2014 Explorer No Spark After Tuneup

[compguru910]

This thing has turned into a nightmare recently. Recently changed out the plugs/coils on my explorer due to it getting shaky aroun d 35mph and felt like a misfire (I was wrong). Figured I would change the coils at the same time since I was removing the intake plenum. Turns out it was the transmission slipping anyways.
Fast forward two weeks, go to start the car and nothing. Fuel pump is working, plugs are getting wet. Tried starting fluid just as a sanity check, nothing. Pulled a plug out, left it in the coil to watch for spark, and nothing.
So it looks like I'm not getting spark now. I've been out of the mechanics thing for a while, but it use to be you had an ignition control module that could fail causing this issue, but I'm not seeing an ICM on this.
Anyone else ever had this issue? I've seen somewhere else while talking about Expeditions (my other vehicle) that you should use factory coils because it can mess something up, but the something is what I'm missing, nor do I know how to test it.
Any help would be appreciated. I'm in Alaska, supposed to be moving in 50 days back to the lower 48, but I can't ship this car if it won't start.

 

[peterk9]

Welcome to the Forum.
I'm afraid I'm not going to be of any help it diagnosing this issue. Hopefully, someone will be able to give you some info to get it going. If not you would have to push it onto whatever shipping method you are using.

Peter

 

[Crates]

Just so I’m clear, the vehicle did run for a couple weeks after the plugs were changed, then it wouldn’t start at all suddenly?

The factory coils are generally pretty robust, Ive never seen all 6 fail at once. If you are planning to replace them definitely only buy the correct part # OE ones. The aftermarket coils tend to fail quickly.

The main input the pcm needs to know to fire the coils in the correct order is crank signal. I’d start there. Is it throwing any codes?