general problems of the 2000 Ford F-150

While sitting stationary waiting for a traffic light. When the light changed I began to move and ejected a spark plug from my 5. 4l triton engine. After hearing a loud popping noise and the cab of the vehicle filled up with gas fumes. Luckly I was close to home. But I am lucky that the engine compartment did not catch fire from gas and vapors in the engine area.

5. 4 triton v8. Today while driving, spark plug and coil blew out of #7 cylinder head. This also occurred several months ago on cylinder #3. Sounded like a shotgun blast which startled me taking my attention away from the road. Gas also blowing out of cylinder hole, and luckily no fire started. Strong smell of gas was present in cab of truck. Nauseated family members riding in truck. Upon inspection found plug and coil damaged by fuel rail. Also found spark plug threads stripped out of aluminum cylinder head. Known to be a common problem with Ford 5. 4, and is also an issue that is know to be ignored by Ford. Ford estimates repair between 500. 00 and 3500. 00 for a known manufacturing defect that they blame on a spark plug maintenance issue.

I bought a used f150 lariat 4x4 2000 model after having the truck 3 weeks it caught on fire sitting in a parking lot where my husband works we had not even had time to get the full coverage ins. And it changed over at the end of the month . I called the Ford company and was told to contact out local dealers this was a joke they all but laughed in my face and gave me more 800 numbers to call with the same answer every time * so what do you want me to do about it ???? * we found out that was s a recall on the truck due to the chance of fire after setting and brake fluid dripping on the cruise control unit. We never knew of the recall and did not have time to have it fixed is there any thing that you can do to help in this matter.

I own a 2000 Ford f150 that I bought new. Occasionally, (once/month) the truck will "purge" forward by itself. This happens when the truck is in drive, while sitting at a stop light or stop sign.

Cng transfer tubing (connects fill connector, 3600 # cng storage cylinder, and engine side of fuel system together) passes through the floor of the truck bed and hole is shielded with a rubber grommet. The tubing on this and our other identical truck were found to be chafing through the grommets due to the angle at which they passed through the relatively small (1") hole in the bed. It appears as though this would have created a failure in the tubing if left alone. We adjusted the rotation of the tubing fittings and we believe we have solved this problem ourselves, but due to the fact that these are Ford factory installed gfi cng systems, we thought we should generate some action. We also have three gfi aftermarket cng kits that have almost the same configuration but the fuel line hole cut into the bottom of the bed is approximately 2" and has a boot that centers the tubing in that hole. This appears to offer much better protection to the tubing.