At the supermarket, I went to start and "POP"!! Opened the hood and my coil pack was holding my spark plug laying on the top of the motor. So...I drove it home like this (a very short distance). Tried to re-thread the plug, and it would not torque. I looked a helocoil fixes, but heard bad reviews (at the time). I lived near an auto salvage yard, and heads where not expensive there. So, R/R'd the head. If you are not mechanically inclined, I would not attempt this repair. It is very extensive with an installed motor. Bad design by Ford, as the thread depth for the spark plug was not sufficient.

Engine blew out no 8 plug. no warning light or noise. Vehicle was setting still at an highway intersection when plug blew out. Poor design by Triton engine builders and Ford, not enough plug thread in head to hold plugs in and Ford refuses to take any blame for this poor design. Original plugs replace at 100,000 with three coil packs. Just a poor design and is dangerous to driver and passengers, could cause a large fire with spark and fuel out in the open on top of engine. Ford needs to address this known problem with the Triton Motors and refuses to do so. My last Ford Product and can't get rid of this truck because everyone knows this is going to happen to all these Engines and makes them hard to trade or sell.

I do have to say I find this rather annoying. In the last 9 months I have had 6 of the 10 plugs heli-coiled because they blew out.

Today 12/9/14 the 7th spark plug blew out and resulted in a fire, which had me sitting on the side of a major highway during rush hour traffic with smoke and flames bellowing out of the engine compartment. The truck is a total loss. I have been rather upset about this every time it happened because I have a 2 yr old and a 3 yr old in the vehicle daily and was wondering if something major was gonna happen.

I have asked Ford if there was a recall on this issue and was told no because it didn't pose a safety concern. I'll tell you at this point seeing how quickly this thing went up in flames, I had about 2 minutes to get safely to the side of the road and out of the truck. Ford needs to recall this issue and take care of those of us who have lost our vehicles due to this failure. I know this was cause by a spark-plug because just before the fire occurred the plug blew which is a very distinct sound which I know all to well now on the 7th one. Before the plug blew out the truck was running in tip top shape as it was just at the mechanic a week earlier to have the 6th plug put back in.

I had a full load and was heading to the dump with the #10 plug blew. Cost with towing was about $550 for the repair. Really was a pain in the ass. If this was a one-time thing I would not worry too much about it, but because it is at risk of happening again, up to 9 times, I am not impressed.

Sounds like this is really a manufacturing/design defect and Ford should be responsible. I have never heard of a blown spark plug before in my life - not sure if this is something that ever happens with other vehicles.

Debating selling the vehicle and going with a non-triton ford, or perhaps switching to GM or Toyota.

I bought the truck new in 1999, and never had a problem until 2005 when the first spark plug blew. It cost me $520.00 to have it towed and repaired. The second time the plug blow (2007), it cost me $620.00 to have it towed and repaired. Yesterday (06/02/2012), it cost me $740.00 to have it towed and repaired. Since I have owned the truck I have been extremely happy with the performance, I have only replaced the alternator, which is great for most car & trucks. But! To have as much trouble with this engine and from what I have heard about the V10 & other ford truck engines ford should correct the problem & pay at least half the cost! I love my truck, but if this continue (with the other seven plugs), I will have to look at GM. COME ON FORD.... DON'T LOSE ME!!

I was driving on the NJ turnpike when I heard a bang and loss of power as I was changing lanes in front of big rig tractor flying behind me I had to swerve off the highway trying to get to the shoulder safely with no power I managed to park. I think ford would have had to pay for my life if that tractor did hit me. This is bullshit from a company that put out a motor with this problem I could have been killed and it would have been there fault. I finally get the truck home to find out my spark plug blew. I hope they do a recall and fix this before someone does get killed.

Have only Driven p.u under 9000 miles since fix. I am not comfortable enough to go very far with it because it will most likely going to happen again.If you are out some were and it happens the spark plug blows out then you have a dangerous situation with fuel fumes that could ignite if you drive it.My friend also has a 2003 V10 and he's lost three already luckily two were when he was at home.

I love my truck but Its so unsafe I do not want to take it anywhere due possibility of it igniting when a plug blows and the safety of getting out of where you break down. For the price I and everybody else paid for these we should feel safe and not have to fix Ford screw up every time it happens at over 1000.00 plus when you include towing to the fix. this is a real safety issue and Ford should fix on their dollar.

I have been a ford man all my life, I currently own 3 ford trucks a ranger a 150 and a 250 all 99 models. the ranger and 150 I bought with 0 miles the 250 had 100000. my F250 has blown 4 plugs in the 2 years I have owned it, the problem is 1 they need to make the threads deeper and to also make special sparkplugs to fit the deeper threads, what is happening is the head is aluminum and when it gets hot it is expanding at a faster rate than the plug which is made of steel. the threads hold for a while and over time they get worn down a leak starts and then boom you blow a plug The quality of ford has hit rock bottom, sure they have beautiful cars and trucks that cant be beat in looks but take one down a dirt rd for a few months and it will sound like a bag full of cats when your going down the highway. the reason im writeing this is one to blow off some steam and 2 to let people know that I have first hand witnessed the poor quality of workmanship in assembling these cars and trucks. I worked on fords Atlanta assembly plant for 11 years until they closed it down in 2006. I'm not writing this in revenge of losing my job thats water under the bridge and Im far better off now. here are some of the things I witnessed... im sorry I don't know the dates and most are from the assembly of the cars, the components of the car are assembled elsewhere ie engines and transmissions..

body welds breaking in critical points instead of stopping the line to fix the problem they have a person stand there with a spot welder and by hand re weld broken welds, the accuracy by hand is nowhere as good as the properly running robot

brake lines threads were not threaded right their solution was to have a person stand there and put teflon tape on the threads before assembly, sure it will work.. for a while

brake lines cross threaded, solution try to tighten them tighter to stop the leak

windows leaking... solution put a piece of rubber tape on the inside before the trim goes in.. I have more just have to think about them im sure all the automakers are guilty of taking shortcuts to save money but in the end its the consumer who pays for the automakers inability to produce a reliable modern car....