Vehicles are subject to excessive underhood temperatures and fuel system pressures in severe duty applications.
Engine & cooling
Ford Econoline Engine problems by year
261 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Ford Econoline's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
Engine complaints by model year
Engine recalls
EXPULSION OF FUEL DUE TO OVERPRESSURIZATION.
Latest Econoline engine complaints
Spark plug - I'm really shocked this hasn't been recalled! Purchased this 2001 ford e-350 from the original owner who was a mechanic and kept all service records of this vehicle. It is in excellent condition. Had the van serviced and looked over before taking it on a longer trip. At 2 am and only after 5 hours of driving (all highway) we heard a loud bang followed by even louder rumbling and intense gas smell. This happened while driving and the van was in motion on the highway. We were able to exit the highway...
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and wait until the morning. The next morning we took the engine apart and found the spark plug completely blown out of the engine. After buying the repair kit from the parts store and putting in a new spark plug we were able to limp our way home. Due to the force caused by the first spark plug being shot out, the engine now sounds like some other spark plugs are very loose and ready to go. Not sure the total damage until it can be repaired by a mechanic.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford e-350. The contact heard a loud, booming noise from the front of the vehicle. The contact discovered that a spark plug exploded and dislodged from the engine, which shattered the engine coil pack. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The local dealer (tom holzer ford, 39300 w. 10 Mile rd, farmington hills, mi) was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 151,000.
2017 Ford econoline super duty van. Consumer writes with concerns for multiple malfunctions and safety issues with vehicle. *As *dt *tr the consumer stated the manual jack control completely stopped working. The screws holding the slide out to the rv body sheared off on the outside front of the unit. The damage to the living area increased to three areas. The manufacturer was notified of a steering problem and advised the cause was due to oversized after market tires. The rv exhibited water damage from when...
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it rains. The roof ac/heat vent was frozen, the radio plays without being prompted, the awning split, the drawers do not open/closed, and the windows were not framed. The toilet neck, wheel base and dump opening cut out were not properly aligned. *Js
Head on vehicle stripped because of the way it is made. There was a recall on regular e350 but mine is an rv. It was in motion when the spark plug popped out while driving down the highway on i-65 in birmingham alabama.
Left house for vacation, got 75 miles away at 60 mph on the freeway, and engine started making a popping sound. Pulled off road and called a nearby mobile repair company. They sent out a mechanic, he diagnosed a blown out spark plug, and said this was common for the ford v-10. Made it to his shop, and that's where it sits. Estimates are over $4000 to repair.
This 350 econoline, 8cyl., Extended body van was purchased new, and I am the original owner. The vehicle has only 120k miles on it since 2002. Beginning several years ago, my mechanic complained of severe frame erosion, having had to reinforce and re-weld several parts back onto the frame, including but not limited to the brackets which support the rear leaf springs. (Two ocurrances-- left and right sides). Last week, my employee complained of some rear end swaying at moderate speed cornering. We discovered...
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a cross-tie connection between the side rails at the rear of the vehicle's frame had rotted away, thus causing some unwanted frame movement. If it weren't for a heavy-duty towing package I had purchased with the vehicle in 2002, I believe the left and right sides of the vehicle's under-framing would have twisted and separated from the body years ago ! Also beginning a few years ago, was the decay of the vehicle's engine block, as three separately timed spark plugs had literately 'blown' out of the threaded wells of the engine block. My mechanic had to adapt heli-coil kits into re-bored holes in the vehicle's spark plug wells. It's only a matter of time before these kits come loose, and blow -out again. I'm already experiencing a painfully ominous compression loss in one (or more) of the cylinders. Could ford have purchased some inferior metals, thus producing a line of junk vehicles?
At 68,450 miles, several issues occurred: 1) oil pressure switch blew out of the housing, 2) oil was visible in coolant, 3) oil was leaking from engine, 4) idle vacillated up and down w/o any action on part of the user. Took van to dealer, who claimed to have repaired these items. Inspection of the "repaired vehicle" revealed oil still dripping off engine onto ground. Was told that this was "normal" and would disappear. However, this did not happen. Engine has continued to leak and oil continues to...
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mix with coolant fluid, even after flushing system twice since repair. Despite numerous calls to dealer, problem has not been fixed. Engine has less than 13k additional miles on it since "repair" and oil is still leaking. Leak continues to get worse with time. I believe this is a manufacturer's defect and since the engine has far less than 100k miles on it, should be repaired as a warranty item. Mixing of oil and coolant is a safety hazard and needs to be programmatically addressed by ford.
Spark plug ejection with plug parts going into motor and putting hole in piston-this is a work van-no way to economically fix it. Happened when driving 25mph on city street
SPARKPLUG BLOWOUT
Spark plug on cylinder #7 blew out of the cylinder head. 2Nd time this has occurred on this vehicle. Repair shop states it is not repairable this time approx. $3000 For new head installed. This is a known problem on this 5.4 Trition engine. Ford should recall to fix this problem 130,000 miles on this truck.
Spark plug blew out of engine block. I was going in reverse when this happened.
My 2001 ford e350 super duty van blew out a spark plug while driving 40 mph and cost me $900 for dealership to repair....With only 117,000 miles on it. Ford needs to do a recall on this. *Tr
Sparg plug blown out of passenger side cylinder #4, vehicle was stationary in idle
Spark plug blow out x3 it has begain to get very anoing.
Blew a spark plug out of engine 2nd one that has happen and it happens all the time with this engine
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