ConsumerAffairs.com - Burning Fords

Automotive Editor Joe Benton reports another consumer lost his Ford truck to fire.

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[SternLX]

I have to agree with Ford. And I'll tell you why. Time after Time after Time I see this on newer Fords with Alum heads. Joe fuck around descides to replace his own plugs. Joe fuck around over torques Plugs and strips alum. threads. Heads spit plugs, Joe brings it to me to fix. Stop over torquing your plugs jackasses!! Heli-coiling your shit is getting old!

[WaltGe]

Ford made the F-250 to look like the F-150 for a year before switching to the more trucklike body for 1999.

[Motorfordtoyota]

Oh just another case of our governments fail. Real issues that arent recalled unlike not so real issues a light switch that the wire came off of.

[Motorfordtoyota]

@DanielJaegerFilms When the sparkplug jumps out of the hole, it is still sparking from the SP wire still attached. And fuel is still comming into the cylinder. But, when there is a hole going to where the SP is, the air/fuel mix will just leave the cylinder and end up all around the plug and engine bay.

[shmikens]

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[jeepmb]

Yah, that is an F-150, not an F-250. Also, DanielJagerFilms, when a sparkplug shoots out of the block, it is just letting fuel out into the air, and depending on the temperature of the engine, could easily ignite the fuel vapor leaking out of the exposed hole without a sparkplug. I know why this happens too and it is Fords fault. Its crappy engineering. Making Aluminum blocks and not putting in steel sleeves for the spark plug threads makes them strip out easily and become prone to this.

[DanielJaegerFilms]

Well, Joe Benton has a few points wrong. First of all, that is is no way an F-250, just look at the truck, it's an F-150. Secondly, you mean to tell me that they were so slow, they couldn't grab the GPS off the windshield when they got out? Finally, how would a blown spark plug cause a fuel fire?

[steveherbln]

Recall great. I had my crusie control recall fixed. Truck still burnt to the ground

[dfrench348]

Had an 02 F150 completly stock. Came out to the parking lot one day to find it sitting on a wrecker. Randomly caught fire and burned. Thank god for insurance

[coldshot357]

see the problem is they don't own a torque wrench and if they do odds are they don't look up the specs.  I spent 250.00 on a good torque wrench so when I put things back together its proper. and heres the part you'll like. why do I do this? I was an idiot and over torqued a spark plug and when it stripped had to have it repaired. you live you learn. sometimes.