they would not give my money back ($35,000).

So I took another brand-new 98 Expedition and ever since I have had nothing but problems. From the the cooling system not working which meant the air conditioning system did not work, which actually leaked all over my spark plugs and cylinders. I had to take it back 4 times. Now the coils and no. 4 cylinder have burnt out which I had to replace on an emergency basis two weeks ago at Precision/Midus Tuning for $325.00 which did not last a week then took it to Ford which cost another $325.00. They said it was a maintenance issue and not a defect from the air conditioning problem where coolant leaked all into my truck where the foot pedals are.

Then last week, after I picked up the vehicle from having the work done along with 45,000 mile servicing which included brakes that they said I needed, well, my brakes didn't engage on Thursday and I almost crashed into 47 cars! I took it back and they said they couldn't find anything wrong with it. What are they going to tell me the next time the brakes don't engage and I kill 47 people?

The economic stress of paying $645.00 per month for truck payment plus $172.00 per month for insurance plus $500 a month on gas not knowing if I am even going to make it to work or home. I live approx. 50 miles from my workplace. The stress of driving a truck everyday that may just blow up or have its wheels fall off. The check engine light is constantly going on. One time the emergency brake light was on and I didn't even have the emergency brake on. That's when they found the coolant leaked all over the sparkplugs, etc.