general problems of the 2003 Ford Expedition - part 1

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Expedition. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the check engine warning light illuminated and the front end of the vehicle was shaking abnormally, vibrating, and the vehicle stalled. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 mph, there was a loud booming sound coming from the engine compartment and the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was towed to the local mechanic who diagnosed that the spark plug had ejected from the engine cylinder. The engine cylinder was rethreaded, and the spark plug was installed; however, the failure reoccurred. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 230,000.

My Ford Expedition started randomly stalling and it stalled in the highway. The engine just shut down in the middle of the highway and it was such a scary a life endangering experience. This total loss of power in the middle of the highway when vehicles are traveling at highway speeds can cause death very, very easily to the occupants of the Ford Expeditions suffering this defect. . Read more...

This vehicle has a faulty engine. The aluminum that Ford used to create the top end is too thin to support the pressure of the engine. As a result spark plugs explode from the engine at random with no warning. This has happened 5 times even after replacing all spark plugs, numerous coils and having kits installed by a mechanic sold by Ford to address the issue. $475 per kit from Ford. This is an enormous safety issue. The last one that blew out was on the highway with my two toddlers in the car.

The truck would just turn off while driving at 55 or 60 miles an hour , no steeringwas on highway ,no brakes put in neural to get to side of road with cars all around me . This has happened 3 times, then it would not start at all when fulled up with gas, had to be towed, then when I was down to 1/4 tank ,would not turn over, had gas in it too, but would not start, had to be towed in shop now again 3rd time ,had problems with the door agar going off had senor replaced still comes up.

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Expedition. The contact stated while driving at 45 mph, the engine was misfiring and he smelled a burning odor inside the vehicle. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact was able to drive to his residence. The contact stated that failure had been reoccurring while driving. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic on five occasions where it was diagnosed that water was leaking into the coils. The independent mechanic installed silicon around the boot to prevent water from leaking into the coils. However, the failure persisted. The dealer was notified of the failure and informed the contact it was not a known failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 196,000.

My moms 2003 Ford expiation had is sprak plug blow out I have looked all over the internet and think is should have a recall because it is a very common problem.

Engine suddenly failed while driving along a modest speed surface street while accelerating away from a traffic light. Suddenty there was a loud repeated poppling sound along with rough engine performance. I pulled over right away to a convenient spot. Initial inspection (have not had it towed or repaired yet, it just happened today) appears to be a plug blown out of the head. Apparently this is a common problem. This should be considered extremely dangerous because the open plug hole will allow explosive gas vapors into the engine compartment where the dislocated coil is still operating.

Spark plus blown out of the engine which can cause fire.

We were waiting in line to go through santa's magical kingdom last weekend when one of the spark plugs shot off. Completely off. The coil pack was damaged and we were told it would need to be rethreaded.

Fuel pump relay shorted out in motion. Highway and city streets. Steering locks up engine just dies in motion. Super dangerous and scary replaced fuse box and same thing happened again. No power steering engine just dies in motion. So scary on highway 75 mph.

In the last month and a half I have been driving down the freeway at 65mph and blown 2 plugs out of the engiene. This is getting a little costly.

Spark plugs blow out of cylinder head at highway speed.

I was driving at 45mph and a spark plug blew out on my 2003 Ford Expedition XLT with the 5. 4l v8.

Transmission slipping @ 30-50 mph.

My 03 Ford Expedition started cutting off every time u put it n drive unless u keep the gas pushed a little this is happening every time u put it in gear.

I was traveling home to philadelphia from charlotte. As I got closer to my house suddenly there was loud pop and a sound as if something was popping in the engine. I parked the truck on the corner of my block afraid to drive it any further. I looked under the hood and I saw a spark plug sitting on top of my battery. After looking this problem up on the net I found out that Ford has had this problem consistently with the triton engines. No recalls have been issued and to me Ford needs to own up to this issue. .

We moved it around in our shed at about 10pm on 6/16/12 and we awoke at 4 am to our shop, machine shed, and chicken coop engulfed in flames. We lost over $100,000 in property. The fire marshall determinded that our Ford Expedition was to blame and that it started under the hood, somewhere in the electrical. We only had liability only on 2 of the 3 vehicles in the shop along with our motorcycle and trailer so they were not covered by insurance. I think Ford should of compensated us for the items we did not get paid for. They should do a recall on this vehicle, and compansate the people that had fires with this vehicle.

Spark plug blew out, threads in cylinder head gone!.

Recently purchased this 2003 Expedition with the 5. 4l engine. Purchased on 12/20/2011. Since owning said vehicle I have had two spark plug failures. On cyl 8 and cyl 3. The first incident happened at a speed of about 25 mph. The second and recent happened driving highway speed, cruise set to 65 mph. The plug ejects from the cyl causing damage to the coil, and possibly creating a fire hazard. There was no recent tune up to my knowledge.

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Expedition. The contact stated that the vehicle was parked and shut off when he noticed flames erupting from under the hood on the driver’s side. The fire department extinguished the fire. The vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed. The failure and current mileages were 103,000.

My wife was driving with our infant son and our teenage daughter in our 2003 Expedition XLT 4. 6l 2x4. She heard a loud pop and the vehicle lost power and started smoking and shaking violently. She thought the Expedition was going to blow up. We had the Expedition checked out and the cylinder number 7 spark plug blew out. The aluminum threads in the head gave and the spark plug blew out, the injector kept spraying raw fuel and the coil ignited it. When all this happened it burned the ignition coil, coil boot, spark plug and the coil harness. Now we were told we would have to have the cylinder head replaced. We love our Expedition and I considered buying a new one, but I don't know now.

After making a complete stop at a traffic light I made a left turn and began to accelerate when I heard a loud pop which at first I thought was a tire blow out. The engine was running so erratically that I could feel it in my steering. We inspected the vehicle for a flat when we noticed every tire was fine. I opened the hood and removed the top cover to the engine to discover a spark plug laying on top of the engine and the coil that was once attached blown off of the plug and damaged off to the side still connected to its electrical source. This cold have caused a fire. For the record these plugs were the original factory spark-plugs. Via the internet I have discovered this website to file a complaint.

While driving on the freeway our enging just turned off with no warning. This has happened 3 tmes. This could cause serious accidents. We do not know the cause of this but I think Ford should figure it ot and fix it.

Driving home from a near by store I stopped at the stop sign and then got ready to go and heared a loud pop and the car sounded like a dirt bike my husband came to get me and he said that the spark plug blew out since then its been blowing out alot and we have 4kids so a small car wont do I also still pay payments on the car so I don't think its fair!! I saw online that many people have the same problem so please do a recall already I love Fords so much but now that this keeps happening I don't think I will ever get a Ford again so please recall it please !!!.

While driving at highway speeds the engine cuts out/dies.

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Expedition. The contact stated that the engine bolts were rotted and causing fumes to enter the vehicle. The contact stated that the smell of the fumes caused difficult in driving the vehicle. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer where the dealer advised that the nickel bolts weakened after time and began to rot. The dealer stated that the failure was common in the particular year, make, and model. The failure mileage was 104,000.

Spark plug striped and blew out of cylinder head on my 5. 4l engine.

On 11/7/10 traveling home with my family in my 2003 Ford Expedition I heard a loud bang thought I blew a tire. I started smelling a strong odor of gas. The car started to misfire. I pulled it over to make sure it wasn't on fire. Turns out a spark plug blew out of the engine. Found out threw some research on the internet that this is a on going problem with Ford. Why are they not standing behind there product. I've heard it is a design flaw with the spark plugs not having enough thread on them. I am very disappointed. This is going to cost me somewhere around $3000. 00 to get fixed. I bought this truck new from the dealer. I only have 58,000 miles on it to me this is still a new truck something has got to be done they do know that there was a design flaw because in 2004 they changed the design. Shame on Ford. An american made vehicle . This should be recalled and Ford should make good on there product.

I was driving my 2003 Expedition o the highway with my family in the car, all of a sudden the Jeep just cut right off no warning anything I hit my blinkers to come on try and cut it on again and it did but again cut right back off. I had to continue cutting on and cutting on constantly until I got it to the side of the road. It was the scariest moment of my life this could have caused a serious accident injuring not only my family but other people on the highway. When I take the Jeep to the mechanic he states that this is a problem a lot of people complain of and Ford will no take responsibility for it. Ford build this Jeep this way so people can only return to Ford for the repairs which cost a lot. The coils on the Jeep were white and rusted because the way this Jeep was but is very difficult to get to them a mechanic literally has to move the motor or motor parts toget to it. Ford has this problem as a recall on other Ford vehicles but will not honor this as a recall for the 2003 Expeditions.

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Expedition, eddie bauer edition. The contact stated the vehicle unexpectedly exploded while parked in front of her place of residence. The contact stated the vehicle and the front yard of her home was engulfed in flames and smoke. The fire department advised that the fire originated from the engine. A fire report was available. The contact stated there was severe damages done to her garage and a large portion of the exterior of her home. The vehicle was destroyed. The failure and current mileages were 105,002.

Spark plug ejecting from my 2003 Ford Expedition 5. 4 triton engine. 3rd plug that has shot out.

2003 Ford Expedition spark plug blowed out and broke the coil and damaged the threads.

We own a 2003 Ford Expedition eddie bauer. In January 2009, we had a "misfire" in the #6 spark plug and was advised to change all of the spark plugs - which we did. Since that time, we've had 3 other "misfires" in the #6, #8 and #7 spark plugs. Each time a repair is made, there is a misfire in another spark plug within 3 months of the repair. On 4/19/2010, the number 4 sparkplug blew completely out of the engine upon starting the car. We have had the vehicle serviced regularly at the Ford dealer and all repairs have been made by the Ford dealer. We've been told that Ford knows of the design defect in their engines and it is a regular problem with the v8 engines in the Ford trucks and they are choosing to do nothing about it. We have spent well over $3000 total to fix all of these issues. Why isn't Ford standing behind their product - are they waiting for a injury or worse, a fatality in order to issue a recall?.

My 2003 Ford Expedition threw a spark plug.

I was stopped at a light. I went to go and I heard a pop,so I went under the hood and I could see the last spark plug in the rear on the passenger side firing.