Top 5 Problems Ford F150 Truck 11th Gen 2004-08

hey friends it's Elaine here from 1a auto today we've got a 2005 Ford f150 in the shop and we want to do another top problems video for you let's get started [Music] okay friends so you know me one of the first things that I always like to talk about in these videos is a safety issue on these Ford f-150s there's a very big probability that you're gonna have a problem with the airbag system when you have a problem with this airbag system there's probably gonna be two symptoms that you're probably gonna notice one of them is probably gonna be just an airbag light on your dash that's the least problematic and the second thing that I hope you're probably not going to notice is the airbag itself might actually deploy randomly you're not even in an impact that of course could be very bad and it could send you veering off the road or potentially worse now fixes that you're gonna find for this is gonna be something that you're not necessarily gonna have to do on your own Ford actually sent out a recall about this and they're gonna take care of it for you essentially what they're gonna do is they're gonna remove the airbag unit they're gonna make sure that they cover those wires with some sort of loom or something protective to make sure that they don't actually get worn through and ground out and once they fix this for you you should be good to go down the road while we're still inside the vehicle why don't we jump to the second issue that we have on this vehicle and that's the blend or actuators the issue that happens with these blend or actuators is they just stop working internally whether it's a component that fails or it's an electric electrical issue but it's a problem with the actual actuator itself which we sell at 1a auto con by the way now the symptoms that you're probably gonna notice with this is once your vehicle is at operating temperature of course this should be able to be heat that pumps out of those vents for you to warm you up right well let's say you go ahead and you turn that blend or switch so that it's gonna go to full heat but maybe you feel around your vets and it seems like it's still blowing cold well why is that like I said it's because of the blend or actuator it's very common for these to go bad on this and like I said it is something that we sell at 1a auto calm the next thing we're going to talk about on these vehicles is the spark plugs there's gonna be a couple different issues that you're probably gonna notice one spark plug is gonna look a lot like this the problem with these spark plugs and this is more than likely on the 6-cylinder version of these engines is the fact that the spark plug will actually work its way out of the cylinder because the threading that's supposed to be inside the cylinder that holds all these threads if the cylinder actually only has about half this amount of threads maybe like five threads tapped into it so you have only five threads out of all these that are actually holding in overtime the combustion gases and the heat and everything that's going on inside of that combustion chamber starts forcing the carbon and everything up inside these threads and of course the air starts wiggling around once it breaks free it can just kind of keep loosening and once it loosens up completely pops right out of the engine the other thing that you might notice with these engines especially on the Triton with the three valve engines it's gonna be a different type of sparkplug and with that you're actually gonna notice the spark plug doesn't want to come out when it comes time to replacing those spark plugs you're gonna have to use a specialty socket one likely it's gonna look something like this it's a nice extended socket that way there it gets down nice and deep inside those tubes that lead down to where the spark plug is and then you'll have a nice good grip and it won't be flexing around too much because of course if you were to have it like that and it can flex around because you have a smaller socket on there with a big old jumbo extension you could flex it around and potentially break your spark plug which if you're replacing it anyway it doesn't really matter so much but if you're just checking it or doing routine maintenance and you wanted to make sure it was good obviously you don't want to break it but with that said we're gonna continue on to the fact that the spark plugs do like to break inside of the actual engine and that's due to the upgraded design of the spark plug they actually have like an extended little piece that comes down here and so what happens is is they'll actually adhere due to the heat and the carbon and everything that's going on inside of that engine combustion chamber it actually almost welds will say it's not a real weld so don't hold me to that but it almost welds to the actual inside of that cylinder head so when you go to take this out it doesn't want to break free and when it does you might notice your spark plug will break up along here which is less common up around there you might also notice that even though your sockets grabbing on to this hex head it'll actually break off right along this area right here and so you'll have the whole bottom area of the spark plug stuck inside the engine like I said this isn't the spark plug that I'm actually talking about on the Triton three valid engines this one's a little bit different but if you were to imagine that having the longer shank I'm sure you know what I'm talking about that whole area just gets stuck inside the engine and it can become a major issue so now for fixes for this if you were talking about the spark plug that had loosened up and kind of made its way out more than likely you damage the threads that are on the inside of that head so what you're gonna have to do is you're gonna have to retype that head there's a special kit that you can get that's gonna make it so you'll have basically it'll hone out the threads and then you make new threads you put in a little helicoil and then of course you can put in your spark plug and you should be good to go and then of course if you were to talk about the spark plugs on the three valve Triton's that get frozen inside the engine one a auto has your back we've got our little kit here alright and this is going to take care of all the business for you it's gonna make your life a whole lot easier and you're gonna appreciate it something to keep in mind is when you're actually doing those three valve spark plugs and you're worried about them being frozen inside the engine because more than likely at least one or two of them will be it's a great idea to run some sort of carbon cleaning system through the engine prior to doing this service and then also it's important to remember when you try to break those spark plugs free you don't want to really jam it you want to just try to go nice and slow and you want to listen for a little crackling sound you want to be like because that's gonna be the threads trying to break free in there if you cool like this real quick more than likely you're just gonna break that spark plug right off and you're gonna have a major issue now the next thing I want to talk to you about on these vehicles involves coil packs and it's probably gonna come up with a symptom basically that looks a lot like a check engine light on your dash and if you were to pull the code it's gonna come up with something saying along the lines with maybe P o 301 to P o 308 essentially each one of those numbers the one through the eight at the end there is going to designate which cylinder has the issue with that said let's get into it now these coil packs are known to have issues they go faulty inside it's just bound to happen when it happens like I said it's gonna trip a little check on July for you you're gonna pull the code and it's gonna tell you about where to look it's gonna tell you which cylinder that is showing that it has the issue well now let's say that you pull that coil out and you want to make sure that it's working how are you going to test it well what's the most simple way to test it you just pick a cylinder that's either right next to it or even on the other side of the engine from it and swap them real quick at that point you would run the vehicle and if you notice that the misfire happened to move to the area that you just put that coil in then you know that the issue was the coil if for some reason the issue didn't move and it was still remaining on the same cylinder then of course you would move along to testing to see if that spark plug is in good condition and of course to make sure you have compression in the cylinder now let's go with the assumption that after you switch that coil pack over to the other cylinder maybe the issue didn't change it's still in that same original cylinder well what's the next couple things that you're going to check you want to check the fuel pressure compression and you also want to make sure that you have a good spark coming from that spark plug now the next problem I want to talk to you about on these is the exhaust manifolds it's super common let's talk about it so now some of the symptoms that you're going to notice from this is basically mostly a ticking noise you might also notice a little bit of a smell of exhaust fumes but that's a little less likely with what I'm talking about with the ticking noise it's mostly gonna be heard when the engines cold the reason for that is because once the engine heats up and it starts expelling that hot air out through the exhaust of course the metal on the manifold it's going to expand and close up the imperfections on the manifold which more likely would be a crack now cracked manifold isn't the only reason why you might hear this ticking noise there might not necessarily be anything wrong with the manifold but it could actually be a broken exhaust stud the exhaust studs are actually inserted into the engine block and then of course you would have the manifold gasket the manifold and then you would have some nuts that hold the manifold up against the gasket to the engine over time these studs of course due to all the heat and the moisture and everything that they get all around them all the time they tend to rot away and then they'll probably break generally speaking it's more than likely gonna be one of the studs probably closest to the firewall seems like it's the most common one to break with that said when that stud breaks there's a very real possibility that the man pole is going to be able to pull away from the engine block a little bit especially if it's on one of the corners like I said bar this towards the firewall when this happens it creates an air gap of course the gaskets gonna deteriorate more over time so you're gonna notice the ticking noise seems like it gets louder and at this point more than likely you're gonna start really noticing an exhaust fumes smell now obviously exhaust fumes are a very big safety issue you don't want to be breathing in any of that carbon monoxide so you need to fix any exhaust issue ASAP with that said depending on which issue you had whether it was a cracked manifold or the broken stud would lead you in the direction that you would need to fix if you have a broken stud you wouldn't necessarily have to replace the manifold although it is good practice to remove the manifold fully and then have it planed at the same time as it's being planned you'd want to Burtt visually inspect the whole manifold to make sure you don't see any cracked areas if you see anything that looks like a crack well now is the time to replace it and of course if it's just a crack manifold you would want to replace the manifold with the new gasket now of course if you do have to drill out one of those manifold studs 1a auto sells a kit that's gonna work perfect for that now the reason for this kit would be because when you go to drill out these studs let's say that it is broken and more than likely it's probably flushed with the engine block you're gonna have to draw up drill a little center hole or a pilot hole okay once you do that you of course step up your bit to the next corresponding bit until of course you got to the size of the actual stud the problem with that is a lot of times when you're trying to drill out the steel stud that's going into the engine if you go a little bit out an angle you're gonna cause major issues and of course you could actually puncture the coolant jacket inside which would be very bad ok friends so we try to make a nice educational video for you about top problems with the Oh 5 Ford f-150 are there gonna be more problems yeah are there going to be tons of great things about the vehicle yeah overall when I say it's a great vehicle to have of course I would every vehicle has its problems and this one's just like the rest with that said almost every one of these parts that we went over inside this list 1a auto actually sells including some of the tools that would make the job much easier for you overall while I've got you here if you liked the video make sure you go ahead and hit that like button boom while you're at it go ahead and subscribe and ring the bell and while I still got you here why don't you go ahead and leave me a comment let me know if there's something I missed or even if there's just something you want to say thanks thanks for watching visit 1a auto comm for quality auto parts shipped to your door the place for DIY auto repair and if you enjoyed this video please click the subscribe button

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Length: 11min 50sec (710 seconds)

Published: Sat May 16 2020