Adaptive Equipment problems of the 2004 Ford F-150

On my way home from the lake, my vehicle starting idling rough. Pulled over to check things out, couldn't find any noticable issues. Retarted vehicle and engine started smoking. I raised the hood and smoke was billowing out from the coil atop the number 2 spark plug, drivers side, looking from front to rear of engine. Had thevehicle towed to bill collins Ford of louisville,ky. They informed me that the spark plugs needed changing. Upon removal, 4 of the eight spark plugs broke off in the engine head. This cost me $857. 00 to change 8 spark plugs that normally I could do myself. The breaking of spark plugs in this type engine, 5. 4l triton, is a well known issue, that Ford motor company knew about. Yet they have yet to do a recall. Instead, they developed a tool to take these broken sprk plugs out, yet the consumer still has to pay sometimes upwards of $2,000. 00 for the repair. Ford used a substandard part in their vehicles and refuse to honor the customer. They no lonegr use that type engine, but anyone with a 5. 4l triton engine from Ford will have to pay a lot of money to change eight spark plugs when the time comes. I could not put my vehcile into gear when this happened, that seems like a safety concern to me!.

Tl-the contact owns a 2004 Ford f150. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 mph, there was a loud noise and she stated that she didn't know what it was. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis. The mechanic stated that the catylic converter needed to replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 28,750. Kw.

This is my second window regulator to break. The first was the rear passenger window several months ago. While driving on expressway at 60 mph I heard a pop and then air noise. (I seldom use the rear windows. ) the mechanic had to replace regulator and motor because that was all the dealer had in stock. Today I had window down about an inch while parked. Got in truck and raised front passenger window and heard pop. I knew what the problem from last time and with talking to other Ford truck owners. A friend has the same model truck and has replace three of the four regulators in his Ford truck. When I began driving the window dropped. This truck has never been driven hard or off road. There has to be some flaw in these regulators. I am 66 years old and have owned many different makes and model of vehicles and this seems to be a common thread for these Ford trucks.

The driver and passanger window regulator failure driverside window came crashing down when I was driving down the highway on 12/01/11 all I heard was a loud pop then no window almost wrecked cause of the sound then a week later the passanger side window did the same thing but after I tried to put the window up after I got back home the dealer states that there still are no recalls on this issue after all the complaints I read online that goes back 5yrs why isnt no one doing anything about this problem.