plugs changed at dealer

[Jon Bourget]

A co worker of mine , brought his moms expedition in for plugs. ended up costing him over $3000. plugs broke, and they removed the heads. Grab your ankles.

[leopold]

Originally Posted by Jon Bourget

A co worker of mine , brought his moms expedition in for plugs. ended up costing him over $3000. plugs broke, and they removed the heads. Grab your ankles.

WOW I thought I was going to get the royal screw but 3K for plugs! My dealer said they charge everyone the same price.

[code58]

Originally Posted by Jon Bourget

$800 - $900 . They should be charged with a crime. Extortion. I had mine done at the dealer for $189. none broke.

Maybe they just parked it out back for a while and told you they changed the plugs. The price of the plugs at a dealer would be $135.-$150+ tax just for the plugs! You show as having an '05, 5.4L so there's no way around that price at a dealer. Did they actually install those plugs for $30. labor, or so? Something isn't right about that picture.

[leopold]

Originally Posted by code58

Maybe they just parked it out back for a while and told you they changed the plugs. The price of the plugs at a dealer would be $135.-$150+ tax just for the plugs! You show as having an '05, 5.4L so there's no way around that price at a dealer. Did they actually install those plugs for $30. labor, or so? Something isn't right about that picture.

When I did have mine done it was at a independent shop. Was charged 350 if i remember right

[Jon Bourget]

The plugs cost $96.00 . The labor was $182.31 . so it was $278.31 . sorry I only remembered the labor cost or close to it. but still No where close to $900. I got all my old plugs back at my request. They all looked great. But I always run 93 octain and some Lucas oil products top end lubricant / fuel conditioner. Plugs were done at 61,857 miles.

[DSGSTX81]

Originally Posted by code58

They didn't even bother to ask if it was a 5.4 or not? Sounds like their blade is more than just a little dull!

That's the thing--I TOLD them it was the 2v 4.6 and they stuck by that price. Some people are just out for their fair share and half of yours, as well...

[DSGSTX81]

Originally Posted by code58

Maybe they just parked it out back for a while and told you they changed the plugs. The price of the plugs at a dealer would be $135.-$150+ tax just for the plugs! You show as having an '05, 5.4L so there's no way around that price at a dealer. Did they actually install those plugs for $30. labor, or so? Something isn't right about that picture.

The first dealer quoted me $22 A PLUG. My truck takes the SP-493, which are $3.49 a piece at O' Reilly's. Even the two-piece SP-515 for the 5.4 was $13.25 a piece at O'Reilly's. $22 per plug...insane.

[kskyles]

my dealer wanted $450 + $100 for each broken plug. i'm sure they have some half-wit monkeys back there spinning them out with an impact wrench. i just did it myself yesterday. got 7 out clean, and one broke off. it just happened to be the farthest one back on the driver's side. took 2 hours to get the 7 out, then another 2 for the broken one with the lisle extractor.

total for me was $68 for the plugs. i borrowed the lisle extractor and the ford specific plug wrench from my buddy.

now i get to do it on the expedition. oh joy.

[Shuler]

Is the Ford specific plug wrench a necessity? I have a 9/16 and a couple extensions & wobbles, but might actually need a couple more extensions of varying lengths. I think I might have used a few as drifts many moons ago. Does anyone remember any specific combinations that has worked like a charm?

[zstyles]

I spoke with the ford customer assistance center, they said that if they get enough calls about this issue that they would open a recall on this....how many on here have called to report this to ford?