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2001 Ford F-150 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	402062
Internal NHTSA #	10005785
Manufacurer	FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Brand	FORD
Model	F-150
Model Year	2001
File date	06/06/02
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Re: 2001 ford svt lightning my vehicle violently ejected a spark plug from the engine's head, while merging on a highway on-ramp. Upon failure, the vehicle obviously started misfiring, bucking, and was a handful when pulling over to side of the road. Ford only used 4 sets of threads on their lightining heads from 1999 to early 2003. Conventional heads typically use between 8 and 10 threads to hold a plug, but ford designed their heads with only 4 threads on many modular 5. 4-liter v8 motors too (not just the lightning). They have acknowledged that there is a problem, as they have changed the head design in early 2003 to a new part with 8 threads. But ford has not issued a recall for older lightnings (and other f-150's), even though this could be a potential safety problem (fire, loss of control, etc.). I have already had my head replaced with another inferior 4-thread design, and i wonder when the next plug will be blown from my engine. I would like to see nhtsa encourage ford to retrofit all affected vehicles as this is a common problem for many lightning owners.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	10000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	ASHBURN, VA
VIN pattern	2FTZF07331CXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	06/09/01
Was original owner?	Y
Anti-lock brakes	Y
Cruise control	Y
Number of cylinders	8
Drive train type	RWD
Transmission type	AUTO
Vehicle speed	45
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2001 Ford F-150 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2001 Ford F-150 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

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