Recalls Ford Engines - Spark Plug Defect (04/14/08)

No matter my Ford Mustangs problem, I want to keep it running, but how? 1994 Mustang GT,

Recall Number: 97V180000 TEARING OF THE BOND BETWEEN THE INNER AND OUTER HOOD PANELS Recall Number: 95V062000 THE WIRE HARNESS ON THESE SEATS IS BANDED TO THE FRONT SEAT CUSHION SUPPORTS. THE END OF ONE OF THE SUPPORTS CAN PUNCTURE THE HARNESS, RESULTING IN A HIGH RESISTANCE ELECTRICAL SHORT.

Recall Number: 06E064000 CERTAIN TRADESONIC COMBINATION LAMPS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON THE ABOVE LISTED PASSENGER VEHICLES. COMBINATION LAMPS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT FORD / MUSTANG 1994–2002

Recall Number: 06E060000CERTAIN AAI MOTORSPORTS COMBINATION LAMPS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON THE ABOVE LIST PASSENGER VEHICLES. COMBINATION LAMPS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108,LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.

Recall Number: 06E049000 CERTAIN CK MOTORSPORTS COMBINATION HEADLIGHTS, CLEAR CORNER, BUMPER, AND SIDE MARKER LIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON THE PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT

Recall Number: 06E026000 CERTAIN PRO-A MOTORS CORNER LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT

Recall Number: 06E025000 CERTAIN POLI-AUTO COMBINATION HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES, P/NOS. 11–728, 11–728D, 11–710, 11–419, 11–713, 11–703, 11–704, 11–708P, 11–735, 11–725, 11–726, 11–716 (P&C), 11–721–1, 11–733, 11–729, 11–730, AND 11–732, SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, ¿LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.

Recall Number: 06E023000 CERTAIN ANZO COMBINATION HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS WHICH FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT

Recall Number: 01V318000 EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES THAT HAVE HAD THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG MODULE REPLACED AFTER APRIL 5, 2000. THE REPLACEMENT DRIVER'S AIR BAG MODULE INFLATOR MAY HAVE INSUFFICIENT WELDS THAT COULD PREVENT PROPER INFLATION OF THE AIR BAG

Recall Number: 00V349000 VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS. IF A VEHICLE IS PARKED WITH THE PARKING BRAKE NOT FULLY APPLIED AND NOT IN FIRST GEAR, AS DIRECTED IN THE OWNER GUIDE, AND THE SELF ADJUSTMENT PAWL SUBSEQUENTLY SKIPS ONE OR TWO TEETH, THE VEHICLE COULD MOVE ON SOME GRADES

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Ford Explorer Class Action Settlement An updated communication has been released regarding the Class Action Settlement on 1991–2001 MY Explorers in the states of CA, IL, TX and CT.

Update: A toll-free number, 1–866–833–7918, has been established in the case, along with a website, where notices, a claim form, and the settlement agreement may be obtained. Those affected may also write to Ford Explorer Settlement, PO Box 4850, Portland, OR 97208. CLASS DEFINITIONS The settlement includes all persons who fall within any of the following groups: All people and entities, who bought, owned or leased new or used 1991–2001 model year Ford Explorers in California between 1990 and August 9, 2000, who either (a) currently own or lease the vehicle(s) or (b) sold or whose lease for such vehicle(s) expired or otherwise terminated after August 9, 2000, and who resided in California on March 16, 2006. All residents of Illinois on September 27, 2004, who purchased, owned, or leased, at any time between 1990 and September 27, 2004, Ford Explorers, model years 1991 through 2001, that are or were equipped with Firestone ATX, ATX II, or Wilderness tires. All persons who owned or leased 1991–2001 model year Explorers in Texas or Connecticut on August 9, 2000, and who are residents of Texas or Connecticut as of December 5, 2007

Background: A class action lawsuit was filed against Ford on behalf of all California persons and entities who bought, owned or leased new or used 1991–2001 model year Explorers. Plaintiffs allege that Ford violated California’s Unfair Competition Law by concealing an alleged tendency to roll over in all 1991–2001 Ford Explorers. Plaintiffs are claiming their vehicles lost value when this alleged tendency became public after the recall of Firestone tires in August 2000. Ford has shown that the Explorer is safe, that there was no new information about rollovers in 2000 and there was no drop in resale values.

The settlement that was approved by the court on Tuesday, April 15th provides discount certificates worth $500 toward the purchase or lease of a new Ford Explorer or $300 toward the purchase or lease of any other new Ford, Lincoln, or Mercury. Certificates will be valid for 12 months from the date issued. The certificates can be used in conjunction with other Ford offers and incentives, but only one certificate can be used at a time. Certificates must be applied for by April 29, 2008, and the certificates will arrive this summer. Consumers must have the certificate in hand to use the discount.

Report Your Experience if you had one with a Ford car or truck F150, F250, F350 If you've had a bad experience – or a good one --with your ford pick-up truck, with a ford car,truck ,part, product or service, we'd like to hear about it. Knowledge is power! Help spread the word.

T.J. of Wichita Falls, Texas, complained two years ago that the spark plug blew out of his 1999 Ford F-150. „It is costing me $3,000 to fix this problem. I just returned from the war overseas in Iraq and this is what I get to come home to,“ T.J. said. a petition was filed less than three weeks after Ford recalled 3.8 million vehicles, a year's worth of sales, to fix a cruise-control switch that can overheat and cause fires. That recall, the fifth-largest ever in the United States, included the same vehicles and model years, he said,Ford had much to say to any of the thousands of consumers whose $30,000 trucks have been disabled when the spark plugs blew out, resulting in repair bills averaging around $3,000. The vehicles in question all have an aluminum cylinder head. „Many mechanics feel the head contains an insufficient number of threads to hold the plugs when under stress, so they have a greater than normal tendency to fail,“ said Christopher of Palmdale, Calif., whose truck blew its plug in 2002. „Ford is not acknowledging any problem, so there's no guidance from them on the best way to proceed with repair,“
"Some people have had heli-coils inserted, While some have had to have the entire engine replaced.
Others have had a recurrence of the failure, due to lack of direction from Ford."

Most of the complaints of spit spark plugs at ConsumerAffairs involve vehicles with Triton V-8 and V-10 engines in model years 1997 to 2007. This includes the Econoline vans, F-Series trucks, the Explorer, Expedition, Excursion, Crown Victoria and some models of the Mustang. More than 200 consumers have written to ConsumerAffairs about the problem over the last five years. In nearly every case, the Ford owners also complained to Ford, only to be told that the problem was not covered under their warranty and disclaiming any knowledge of a broader problem. Many Ford dealers feign surprise at the sight of a spark plug blown out of its position in the cylinder head and profess to have never seen anything like the mess spread out before them.

Thank You for sending these comments: Ford F150. replaced the coil and spark plug in truck at least five times and guess what it just blew again. I have written Ford and tried to get them to respond. I see from the consumer affairs website, there are many of us with the same problem

me too-My 2001 Ford F-150 pickup 5.4 liter blew a sparkplug . The Dealer said it would cost around $2500 to fix .#6 Spark plug on 2001 F-150 blew out of the cylinder head. destroyed the ignition coil. I have heard that this is a common problem with ford pick-ups

A member just sent me this: 2002 F-150 Super crew V8 5.4 Liter engine that has a blown out two spark plugs from there place. I am writing to you in response to the literature i have read on the internet concerning this problem.

a 2004 f-150 lariat super cab. the truck was misfiring on one cylinder at 51,000 miles and at 59,000, three cylinders where misfiring and i was told by the ford dealership that i needed new plugs.. so i put it in the shop to get them changed. well it took 19 days before i got my truck back. the dealerships mechanic broke the plugs in the head and they told me that i would have to pay for the extra parts. gaskets for the heads glue ext. and for the extra man hours.. well that was $2775.00. i all most passed out. well the day i got to pick up my truck it vibrates and i get on the highway and make it across town and the water pump shaft breaks and the clutch on the cooling fan broke.. they never got the timing right because the truck vibrates when it idles now.. but they changed the water pump and clutch.. which they paid for and i had to go back again because the header hose came off and leaked all the antifreeze out again.. well this all happened in a 23 day period.. that was outrages price and i felt ripped off. just to change spark plugs