Would a coil cause this

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JOEYSIERRA916
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  • 2005 FORD F-150
  • 5.4L
  • V8
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 150,000 MILES
I took in my truck for a repair due to a code that read cylinder three misfire. When I have them my vehicle it was running fine. They told me over the phone that they needed to do their own diagnostic which would cost me $99.00, they called me later and told me that the problem was cylinder three misfire and that it had a bad coil. They said they would fix it for around $180.00, and I said yes. They called me back later on and told me they put the new coil in and it was still misfiring and that the problem was there was shards in the piston. So they pulled the new coil and put the old one back in. I came to get my vehicle and when I got it after paying the $99.00 for the diagnostic my truck would not go over 15 mph without puttering and stalling. I immediately called them back and took the vehicle back. My vehicle was puttering, would stall, and was making a sound that was similar to a hissing. One of the associates told me that it was already doing that and that when they took it for a test drive it stalled. The then towed it to a certified Ford dealer.
Saturday, June 1st, 2019 AT 3:59 PM

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DANNY L
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Hello, I'm Danny.

To answer your question, no that doesn't really sound like a coil issue to make your truck run even worse. Your model year truck has a bad problem with spark plugs blowing out of the aluminum cylinder head because of the threads breaking/stripping. The cylinder heads spark plug threads are also easily damaged by spark plug removal due to improper precautions. It sounds like they might have tried removing cylinder #3 spark plug to verify the misfire and damaged the cylinder head spark plug threads resulting in your trucks symptoms. It is fixable. I've attached below a photo of Ford Motor Company's Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) addressing the problem. Hope this helps and thanks for using 2CarPros.
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Saturday, June 1st, 2019 AT 7:17 PM
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KASEKENNY
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Hi Joey,

Sounds like an unfortunate situation all the way around. A coil could cause a rough running situation or a sputtering. However, it sounds like they found metal in the engine. If they did, then this is most likely the mai issue.

If there is metal in the engine then more than likely what happened was it was already coming apart when you took it in but the test driving that they did caused the remaining damage and it will continue to get worse. Just from what I am hearing they did, I wouldn't think they cause the current issue unless there is more to what they did. Just testing for a misfire and changing the coil is not going to do what is happening now.

Please let me know if you need anything else. Thanks
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Saturday, June 1st, 2019 AT 7:19 PM

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