Ignition Coils Failure Problems of Ford E-150

While traveling on vacation 600 miles from home I experienced a well known failure to Ford triton engine owners known as a spark plug ejection failure. I was traveling @ 65 mph and up to the failure the engine was running normal there were no abnormal sounds. At the time of the failure it sounded as if the exhaust or the intake was coming apart. I pulled over on the side of the highway and removed the doghouse at the rear of the engine to discover the right bank and 2nd cylinder from the rear had ejected the spark plug and destroyed the ignition coil. I unplugged the ignition coil and the power cable from the fuel injector from that cylinder and nursed the van to a friends house 40 miles away which took over 3 hours. I called several Ford dealers to explain what happened and they finished the story for me, they said they have seen this problem several hundred times and the fix would cost $1000. 00 per cylinder needing repaired. This is a known Ford triton flaw and should be addressed by Ford with a recall. This could be a safety issue because when the spark plug let go there was a extreme loss of power if in heavy traffic this could cause a accident, and the raw fuel coming from the cylinder along with spark from a live ignition coil is a fire hazard.

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The contact owns a 2001 Ford E-150. The contact stated that the electronic ignition coil had to be replaced on several occasions. The coil slowly becomes defective. The dealer stated that the ignition coil was burning out and needed to be replaced. The repair costs $300 each time. The contact had to pay $900 because the coil was replaced three times. The dealer was unable to determine the cause of the coil failure. The failure occurs while driving uphill and on level ground and the vehicle also loses power. The current and failure mileages were 41,000. Updated 12/31/07 the consumer complained on several occasions, that the engine light was on. Updated.

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