Eight problems related to car stall have been reported for the 2002 Ford Expedition. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Ford Expedition based on all problems reported for the 2002 Expedition.
Just want to add my car to the list of Ford Expedition 5. 6l engines that have experienced the spark plug ejection issue. Thankfully, this occured when starting the vehicle, so it did not cause any accident or injury. This is our son's car and we intended it to be the vehicle our 15 year old used as well. However, now that we know about the spark plug problem, we no longer feel it's safe and hope to trade it in. It's extremely disappointing and disheartening to know that Ford has not taken responsibility for this issue. Our vehicle had all original factory-installed spark plugs.
Spark plug popped out my iginition coil and the threading section is stripped. When I started my car an exploration sound occurred. Also, my driver side head light won't stay lite even with replacement light unit. Also car stalls when car is facing down a hill, even with a full tank of gas.
Spark plug explode,when driving at 45mph, car warranty insurance deny claim due that they said is for a bad torque, however those were installed at factory.
My 2002 Ford Expedition with less than 49,000 original miles blew a spark plug and blew a hole in #3 cylinder on January 17, 2010. The vehicle was towed to jack madden Ford in norwood, massachusetts and was repaired by repairing spark plug hole and replacing spark plug, ignition assembly coil and installing a helicoil at a cost of $813. 00 plus $21 towing fee. After going on-line I saw that this is a common problem with the engine in my vehicle which is a Ford triton 5. 4 v-8. I've also since learned this problem can lead to fires due to fuel vapor being ignited by loose spark plugs. All engine work on my vehicle is always done by Ford dealers! I believe there should be a recall. There is consensus that the spark plug threads on the engine aren't strong enough to hold the spark plugs because they're aluminum from what I am reading from different web-sites on the internet. If you blow one plug you can blow any of the remaining plugs at any given time. Any plugs ever installed in my vehicle or replaced were done by Ford certified mechanics at Ford dealers so there shouldn't be any complaints of incorrect torqueing of plugs as Ford seems to be claiming. I understand this would be a costly recall for Ford but one that should be initiated by NHTSA.
I drive a 2002 Ford Expedition with a 5. 4 triton v8 engine. I have had 2 of the exact same failures on the exact same vehicle. They both were blown out spark plugs! the first was April 24, 2007 and the second was Feb. 10, 2009. The first one occurred at 77,402 miles on the vehicle and the second happened at 91,651 miles. I am livid with rage at an problem that I have now learned is very common with this engine. This is an obvious defect with this vehicle and something that can continue to occur over and over since there is nothing to be done about it according to the Ford dealer shop service manager who repaired the problem on Feb. 10, 2009. I have spent a total of $569. 75 for these 2 repairs! and obviously feel it will happen again. How can it not? there were not any events or warnings this was going to happen! it just blew out the spark plug and of course could not be driven and required towing. The parts that were replaced/repaired were on both cases a coil assembly and spark plug, rethreading for the plug. I have no old parts and was not given any. Why this has not been recalled is beyond my understanding since it will happen again due to the aluminum head that was installed on these vehicles when they were built by Ford. That is what the Ford dealer service manager told me, in fact. It heats up and gets way to hot than it blows the spark plug! I do not think I should be responsible for repairing/replacing the head in case that would ever happen which it could. Ford screwed up on this one. Make them pay to fix this ongoing problem please! I cannot afford to buy a new car.
2002 Ford Expedition with 5. 4l - July, 2008 spark plug/coil are blown out of #6 cylinder. October, 2008 spark plug/coil are blown out of #3 cylinder. With coil still firing near exposed cylinder being injected with fuel, chance of fire is substantial. Spark plugs were replaced and coils replaced. Apparently need to install heli-coil kits to prevent it from happening again.
Spark plug ejected from engine. Original spark plugs in the vehicle. Ejected at start up of engine. Heads will need to be removed and heli coil inserts installed.
A factory installed original sparkplug in my 2002 Ford Expedition blew out of the engine for no particular reason.