Engine Clicking And Tapping Noises Problems of Ford F-250

My 2002 Ford f250 super duty 5. 4 gasoline engine had a spark plug blow out at around 165,000 miles. I had pulled over to take a call turned off the engine, when I started it back up it was making a loud popping sound, my machanic shop was next door to where I was so I was lucky that I did not have to drive it anywhere.

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Within 60 seconds of the message "cleaning exhaust filter", the 6. 7l engine begins to loose power, vibrating, and making very loud clanging noises. All while driving at 60-70 mph, causing a huge deceleration, down to 45 mph if going up an incline, due to lose of power. This started at 7,000 miles and happens at least 1 per tank of fuel.

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The contact owns a 2003 Ford F-250 sd. While driving approximately 60 mph, the contact noticed smoke from the rear of the vehicle and there was a loud popping noise. The vehicle was completely surrounded by smoke resulting in a fire. The vehicle stalled. The fire was extinguished independently. The vehicle was towed to the contacts residence and was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 07v553000 (engine and engine cooling). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 81,000.

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My truck was parked at work. When I got in the truck to leave I went to start it and I had heard a loud bang from under the hood followed by a clattering sound. I opened the hood and found that I had blown a plug. This is a known issue for Ford 4. 6l 5. 4l 6. 8l engines. I know this is not the first time someone has reported this issue and I think its about time a recall is issued for this problem.

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While driving I began to hear a loud popping noise coming from the engine. After stopping and checking the engine I notice I had a blown out spark plug and busted ignition coil. I have a 2002 Ford f 250 sd. I have attempted to put in a new plug but it will not screw into the hole. Damage estimates are from $150. 00 on labor fees and $75-100 on a temp. Fix helicoil or head replacement for $2500. 00. Ford mech. Said it happens all the time, due to poor design.

While drive the engine made a loud popping sound and shut down enable to start!.

While driving 55 mph, heard a load bang and then a steady popping sound. After pulling off road to check problem open the hood to see the coil exploded and arching against fuel rail, and spark plug on the valve cover. Got the truck home started researching this issue and I see this is a common problem yet Ford says it isn't. My best educated repair solution is cal van 38900 Ford 5. 4l spark plug port repair kit at a cost of 250 . It took a day and a half to do a complete repair. Seems to be working but Ford has a problem and should do something for the owners should it happen. They cant say this is a torque issue this are the factory plugs and coil. So if they torque them wrong at the factory. ## VIN passed ## Ford f250 2001 ##.

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Ford 1999 f250 5. 4l triton v-8 blew spark plug. Lost power, created road hazard and scared the crap outta me when it blew. Made it to side of road safely and got towed. Went online to find out this is a huge problem with this engine as well as other tritons. Spark plug threads are very short length. Not just poorly engineered but engineered to fail. Have read posts saying fires were caused by this problem when fuel mixture ejected from hole caught fire from arcing blown plug. Others claim the plug blew a dent into hood. Cannot imagine the damage to an eye or other if mechanic or other person is looking down into engine looking for reason for ticking noise, when bam, the plug blows out. Ford will fight this tooth and nail because it is an expensive fix. They make tons of money by having their shops pull the engine and replace the head. Please help us.

I was at a stop sign on 12/3/2010 and when I stepped on the gas to go, I heard a extremely loud popping noise. I pulled off to the side of the road and discovered that one of my spark plugs and the coil was flopping around in my engine. I call a friend of mine who is a mechanic at a Ford dealership and explained what had happened. He knew exactly what it was and which plug had blown out, without even looking at it. After getting my truck home and taking a closer look, it seems that these were the original spark plugs installed at the factory. This was not a case of over torquing or not tightening. This is a case of faulty design and poor quality by a company that apparently does not care if someone is hurt or killed by there poor design. What if this had caused a accident with my kids in the car??? what if this started my vehicle on fire????? after researching this problem it seems it is quite common on Ford vehicles. When is enough enough???? I am currently unemployed and am barely able to keep up with my monthly obligations. I have no idea how I am going to pay for this repair now. Please, it is time to hold Ford motor company responsible for not fixing a known problem and potentially getting some one killed.

Spark plug ejection in my 2000 Ford f250 5. 4l engine. This is the 3rd time in 2 years this has happened. It is my understanding this is common with these engines and there are no recalls by Ford motors. Before the spark plug is ejected, there is a loud tapping sound followed by the ejection shortly thereafter. This is a serious issue because fuel escapes from the hole and can be ignited by the spark plug that is still attached to the coil pack and firing. This can cause an engine fire and worse. Ford should back up their product and fix this issue.

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I started to hear a ticking noise in my truck. So I t had it looked at by my mechanic. He could not tell where the noise was coming from. So about a week later I was getting ready to go to work, I started up my truck and a loud pop!!! and black smoke from underneath my hood. I shut the truck down and pop the hood and that's when I saw the mangled coil pack. So there I was [xxx] out of a day of work cause I had to fix this problem, which took me all day to fix. Off to pepboys I went to buy another coilpack as well as all 8 spark plugs. Might aswell right? so $120. 00 later the problem was fixed until now!!! here we go again. . . . . Same freakin noise and its getting louder. Since I can't tell which sparkplug it is I really don't know how to fix this prob before another coilpak blows again. I really hate this engine. It has only been ^ months from the first time I fixed the or at least thought I fixed the problem. I didn't save any of the old parts. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

I heard a noise like a loose rocker arm and took it to a mechanic and was told not to worry. Then at the bank the noise changed and quit "ticking" and by the time I pulled out of the line I heard a loud "pop" and then a continual popping noise, after I got pulled over I checked under the hood and the spark plug closest to the drivers seat was out. With fuel coming out and a spark plug firing on the motor, I am amazed it did not catch fire.

5:30 Monday morning I started my 2002 Ford f250 superduty pickup, as soon as my truck started there was a huge explosion and a big fire ball flash from under my hood followed by smoke and the odor of plastic burning and gas fumes. I immediately shut the truck off and opened the hood, after some investigation I was amazed to see that a spark plug had completely blown out of the head of my engine. I was happy to see that the fire was minimal but I was completely amazed that a plug blew out of my engine. About seven or so days ago my engine started to make a tapping noise under the hood, I knew that it could be a lifter because of the over head cam but now I guess I know what that noise was, just the gases pushing through the threads of the plug. No one was hurt and my truck didn't burn to the ground, but I did have to borrow my wife's truck all week and work out rides while mine was in the shop. I am a carpenter and need my truck every day so when this happened I knew I had to find information on this problem. I was amazed to find that there were many people I know that this happened to, so I looked into it more and found that there are many people talking about it on the computer with the exact same experience as me some with more damage and some say it happened several times in the same engine. There are many repair kit options available for this problem in the Ford engines, it seams quite obvious to me that this is a huge problem that Ford must be responsible for, I know I'm not I take care of my truck and have always maintained it at high level. Ford says that the plugs are blowing out because of improper torquing well I guess they must have done that wrong in the plant when the truck was built because they were never changed or touched by anyone else. After looking into this problem I cant understand why there has not been a recall to fix this problem instead Ford just makes money off consumers on it by selling them new heads for the engines and the labor $1500.

August 2009 my wife was driving our 1999 F-250 super duty with 6. 8l v-10 and she heard a popping noise coming from under the hood. It turned out that it was the 4th cylinder on passenger side having the plug blown out of the cylinder head. Had to have it towed and fixed for $500. They used a helicoil instead of replacing the heads which is whatg Ford recommends. Obviously lost the coil pack too. I heard afterward this is a common problem for all of the triton motors. I am now waiting for the next one to go and don't really trust the vehicle for long trips anymore. Thankfully no fire. This report is listed late as I just came across this thread. Hopefully Ford will be forced to fix these in the future as I cannot afford to do this over and over and over.

The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-250 sd. While driving approximately 15 mph, the contact heard a loud popping noise outside of the vehicle. Suddenly, there was reduced engine power. The driver pulled over to the side of the road and turned off the engine. The engine was restarted after a few minutes and the contact heard an extremely loud noise. The vehicle is in the process of being towed to an independent mechanic. The cause of the failure has not been determined. The VIN was unknown. The failure and current mileages were 89,000. Updated 09/01/09.

The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-250 sd. While driving 60 mph, the contact heard a popping sound coming from the engine. She examined the vehicle and noticed that a spark plug ejected out of the engine. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. The failure recurred on three different occasions. The current and failure mileages were 104,000.

I drive a 1999 Ford f250 superduty with a triton v10 with no warning I heard a loud popping sound from my engine while running I opened the hood and saw one of my coil packs bouncing due to the compression of the engine. Upon further inspection I saw my spark plug was blown out after researching online it seems this is an ongoing problem with Ford engines how this isn't a defect ill never know, even the tow truck driver knew about this problem as he stated he tows Fords all the time with this problem I now have to have a mechanic repair the damaged spark plug hole to reinstall a new plug and had to buy a new coil pack.

My 2004 Ford F-250 5. 4l was making a ticking noise for a couple of days then today a big pop and terrible noise from under the hood. I have discovered that it blew a spark plug out of the head. From what I have read this is a common problem with this engine. I am looking at a several thousand dollar repair.

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The contact stated while driving 15-20 mph, there was a loud popping sound. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who determined the head, spark plug and ignition coil on the spark plugs needed to be replaced. While searching the internet for information related to the defect on the vehicle, a case action suit in California was observed against the manufacturer.

Contact stated when starting her husband's vehicle heard a noise. He didn't know what it was. He took the vehicle to a Ford dealership. When he cranked the vehicle and it made noises while cranking. It made a popping noise in the back. The butterfly piston was the safety defect.

- the contact stated that while driving the 2002 Ford f250 with 100,000 failure mileage at 55 mph the contact heard a loud popping noise, the vehicle was riding rough and it started to shake. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, and they stated that the spark plug blew out of the aluminum head. The contact was concerned that this was a serious safety problem. The current mileage was 140,000. The vehicle would lose power when the spark plug failed. Update 4/25/07.

While driving 60 mph in an incline the driver heard a loud popping noise coming from the front. Suddenly the vehicle stalled and restarted on its own. Consumer contacted the dealer twice, and was informed that the problem could not be duplicated.

Upon entering the highway, the truck suddenly started having problems, the r. P. M. Gauge started fluctuating from 1000 to 3000 r. P. M. , it squealed and jerked into gear and a popping noise was coming from the right side of the front end. The dealer could not find any problem, but he suggested that it could have been the clutch fan slipping. Consumer experienced again what he felt was transmission problems but the light never flashed on the overdrive column so taking note of what was happening and continued driving. Then the light started flashing on the overdrive column, within seconds, consumer noticed a large puff of black smoke coming from under the truck, the r. P. M. Gauge went to below 1000, the truck lost all power, and the cab started filling with smoke, fire was escalating under the truck and hood. Possible engine failure.