general problems of the 2003 Ford F-150 - part 1

On 11/27/2022 at or around 4:30 p. M. My 2003 Ford F-150 burned almost completely, without any mechanical failures or warnings, thirty full minutes after being parked and then after only having been run for three to four miles. The fire department ended up putting it out before it was fully consumed.

The contact owns a 2003 Ford F-150. The contact stated that after parking the vehicle from driving, the vehicle began to smoke from the driver's side of the vehicle. The contact stated that shortly after the vehicle caught on fire under the hood on the driver's side. The fire department came to put out the fire and filed a police report. The vehicle was towed and deemed totaled. The contact had contacted the dealership (sam pack's five star Ford address: 1635 s interstate 35e, carrollton, TX 75006 phone: (972) 446-5027) who informed that there was no recall on their vehicle. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 240,000.

The contact owned a 2003 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the vehicle was included NHTSA campaign number: 05v017000 (vehicle speed control) and a repair appointment was scheduled with the local dealer. The contact stated that he was not informed by the dealer that the defective part could have been disconnected from the vehicle to avoid a fire which was stated in the recall remedy. The contact stated after his girlfriend parked the vehicle, about four and a half hours later the vehicle unexpectedly was engulfed in flames from the engine. The fire department was called and extinguished the flames. A fire department report was filed. The contact stated that two other vehicles were damaged by the fire. The dealer was notified of the incident and canceled a scheduled appointment however the manufacturer was not made aware of the incident. The fire department deemed the vehicle a total loss. The failure mileage was 196,000.

Tl- the contact owns a 2003 Ford F-150. The contact's sister smelled smoke coming their bedroom window. The contact came out side and their vehicle caught on fire. The fire started from the driver side. The contact extinguished the fire with their water hose. No police report. Their were no injuries. The vehicle was not totaled. The front hood, passenger side was melted. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer referred the contact to a near by unknown dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 200,020. Jw.

The spark plug ejected from my engine and cylinder head. And apparently this is a common issue with Ford truck engines. Seems to me it should be a defect or a recall. That should not happen it could be dangerous. I thought my vehicles engine had exploded. And the cost of this could be outrageous.

Trans went out a month after intake crack had to be replace almost $1,650 together also ball joints and tierod ends no good shock no good brake are falling and rear end is grinding this truck should have never been sold help and there's "more".

Was driving along at 35 mph going straight on a city street. A spark plug was ejected from the engine head. This could create a fire hazard.

Spark plug 2nd closest to the passenger blew out.

Vehicle caught on fire while parked in driveway. Had not been run in over a week. Completely burned up and caused damaged home. Vehicle burned had several explosions and burned at a high temp until it was extinguished by fire fighters.

Driving up a hill at highway speed I heard a loud bang and a clunk and the truck started shaking. I was quite startled. I pulled over immediately, shut it off, and found the spark plug had ejected from cylinder number 6. Not being far from home, I attempted to drive it the rest of the way on less busy roads, but I had to pull over again when I started smelling a strong gasoline smell. I was able to disconnect the fuel injector and drive it the rest of the way home, but I feel there was a danger of an accident when the incident happened due to the sudden loss of power in traffic on a hill, and then a danger of a fire when I had tried to continue driving it with the fuel injector active.

Second time same spark plug housing has failed to hold spark plug and ejected it from engine along with raw fuel almost igniting engine compartment.

While driving my truck with my wife & son, we heard a loud pop, like a gun shot, then my truck started to run real rough, I found a coil, & a spark plug had been blown out of the engine, because of the fuel build up & the spark from the truck still running we are lucky that the truck did not catch fire.

A spark plug blew out, another plug blew out 3 days later. It cost almost $2000 to fix and there is no guarantee that the rest won't blow out.

My family and I were sitting in a drive through picking up a pizza. Can we went to pull forward and it started looking really bad . . Did some research and felt all the plugs and found that number four plug blew out of the head! it cost us 500 for fix and now another one is starting to go!!.

Driving down highway and exiting onto my exit, the truck started to run rough and eventually shut off. I had to wait about 1hour for the truck to cool off before it would start again. While waiting for the truck to cool off, I changed the fuel filter. Today, 6/3/15, I can start the truck up and let it run for about a half an hour and shut it off and it will not start back. I wait another half an hour and it will start right up. I can't effort to take it to the shop and pay $50 to $100 for them not to be able to tell me what is wrong or how to fix it.

The contact owns a 2003 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 mph, she heard a loud explosion from under the hood. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnosis where the technician stated that the spark plug detached from the coil and would have to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 133,000.

Tl-the contact owns a 2003 Ford f150. The contact stated while driving 65 mph the spark plug was blown on the number four cylinder. There was no warning lights illuminating. The vehicle was towed to a mechanic shop who replaced the spark plug, at a cost to the contact. After repairing the spark plug and the contact was driving home the failure recurred again. The vehicle was then towed to a dealer who will replaced the spark plug one more time. The manufacturer was notified who stated there was no failure and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 140,000. Mw.

Spark plug ejected from the cylinder upon routine vehicle starting. Vehicle was warm when started. Once the spark plug ejected I noticed the smell of gasoline and smoke. A small fire was easily extinguished however could have been severe.

Spark plug blew out of the aluminum head of the engine, which I hear is a common problem. When is the recall coming out? if this is a wide spread problem, I personaly know of two other people whom this has happened too and its all over the internet, then Ford needs to take some initiative and fix it! we consumers are what makes Ford their money and if this is not fixed for us I will no longer be a Ford consumer. I am sure others feel the same way. Ford made a mistake, we all do, now fix it.

Spark plug blown out of the cylinder head. This is the 5th separate cylinder this has happened to in the 3 years I have owned this truck.

The contact owns a 2003 Ford F-150. The contact stated that a spark plug failed, causing gasoline to blow into the engine. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the contact was advised that the number one spark plug had failed. The vehicle was repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 76,000.

Nothing caused this failure other than factory defect. I problem I have had is the sparkplug blow out of my vehicles cylinders it has happened on 3 seperate occasions. Leaving me stranded. Also all 3 times I have had to buy new spark coils and spark plugs, this last time it ruined the treads in the block costing over $800 to repair. I do have the old parts.

The vehicle began accelerating on its own (> 75 mph). Cruise control was not on. The break was effective at mitigating increasing speed until the vehicle could be stopped safely on the side of hwy 85s. Distance traveled with uncontrollable acceleration was approximately 2. 5 miles. Prior to stopping and turning the engine off, an attempt to put the engine in neutral while speeding was fruitless -- the engine raced to maximum rpm when put in neutral. For fear I would blow the engine, I put the transmission back into "drive" and continued tamping on my breaks to control my speed. Heavy breaking was utilized once I was in safe place to pull off the road and turn off the engine. I attempted to re-start the engine multiple times, each time with the same result - - the engine red-lined at maximum rpms. I contacted aaa for roadside service. The truck was towed to a raleigh Ford dealer. The Ford dealer started the vehicle and the engine red-lined at maximum rpms. They turned the engine off and inspected the engine. They found a plastic cover for the throttle assembly had come loose and lodged itself in such a way as to put tension on the throttle cable/lever. A safety clip that holds the cover in place was missing. They re-secured the cover with a different type of safety connector, and then re-started the vehicle. The vehicle's engine was normal. The Ford dealer representative indicated he had seen this before on a mustang, but not of F-150. The Ford dealer representative tried to down-play the significance of the incident -- as if it was "no big deal". They did not open a service work order to document the issue or repair. The told me there was "no charge" for the service.

I recently purchased a 2003 Ford f 150, triton v8 from a local reputable dealer. It is in for repairs due to engine concerns. In researching the triton v8 I find that I am not alone and there is a concern with blowing spark plugs out of the engine head. I want to document my problem at this point so if the need to legally seek repairs I have a paper trail. At this point I am told that the repair will be $550. 00, but in reading other consumer complaints I see that most began the same way.

I was driving 65 mph. I heard a pop. The original manufacturers spark plug shot out of the engine. It completely ripped the threads out with it. Upon doing research online, this appears to have happened to hundreds of people once their Ford hits 100,000 miles. My 2003 Ford f150 v8 4. 6l has 103,000 miles on it.

I have a 2003 f150 that has 135k miles. I have had the truck serviced regularly and have had no major issues until today. I am in the navy and was driving into work for duty when my spark plug was ejected from my engine. The explosion was so great that it broke the coil pack in three pieces and when I pulled over in investigate the noise I turned on the engine with the hood open to see the spark coil across the port where the plug had been and it was sparking (it's a wonder that it didn't catch the vapors on fire fron the cylinder) the plug also severed one of the vaccuume hoses in the engine compartment. I contacted the Ford dealership in town and the mechaninc told me that was normal for trucks over 100k miles, and that they would 'start popping out like popcorn'. This seems outragous! I tried to fix it myself but now am having to concede to letting Ford do the work since they have the replacement kit ( "because this always happens" - their own words). There is a potential that this could cause an engine fire! please force Ford to do a recall.

I started up my truck on lunch and heard a bang than it sounded like a popcorn machine I call Ford in londonderry nh to see what was wrong and they told me it was the spark plug coming out of the heads, they was common im not the only one this happened to friend had 7 out of 8 spark plugs shoot out for his f 250. And for the sounds of it there has been alot more!! I cant belive that Ford hasn't had a recall on this problem. People could get hurt if it started a fire under a hood.

There were no events leading up to the incident. Driving 10-20 mph the first times and 25-35 the second. 2 spark plugs ejected out of the engine twice in 4 days 1st time we took it to the mechanic and it was replaced 2nd time took it to the mechanic and it was replaced.

Ford f150 2003, 5. 4 engine. The spark plug issue has just bitten me, now I have a 10,000 dollar peice of steel in my driveway because I am not paying 5400 and some change to fix a problem that should be recalled, the plug gettting hit by the piston or shooting out of the hole can be very dangerous by allowing fuel to come in contact with hot engine or electrical spark therefore starting a fire, this problem has been an ongoing issue and yet nothing is done I think a recall should be placed for the issue. Before someone gets killed.

Blow out of spark plug on 2003 Ford F-150 4. 6l triton v8.

Ford F-150 spark plug blow out, common in F-150's.

I own a Ford f150 with a triton v8 engine. One of the spark plugs blew out of the engine on 2/25/10 while I was driving on a highway. I had the truck towed to a local repair shop. After looking at the problem they sent me to a Ford dealer. The dealer has told me it is a $1000 fix and that it was possibly due to the person who replaced the plugs for me.

2003 Ford f150 5. 4l #3 spark plug blew out of engine's head and stripped out all threads. Insert was put in to replace damaged threads at a cost of $500 from Ford dealership.

I had been driving my truck for about ten minutes and as I was driving on the freeway the engine spark plug blew. I got my truck to start up and drove a short distance before this occurred again. This repeated until I managed to get to my home which was about two miles away when the problem first occurred. Then I called venus, a towing and repair shop, to have my truck towed from my house to their shop. The towing service cost $80. 00. When the problem was diagnosed they called me and told me what happened. They fixed my truck and charged $250. 00.

I have a 2003 f150 v8 5. 4 l and I was driving down the road and I heard a pop, and I checked my engine and noticed the ignition coil was loose and the spark plug was attached to the ignition coil, so now the threads in the head are stripped and I cannot drive my vehicle!! this is a huge problem and I am very disappointed that because not enough people have complained that this is not recall issue it should be!!!.