MY 99 TRUCK WITH 50,000 MILES STARTED TO ACT UP AND TALKING TO SEVERAL FRIENDS WITH FORDS AND LOOKING AT THIS SITE I KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS....COIL PACK....I STOPPED AT MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AFTER WORK TODAY AND BY THE TIME THEY DROPED ME OFF MY PHONE WAS RINGING,IT WAS FORD,,,,FOUND YOUR PROBLEM # 4 CYL,COIL PACK......WELL I JUST GOT BACK FROM THE DEALER
($ 339.46) THREE HUNDRED THIRTY NINE DOLLARS AND 36 CENTS. FOR 1 COIL PACK REPLACEMENT.................
WELL I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF I GOT THE RECORD FOR THE MOST AMOUNT PAID FOR A REPLACEMENT....THANK YOU

 

That cylinder is a tough one to replace so Im sure labor costs were a big part of the cost. I think Mike Troyer sold 8 coil packs for $200 one time so that would be about $25 for the cost of one coil pack. You paid aproximately $300 for labor Im guessing.

 

Coil packs at the dealer are around a hundred bucks apiece. Your number four may be from the coolant hose above number four leaking a little causing the number four coil pack to go bad. If you have the 4.6, install a new hose clamp on the suspect hose.

Robbie

 

that sounds kinda like a ripoff to me considering I got a tune up done on my truck (change all the spark plugs, adjust timing and idle, service battery), for like $310

But they probably charged like $85 for "diagnosing the problem", $100 for the coil pack, and then some insance amount for changing the coil pack.

 

I just had #5 replaced today and it ran $150. $80 for the coil pack and $70 for labor and tax. This was at a local mechanic and not FORD service. Just to let you know this is the 2nd one I've had done....one @ 100K and this one @ 140K. If #4 is way in the back then it is definately a pain to get too.

 

Coil pack ( Autozone or O'reilly) about 60.00 , Dealership 96.00

18" extension and 10 minutes all done I have done about 10 of these so far and number 4 is a cinch with an 18" extension and a wobble socket in the spark plug size.

Aint Skeered!!!!

 

THANKS FOR ALL THE FEEDBACK. I WILL DO IT MYSELF NEXT TIME. COIL PACK FORD 133.80
NEW PLUG 5.25
LABOR 181.10

SEE YA

 

I work at a Ford dealer and it sure seems that you were overcharged for the coil and the labor. The coil retails for about $96, it is a Motorcraft part so the dealer cost is about half that amount (motorcraft parts have about 100% markup). And unless their labor rate is about $100 an hour, they overcharged you there also. I do however recommend using Ford coils not aftermarket. You may want to try a different dealer next time.

 

I was having a "stumble" problem in my 2000 5.4 Lariat with 82,000 miles. After reading about other guys trouble shooting I determined it was probably a random misfire caused by a bad a coil pack. I just didn't know which one. The truck never threw a code, so I couldn't pin point which coil pack was bad. I figured if one could go bad after 82,000 miles another one could go bad at any time. I decided to replace them all.

I checked prices:
Ford Dealer - $108.00 per coil. Auto Zone was $49.00 per coil.

I went on Ebay and found 8 unused coil packs off a mustang engine (same coil pack part number) for $138.00.

I got the 8 coil packs from Ebay and installed them myself. I'm not a mechanic, but after reading the other guy's posts and buying a Haynes manual I was able to change all 8 out in about 2 hours.

1-4 (pax side) were a breeze. 5-6 (2 fwd on driver side) were also easy. 7 & 8 took some time.

It's great to be able to fix something on your own and save money to boot! I hadn't even heard the term "coil pack"
until I began researching the "stumble" i was experiencing.

This forum is great.