- Joined
- Aug 12, 2021
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- Location
- Phoenix, AZ
- Current Ride
- 2022 F250 Tremor 7.3L
I am officially part of the 7.3 misfiring club. I was originally planning on taking the truck for a week to San Diego but the day before I left the truck began running really rough then popped a flashing CEL. While it was idling I was able to hear a kind of clicking or electrical arcing noise. I got a notification from Ford Pass that it had detected a misfire. My initial reaction was that I was another unfortunate victim of the faulty spark plug wires for these engines. Anyway, I limped it over to a nearby dealer the following morning and took the Corolla to California instead.
I picked up the truck yesterday and my service salesman informed me that it was not a bad spark plug wire at all. He said that apparently the plug socket was poorly attached to the sparkplug from the factory and managed to wiggle its way loose from vibration. They re-attached it properly and life is good.
Then comes this morning while I am driving to work, less than 30 miles after picking it up, and the problem has just come back. I am beginning to believe that the dealers explanation was either incorrect or there is another underlying root cause that they have missed. For people that had faulty wires, were you able to hear the audible ticking or arcing sound while yours was happening?
I am disappointed to say the least considering the truck only has 800 miles on it at this point...
I am wondering how I should go about resolving this currently. The first dealer I went to was near my home, about 50 miles from my work where the truck is currently parked. Should I try to have them tow it back to that dealer or just limp it over to another dealer that is closer my work? I want to put as little miles as possible in this condition.
Ill keep yall updated with the situation as it goes forward!
I picked up the truck yesterday and my service salesman informed me that it was not a bad spark plug wire at all. He said that apparently the plug socket was poorly attached to the sparkplug from the factory and managed to wiggle its way loose from vibration. They re-attached it properly and life is good.
Then comes this morning while I am driving to work, less than 30 miles after picking it up, and the problem has just come back. I am beginning to believe that the dealers explanation was either incorrect or there is another underlying root cause that they have missed. For people that had faulty wires, were you able to hear the audible ticking or arcing sound while yours was happening?
I am disappointed to say the least considering the truck only has 800 miles on it at this point...
I am wondering how I should go about resolving this currently. The first dealer I went to was near my home, about 50 miles from my work where the truck is currently parked. Should I try to have them tow it back to that dealer or just limp it over to another dealer that is closer my work? I want to put as little miles as possible in this condition.
Ill keep yall updated with the situation as it goes forward!
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