thats silly. all vehicles have their hickups.

 

Agree 100%


Ford had problems with the pre 2004 5.4s blowing the spark plugs out of the heads, they fixed the problem so they'd never come out and people still complain. Can't win lol!

 

Ford realized that the 2004 - 2007 5.4L had a design problem with the spark plugs & head, so they did another redesign for 2008. So, now the consumer needs protection over the outrageous cost of changing the plugs.

 

Part of owning a any vehicle. All of them have some task that is expensive. Try owning a Superduty, once you own one of those fixing/changing 8 spark plugs on a F150 is dirt cheap.

I do agree that they should have fixed it sooner but they didnt need to. If Ford controlled the dealers 100% then I agree to the lawsuit a bit. But every dealer seems to be different and handle everything differently. Doesnt make sense.

 

I think another thing that causes the problem is the 3 piece design of the spark plug. The weld between the nut, and the GND shield won't take the torque required to turn the GND shield out when carbon builds up on it. Champion is now capitalizing on this with their plug,
which doesn't have the weld.

 

I think your right on that Bob. Out of the 6 plus I removed, 3 broke and 2 of them the nut came loose and the actual plug didn't break. Only one the plug came out broken.

 

The nightmare continues...

 

I bought our F150 with the idea that it would last many years with proper care and maintanice ,But this spark plug issue has gave me some grave concerns ,Our 150 has 60 k on it and this is the first time that I have heard about the sparks plugs needing changed at 60k ,If I remenber correctly I was told 100k when we bought it ,,,,,Robert

 

they have said 100k on spark plugs on any car for some time now. I just hate to think what it is like removing spark plugs with 100k on them. Change them soon and often. Its cheap insurance. Well it used to be cheap. lol

Dont worry about that much. If its running great why worry?

 

I think you answered your question Zach:

I just hate to think what it is like removing spark plugs with 100k on them.