ORLANDO, Fla. — It's a repair bill no vehicle owner expects -- $1,000 or more just to change spark plugs. But some Ford owners have to pay that because their spark plugs break when being replaced.

The Ford 5.4L Triton three-valve engine is a great powerplant and comes from the factory with Motorcraft platinum tipped spark plugs rated to last 100K miles. However, if you’ve blindly attempted to ...

If you are the owner of a Ford truck with a three-valve (3V) modular V-8 or V-10 engine built from 2004 thru 2007, you have either faced the misery of broken spark plugs-or you will. The Ford 4.6L, ...

Q: In a recent column you told a reader that he should not need to replace platinum-tipped spark plugs until the manufacturer-recommended 60,000 miles. The dissimilar metals in the aluminum heads and ...