Six problems related to manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe have been reported for the 2000 Ford Expedition. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Ford Expedition based on all problems reported for the 2000 Expedition.
The intake manifold needs to be replaced my mechanic told me and it leaks anti.
Just stopped at stop light, pulled away and heard a small popping noise, slowed down to turn corner to try to pull over and look and vehicle started popping like a popcorn popper. Thought it was muffler(s). Got under car to look nothing wrong there, proceeded to go back home. ( less than 5 blocks away) driving on (coasting) only using gas pedal to make it into driveway. Got under hood and seen spark plug laying on engine, coil looing like it had caught fire. Replaced wire, plug and put a helix coil on it. Drove for about a month. Same thing happened again. Had mechanic "rethread" the head and use "sleeve". This lasted about another month. Had to replace it 3 more times (always the same plug that popped out) until August 2 when it didn't even make it out of my driveway before it popped again. Now it is sitting in my driveway, a 5100 pound "lawn ornament" not looking forward to replacing the head.
Exhaust manifolds leaking and fumes entering vehicle.
The events leading up to the failure included startup of the vehicle and on the second occurrance merely driving the vehicle - a 2000 Ford Expedition eddie bauer 5. 4 ltr triton v8 with 90000 miles. The failure was of 2 separate spark plugs being blown from the cylinder head (both on the drivers side) a total of 3 times. The consequences was having the vehicle towed to a repair shop. The most recent repair was a recurrance of the same blown plug which happened in 2005. To correct the issues, the spark plugs were replaced and reinserted with repair kits to hopefully prevent future blowouts. Additional consequences are that I no longer trust Ford or my vehicles reliability. In researching this issue online, this is not a rare occurance and there have been vehicle fires where the spark plug has ruptured the fuel rail which sits directly above the spark plug holes. Consumeraffairs. . Read more...
The vehicle was running rough, and the service engine light appeared. Took vehicle to the dealer, and they said manifold was cracked.
While driving consumer states' the vehicle's tail pipe was shooting out metal. Consumer witness flames in the rear seat, pulled over and vehicle caught fire. Cause is still unknown. Please provide any further information.