1994 FORD F-150 Power Train Problems

DT: THE CONTACT STATED PICKUP TRUCK WAS PLACED IN THE GARAGE, AND IN THE EARLY MORNING HE DISCOVERED THE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE ALONG WITH THE TRUCK. HE CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY. THE FIRE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION :CONTROL MODULE (PCM). THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE. *AK

Mileage: 135,000

EFOD TRANSMISSION - 3RD ONE CURRENTLY INSTALLED, ALONG WITH SECOND CONTROL MODULE. RADIATOR SEPARATED AT TANK SIDE JOINTS CAUSING LEAKS. IDLER AND TENSION PULLEYS FAILED. TIRES WERE ORIGINALLY FIRESTONES- TWO HIGH SPEED BLOWOUTS BEFORE IT BECAME NATIONAL NEWS. REPLACED A/C COMPRESSOR IN FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. SECOND CLOCK MECH. INSTALLED IN STEEERING WHEEL, CAUSED LOSS OF AIRBAG, HORN, CRUISE CONTROL WHEN IT WENT OUT BOTH TIMES. REPLACED U-JOINTS. FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARP EVERY 20,000 MILES. REPLACED FAILED MASS AIR SENSOR AND COOLANT TEMP. SENSOR. REPLACED CRUISE CONTROL MODULE.

EFOD TRANSMISSION - 3RD ONE CURRENTLY INSTALLED, ALONG WITH SECOND CONTROL MODULE. RADIATOR SEPARATED AT TANK SIDE JOINTS CAUSING LEAKS. IDLER AND TENSION PULLEYS FAILED. TIRES WERE ORIGINALLY FIRESTONES- TWO HIGH SPEED BLOWOUTS BEFORE IT BECAME NATIONAL NEWS. REPLACED A/C COMPRESSOR IN FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. SECOND CLOCK MECH. INSTALLED IN STEEERING WHEEL, CAUSED LOSS OF AIRBAG, HORN, CRUISE CONTROL WHEN IT WENT OUT BOTH TIMES. REPLACED U-JOINTS. FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARP EVERY 20,000 MILES. REPLACED FAILED MASS AIR SENSOR AND COOLANT TEMP. SENSOR. REPLACED CRUISE CONTROL MODULE.

EFOD TRANSMISSION - 3RD ONE CURRENTLY INSTALLED, ALONG WITH SECOND CONTROL MODULE. RADIATOR SEPARATED AT TANK SIDE JOINTS CAUSING LEAKS. IDLER AND TENSION PULLEYS FAILED. TIRES WERE ORIGINALLY FIRESTONES- TWO HIGH SPEED BLOWOUTS BEFORE IT BECAME NATIONAL NEWS. REPLACED A/C COMPRESSOR IN FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. SECOND CLOCK MECH. INSTALLED IN STEEERING WHEEL, CAUSED LOSS OF AIRBAG, HORN, CRUISE CONTROL WHEN IT WENT OUT BOTH TIMES. REPLACED U-JOINTS. FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARP EVERY 20,000 MILES. REPLACED FAILED MASS AIR SENSOR AND COOLANT TEMP. SENSOR. REPLACED CRUISE CONTROL MODULE.

CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T ACTIVATE. NO ACTIVATION LIGHT WHEN ON SWITCH DEPRESSED. ALREADY HAD TO CHANGE OUT THE CLOCKING MECHANISM, COST $300.00+. NOW GET AN INTERMITTENT AIRBAG LIGHT, HORN IS SPORADIC. ALSO ON 3RD TRANSMISSION DUE TO THAT DEFECTIVE EFOD TRANSMISSION. HAVEN'T TOWED ANYTHING. PIECE OF CRAP. I'LL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD.*AK

Mileage: 85,000

WHILE SHIFTING THE GEARS THE CLUTCH FAILED TO MOVE ON ITS OWN. A LOUD BANGING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TO THE SOLENOID SWITCH. *AK

PROBLEM RELATES TO THE BUSHING IN THE CLUTCH PEDAL LINKAGE. IT FAILS WITHOUT WARNING WHILE SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION. IT NOT ONLY ACTS AS THE LUBRICATING BUSHING IN THE LINKAGE, BUT ALSO THE KEEPER THAT HOLDS THE CLUTCH PEDAL LINKAGE TOGETHER WHERE IT JOINS THE ACTUATING ROD OF THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER. THE FIRST TIME THAT IT FAILED, AND ALL SUBSEQUENT TIMES, THE CLUTCH PEDAL DROPS TO THE FLOOR, LEAVING THE DRIVER WITH NO WAY TO SHIFT USING THE CLUTCH. IF THE VEHICLE IS MOVING AND THE OPERATOR KNOWS HOW TO PERFORM A SHIFT WITHOUT THE CLUTCH PEDAL, THE VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN TO A SAFE LOCATION. OTHERWISE, ONE IS LEFT AT THE PLACE THAT IT CAME APART, WONDERING HOW TO CONNECT THE LINKAGE TOGETHER SO THAT THE VEHICLE CAN BE SHIFTED. TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, A REPLACEMENT BUSHING IS REQUIRED. IT SNAPS INTO THE LOOP OF THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER ROD, WHICH THEN SNAPS ONTO THE CLUTCH PEDAL LINKAGE. THIS HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES DURING THE 10 YEARS THAT I'VE OWNED THE VEHICLE, THE FIRST TIME AT ABOUT 3 YEARS OF AGE. THEN APPROXIMATELY EVERY 18 TO 24 MONTHS. TODAY THE BUSHING BROKE THAT I REPLACED ABOUTH 3 MONTHS AGO. I NOW ALWAYS CARRY A NEW SPARE BUSHING. I PUT IN THE SPARE BUSHING, AND AFTER ABOUT 4 SHIFTS, THE NEW BUSHING BEGAN TO FAIL. A PIECE CRACKED OFF. I HAVE THE MOST RECENTLY REPLACED BUSHING IF NEEDED FOR RESEARCH. *AK

Mileage: 173,500

THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE FIRE WAS FUELED BY BRAKE FLUID AND ALL DAMAGE WAS CONFINE TO THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE DRIVER. THE TORQUE CONVERTER LOCKED UP. *CB *NLM

Mileage: 93,000

CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO PARK. CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO USE PARK BRAKE.*AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY HARD WHEN COMING OUT OF FIRST GEAR. *NLM

Mileage: 85,000

I HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED 4 TIMES. EACH TIME TEMPERARILY FIXING THE PROBLEM. NOW THE TRANSMISSION HAS I GUESS FAILED COMPLETELY.*AK

TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT HARD IN SECOND GEAR. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO GEAR WHILE PARKED ON AN INCLINE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TRANSMISSION IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WHEN STARTING VEHICLE IN THE MORNING VEHICLE WOULD JERK HARD WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR. *AK *TT

WHEN DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD, AND VEHICLE'S SPEED WOULD INCREASE WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO WHEN ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WENT OFF, ENGINE WOULD FLUSTER. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK DEALER REPLACED O2 SENSOR AND SPARK PLUGS. WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE HYDROPLANED AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, VEHICLE WENT UP ON A BANK, AND THEN CAME TO A STOP IN A DITCH, CONSUMER HAS NOT DRIVEN VEHICLE SINCE THEN, THERE WAS NO POLICE REPORT BECAUSE DAMAGE DID NOT EXCEED 1000 DOLLARS. *SLC

THE TRANSMISSION LINES AND DIFFERENTIAL COVERS ARE CORRODED.*JB

THE TRANSMISSION LINES AND DIFFERENTIAL COVERS ARE CORRODED.*JB

THE TRANSMISSION LINES AND DIFFERENTIAL COVERS ARE CORRODED.*JB

THE TRANSMISSION LINES AND DIFFERENTIAL COVERS ARE CORRODED.*JB

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

TORQUE CONVERTER IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WITH OVERDRIVE IS FAULTY WHICH CAUSES DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION. FORD HAS UPGRADED PART, BUT CONSUMER IS HAVING TO COVER THE CHARGES. *AK

BRAKES MAKES A LOUD NOISE WHEN APPLIED AND CAR VEERS TO THE LEFT. ALSO THE VEHICLE POPS OUT GEAR WHEN DRIVER IS SHIFTING GERAS. *AK

WHILE SHIFTING GEARS VEHICLE WOULD START VIBRATING. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLES INTERLOCK SYSTEM FAILED MAKING CONSUMER ABLE TO TAKE KEY OUT OF IGNITION WHEN THE TRUCK IS IN GEAR. NLM

THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE TORE UP & WAS INOPERATIVE. WOULD NOT BE USING & WOULD ENGAGE INTO 4- WHEEL DRIVE. HUB HAS PLASTIC RING WHICH WOULD FAIL. BEEN TO DEALER AT LEAST 16 TIMES FOR PROBLEM. HAD HUBS/GEAR BOX REPLACED 5 TIMES. ALSO, EXPERIENCING BRAKE PROBLEM, COULD NOT STOP VEHICLE. *AK

THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE TORE UP & WAS INOPERATIVE. WOULD NOT BE USING & WOULD ENGAGE INTO 4- WHEEL DRIVE. HUB HAS PLASTIC RING WHICH WOULD FAIL. BEEN TO DEALER AT LEAST 16 TIMES FOR PROBLEM. HAD HUBS/GEAR BOX REPLACED 5 TIMES. ALSO, EXPERIENCING BRAKE PROBLEM, COULD NOT STOP VEHICLE. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT HOLD UP AND GOES OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE GEAR SHIFT WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE OWNER HAS REPLACED TRANSMISSION FIVE TIMES. *AK

IVE HAD TO REPLACE THE STEERING GEAR BOX,THE CLUTCH,AND TWO ALTENATORS IN WHICH ONE ENDED IN A FIRE WHICH COST A CONSIDERABLE ABOUT OF DAMAGE,THE PARTS STORE HAD TOLD ME THAT FORD WAS HAVING THIS PROBLEM IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE CONSUMER WASN'T NOTIFIED OF THIS ,IN THE END RESULTS IT ALMOST BURNED MY VEHICLE UP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING UP HILLS IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THE VEHICLE TO SHIFT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION RUBBER SEALS SHRUNK & THIS ALLOWS OIL IN TRANSFER CASE. WOULD BE ON GEARS. THIS CAUSE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL OR OPERATE PROPERLY. HAVE TAKEN TO MECHANIC & HAD IT REPAIRED.

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE CLUTCH, WHEN PUSHING THE CLUTCH IN, THE CLUTCH IS REAL HARD. A SPRING WOULD PUSH CONSUMER'S FOOT OFF THE CLUTCH, AND THE VEHICLE WILL JUMP.WHEN IN FIRST AND REVERSE GEARS, VEHICLE JUMPS ALOT, WHICH CAN CAUSE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. *AK

NO SUMMARY

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH THE SHAFT CASE THAT GOES INTO THE TRANSFER CASE OUT OF THE BACK OF THE TRANSMISSION WORE OUT.CONSUMER CAN HEAR NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING. *AK

UNIVERAL JOINT FAILED ON BOTH FRONT WHEELS.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE JUMPS OUT OF GEAR,RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. *AK

TRANSMISSION/ TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED.

AT 7,000 MILES REAR AXLE SEALS WENT BAD; BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HAVE AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

THE DEFECTIVE FRONT RIGHT SIDE AXLE RUBBER BUSHING MELTED DUE TO THE CATAYLIC CONVERTER, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

THE TRUCK STALLS AND VIBRATES WHILE DRIVING. OWNER NOTICED A SLIGHT NOISE IN THE TRANSMISSION AT 19K MILES. HE BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE SERVICE MECHANIC , IT WAS NOT UNTIL 53K MILES THAT THE MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT TORQUE CONVERTER WAS GOING BAD. *AN

WHEN SHIFTING GEARS, TRANSMISSION SHAKES AND RATTLES CAR. *AK

PACKING IN SLIP YOKE ON DRIVE SHAFT KEEPS COMING OUT.

REPLACED TRANSMISSION, COULD NOT FIND REPLACEMENT PARTS. *AK

HYDRAULIC CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER FAILS IN EXTREME COLD WEATHER, PREVENTING SHIFTING. NO PARTS ARE AVAILABLE DUE TO NATION-WIDE BACK ORDER.

WITH CLUTCH PEDAL DEPRESSED AND TRANSMISSION IN GEAR, VEHICLE MOVES WITHOUT WARNING. FAILURE IS DUT TO THE CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER LEAKING FLUID WHICH ALLOWS CLUTCH TO ENGAGE EVEN WITH THE PEDAL DEPRESSED. PROBLEM APPEARS WORSE IN COLD WEATHER.

AFTER COMING TO A STOP, THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FAILED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING AN ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN INJURIES; ALSO, TRANSMISSION SHIFTS POORLY/PREMAURE WEAR OF TIRES/PREMATURE WEA ROF ABS BRAKES/ NOISY DIFFERENTIAL AND KEYLESS ENTRY DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF PARKING GEAR,CAUSING ACCIDENT.

FAILURE ON THE TRANSMISSION,THE VEHICLE WILL NOT CHANGE GEAR, CONSUMER APPLIED FORCE TO GAS PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE/HESITATES/STALLS. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SD

WHEN THE HUBS ARE IN THE LOCKED POSTION, IN 2 WHEEL OR 4 WHEEL ON ICE VERY HARD PULLS TO THE RIGHT MAKING VEHICLE OUT OF CONTTROL. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

ODOMETER FRAUD/SPEEDOMETER FAILURE. *SD

POOR PERFORMANCE ON THE FRONT BRAKES, BRAKES WILL LOCK UP. TT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO SEVICE NUMEROUS TIMES FOR BRAKE AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW GOES UP AND DOWN SLUGGISHLY AND MAKES RUBBING NOISE. *YH

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE HEAD LIGHT WENT OFF AND DIDN'T COME BACK ON . TT VEHICLE HAS ALSO HAD FUEL INJECTIONS PROBLEMS, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, TWO STEERING BOXES, ALL BRAKES, TWO GAS TANKS ALL HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED.*JB

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE HEAD LIGHT WENT OFF AND DIDN'T COME BACK ON . TT VEHICLE HAS ALSO HAD FUEL INJECTIONS PROBLEMS, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, TWO STEERING BOXES, ALL BRAKES, TWO GAS TANKS ALL HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED.*JB

TRANSMISSION JERKS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS.

TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO BACK UP. *SKD

POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE REPLACED.

THE VEHICLE CAME OUT OF THE PARK GEAR AND ROLLED OVER DRIVER. *AK

REPLACED LEAKING TRANSMISSION.

VEHICLE DID NOT STAY IN PARK GEAR WHEN BUMPED IN REAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL FORWARD/ACCIDENT. *SKD

TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT/INJURY.

WHILE DRIVING, AT APPROX. 40MPH, GOING UP AN INCLINE, SUDDENLY HEARD LOUD BANG, THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD FALLEN OUT OF FRONT END, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BECOME AIRBORNE.

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SD