general problems of the 2001 Ford E-350

My 2001 Ford e350 super duty van blew out a spark plug while driving 40 mph and cost me $900 for dealership to repair. . . . With only 117,000 miles on it. Ford needs to do a recall on this.

While driving vehicle started running rough/missing lost engine power. Had to have the vehicle towed home replaced the fuel filter and pump. Still had problems. Towed to the dealer who finally advised fuel tank laminate was flaking. Found 4 other complaints on this site for the same problem. Online found that this is happening in multiple years/diesel types from Ford.

Spark plug blow out of 5. 4l engine causing gas fumes in passenger area.

The contact owned a 2001 Ford e350. The vehicle was parked outside of the contact's residence when he heard an loud explosion. The vehicle had caught fire. The fire department was called. Once the fire was extinguished, the contact discovered that a hole had been burned in the hood of the vehicle, right above the master cylinder. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle remained outside of the contact's home and was not drivable. The failure and current mileage was 150,411.

We have a 2001 Ford E-350 van with less than 80,000 miles. A spark plug has ejected from the engine, stripping the block. Of course, gasoline spews from the open cylinder, and the spark plug is still sending out a spark. . Read more...

Spark plug blew out of triton v10 engine almost causing a fire. Truck only has 14,000 miles on it. Very costly repair and could have caused a fire or injuries.

Normal use . Ford E-350 5. 4 2001. Sudden failure of right no. 2 cylinder . Sparkplug ejected. Coil-over damaged. ;repair by coil insert.

Twice within the past two years I have been driving down the road, at reasonably low speeds, and a spark plug has blown completely out of my engine ,with no advance warning . Twice I have had to bring it back to the dealer . He now tells me ,and the extended warranty company confirmed it ,that the heads for the 5. 4 litre engine were not milled properly (only 4 threads for each spark plug, causing the plug to strip and come out of the engine) and that this is an enormous problem with this engine . The last repair cost over $4,000 but since the problem has been occurring outside of the 36,000 mile warranty that Ford provides, Ford has done nothing about it and in fact, it has generated much business for the dealerships. Both the dealer and the warranty company confirmed this.