2003 Ford Econoline Engine problems

Spark plug blow out x3 it has begain to get very anoing.

SPARK PLUG BLOWN OUT OF HEAD. *TR

SPARK PLUG BLOWN OUT OF HEAD. *TR

SPARK PLUGBLOWNOUT OF HEAD. *TR

SPARK PLUG BLOWN OUT OF HEAD. *TR

NO. 2 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD. *TR

I was sitting at a stop sign. When I accelerated to move, I heard a loud bang noise and then I heard a flapping noise. I turned the engine off and called a tow truck. After towing my handicapped van to the ford dealer, I was told that the engine had a spark plug blow out. I was also informed that the vehicle might have caught on fire if I had tried driving much further. This is very scary for people like me that equip these vans for special use. The mileage is 99% city driving. There should be a recall on this engine.

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford e-350. While driving highway speeds, the contact stated a bolt separated from the engine block. This defect also caused the serpentine belt to fail, which caused the steering wheel and power steering to fail. The dealer and manufacturer denied any assistance with repair to the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 39,895 and the current mileage was 40,395.

While traveling on the highway, my 2003 e150 ford van blew the #2 spark plug out. There was a popping sound and then the engine sounded as if it blew a rod. After checking it out, it was discovered that it was the spark plug. A few days prior to his event, I could hear a slight tapping sound coming from the engine. I had the oil changed just to be sure. The spark plug has been replaced, with a helicoil inserted, but the wall of the head was even damaged. My mechanic did an awesome job repairing it but even said he...

Have a 2003 ford e-350 van cng gas conversion. At 97,000 miles a spark plug blew completely out of the cylinder head and broke off the ignition coil that was bolted to the head. The cng gas could have possibly ignited and caused a fire since the fuel was still being sent to that particular cylinder and the spark was still sparking eventhough it was blown out of the hole. I have never heard of this happening before until I researched it after it occurred. This seems to be very common in ford engines that are 5.4 Liter. The repair is around $2500. To pull the engine and repair the head. This could have been very dangerous if we had continue driving the van. This occurred 9/27/2010. *Tr

E-350 VAN 5.4 MOTOR THE #3 SPARKPLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD. *TR

We have a 2003 ford econoline van that ejected it's first spark plug this spring costing us towing and $500.00+ In repairs. Wednesday, it happened again, this time on the new york state thruway. We were forced to stand in a 10 foot piece of grass between 3 lanes of traffic and a rock cliff with 4 small children. After we managed to get 7 people packed into a tow truck and get to the nearest ford dealership, we had to rent a car for 3 days and pay for yet another repair. I investigated and found out that this is...

While driving the vehicle it started to make a loud rattling sound and started to loose power, eventually the vehicle just shut down and wouldn't start again. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where I was told that the catalytic converter is bad. The vehicle has been at the dealer since may 21, 2007. The part has been on back order since then and I was told that it will become available on june 26, 2007. Now as of today june 26, 2007, it was pushed back to august 25, 2007, because it's an engineer problem. I am out of transportation and the dealer or ford is not assisting me in much of anything right now!*Ak

While driving truck engines would shut off and then restart. This happened a couple of time on a narrow mountain road causing me to lose steering for a second or two, very scary. Problem fixed after I replaced the cps on my own. *Tr

We own a 2003 ford expedition with a 5.4 L, v-8 triton engine. While driving we heard a loud bang and then it sounded like the engine was back firing. We smelled gas and a burning smell. We had our expedition towed to the dealer and were informed that spark plug #7 had blown out of the head, stripping the threads. The dealership informed us that the head needed to be replaced at an estimated cost of $3,500. We had previously taken this expedition into ford at 72,723 miles because the engine lacked power and...

On february 2007 I was driving the expedition in rush hour trafficwhen I noticed that car began to feel very heavy. I also noticed that the speedometer was going down despite fact that I was pressing down the gas pedal, and suddenly all of the engine lights turned on. I was able to pull over and start the car with no problem ,but 5 minutes later it will do the same thing all over again. I took the car to the dealer, and ever since they are awaiting for parts to come in ,and they have been on national backorder. Ford d refuses to give me either a rental or a loaner. Ford consumer department sucks.*Ak

My husband was having a routine oil change on his 2003 f-350 ford diesel when the technician noticed he had a radiator leak, there was a hole in a radiator hose. The large dealership was out of stock of replacement hoses. (There's a clue that this is a widespread problem) they decided to pull one from one of the used trucks in stock and had to check three before they found one without a hole (there's a second clue) I found the following on-line "so I took my truck in for a coolant leak..More like an added drain in...

No warning/symptom camshaft position sensor failed -10* outside with icy roads 7:00 pm moderate traffic on freeway engine shut down this is a 1ton pickup going 55 mph with very little steering control with lack of power steering. My understanding this is a common occurrence with the ford 7.3 Diesel poor design this is also a dealer only part that cost $175.00 I was just glad I was able to get the vehicle on the side of the road and avoid an accident. *Jb

Exhaust manifold bolts breaking. Causing exhaust leak and exhaust fumes into vehicle cabin. *Jb

Dt*: the contact stated the vehicle overheated while traveling uphill 35 mph. It was taken to a service dealer and test driven to recreate the overheating. The dealer was unable to duplicate the problem. An independent service mechanic installed gauges to monitor the engine's heat more closely. The vehicle overheated on 8 occasions, under similar circumstances. The manufacturer was not contacted.

2003 Ford explorer overheated and lost coolant. Taken to dealership 3 times. First 2 trips, problem not found. After 3rd incident, a cracked engine block was found. In addition to engine failure, the vehicle would jerk forward when slowing to a stop, this occurs mostly in cold weather at least once weekly. Upon taking to the dealership (problem cannot be replicated); this could lead to a crash, damage to a pedestrian........Gee, hate to think of the potential consequences. *Nm

I was driving my ford f150 (51k miles) through town when all of a sudden boom. My children were scared to death and I was more than a bit concerned. When I was able to pull over and analyze the situation I found the coil on plug blown off of the #3 plug on the passenger side. Upon further inspection I found the actual spark plug had blown out of the cylinder head. The truck was towed to the dealership from which it was bought and repair costs were in excess of $3100. This is a design flaw and ford should fix the problem. Why else do you change designs in the next model year vehicle? *Nm

We have 3- 2003 f550 trucks, the first two trucks are always in the shop for repair to the engines, the first truck [[redacted]] has had two re-manufactured engines put in and the 2nd truck [[redacted]] has had patch jobs done to the motor. These trucks are work trucks and are on the highways five days a week or more, but the safety issues of these trucks is that the engine either freezes up or just quits and this has happened on a corner, intersection on a hill they are going down. At this time we have been...

My 2003 ford e-350 with the 7.3 L diesel quit, with 74,000 + miles. The cause of the problem was a failed cam shaft synchronizer, ford replacement part f7tz-12k073-a. *Nm

Every time this vehicle ( 2003 ford expedition fx4 4x4 ) is either washed, and or when it rains, the truck will attempt to stall out, in any driving conditions city or fwy, which may cause an accident. I know this to be true for I have this vehicle and it stalled on the fast lane hwy 15, I had first believed it was a fuel problem, due to, it acts like its out of gas, bad filter etc, with this type of truck ford has installed ignition coils, one on top of each spark plug a total of 8, I had ford recently look at the...