# 2006 Ford F-150 - Spark plug blow up **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ford\ **Created:** [September 25, 2021, 10:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569 "2021-09-25T10:14:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Izzy20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Izzy20](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Izzy20)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 10:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/1 "2021-09-25T10:14:22Z")
sparkplug blow up, spent 2000 in parts and labor…Had the same problem, I would join a class action law suit …please contact me ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/2 "2021-09-26T21:25:07Z")
Don’t know what a spark plug blow up actually means. Would help if you gave more info… specifically the engine and number of miles on it. Guessing 5.4 liter 3 valve… very problematic engine. Must have 175,000 on it by now. Doubt you have any legal recourse with a high mileage 15 year old truck. But I am not a lawyer. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/3 "2021-09-26T21:38:37Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > Doubt you have any legal recourse with a high mileage 15 year old truck. But I am not a lawyer. +1 Anything is possible I suppose, but the likelihood of being successful with a lawsuit involving a 15 year old vehicle is probably somewhere between slim and none. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/4 "2021-09-26T21:39:44Z")
And Slim’s left town… 😄 ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/5 "2021-09-26T23:58:24Z")
Izzy is one-and-done. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/6 "2021-09-27T01:24:37Z")
He most likely means the plug blew out of the engine, taking the coil along with it Sadly, quite common on some Ford engines Time-sert to the rescue . . . ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 3:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/7 "2021-09-27T03:38:50Z")
Lawsuits for everyone. Pass out the subpoenas. Raise the right hand, start the interrogatories.Increase court security. Bring in the police SWAT team director (If I had a rubber hose I would beat you.) from Christmas Vacation. Being a bit crass I suppose but lawsuits du jour irritate me to no end; much less on a 15 year old sled. ---
**Author:** ![Jab31704\_177293](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@Jab31704\_177293](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jab31704_177293)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 4:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/8 "2021-09-27T04:55:18Z")
That’s actually a super common problem with that particular vehicle. I’d suggest selling it and getting a Chevy😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/9 "2021-09-27T05:00:32Z")
> [@Jab31704\_177293](#): > > I’d suggest selling it and getting a Chevy [https://www.motorbiscuit.com/consumer-reports-ranked-the-2021-chevy-silverado-as-the-most-unreliable-truck/](https://www.motorbiscuit.com/consumer-reports-ranked-the-2021-chevy-silverado-as-the-most-unreliable-truck/) Tester ---
**Author:** ![Jab31704\_177293](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@Jab31704\_177293](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jab31704_177293)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/10 "2021-09-27T05:05:36Z")
I don’t know a whole lot about the newer ones. I was more thinking a Chevy equivalent of the same year. Silverado’s between 99-13 were solid trucks. ---
**Author:** ![bcohen2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bcohen2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bcohen2010)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 5:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/11 "2021-09-27T05:06:24Z")
He likely means a Chevy from the same time period, i.e. the mid-2000’s–not a brand new 2021 model. And I can vouch for the fact that Chevrolet trucks from the late 1990’s to mid-2000’s are solid, having driven several of them as work trucks. The new trucks have reached cartoonish proportions, and appear to be too big to easily drive and park, and the bed is too high off the ground to easily load heavy cargo. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/12 "2021-09-27T05:14:08Z")
Work on vehicles for over fifty years, and you know what’s solid. That’s why I don’t own GM vehicles. Tester ---
**Author:** ![Laisseraller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee7513/32.png) [@Laisseraller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Laisseraller)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/13 "2021-09-30T17:38:02Z")
I use to work at a ford garage, some engines vibrate more than others and the spark plugs if not torqued to specs may come unscrewed and blow out of the hole. This is common on some year and models. Type of metal used in the head the age of the metal or non metal, if the engine over heats may play a factor. You can use Heli coil threat repair and replace with new spark plug sometimes it works sometime not? ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/14 "2021-10-01T00:38:38Z")
This is a problem particular to certain Ford engines And Time-sert is the way to go, at least in this instance ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/15 "2021-10-01T00:55:25Z")
99 to 2007.5. After that, they got active fuel management with oil burning engines and lifters prone to failure. In the 5.3 liter, anyway ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/16 "2021-10-01T00:58:09Z")
I have two brother in laws that owned Ford’s with the 5.4 3 valve. One’s engine went over 300k miles with routine maintenance. The other, the engine crapped out under warranty. Hit or miss, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/17 "2021-10-01T00:58:55Z")
Ok, now I need to know what you do own. ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/18 "2021-10-01T00:59:53Z")
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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/19 "2021-10-01T01:03:35Z")
1997 Honda Accord 2.7 V6. 220,000 miles. ??? Tester ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569/20 "2021-10-01T01:04:26Z")
A damn fine truck. 😁 [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f-150-spark-plug-blow-up/179569.md?page=2)