17 problems related to gasoline engine have been reported for the 1998 Ford F-150. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
My 1998 Ford F-150 only had 76,000 miles on it and was well-maintained. On 12/30/2007. It had run a little rough at start up for about two weeks prior to 12/30/2007. Then on that day a loud knock in the engine. I took it to a mechanic who said that there was a history of the 4. 2 engines having problems. And I would have to replace the engine. I have not done anything with it yet. I believe that Ford should stand behind this engine. If they know it was a design problem to start with.
I purchased a used 1998 Ford f150 from car max in las vegas. I also purchased car max's extended warranty. I took the truck to jiffy lube for an oil change and drove it home, a distance of about 1 mile. Jiffy lube did not note any problems when they serviced the truck. The truck would not start the next time I went to use it. Jumping it did no good, the battery was not low. I had the truck towed to car max it was towed on a flat bed trailer, so the wheels never touched the ground. I called car max the next day and they said they had it scheduled to look at the following day. They called me that following day and asked if the truck was smoking when I last drove it. I told them it was not and that it drove fine. Then they told me the engine was blown and continued to act as though I had caused it. On my next day off, I rode my bicycle to car max and checked the truck's odometer against the mileage jiffy lube wrote on my receipt. There were 28 miles put on my truck since the oil change. Car max will not take responsibility, even though they blew the motor in my truck, but deny it. My son had done most of the oil changes on the truck, so I have no proof oil changes were done, so car max denied the extended warranty. I called Ford and I was told there is no such issue on the truck, even though Ford changed the head starting with later 1998 models, due to a faulty design. Their customer service agent was very frustrated with my asking how they can deny an issue, when they put out information to their dealers on steps to take when servicing the f150. She asked what I wanted them to do. I told her I was not asking Ford to replace the motor because I am paying for an extended warranty. But I would like them to contact car max and tell them that the motor blowing up was not my fault, so car max would cover it, as they should anyway. She told me no, because there is no issue with the 1997 and 1998 Ford f150's. Please help.
My98 Ford f150 4-2l motor thew a rod found coolent on the plugs just like the huhdreds of otheres but no one wants to admit to the problom with this motor now its 3k to 4k to fix it I dont know when that will happen but it make a great lawn ornment I hope some one is looking into this thank you for you time.
Ford denies that the cylinders head are defective, yet I have seen hundreds of other complaints on the internet. Dt.
Front inner tie rods on right side broke while vehicle was parked. Consumer has taken vehicle twice before to dealer, and the dealer still did not do anything for consumer taken it again to dealer. Consumer stated there is a noise in front end when steering wheel is being turned, there is a noise when attempting to start engine, headlights stay on until the parking brake is applied, engine is using 1 quart of oil every 1000 miles, the dealer replaced the outer tie rod ends.
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Vehicle was sitting around about twenty minutes in off position and consumer smelled an anti freeze odor befor exiting vehicle. After returning from shopping ,vehicle was on fire in engine compartment. Fire deparment was called, cause of the fire has yet to be determined. Please provide any further details.
Recall 98v007000/throttle icing: speed control will not disengage when applying brakes, and intermittent problem with brake pedal going to floor. 2 goodyear wrangler ap tire's tread is completely gone, size p255/70r16, dot pdcuf8wr038. Consumer states engine has a ping sound when first started in cold weather, dealership is aware of the problem.
Spark knock I have had problems with it since it had 2000 miles on it. I am worried the thing will lock up or catch fire or blow up. It has 25,000 miles on it and they still have not fixed it. They tell me if I was in canada they have a bulletin on those models for the very same thing why not on the american models?.
When driving at any speed and coming to a stop, vehicle will shutdown without prior warning.
14 times in the last year, the truck has just died out without warning or indication of anything being wrong. Most of the time it takes 15-30 minutes before restarting. Twice this has happened on a major highway. The truck was taken to the dealership. The dealer is not able to detect the problem.
Engine has knock at cold start up and goes away after engine warms up. I had contacted the original dealer in CA. Whenthis started over a year ago and they said they could not find anything wrong. I have contacted a Ford dealer hear in atlanta and they say they have no bulletins offer any reason or any other complaints. I have talk with a few of the workers at the atlanta Ford plant and one of them have the same make, year, model and engine as I do. He stated that the plant in kansas and windsor in canada have said that thier was a problem with the heads on this engine. Why is it that I can find out this information and the dealers do not have anything on this. I like my truck and wish to fix the problem , but can't get an answer from Ford. If you can give me any help I would appreciate it.
Engine has a "spark knock" during light to moderate acceleration, extremely bad on heavy acceleration.
While driving engine seized, causing vehicle to come to a complete stop without prior warning due to lower end of engine breaking and giving up. Consumer has contacted the dealer. Engine has been replaced with a "heavier duty" engine.
I have been taking my truck in for "spark knock" for about one year now. It has not been fixed yet. The Ford technical rep. Has looked at it atleast two times. When in drive with the brake pedal pushed you can give the truck gas and it will knock. And when it is pulling a trailer it knocks. I wish to get this fixed or replaced.
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