Engine problems of the 1999 Ford F-250

Ford 5. 4 litre triton v8 spark plug ejection.

Ford f250 v-10 engine blowning out spark plugs.

1999 Ford f250 original owner, 150k miles maintained by Ford dealer. Spark plugs replaced at 100k miles per maintenance schedule. #3 blew out on 12/10/10. This is a known issue with the Ford modular engines and causes damage to the interior of the engine compartment and components in the engine bay. Has been known to start a fire. Could cause serious injury or death if someone was looking in the engine bay when a spark plug blows out. Needs to be addressed before someone is seriously injured.

I own a 1999 F-250 truck with a v-10. Recently returning from an out of town trip one of the spark plugs blew out of the cylinder head while driving on the highway. Immediately lost power and pulled onto the shoulder. Speed limit for this section was posted for 75 mph. Limped the vehicle home for approximately 25 miles with a strong odor of gas, was worried of potential engine fire but needed to get home with my travel trailer and atv. Did not want to leave all this on the side of the road. After internet research seams that this is a common problem with the Ford triton motor design. Poor engineering.

My 1999 Ford F-250 sd. Blew a spark plug out of the number four cylinder and a gasoline vapor fire started. I got the fire out and discovered the problem. The spark plug was laying on top of the engine with approximately four threads of aluminum attached to its threads. How can Ford have sooooo many of this exact issue and not have a recall?please help us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Spark plug blows out of cylinder head and takes coil pack with it.

Ford 250 light duty truck blew #4 plug out of head while driving approximately 35 mph. Truck odometer registered 88,000 miles and affected spark plug was the original equipment. Vehicle had to be towed tenvoorde Ford, saint cloud mn to effect repair. Repairs involved an insert kit for the #4 cylinder and totaled $950. 00. Vehicle was operating in traffic at the time of the incident, the blown plug created a noteworthy distraction and sudden loss of power requiring the vehicle to be maneuvered out of the traffic stream. This problem has been well documented from dealership databases to internet forums; everyone in the know is aware of this issue. It is not uncommon, but there seems to be a consensus that we're on our own. Ford needs to cowboy up with recall to fix the problem.

I have had two (2) spark plugs blow from my engine on two (2) separate occasions (1999 Ford f250 with 5. 4 litre v8 with 150,000 km's). I'm not getting any cooperation from my dealer and in the research I have done on the net, it appears that this is a problem with several models and engines. Both times the dealer has repaired it with a "healy coil" at a cost of approximately $560 plus towing costs. Very dangerous as gas is ejected into the engine compartment. It appears that Ford has issued a technical bulletin to their dealers and the solution is to replace the defective cylinder head. Ok if you are under warranty. It will cost you approximately $3500 in canada to fix Ford's defective part if you aren't.

I own a 1999 Ford F-250. The truck has had 3 spark plugs blow out of the engine spontaneously while I was driving at approximately 60mph each time. The truck has received proper maintenance. I am finally reporting it after I started to research and found out that this is a well known Ford defect that they will not admit to. The engine in question is a 5. 4l v-8.

Spark plug blow out from a triton v 10 6. 8 l engine.

I own a 1999 Ford F-250 pickup truck with a 5. 4 liter triton v8. My truck has 103k miles on it. I had just replaced all the spark plugs less than a year ago. Last week on my way to work, I heard a pop and the engine started making a bunch of noise, lost power and quit. Luckily, I was able to pull over into a parking lot and call a tow truck. Once getting it home, I noticed that a spark plug had blown out of the engine. My #3 spark plug on the passenger side blew straight out of the head and destroyed the ignition coil pack. After doing much research over the internet, I've found this to be a very common problem with these Ford engines and Ford won't do anything about it. This will cost well over $3000 to fix. It's a good thing my engine quit so soon, or I could have had gasoline spray out of the open cylinder and cause a serious fire.

I was driving home from work last week when my 1999 Ford F-250 5. 4 liter v-8 triton engine blew a spark plug out of the head above the #7 cyl. I had it towed to the local Ford dealer and they said it was caused by poor design, not enough threads in the head to hold the plug in. This is happening to a lot of Ford owners across the country and this is definitely a safety hazard and could cause fires in the engine compartment. They are making me pay the full cost of repair even though the mechanic said the problem is caused by poor design.

The camshaft position sensor on my 1999 Ford 7. 3l powerstroke diesel went out unexpectedly twice.

An ejection of spark plug has occurred on this vehicle on three different occasions. I understand there have been other complaints regarding this problem. The cost to repair the engine is astronomical. Please investigate.

Engine misfires under load 1999 f250.

1999 f250 spark plug blew out of the head. The coil that was bolted to the head was helping to hold the plug in the hole, which was a manufacturing design flaw or a casting flaw.

The contact stated while driving the spark plug blew out of the engine. The truck was towed to a dealer and repaired. Neither the dealer or the manufacturer were contacted.

1999 Ford F-250 triton 5. 4 spark plug blew out of cylinder head. 66,000 miles.

While pulling away from a stop sign, a spark plug blew out from the right side cylinder bank. Vehicle is a 1999 Ford f250 sd with the 6. 8 v10. After doing some searching on the net, I find that this is a very common problem with this model year. I am also finding that Ford will be more than happy to charge upwards of $3000 to repair. This should be covered by Ford if so many others are experiencing this same problem.

Spark plug blew out of the socket, stripping the threads and resulted in having the head re-threaded.

Right side 3rd spark plug blew out of engine, and Ford new and knows about it and are not doing a --- thing about it. You cant even get a remanufactured one because there not getting them back fast enough to fix the old one. So now I am paying $3500, to fix there problem. It is wrong. I cant even pay my hospital bill and now I have to come up with $3500. Ford should be stron - up.

Spark plug blow out. Right hand side.

Fax fwd ltr fm consumer (ak) re status of petition filed with NHTSA re Ford motor CO. Recall of spark plugs for 1999 Ford F-250 pickup trucks.

Problems with spark plugs blowing out on a 1999 Ford F-250. The consumer stated the spark plug blew out of the head on the right side of the engine. Ford refused any assistance toward the three thousand dollar bill.

Engine cold with a slight knock/tick, as time went on tick got louder the engine went and the bearings had to replaced and the motor rebuild. While searching on-line for a rebuilt motor. I came across a form website where it looks as though other people have had the same problem.

The head gasket was not operating correctly and that the vehicle kept blowing spark plugs.

The engine did not perform as designed.

The engine seized, due to lack of oil.

5. 4 l engine is losing oil while driving. Dealer contacted and informed consumer of a blown head gasket.

Cylinder head failed.

Blown spark plugs from Ford f250 v10 engine.

Truck has been to dealer several times for vibration in drive train. They haent been able to remedy this problem at all. Also the coil on the #4 cylinder has gone out twice . The vibrations have us worried about the safety of this vehicle.

When depressing clutch pedal to floor board vehicle goes into extended stoping distance. Technician stated that flywheel needed to be replaced. Please provide further information.