There are 125 stored owner reports matching the engine leading-label group for the 2001 Ford F-250 in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)2001 FORD F250. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ISSUES WITH THE MOTOR. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE MOTOR WOULD BACK FIRE AND BLOW OUT. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE MOTOR, BUT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT HONOR THE RECALL. *JS THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE BLEW IT'S LAST SPARK PLUG. *JS
5 TH EJECTED SPARK PLUG GOING DOWN ROAD AT 45 MPH
THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKETS ARE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THEY USED INFERIOR QUALITY GASKETS WHICH RESULT IN ENGINE MALFUNCTION. THIS MANUFACTURER DEFECT PERTAINS TO A 2001 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY 5.4L V8. I AM AWARE THIS ISSUE BECAME PREVALENT IN 1999 FORD F-250 MODELS AND THIS ISSUE CARRIED FORWARD TO 2001. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE FOR 1999 MODELS - $4,500 PER UNIT TO REPLACE COMPLETE ENGINE ASSEMBLIES WHERE THIS MANUFACTURER DEFECT WAS MOST PREVALENT WITH CYLINDER HEAD GASKETS. FORD DID NOT RECTIFY THIS SAFETY ISSUE AS IT PERSISTED IN THEIR 2001 MODELS. A RECALL IS NECESSARY TO RECTIFY THIS MANUFACTURER DEFECT. HTTP://WWW.AUTONEWS.COM/ARTICLE/20020401/SUB/204010753/FORD-HITS-ANOTHER-QUALITY-SNAG
SPARK PLUG EJECTIONS
DRIVING OUT OF STATE FOR WORK AND SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF MY ENGINE. AND FROM THAT RESULTS IT COST ME QUIET A BIT OF EXTRA MONEY THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO SPEND AND MISSED A DAYS TRYING TO GET THAT PROBLEM FIXED. AND IT RUIN MY FATHERS DAY WEEKEND I WANTED TO SPEND WITH MY KID.
I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF RUNNING A MEDICAL IN MY PERSONAL TRUCK WHEN I STARTING THE ENGINE IT POPPED AND WHEN I CHECKED IT OUT I NOTICED THE ENGINE BLEW OUT A SPARK PLUG. SO WHEN I CALLED THE PARTS STORE THEY SAID THE TYPE OF MOTOR I HAVE IN MY TRUCK IS BAD FOR BLOWING THEM LIKE THAT AND TO FIX IT WOULD COST A PRETTY PENNY SO MY QUESTION IS IF YOU ALL AND FORD KNOWS THERES A PROBLEM HOW COME THEY DONT HAVE TO FIX I KNOW SO FAR IT HASNT BEEN AN SAFTEY ISSUE YET WHEN WILL IT BE OR IS IT A CONSUMER ISSUE.
WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON A CITY STREET, THE SPARK PLUG WAS BLOWN OUT OF THE CYLINDER DESTROYING THE THREADS, COIL PACK AND SPARK PLUG.
SPARK PLUG BLOWOUT.WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY HAD A SPARKPLUG BLOW OUT OF THE ENGINE.LIMPED THE TRUCK HOME SLOWLY WITH GAS FUMES EVERY WERE.VERY DANGEROUS. FORD WONT ADMIT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM BUT THEY DO HAVE A FIX.YOUR DOLLARS NOT THERES.THIS IS ALSO THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-250. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING AT A STOP SIGN, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD ABNORMAL POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY REPLACED THE SPARK PLUG TAPS AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANIFOLD WAS NOT REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 17 MPH, HE HEARD AN ABNORMAL WHINING SOUND. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND UPON INSPECTION, NOTICED THAT THE SPARK PLUGS HAD BLOWN FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 207,885.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AS THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION HE NOTICED THAT A SPARK PLUG HAD BEEN EXPELLED FROM THE ENGINE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. HE COULD ALSO SMELL GASOLINE ON THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH THREAD IN THE ALUMINUM HEAD TO HOLD THE SPARK PLUG. A HELI COIL WAS NEEDED IN ORDER TO ADD MORE THREADS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT WAS THE SECOND RECURRENCE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,000. UPDATED 10/17/13*LJ THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE SOLD THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 10/22/13
WAS DRIVING TRUCK ALL OF SUDDEN I HEARD A LOUD POP THEN LOUD SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. CALLED HUSBAND AND TOOK TRUCK BACK HOME (APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES). HUSBAND STARTED RESEARCHING PROBLEM AND FOUND ONLINE THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE HAD SPARK PLUGS EXPLODE AND HEARD SIMILAR SOUND, THIS CAUSED HIM TO REMOVE WIRES AND INSPECT SPARK PLUGS. ONE OF THE SPARK PLUG HAD POPPED OUT AND NOW THE THREADS CAN'T BE USED. I BELIEVE THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND FORD SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO EXHIBIT AN ABNORMAL STUTTERING NOISE AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72,000. *TR
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, HEARD A LOAD BANG AND THEN A STEADY POPPING SOUND. AFTER PULLING OFF ROAD TO CHECK PROBLEM OPEN THE HOOD TO SEE THE COIL EXPLODED AND ARCHING AGAINST FUEL RAIL, AND SPARK PLUG ON THE VALVE COVER. GOT THE TRUCK HOME STARTED RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE AND I SEE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM YET FORD SAYS IT ISN'T. MY BEST EDUCATED REPAIR SOLUTION IS CAL VAN 38900 FORD 5.4L SPARK PLUG PORT REPAIR KIT AT A COST OF 250 . IT TOOK A DAY AND A HALF TO DO A COMPLETE REPAIR. SEEMS TO BE WORKING BUT FORD HAS A PROBLEM AND SHOULD DO SOMETHING FOR THE OWNERS SHOULD IT HAPPEN. THEY CANT SAY THIS IS A TORQUE ISSUE THIS ARE THE FACTORY PLUGS AND COIL. SO IF THEY TORQUE THEM WRONG AT THE FACTORY. *TR
WHEN DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS IN A 2001 F-250 SD 5.4 LITER, SLOWED TO MAKE A STOP AND THEN PROCEEDED ON AND THERE WAS A LOUD POP AND THE TRUCK STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND MAKING A LOT OF NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. IT TURNED OUT THAT A SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE CYLINDER WALL CAUSING THE NOISE AND ROUGH RUNNING. THESE PLUGS HAD JUST BEE REPLACED ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO. THE TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP ALMOST 100 MILES TO BE REPAIRED. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM MY MECHANIC THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE. *TR
ON VACATION IN MAINE WITH MY 2001 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY I WAS DRIVING DOWN A VERY NARROW, HEAVILY WOODED TWO LANE ROAD AT ABOUT 20 MPH, SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING A LOUD BANG UNDER THE HOOD OCCURRED. DIFFICULT TO PULL OVER SAFELY AND INVESTIGATE. I HAD TO DRIVE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET TO TRY TO GET ON A STRAIGHT AWAY FOR SAFETY. THERE WERE SEVERAL LOG TRUCKS THAT HAD TO PASS AS WELL AS OTHER TRAFFIC. I DISCOVERED THAT THE #6 SPARK PLUG HAD "BLOWN OUT" OF ITS HOLE AND DESTROYED THE THREADS, COIL PACK, AND SPARK PLUG. AFTER GETTING THE TRUCK TO A REPAIR FACILITY THE OWNER/MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THIS 5.4L TRITON ENGINE DOES THIS ALL THE TIME. HE INFORMED ME THAT HE REPAIRS TWO OR THREE OF THESE A WEEK, IN FACT THERE IS A "REPAIR KIT" AVAILABLE FROM MOST AUTO PART STORES. DOING SOME RESEARCH AFTER GETTING HOME I DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A CHRONIC FORD PROBLEM THAT THEY REFUSE TO ADDRESS. I WILL BE SELLING THIS TRUCK BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME. I DON'T NEED TO BE STRANDED ON BACK COUNTRY ROADS OR INTERSTATES WITH ANY OF THE OTHER 7 SPARK PLUGS READY TO LAUNCH FROM MY ENGINE WITHOUT WARNING OR CAUSE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F250. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THERE WERE FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. AFTER STOPPING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. A REPORT WAS AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE WAS UNKNOWN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO WILL INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO STATED THEY WILL SEND A REPRESENTATIVE OUT WITHIN THE NEXT TWENTY DAYS TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 220,000. UPDATED 09/27/11 *BF UPDATED 10/05/11
WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 FORD F250 5.4 L V8 ENGINE POWERED TRUCK THE SECOND (2ND) SPARK PLUG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE BLEW OUT (WAS EJECTED) FROM THE HEAD. THIS WAS AN ORIGINAL SPARK PLUG ON THE 2001 F250 TRUCK WITH 75300 ORIGINAL MILES ON IT. *KB
WE HAVE A 2001 FORD F250 SD, 5.4 LITER TRITON V8. THERE WAS AN AWFUL TICKING NOISE FOR A FEW WEEKS AND ON MONDAY, JULY 4TH, WHILE RESTARTING THE TRUCK IT MADE A HUGE POP NOISE FOLLOWED BY A VERY LOUD TICK THAT SOUNDED LIKE AN EXHAUST LEAK. IT WAS SO LOUD THAT MY 2 YEAR OLD SON WAS SCARED. AFTER LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD, I SAW THE SPARK PLUG HAD BEEN DISLODGED FROM THE HEAD, THE THREADS WERE STRIPPED AND I CANNOT REPAIR IT MYSELF!! THEN AFTER CONTACTING FORD AND MANY AUTO SHOPS WE LEARNED THIS WILL COST US OVER 500 DOLLARS AND THAT THEY HAVE SERVICED OVER 10 VEHICLES IN THE LAST MONTH WITH THE SAME PROBLEM!! WHAT? AND AFTER RESEARCH HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS DATING BACK TO 2006 AND NO RECOURSE BY OWNERS! WHAT? THIS SAFETY ISSUE NEEDS TO BE FIXED! IT IS SO DANGEROUS. WE ARE REPAIRING OUR VEHICLE USING THE MECHANIC THAT FORD RECOMMENDED, HE WILL BE CHANGING THE COIL AND ADDING PINS TO IT TO ENSURE THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN FOR THAT PLUG, BUT THE OTHERS...KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS BEFORE FORD GETS THEIR STUFF TOGETHER AND FIXES THIS!! *TR
WE HAVE A 2001 FORD F250 SD, 5.4 LITER TRITON V8. THERE WAS AN AWFUL TICKING NOISE FOR A FEW WEEKS AND ON MONDAY, JULY 4TH, WHILE RESTARTING THE TRUCK IT MADE A HUGE POP NOISE FOLLOWED BY A VERY LOUD TICK THAT SOUNDED LIKE AN EXHAUST LEAK. IT WAS SO LOUD THAT MY 2 YEAR OLD SON WAS SCARED. AFTER CONTACTING FORD AND MANY AUTO SHOPS WE LEARNED THIS WILL COST US OVER 500 DOLLARS AND THAT THEY HAVE SERVICED OVER 10 VEHICLES IN THE LAST MONTH WITH THE SAME PROBLEM!! WHAT? AND AFTER RESEARCH HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS DATING BACK TO 2006 AND NO RECOURSE BY OWNERS! WHAT? THIS SAFETY ISSUE NEEDS TO BE FIXED! IT IS SO DANGEROUS. WE ARE REPAIRING OUR VEHICLE USING THE MECHANIC THAT FORD RECOMMENDED, HE WILL BE CHANGING THE COIL AND ADDING PINS TO IT TO ENSURE THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN FOR THAT PLUG, BUT THE OTHERS...KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS BEFORE FORD GETS THEIR STUFF TOGETHER AND FIXES THIS!! *TR
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