1999 FORD F-150 Problems & Recalls

The contact owned a 1999 Ford F-150. The contact stated that he had parked the vehicle and was standing outside of the vehicle, between the driver's side door and the vehicle; however, the vehicle reversed independently at 5-7 MPH onto the highway. The contact's back was slammed against the pole of ...

Mileage: 190,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT HIS RESIDENCE, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A WATER HOSE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE NOT I...

Mileage: 230,000

LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS KEEP BLOWING, AS WELL AS THE HEAD GASKETS I ONLY DRIVE FORD'S, SO FORD PLEASE FIX THIS FOR US LOYAL OWNERS PLEASE.

Mileage: 120,000

LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS KEEP BLOWING, AS WELL AS THE HEAD GASKETS I ONLY DRIVE FORD'S, SO FORD PLEASE FIX THIS FOR US LOYAL OWNERS PLEASE.

Mileage: 120,000

LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS KEEP BLOWING, AS WELL AS THE HEAD GASKETS I ONLY DRIVE FORD'S, SO FORD PLEASE FIX THIS FOR US LOYAL OWNERS PLEASE.

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BE INSPECTED VEHICLE. THE MUFFLER WAS REMOVED AND CORROSION WAS DISCOVERED ON THE FUEL TANK STRAPS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS ALSO AN ODOR OF GASOLINE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. EL CAJON FORD 1595 E MAIN S...

Mileage: 22,000

I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION FROM ANYONE ABOUT GETTING THIS REPAIRED

Mileage: 197,000

FRONT 4X4 ACTUATOR KEEPS FAILING EVEN AFTER REPLACING WITH A NEW ONE SEVERAL TIMES. I'VE REPLACED IT 3 TIMES ALREADY IN THE PAST 5 YEARS. ENCLOSED BELOW IS A PDF FILE OF THE PART I INTEND TO PURCHASE COME DECEMBER 3, 2019.

Mileage: 112,000

1999 FORD F150. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE CATCHING FIRE WHILE PARKED. *LD CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO SENDING IN EXTRA INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR CASE. *AS *TR

Mileage: 130,030

1999 FORD F150. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE CATCHING FIRE WHILE PARKED. *LD CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO SENDING IN EXTRA INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR CASE. *AS *TR

Mileage: 130,030

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND UNOCCUPIED, IT ROLLED DOWN A HILL AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE EXHAUST WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS...

Mileage: 271,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE ...

Mileage: 146,000

BLOWED SPARK PLUG OUT OF CYL HEAD SITTING AT HIGHWAY INTERSECTION COULD HAVE CAUSE FIRE WITH FUEL PLUG AND COIL ON TOP OF ENGINE

Mileage: 170,000

TOP FRONT OF FUEL TANK RUSTED OUT AND FUEL LEAKS ESPECIALLY WHEN TANK IS FULL . OTHER AREAS ON TOP ARE ALSO VERY CLOSE TO RUSTING THRU . IRONICALLY THERE WAS A RECALL FEW YEARS AGO TO REPLACE THE 2 GAS TANK HOLDING STRAPS AND THE FORD DEALER SAID THE GAS TANK WAS FINE ?!? SO EITHER HE WAS BLIND O...

Mileage: 91,000

SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT, 2 CYLINDERS ON RIGHT SIDE INVOLVED. VEHICLE WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THIS OCCURRED WHILE WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE. SPARK PLUGS BLEW OUT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY IN PARK. DAMAGE TO THE PLUGS, COIL PACKS AND SOME SMOKING INITIALLY.

Mileage: 189,000

SUSPENSION SQUEAKS AND GRINDS ALONG WITH STEERING WHEEL. SIDE UTILITY BACK DOORS CABLE BREAKS AND WILL NOT CLOSE OR WILL OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY.

Mileage: 230,000

SUSPENSION SQUEAKS AND GRINDS ALONG WITH STEERING WHEEL. SIDE UTILITY BACK DOORS CABLE BREAKS AND WILL NOT CLOSE OR WILL OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY.

Mileage: 230,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE AND BEGAN SPUTTERING. THE DRIVER NOTICED FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD. A PASSERBY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT CONTACTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKE...

Mileage: 160,000

THE FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE BOLTS ARE COMING THROUGH THE BED OF THE TRUCK. BUMPER IS RUSTED AWAY FROM FRAME. UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

Mileage: 89,000

THE FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE BOLTS ARE COMING THROUGH THE BED OF THE TRUCK. BUMPER IS RUSTED AWAY FROM FRAME. UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

Mileage: 89,000

MY 1999 F150 TRUCK HAS A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM AND HEATER CORE ISSUE. STARTED SMELLING ANTI FREEZE ON SUNDAY. TOOK TO A MECHANIC ON MONDAY AND SAID THERE IS AN OIL LEAK, SEEPAGE COMING FROM HEAD GASKET. THE HEATER CORE NEEDS REPLACED, BUT WHY OIL LEAK IS HAPPENING NOT SURE. WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE ABOUT ...

Mileage: 127,000

THE OVERDIVE KNOB ON GEAR SHIFTER BROKE OFF WHILE DOWN-SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO 2ND GEAR. WHEN RESEARCHING THE INTERNET.... THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM!!!

Mileage: 188,000

THE OVERDIVE KNOB ON GEAR SHIFTER BROKE OFF WHILE DOWN-SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO 2ND GEAR. WHEN RESEARCHING THE INTERNET.... THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM!!!

Mileage: 188,000

OEM SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF BLOCK WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

AROUND 1:30AM ON THURSDAY NOV. 24TH, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MY NEIGHBOR SAYING MY TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THAT IT LOOKED LIKE IT STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. THE TRUCK HAD BEEN DRIVEN TO THE STORE THE MORNING BEFORE THE FIRE, AND WAS PARKED...

Mileage: 180,000

AROUND 1:30AM ON THURSDAY NOV. 24TH, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MY NEIGHBOR SAYING MY TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THAT IT LOOKED LIKE IT STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. THE TRUCK HAD BEEN DRIVEN TO THE STORE THE MORNING BEFORE THE FIRE, AND WAS PARKED...

Mileage: 180,000

AROUND 1:30AM ON THURSDAY NOV. 24TH, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MY NEIGHBOR SAYING MY TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THAT IT LOOKED LIKE IT STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. THE TRUCK HAD BEEN DRIVEN TO THE STORE THE MORNING BEFORE THE FIRE, AND WAS PARKED...

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE SPARK PLUG CAME OUT OF THE CYLINDER OF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PLUG WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE C...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS PULLING INTO HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE AT 5 MPH, THE FUEL TANK STRAPS FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE FUEL TANK TO DROP FORCEFULLY. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE THAT THE FUEL STRAPS WERE LOOSE OR HAD ANY ABILITY TO BECOME FRACTURED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIF...

Mileage: 172,444

THRU MANUFACTURER DEFECT (WHICH FORD IS AWARE OF) A HEADGASKET SEAL MAY FAIL IN THEIR TRITON ENGINES DUE TO DEFECTIVE MANUFACTURING AND QUALITY CONTROL.. SAID FAILURE OF GASKET CONSTITUTES (DUE TO LOCATION OF FAILURE) A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF FIRE CAUSED BY EXHAUST SYSTEM WHICH IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY

Mileage: 181,027

I WAS CRUISING ALONG THE HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 68 MPH, THEN I HEARD A LOUD POP. THEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER SOUNDED LIKE I WAS DRIVING WITHOUT AN EXHAUST MANIFOLD ALMOST. ONCE I FELT THAT I HAD LOST A LOT OF POWER I THEN REALIZED WHAT HAPPENED. I WAS LUCKILY 2 MILES AWAY FROM A TOWN AND BABIED IT INTO A STO...

Mileage: 153,814

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT WAS ALERTED TO THE FIRE BY NEIGHBORS. THE SECURITY VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWED THAT SMOKE ORIGINATED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FIVE MINUTES LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. A POLICE REPORT WAS ...

Mileage: 200,000

FORD F150 BLEW A SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE 7TH CYLINDER WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. OUR LOCAL MECHANIC SAID THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORDS MOSTLY AFTER 100K MILES. THE HEAD ON THE DRIVERS SIDE THREADS ARE TO DAMAGED AND THAT THE CYLINDER HEAD HAS TO BE REPLACED. TOTAL COST OF 1800.00

Mileage: 162,589

THIS WHOLE EPISODE HAPPENED WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN MY 1999 FORD F-150. I DID START TO NOTICE THAT WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN TO MATCH TRAFFIC SPEEDS, THE TRUCK WOULD VEER TO THE LEFT.THE BRAKES DID TAKE IN A FUNNY WAY AND THANK GOD THERE WAS NO COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. AFT...

Mileage: 14,452

SINCE BUYING THE VEHICLE NEW FROM MY LOCAL FORD DEALER I'VE NOTICE THAT THERE IS VERY EXCESSIVE TRAVEL IN THE BRAKE PEDAL AND AN AIR NOISE WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES. WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO CHECK IT OUT I WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE BLED. WHEN THIS WOULDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM I WAS TOLD MY FLUID W...

Mileage: 1,000

ENGINE BLEW A SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE HEAD DESTROYED THE COIL AND THREADS ON HEAD.

Mileage: 165,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK VALVE AND THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK FROM THE TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DETAILS OF THE REPAIRS WERE UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTUR...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL STRAPS WERE FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE FUEL STRAPS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF...

Mileage: 79,585

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED AT THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. A POLICE AND A FIRE REPORT WERE FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMP...

Mileage: 163,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 178,485.

Mileage: 178,485

MY REAR DOORS ON MY FORD, F-150 CREW CAB PICKUP STOPPED OPENING. THIS IS AN ENTRAPMENT ISSUE AND A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT, PASSENGERS IN THE REAR WOULD BE TRAPPED AND UNABLE TO ESCAPE. FROM THE RESEARCH I FOUND ON THE INTERNET, THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW WITH THE CABLE ...

Mileage: 152,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH, THE BRAKES STOPPED FUNCTIONING WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS ...

Mileage: 134,000

VIN DOES NOT MATCH MY TRUCK, TRYING TO FIX IT BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ENGINE PARTS, ELECTRICAL,OR OTHERWISE TO PURCHASE. SUPPOSED TO BE A 1999 FORD F-150 XLT 4X4 . VIN COMES UP ASINVALID AND CHECK DIGIT IS INCORRECT. ONLINE SEARCH INDICATES 4 DIFFERENT ENGINES, TWO TRANSMISSIONS (5SPD MANUAL AND...

Mileage: 132,427

VIN DOES NOT MATCH MY TRUCK, TRYING TO FIX IT BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ENGINE PARTS, ELECTRICAL,OR OTHERWISE TO PURCHASE. SUPPOSED TO BE A 1999 FORD F-150 XLT 4X4 . VIN COMES UP ASINVALID AND CHECK DIGIT IS INCORRECT. ONLINE SEARCH INDICATES 4 DIFFERENT ENGINES, TWO TRANSMISSIONS (5SPD MANUAL AND...

Mileage: 132,427

VIN DOES NOT MATCH MY TRUCK, TRYING TO FIX IT BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ENGINE PARTS, ELECTRICAL,OR OTHERWISE TO PURCHASE. SUPPOSED TO BE A 1999 FORD F-150 XLT 4X4 . VIN COMES UP ASINVALID AND CHECK DIGIT IS INCORRECT. ONLINE SEARCH INDICATES 4 DIFFERENT ENGINES, TWO TRANSMISSIONS (5SPD MANUAL AND...

Mileage: 132,427

WHEN BACKING UP AFTER MY F150 HAS BEEN SITTING ABOUT 2 DAYS I HAVE NO BRAKES UNLESS I REV UP THE ENGINE FOR ABOUT 20 SEC TO BUILD UP PRESSURE IN THE ELECTRIC VACUUM BRAKE BOOSTER. HAVE ALMOST HIT MY WIFE'S CAR IF I FORGET TO LET IT SIT TO BUILD UP PRESSURE. I HAVE CONTACTED MY FORD DEALER AND THE...

Mileage: 48,000

WHEN BACKING UP AFTER MY F150 HAS BEEN SITTING ABOUT 2 DAYS I HAVE NO BRAKES UNLESS I REV UP THE ENGINE FOR ABOUT 20 SEC TO BUILD UP PRESSURE IN THE ELECTRIC VACUUM BRAKE BOOSTER. HAVE ALMOST HIT MY WIFE'S CAR IF I FORGET TO LET IT SIT TO BUILD UP PRESSURE. I HAVE CONTACTED MY FORD DEALER AND THE...

Mileage: 48,000

WHEN BACKING UP AFTER MY F150 HAS BEEN SITTING ABOUT 2 DAYS I HAVE NO BRAKES UNLESS I REV UP THE ENGINE FOR ABOUT 20 SEC TO BUILD UP PRESSURE IN THE ELECTRIC VACUUM BRAKE BOOSTER. HAVE ALMOST HIT MY WIFE'S CAR IF I FORGET TO LET IT SIT TO BUILD UP PRESSURE. I HAVE CONTACTED MY FORD DEALER AND THE...

Mileage: 48,000

WENT TO STOP AT LIGHT HAD NO BRAKES WITH NO WARNING. I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME IN THE REAR THIS ALSO CAUSED A DELAYED RELEASE OF THE AIR BAGS. THIS APPEARS TO BE PROBLEM GOING BACK YEARS THAT FORD OR THE GOVERNMENT WONT DO ANYTHING ABOUT.

Mileage: 137,000

WENT TO STOP AT LIGHT HAD NO BRAKES WITH NO WARNING. I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME IN THE REAR THIS ALSO CAUSED A DELAYED RELEASE OF THE AIR BAGS. THIS APPEARS TO BE PROBLEM GOING BACK YEARS THAT FORD OR THE GOVERNMENT WONT DO ANYTHING ABOUT.

Mileage: 137,000

MY VEHICLE FAILED PA STATE INSPECTION DUE TO ROTTED OUT CORNERS OF THE FENDERS & RADIATOR SUPPORT ASSY. AND IS DEEMED UN-DRIVABLE AND UN-USABLE EVEN THOUGH THE REST OF THE TRUCK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION . THIS ASSY GOES ACROSS THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, HOLDS THE RADIATOR & AID COND CORES I...

Mileage: 86,300

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE ENGINE HAS BLOWN OUT A PLUG. I DO NOT KNOW THE DATES OF THE OTHER TWO TIMES, MY MECHANIC CAN PROBABLY LOOK THEM UP. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A HUGE PROBLEM THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE. I HAVE PAID ABOUT $1200 TO HAVE THE THREE BLOWN SPARK PLUGS FIXED. SINCE THIS IS AN INHERENT PROBLE...

Mileage: 203,000

AT THE TIME THIS HAPPEN THE WIFE AND I WERE ON THE WAY BACK FROM ANOTHER TOWN WENT TO EAT OUT OF OUR TOWN WE LIVED IN, ON A MAIN HIGHWAY I HEARD SOMETHING THAT SOUNDED LIKE WE WERE HIT FROM BEHIND, BUT WHEN I LOOKED IN MY REAR-VIEW MIRROR I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING, THANK THE GOOD LORD AB...

Mileage: 186,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY OPERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BECAME STUCK, CAUSING THE CLUTCH TO WEAR OUT. IN ADDITION, THE STOPPING DISTANCE WAS INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPA...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE CONTACT. A POLICE/FIRE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECH...

Mileage: 208,885

TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED,THE SPARK PLUG WAS BLOWN FROM THE HEAD . THE ENGINE SPEWED FUEL OUT OF THE HOLE AND I THOUGHT A FIRE MIGHT OCCUR AT ANY SECOND. MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS EXACT PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE AND MANY MORE WILL. THIS OCCURS BECAUSE THE HEAD IS ALUMINUM AND THE SPARK PLUGS ARE ...

Mileage: 122,000

SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM CYLINDER HEAD AT HIGHWAY SPEED. *TR

Mileage: 143,000

APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO (10/2014) I NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 1999 FORD F-150 WERE NOT WORKING. A FEW TIMES ONCE I RETURNED TO HOME I NOTICED THAT WHEN I SHIFTED THE TRUCK INTO PARK, THE HEADLIGHTS CAME ON. IT DID NOT APPEAR TO MATTER IF THE HIGH BEAM OR LOW BEAM LIGHTS WERE ACTIVATED....

Mileage: 105,000

APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO (10/2014) I NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 1999 FORD F-150 WERE NOT WORKING. A FEW TIMES ONCE I RETURNED TO HOME I NOTICED THAT WHEN I SHIFTED THE TRUCK INTO PARK, THE HEADLIGHTS CAME ON. IT DID NOT APPEAR TO MATTER IF THE HIGH BEAM OR LOW BEAM LIGHTS WERE ACTIVATED....

Mileage: 105,000

APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO (10/2014) I NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 1999 FORD F-150 WERE NOT WORKING. A FEW TIMES ONCE I RETURNED TO HOME I NOTICED THAT WHEN I SHIFTED THE TRUCK INTO PARK, THE HEADLIGHTS CAME ON. IT DID NOT APPEAR TO MATTER IF THE HIGH BEAM OR LOW BEAM LIGHTS WERE ACTIVATED....

Mileage: 105,000

RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE FOR FUEL TANK STRAP REPLACEMENT. TOOK TRUCK TO FORD DEALER IN AUBURN MA. DEALER WOULD NOT WORK ON TRUCK DO TO RUSTED FUEL TANK, INSISTED I NEEDED A NEW TANK PRIOR TO FIXING. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO A FORD DEALER IN AYER MA., SAME RESULTS. A BRAND NEW TANK HAS BEEN INSTALLED, MA...

Mileage: 119,000

UPON RETURNING HOME FROM WORK ON 9/15/14, A HITCH WIRE WAS NOTICED DRAGGING ON THE GROUND. WHEN I CRAWLED UNDER THE TRUCK TO TUCK IT BACK UNDER, I NOTICED THE SPARE TIRE WAS GONE AND THE CABLE THAT ONCE HELD IT IN PLACE VIA A RETAINING BRACKET HAD SNAPPED AND WAS FRAYED. THE TIRE AND BRACKET HOLDI...

Mileage: 185,000

UPON RETURNING HOME FROM WORK ON 9/15/14, A HITCH WIRE WAS NOTICED DRAGGING ON THE GROUND. WHEN I CRAWLED UNDER THE TRUCK TO TUCK IT BACK UNDER, I NOTICED THE SPARE TIRE WAS GONE AND THE CABLE THAT ONCE HELD IT IN PLACE VIA A RETAINING BRACKET HAD SNAPPED AND WAS FRAYED. THE TIRE AND BRACKET HOLDI...

Mileage: 185,000

THE FUEL TANK STRAPS ARE RUSTED SEVERELY, MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR BREAK DOWN. *TR...UPDATED 08/12/15 *BF UPDATED 11/27/2015*JS

Mileage: 167,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO AVOID HITTING A DEER, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED OFF THE SIDE OF A 20 FOOT HIGH BRIDGE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A MINOR HEAD INJURY AND RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILE...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL FUMES EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE TOLL BOOTH ATTENDANT INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDER THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EX...

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH HE HEARD A POPPING SOUND IN THE ENGINE, FOLLOWED BY LOUD, REPETITIVE CLICKING OR POPPING SOUNDS. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO EXAMINE THE FAILURE AND THE NUMBER 4 CYLINDER HAD FRACTURED, THE SPARK PLUG ALSO BLEW OUT OF IT...

Mileage: 190,000

CABLE THAT HOLDS SPARE TIRE UP UNDER THE TRUCK BED RUSTED AT THE BRACKET AND SPARE TIRE FELL OUT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK, IT WAS A GOOD THING THAT TRUCK WAS NOT GOING ANY FASTER AS THE SPARE COULD HAVE BOUNCED ON THE ROAD AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 177,891

RECEIVED RECALL FROM FORD MOTOR CO ABOUT GAS TANK STRAPS. SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT WITH FREEDOM FORD 3941 ADMIRAL PEARY HWY EBENSBURG PA 15931. WENT TO FREEDOM THEY LOOKED AT MY TRUCK TOLD ME THAT STRAPS RUSTED FRAME AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPAIRED I TOLD TO DO IT, THAT IT SHOULD BE COVERED BECAUSE OF PR...

Mileage: 115,179

I PURCHASED THIS FORD F150 1999 ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO. I HAVE NOTICED FROM THE FIRST TIME I DROVE IT, WHEN I FIRST START IT UP I HEAR A SERIES OF DINGS (LIKE ONES YOU WOULD HEAR FOR SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED), BUT THE SEAT BELTS ARE FASTENED. MY RADIO SOMETIMES HAS POWER AND WORKS, OTHER TIMES IT HAS ...

Mileage: 142,963

I PURCHASED THIS FORD F150 1999 ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO. I HAVE NOTICED FROM THE FIRST TIME I DROVE IT, WHEN I FIRST START IT UP I HEAR A SERIES OF DINGS (LIKE ONES YOU WOULD HEAR FOR SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED), BUT THE SEAT BELTS ARE FASTENED. MY RADIO SOMETIMES HAS POWER AND WORKS, OTHER TIMES IT HAS ...

Mileage: 142,963

I PURCHASED THIS FORD F150 1999 ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO. I HAVE NOTICED FROM THE FIRST TIME I DROVE IT, WHEN I FIRST START IT UP I HEAR A SERIES OF DINGS (LIKE ONES YOU WOULD HEAR FOR SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED), BUT THE SEAT BELTS ARE FASTENED. MY RADIO SOMETIMES HAS POWER AND WORKS, OTHER TIMES IT HAS ...

Mileage: 142,963

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AN UNKNOWN SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO ADVISED THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE CORRODED AND CAUSED THE FUEL TANK TO SEPARATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. ...

Mileage: 210,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO ICY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE THEN CRASHED INTO A UTILITY POLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WITH THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. THERE WAS NO PERSONA...

Mileage: 173,000

PULLED UP TO STOP LIGHT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN-SAT AT LIGHT 2 MINUTES-PUT FOOT ON GAS PEDAL TO TURN AND THE ENGINE DIED TRIED TO RESTART- WOULD NOT START-THEFT LIGHT WAS FLASHING FAST-WAS PUSHED OUT OF INTERSECTION-WENT TO CALL TOW TRUCK- CAME BACK -TRIED TO START AND IT STARTED-WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME ...

Mileage: 48,000

PULLED UP TO STOP LIGHT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN-SAT AT LIGHT 2 MINUTES-PUT FOOT ON GAS PEDAL TO TURN AND THE ENGINE DIED TRIED TO RESTART- WOULD NOT START-THEFT LIGHT WAS FLASHING FAST-WAS PUSHED OUT OF INTERSECTION-WENT TO CALL TOW TRUCK- CAME BACK -TRIED TO START AND IT STARTED-WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME ...

Mileage: 48,000

INTERIOR LIGHTS AND BED LIGHT WILL NOT SHUT OFF. *TR

Mileage: 156,000

INTERIOR LIGHTS AND BED LIGHT WILL NOT SHUT OFF. *TR

Mileage: 156,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE ABNORMALLY AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEA...

Mileage: 180,000

THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN OCTOBER 1998. THE FIRST INSTANCE WAS WHILE DRIVING LONG DISTANCE OVER A HOLIDAY WEEK. INITIALLY IT WAS ONLY THE WIPERS THAT WOULD TURN ON THEN OFF WITHOUT MANUALLY DOING SO. THIS HAS GONE ON FOR NEARLY 15YRS. MOST RECENTLY, THE WI...

Mileage: 500

THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN OCTOBER 1998. THE FIRST INSTANCE WAS WHILE DRIVING LONG DISTANCE OVER A HOLIDAY WEEK. INITIALLY IT WAS ONLY THE WIPERS THAT WOULD TURN ON THEN OFF WITHOUT MANUALLY DOING SO. THIS HAS GONE ON FOR NEARLY 15YRS. MOST RECENTLY, THE WI...

Mileage: 500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A STRAP DANGLING FROM BENEATH THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

Mileage: 106,000

TRUCK WAS PARKED AND PULLED OUT OF PARKING SPOT WHEN THE BOTH FUEL TANKS STRAPS FAILED AND THE THE TANK DROPPED TO THE GROUND. *TR

Mileage: 250,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE OFF THE ROADWAY TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SON DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS DRAGGING AND SPILLED GASOLINE ON THE ROADWAY. THE VEHI...

Mileage: 254,000

SPARE TIRE FELL OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE WILL DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 133,000

SPARE TIRE FELL OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE WILL DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 133,000

FILLED UP TANK AND THE FRONT GAS STRAP FAILED ABOUT ONE MILE LATER IN TOWN. GAS FILL TUBE BROKE OFF OF TANK AND POURED GAS OUT ON ROAD, WHILE PUSHING TANK THROUGH GAS. PULLED OVER IN NEAREST PARKING LOT BECAUSE OF NOISE OF TANK BEING PUSHED ON PAVEMENT. PARKING LOT WAS A GROCERY STORE FULL OF CAR...

Mileage: 183,101

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH THE AIR CONDITIONER AND THE HEATER WERE INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO UNABLE TO USE THE DEFROSTER SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE FLAPPER THAT WAS INSIDE THE HEATER BLOWER...

Mileage: 136,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONSTANTLY WHEN THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL WAS ACTIVATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE ODOMETER READING WOULD NOT DISPLAY ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE REAR SLIDING WIND...

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONSTANTLY WHEN THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL WAS ACTIVATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE ODOMETER READING WOULD NOT DISPLAY ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE REAR SLIDING WIND...

Mileage: 90,000

CAR HAD BEEN PARKED SINCE 6:00 PM THURSDAY EVENING. DISCOVERED SMOKING AT 6:45 AM FRIDAY MORNING. FIRE STARTED IN ENGINE DRIVER'S SIDE. CAR WAS TOTAL LOSS. FORTUNATELY A NEIGHBOR MOVED THE CAR AWAY FROM THE HOUSE BEFORE IT ERUPTED IN FLAMES. RESEARCH ON LINE INDICATES THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS FI...

Mileage: 300,000

CAR HAD BEEN PARKED SINCE 6:00 PM THURSDAY EVENING. DISCOVERED SMOKING AT 6:45 AM FRIDAY MORNING. FIRE STARTED IN ENGINE DRIVER'S SIDE. CAR WAS TOTAL LOSS. FORTUNATELY A NEIGHBOR MOVED THE CAR AWAY FROM THE HOUSE BEFORE IT ERUPTED IN FLAMES. RESEARCH ON LINE INDICATES THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS FI...

Mileage: 300,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LIGHTLY TICK THEN I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE MOTOR BEGAN TO LOUDLY KNOCK I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT FORD HAS HAD WITH THESE MOTORS WITH THOUSAND ACCOUNTS WERE THIS HAS HAPPENED AND FORD HAS ...

Mileage: 176,668

PULLED INTO PARKING SPACE, APPLIED BRAKE AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. TRUCK ROLLED FORWARD INTO BUMPER OF PARKED CAR. UPON INSPECTION, FOUND STEEL BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH, JUST ABOVE FLEX LINE RUNNING TO DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT BRAKE, WITH BRAKE FLUID FLOWING OUT OF CORROSION HOLE. THERE WA...

Mileage: 133,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD FI50. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF GASOLINE FUEL UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V385000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING) AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CONTACT WAS A...

Mileage: 150,000

SPARK PLUG BLOWS OUT OF ENGINE WITHOUT WARNING WITH AN LOSS OF POWER. *TR

Mileage: 1,200

THE WINDSHIELD LEAKS ON THIS MODEL STYLE AND THE WATER RUNS DOWN TO THE GEM MODULE AND FUSE BOX CAUSING THE GEM MODULE TO SHORT OUT AND THE ELECTRONICS DO WHAT EVER THEY WANT TO. THE TRUCK WILL START ON ITS OWN EVEN IF OFF OR RUNNING AND DRIVING WITH THE STARTER ENGAGING. WINDOWS ROLL DOWN THE ALAR...

Mileage: 85,000

THE WINDSHIELD LEAKS ON THIS MODEL STYLE AND THE WATER RUNS DOWN TO THE GEM MODULE AND FUSE BOX CAUSING THE GEM MODULE TO SHORT OUT AND THE ELECTRONICS DO WHAT EVER THEY WANT TO. THE TRUCK WILL START ON ITS OWN EVEN IF OFF OR RUNNING AND DRIVING WITH THE STARTER ENGAGING. WINDOWS ROLL DOWN THE ALAR...

Mileage: 85,000

THE WINDSHIELD LEAKS ON THIS MODEL STYLE AND THE WATER RUNS DOWN TO THE GEM MODULE AND FUSE BOX CAUSING THE GEM MODULE TO SHORT OUT AND THE ELECTRONICS DO WHAT EVER THEY WANT TO. THE TRUCK WILL START ON ITS OWN EVEN IF OFF OR RUNNING AND DRIVING WITH THE STARTER ENGAGING. WINDOWS ROLL DOWN THE ALAR...

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 25 MPH, HE HEARD AN ABNORMAL DRAGGING SOUND FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD BECOME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S R...

Mileage: 306,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND IGNITED IN FLAMES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN EARLIER THAT DAY BUT THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE...

Mileage: 243,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE RIM FRACTURED DUE TO RUST. THE CONTACT STATED HE TRIED TO CLEAN THE RIMS, AS THE SALT FROM THE ROADS CAUSED THE RUST. LATER THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS ALSO COMPLETE...

Mileage: 168,000

UNDERFRAME IS ROTTEN AND RUSTED OUT. WAS HANGING ON BY A TWO INCH PIECE OF METAL. VEHICLE IS 1999 WITH ONLY 94,200 ORIGINAL MILES. SHOULD NOT HAVE RUSTED OUT. FORD WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY FAULT OR REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 94,200

UNDERFRAME IS ROTTEN AND RUSTED OUT. WAS HANGING ON BY A TWO INCH PIECE OF METAL. VEHICLE IS 1999 WITH ONLY 94,200 ORIGINAL MILES. SHOULD NOT HAVE RUSTED OUT. FORD WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY FAULT OR REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 94,200

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN SHE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. SHE OPENED THE HOOD AND DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER STATED ...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT THEN INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE SPARK PLUG WAS SPEWED FROM THE ENGINE . THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SPARK PLUG NE...

Mileage: 112,000

1999 FORD F-150. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL REPAIRS NOT BEING COMPLETED *TGW THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT ONE OF THE TWO STRAPS WAS COMPLETELY ROTTED AND JUST HANGING THERE AND NOT SUPPORTING ANYTHING. THEREFORE, THE GAS TANK WAS BEING HELD IN PLACE BY ONLY ONE STRAP. THE DEALER ...

BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT. FIRST WAS THE PASSENGER SLIDE FRONT, THEN THE IN 2008 THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER SIDE RUSTED OUT. NOW THE FRONT DRIVER SLIDE BRAKE LINE RUSTED OUT. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK IN OHIO AUGUST 1999. I MOVED TO NORTH CAROLINE IN JUNE OF 2000. WITH THE OCCASIONAL TRIP TO OHIO THE ...

Mileage: 50,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS RUST AND CORROSION ON THE FUEL TANK. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

Mileage: 117,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD STARTED BREAKING AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE BOLTS HOLDING THE MANIFOLD IN PLACE HAD RUSTED AND BROKEN OFF. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THIS WAS...

Mileage: 291,000

THREE BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT AND LEAKING IN LAST 2 YEARS INCIDENT DATE IS AN ESTIMATE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL DROPPED TO THE FLOOR BOARD ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAG...

Mileage: 157,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL DROPPED TO THE FLOOR BOARD ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAG...

Mileage: 157,000

GAS TANK STRAPS ERODED OFF-TANK WAS DRAGGING ON GROUND. *TR

Mileage: 180,000

I BROUGHT IN MY 1999 FORD F150 TO GET AN INSPECTION AND GET A RECALL PERFORMED ON THE STRAPS THAT HOLD THE GAS TANK ON. THE GARAGE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 6 DAYS BEFORE THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY IN FACT COULD NOT PERFORM THE SAFETY UPGRADE BECAUSE THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK HAS TOO MUCH RUST. I BELIEVE THA...

Mileage: 130,000

I BROUGHT IN MY 1999 FORD F150 TO GET AN INSPECTION AND GET A RECALL PERFORMED ON THE STRAPS THAT HOLD THE GAS TANK ON. THE GARAGE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 6 DAYS BEFORE THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY IN FACT COULD NOT PERFORM THE SAFETY UPGRADE BECAUSE THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK HAS TOO MUCH RUST. I BELIEVE THA...

Mileage: 130,000

WHILE USING THE CRUISE CONTROL A FEW TIMES....WHEN I TAP IT ONCE TO DISENGAGE, MY VEHICLE SPEEDS UP! THEN I HAVE TO HOLD THE BUTTON DOWN & GENTLY TAP ON THE BRAKES TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL. IT'S NOT REALLY A BIG DEAL BECAUSE I'M EXPECTING THIS TO HAPPEN, BUT THERE COULD BE THAT ONE TIME WHE...

Mileage: 93,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACTED STATED THAT WHILE REFUELING THE VEHICLE, FUEL LEAKED FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FILLER NECK WAS DETACHED FROM THE TANK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THE VEHI...

Mileage: 127,847

FORTUNATELY, I WAS UNDER 1/2 MILE FROM MY HOUSE. MY ROAD DEAD ENDS ONTO ANOTHER. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AS I APPROACHED THE STOP SIGN. I WENT THROUGH THE STOP SIGN AND INTO THE DRAINAGE DITCH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. BECAUSE MY VEHICLE IS 4 WHEEL DRIVE, I WAS ABL...

Mileage: 76,825

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE PEDAL WOULD FEEL SPONGY AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS NOT GOING TO STOP. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL FOR THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHT...

Mileage: 204,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V385000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING) AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. DURING THE RECALL REPAIRS, THE FUEL TANK BEGAN LEAKING ABNORMALLY DUE TO CORROSION O...

Mileage: 208,846

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN THE DIMMER SWITCH CAUGHT ON FIRE AND MELTED THE WIRES. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WA...

Mileage: 171,000

JUST WONDERING IF MY TRUCK IS ON THOSE RECALLS. *TR

FRONT BRAKES:: GRADUAL UNKNOWN BRAKING DEGRADATION OVER TIME UNTIL IT GOT TO THE POINT I HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKES LIKE AS IF A BRAKE LINE WAS SUCKING AIR OR THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS GOING BAD, IN ORDER TO STOP. UPON INVESTIGATING I FOUND THAT BOTH DUST SHIELDS ON THE FRONT BRAKES WERE EXTREMELY RUST...

Mileage: 76,500

STARTED THE TRUCK UP AN BLAST OFF! DONT KNOW WHERE THE PLUG WENT BUT IT WAS GONE AFTER I HEARD A LOUD BANG. *KB *TR

Mileage: 131,992

STARTED THE TRUCK UP AN BLAST OFF! DONT KNOW WHERE THE PLUG WENT BUT IT WAS GONE AFTER I HEARD A LOUD BANG. *KB *TR

Mileage: 131,992

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC. THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE FUEL TANK STRAP FRAME RAIL, WHICH WAS CORRODED AND CAUSED THE FUEL ...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE REFUELING THE VEHICLE, FUEL EMITTED FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THE UNDER CARRIAGE WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS...

Mileage: 223,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE REFUELING THE VEHICLE, FUEL EMITTED FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THE UNDER CARRIAGE WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS...

Mileage: 223,000

CYLINDER 5 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING, WRECKING THE THREADING IN THE SPARK PLUG HOLE AND THE COIL. *TR

Mileage: 76,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO BE REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 11V385000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING). THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL TANK ALSO LE...

Mileage: 123,800

I RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE FOR THE FUEL TANK STRAPS. THE STRAPS ARE BAD AND I ALSO HAVE A LEAK IN THE FUEL TANK . THE TANK IS EXTREMELY RUSTED WHERE THE STRAPS ARE ON THE TANK. THE CORROSION PROBLEM WITH THE STRAPS APPEAR TO SPREAD TO ONLY THE PART OF THE TANK WHERE THE STRAPS TOUCH. FORD DOES NOT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 11V385000 ( FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING) AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE FUEL TANK, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ...

Mileage: 157,000

THE FILLER TUBE IS RUSTING AWAY CAUSING IT TO POUR GAS ON THE GROUND AS YOU ARE FILLING THE TANK. THEY NEED TO CHANGE THESE ALONG WITH THE STRAPS THAT ARE RUSTING AWAY. MY TRUCK IS THE 2ND ONE I KNOW OF WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER HAS SAID THEY HAVE CHANGED MANY TUBES ALSO DUE TO RUSTING OUT. *K...

Mileage: 187,000

THE FILLER TUBE IS RUSTING AWAY CAUSING IT TO POUR GAS ON THE GROUND AS YOU ARE FILLING THE TANK. THEY NEED TO CHANGE THESE ALONG WITH THE STRAPS THAT ARE RUSTING AWAY. MY TRUCK IS THE 2ND ONE I KNOW OF WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER HAS SAID THEY HAVE CHANGED MANY TUBES ALSO DUE TO RUSTING OUT. *K...

Mileage: 187,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A STRONG FUEL ODOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC THAT LOCATED THE FAILURE AS THE FUEL TANK BEING CORRODED AND CAUSING THE FUEL TANK TO LEAK. THE MANUFAC...

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THE INSIDE COVERING ON THE SIDEVIEW MIRRORS WAS DEFECTIVE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. THE DEALER ADVISED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD OTHER THAN REPLACE THE MIRRORS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FA...

Mileage: 15,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE FUEL TANK WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA RECALL ID NUMBER: 11V385000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF ...

Mileage: 69,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V385000, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: STORAGE: TANK ASSEMBLY: MOUNTING. THE FORD RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER WAS 11S21. HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED BUT THERE WAS A BOLT THAT WAS HOLDING THE STRAP...

Mileage: 64,000

IN MAY WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I ACCELERATED AND THE PLUG BLEW AT SECONDS LATER I GOT IT TOWED TO THE SHOP FIXED IT WITH THE HELI-COIL KIT DAYS LATER AS I WAS GOING UP A STEEP HILL HEARD A POPPING SOUND BROUGHT IT RIGHT TO THE SHOP ANOTHER PLUG WAS READY TO EJECT THEY PULLED ...

Mileage: 113,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V385000 (FUEL SYSTEM: GASOLINE: STORAGE: TANK: MOUNTING) BUT THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FUEL LEAK THE CONTACT...

Mileage: 185,000

BRAKE LINE IS RUSTED COULD CAUSE FAILURE OF BRAKES. GAS TANK AND SUPPORTS ARE RUSTED REPLACED ONCE BUT STILL ALL RUSTED. ALL FRAME UNDERNEATH IS RUSTED IMPOSSIBLE TO DO REPAIRS. *KB

BRAKE LINE IS RUSTED COULD CAUSE FAILURE OF BRAKES. GAS TANK AND SUPPORTS ARE RUSTED REPLACED ONCE BUT STILL ALL RUSTED. ALL FRAME UNDERNEATH IS RUSTED IMPOSSIBLE TO DO REPAIRS. *KB

BRAKE LINE IS RUSTED COULD CAUSE FAILURE OF BRAKES. GAS TANK AND SUPPORTS ARE RUSTED REPLACED ONCE BUT STILL ALL RUSTED. ALL FRAME UNDERNEATH IS RUSTED IMPOSSIBLE TO DO REPAIRS. *KB

BRAKE LINE IS RUSTED COULD CAUSE FAILURE OF BRAKES. GAS TANK AND SUPPORTS ARE RUSTED REPLACED ONCE BUT STILL ALL RUSTED. ALL FRAME UNDERNEATH IS RUSTED IMPOSSIBLE TO DO REPAIRS. *KB

BRAKE LINE IS RUSTED COULD CAUSE FAILURE OF BRAKES. GAS TANK AND SUPPORTS ARE RUSTED REPLACED ONCE BUT STILL ALL RUSTED. ALL FRAME UNDERNEATH IS RUSTED IMPOSSIBLE TO DO REPAIRS. *KB

GAS LEAKING FROM BACK END OF GAS TANK. GAS TANK RUSTED THROUGH ON BACK OF TANK WERE A PLASTIC SHIELD WAS AFIXED BY FORD. REMOVED PLASTIC SHIELD AND ENTIRE END OF GAS TANK RUSTED AND LEAKING. BRUSHED AWAY LOOSE RUST AND MULTIPLE HOLES APPEARED AND GAS POURED OUT. THE PLASTIC SHIELD HAS A SPACE BE...

Mileage: 166,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL FOR REPAIRS UNDER THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V385000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING). THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO BE REPAIRED AND DURING A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS ADVISED THAT THE...

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE. AS THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ABNORMALLY DEPRESSED INTO THE FLOORBOARD. AFTER INSPECTING THE FAILURE HE NOTICED CORROSION AND RUST ON THE BRAKE LINE AND THE FUEL STRAPS. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED O...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE. AS THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ABNORMALLY DEPRESSED INTO THE FLOORBOARD. AFTER INSPECTING THE FAILURE HE NOTICED CORROSION AND RUST ON THE BRAKE LINE AND THE FUEL STRAPS. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED O...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DRIVER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD DETACHED AND APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF TANK OF FUEL WAS SPILLED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT BOTH OF THE STRAPS FRACTURED DUE TO CO...

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS ENTERING A PARKING SPACE, HE HEARD A LOUD SOUND AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD DROPPED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT BOTH OF THE STRAPS FRACTURED AS A RESULT OF CORROSION. ALSO, HE STATED THAT AS A TEMPORARY FIX HE PLACED ...

Mileage: 190,000

VEHICLE IS ON CURRENT RECALL FOR STRAP SECURING THE GAS TANK RUSTING. NOT ONLY THE STRAPS ARE RUSTING BUT THE GAS TANK IS ALSO RUSTING. WHEN ONE OF MY STRAPS BROKE THE GAS TANK DROPPED 2 ". BOTH STRAPS WERE REPLACED AND THEN GAS TANK STARTED TO LEAK. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE GAS TANKS ALSO BE CHE...

Mileage: 160,333

1999 FORD F-150. CONSUMER STATES GAS TANK DEFECT *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE SON BACKED THE TRUCK OUT OF THE GARAGE, THE ENTIRE GAS TANK FELL TO THE GROUND. THE STRAPS SUPPORTING THE GAS TANK BROKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE GAS TANK WAS REPLACED. *JB

DRIVING F 150 ON HIGHWAY, GAS TANK TORPEDOES INTO ASPHALT, LEAKING FUEL, ALMOST REAR ENDED BY A TRACTOR TRAILER. GAS LEAKING, CALLED TOWING COMPANY FOR A FLATBED, COULD NOT BE TOWED BECAUSE LEAKING FUEL. RUSTED STRAPS. TOWING COMPANY SAID, THIS WAS THEIR FIFTH F 150 IN TWO WEEKS WITH FAULTY STRAPS...

Mileage: 150,000

THE ODOMETER IN MY 1999 FORD F150 PICKUP DOES NOT LIGHT UP WHEN THE IGNITION IS TURNED ON UNTIL IT HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR A WHILE. IT DOES EVENTUALLY COME ON BUT HAS TAKEN LONGER AND LONGER AS THE VEHICLE HAS AGED. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR MORE THAN 2 YEARS AND SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. *TT

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH STRAPS FRACTURED CAUSING THE FUEL TANK TO HANG FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,0...

Mileage: 112,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH HE HEARD A LOUD DRAGGING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS HALF WAY DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. ONE OF THE STRAPS WHICH HELD THE F...

Mileage: 200,000

THE ENGINE SURGES OR QUITS AS I AM DRIVING. THIS HAPPENS EVERY 8 TO 10 MILES. I CAN BE GOING 75 MPH ON THE FREEWAY WHEN IT QUITS AND I HAVE TO SHUT OFF THE IGNITION TO RESTART IT. THIS IS AT LEAST THE NINTH TIME THIS TRUCK HAS DONE THIS SINCE IT WAS NEW. I THINK YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO...

Mileage: 218,270

ON 7/16/11 THE GAS TANK STRAPS BROKE AND DROPPED THE GAS TANK ON THE GROUND WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO THE STORE AT ABOUT 35 MPH. I PAID $94.00 TOWING FEE, $242.03 TO REPLACE THE STRAPS ETC. FORTUNATELY THE TANK DID NOT BREAK OPEN, OR GET RIPPED FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING A FIRE OR SPILL TWO WEEKS PR...

Mileage: 144,220

ON 7/16/11 THE GAS TANK STRAPS BROKE AND DROPPED THE GAS TANK ON THE GROUND WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO THE STORE AT ABOUT 35 MPH. I PAID $94.00 TOWING FEE, $242.03 TO REPLACE THE STRAPS ETC. FORTUNATELY THE TANK DID NOT BREAK OPEN, OR GET RIPPED FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING A FIRE OR SPILL TWO WEEKS PR...

Mileage: 144,220

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 1999 FORD F150 TRUCK (APPROX. 145,000 ODOMETER MILES) AT 35 MPH WHEN ONE (PROBABLY THE FRONT), OR BOTH, GAS TANK STRAPS BROKE. SHE DRAGGED THE TANK ABOUT 300 YARDS BEFORE STOPPING. BOTH STRAPS WERE BROKEN BY THAT TIME AND THE TANK WAS ON THE GROUND WITH A DEEP DENT THE S...

Mileage: 145,000

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 1999 FORD F150 TRUCK (APPROX. 145,000 ODOMETER MILES) AT 35 MPH WHEN ONE (PROBABLY THE FRONT), OR BOTH, GAS TANK STRAPS BROKE. SHE DRAGGED THE TANK ABOUT 300 YARDS BEFORE STOPPING. BOTH STRAPS WERE BROKEN BY THAT TIME AND THE TANK WAS ON THE GROUND WITH A DEEP DENT THE S...

Mileage: 145,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL STRAPS WHICH HELD THE FUEL TANK IN PLACE FRACTURED, ALLOWING THE FUEL TANK TO DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE AND FALL ONTO THE GROUND. AS A RESULT, FUEL SPILLED OUT FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE MADE AWARE OF THE FAI...

Mileage: 115,000

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH WHEN THE FUEL TANK STRAPS FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION. AS A RESULT, THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT NO FUEL SPILLED AND BOTH OF THE STRAPS WERE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPA...

Mileage: 175,000

I PURCHASED MY 1999 FORD F-150 4X 4 WITH A TRITON 5.4 V-8 ENGINE USED. THE ENGINE HAD APPROXIMATELY 140,000 WHEN I PURCHASED IT. I ONLY DRIVE IT TO AND FROM WORK IN LAS VEGAS, NV (APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES ROUND TRIP) AT SPEEDS BELOW 50 MPH. THE ENGINE BLEW THE BACK PLUG AT 163,000. BECAUSE IT WAS THE ...

Mileage: 25,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 35 MPH THE FUEL TANK SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE, AND THE FUEL SPILLED ONTO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT DOES NOT KNOW IF THE FUEL TANK STRAPS W...

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 35 MPH THE FUEL TANK SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE, AND THE FUEL SPILLED ONTO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT DOES NOT KNOW IF THE FUEL TANK STRAPS W...

Mileage: 160,000

I OWN A 1999 FORD F-150 WITH THE 5.4 LITER TRITON ENGINE AND IT HAS BLOWN OUT 2 DIFFERENT SPARK PLUGS IN THE LAST YEAR. THE FIRST ONE HAPPENED TRAVELING DOWN I-95 AND THE SECOND ONE HAPPENED IN A 35 MPH ZONE. *TR

Mileage: 124,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH OVER RAILROAD TRACKS, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE NOTICED THE FUEL TANK PARTIALLY DETACHED TO THE GROUND IN A TILTED POSITION. THE FUEL TANK WAS NOT DAMAGED ...

Mileage: 132,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH OVER RAILROAD TRACKS, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE NOTICED THE FUEL TANK PARTIALLY DETACHED TO THE GROUND IN A TILTED POSITION. THE FUEL TANK WAS NOT DAMAGED ...

Mileage: 132,000

1999 FORD F-150 HAD GAS TANK SEPARATE FROM VEHICLE DUE TO RUSTED STRAPS. *TT

Mileage: 145,000

MY PROBLEM IS THE FRAME AT THE BACK IS RUSTED OUT, THE GAS TANK IS RUSTED, THE STRAPS THAT HOLDS THE GAS TANK IS RUSTED AND IN BAD SHAPE JUST ABOUT TO LET THE GAS TANK TO FALL. TOYOTA WAS FORCED TO BUY THEIR TRUCKS BACK. HOW DOES FORD GET AWAY WITH THIS

AT 11 PM LAST NIGHT, AFTER I DROVE OVER A SMALL BUMP, THE GAS TANK STRAPS ON MY 1999 FORD F150 BROKE, CAUSING THE GAS TANK TO FALL TO THE GROUND AND LEAK A FULL TANK OF GASOLINE ONTO THE STREET. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO FIRE, BUT I NEEDED TO CONTACT THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO HAVE THE GA...

Mileage: 162,192

AT 11 PM LAST NIGHT, AFTER I DROVE OVER A SMALL BUMP, THE GAS TANK STRAPS ON MY 1999 FORD F150 BROKE, CAUSING THE GAS TANK TO FALL TO THE GROUND AND LEAK A FULL TANK OF GASOLINE ONTO THE STREET. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO FIRE, BUT I NEEDED TO CONTACT THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO HAVE THE GA...

Mileage: 162,192

GAS TANK STRAPS RUST AND RELEASE TANK WITHOUT WARNING. DRIVING TRUCK, 1999 FORD F150, WHEN SUDDENLY HEAR SCRAPING NOISE COMING FROM BOTTOM OF TRUCK. STOP TRUCK, BUT CANNOT DETECT PROBLEM. SCRAPING NOISE PERSISTS. A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD CHECK AGAIN. GAS TANK HAS DROPPED. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO...

Mileage: 50,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150 PICKUP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE AND DRIVING 20 MPH, ALL THREE FUEL STRAPS FRACTURED, CAUSING THE FUEL TANK TO PARTIALLY DETACH AND DRAG THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE GASOLINE STATION WHERE THE FUEL STRAPS WERE REPLACED...

Mileage: 165,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN HE DROVE OVER A ROAD BUMP AND THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH STRAPS WHICH HELD THE FUEL TANK IN PLAC...

Mileage: 142,000

RUST HOLE IN FUEL TANK WHERE STRAP MEETS TANK, PURCHASED NEW FUEL TANK. *TR

Mileage: 106,000

HAVE HAD A SPARK PLUG EJECTED TWICE NOW WITHIN 3000 MILES. AFTER SOME RESEARCH THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH SOME FORD ENGINES. IT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY SCARY DUE TO THE STRONG ODOR OF GAS AFTERWARDS WITH THE ENGINE BEING SO HOT. IT NOW SEEMS LIKE ITS GOING TO BE A COSTLY PROBLEM TO FIX. EVEN...

Mileage: 182,000

EXTENSIVE CORROSION ON FUEL TANK RETAINING STRAPS. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAPS FRACTURED. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS PERFORMING AN OIL CHANGE ON THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT ONE STRAP WAS ALREADY FRACTURED AND FRACTURED THE SECOND STRAP WHILE REPAIRING. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT EVERY BR...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH WHEN HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS HANGING. THE FUEL TANK WAS NOT LEAKING GASOLINE HOWEVER, BOTH FUEL STRAPS WERE CORRODED AND CAUSED ONE STRAP TO FRACTURE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE FUEL STRAP. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,0...

Mileage: 71,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE. HE THEN PULLED INTO A OPEN LOT AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND BOTH STRAPS FRACTURED AND WERE CORRODED. FUEL WAS SPILLED AND APPROXIMATELY EIGHT GALLONS OF...

Mileage: 126,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A DRAGGING NOISE FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED TWO OF THE FUEL TANK STRAPS HAD DETACHED FROM THE FUEL TANK AND WERE RUSTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NO F...

Mileage: 203,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A DRAGGING NOISE FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED TWO OF THE FUEL TANK STRAPS HAD DETACHED FROM THE FUEL TANK AND WERE RUSTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NO F...

Mileage: 203,000

TL* THE DRIVER OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH STRAPS WHICH HELD THE FUEL TANK IN PLACE HAD FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS...

Mileage: 220,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH INTO A DRIVEWAY, A LOUD NOISE EMITTED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND DETECTED BOTH FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE FRACTURED DUE TO RUST. AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE, THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL LEAKA...

Mileage: 146,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH INTO A DRIVEWAY, A LOUD NOISE EMITTED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND DETECTED BOTH FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE FRACTURED DUE TO RUST. AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE, THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL LEAKA...

Mileage: 146,000

TL* THE DRIVER OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE AT A TRAFFIC STOP. BOTH OF THE FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE FUEL TANK WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS ...

Mileage: 156,000

I FILLED MY VEHICLE UP FULL OF FUEL (26 GALLONS) THE NIGHT BEFORE THE INCIDENT. WHEN LEAVING WORK FOR LUNCH I PULLED OUT OF THE DRIVE AND DROVE APPROX. 400 FEET AT 25 MPH AND HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE THAT WAS CONSTANT, I PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT 20 FEET AHEAD AND PARKED THE TRUCK. THE FRONT AN...

Mileage: 104,716

I FILLED MY VEHICLE UP FULL OF FUEL (26 GALLONS) THE NIGHT BEFORE THE INCIDENT. WHEN LEAVING WORK FOR LUNCH I PULLED OUT OF THE DRIVE AND DROVE APPROX. 400 FEET AT 25 MPH AND HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE THAT WAS CONSTANT, I PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT 20 FEET AHEAD AND PARKED THE TRUCK. THE FRONT AN...

Mileage: 104,716

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL GRINDING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED FUEL TO SPILL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC WHO FOUND THAT THE FUEL...

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONE OF THE FUEL TANK STRAPS WAS FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR REPAIRED. THE FUEL TANK STRAP WAS TEMPORARILY REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURREN...

Mileage: 148,000

AFTER HEARING OF A RECALL OF THIS VEHICLE FOR CORROSION OF FUEL TANK STRAPS AND CHECKING MY VEHICLE THEY ARE CORRODING. I HAVE TALKED TO THE DEALERSHIP, FORD CUSTOMER CARE AND E-MAILED THE COMPANY I AM TOLD THAT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND THEY CAN DO NOTHING. WHY ARE ALL FORD F-1...

Mileage: 90,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND PULLED ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE THEN NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD DETACHED, AND BOTH STRAPS WERE FRACTURED AND HAD COMPLETELY DETERIORATED. FUEL SPILLED AND IT WAS APPROXIMAT...

Mileage: 133,786

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS OVER RAILROAD TRACKS HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE TWO STRAPS THAT HOLD THE TANK IN PLACE HAD FRACTURED AND THEY WERE COVERED WITH RUST. FUEL SPILLED FROM T...

Mileage: 226,600

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING A MODERATE SPEEDS WHEN THE FUEL TANK STRAP FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE FUEL TANK TO DRAG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BY THE TIME HE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE, A HOLE WAS CREATED IN THE FUEL TANK AND CAUSED A LEAK. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEH...

Mileage: 105,000

1999 FORD F150 GAS TANK STRAPS FAILED. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ON A SMOOTH ROAD AT ABOUT 35 MPH. HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER IN THE TRUCK, PULLED OVER RIGHT AWAY, TRUCK WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC. GAS TANK WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND. GAS SPILLED OUT. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING; WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED HE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK AND ONE OF THE STRAPS WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILES WER...

Mileage: 109,393

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONE OF THE STRAPS THAT HOLD THE FUEL TANK BROKE AS A RESULT OF CORROSION. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT A ROPE HAD TO BE ATTACHED IN ORDER TO TEMPORARILY HOLD THE FUEL TANK IN PLACE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REFERRED HER...

Mileage: 125,915

GAS TANK DROPPED FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. THE RESTRAINING STRAPS BROKE. THE TANK WAS FILLED WITH FUEL AND THE TANK WAS DESTROYED.

Mileage: 186,751

GAS TANK STRAP BROKE AWAY. TANK WAS HANGING BY GAS LINE AND FILL TUBE. TEMPORARILY REPAIRED WITH NYLON STRAPPING. *TR

Mileage: 178,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH AND TRAVELED OVER A SPEED BUMP WHEN THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS MINIMAL FUEL SPILLAGE. THE FUEL STRAPS WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED YET THE FRONT STRAP WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY...

Mileage: 184,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING A TURN AND DROVE OVER A POTHOLE WHEN THE FUEL TANK STRAPS FRACTURED. THE FUEL TANK THEN DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED A FULL TANK OF GASOLINE FUEL TO SPILL. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL TANK THEN STRUCK AND RUPTURED THE REAR BRAKES L...

Mileage: 139,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, SHE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. NO FUEL WAS LOST. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO REPLACED THE FUEL TANK STRAPS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILUR...

Mileage: 117,841

THE FUEL TANK AND FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE BADLY RUSTED AND THE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING. MOISTURE AND DIRT WAS ACCUMULATING INSIDE THE STRAP CAUSING IT TO RUST.

Mileage: 135,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HEARD AN ABNORMAL THUMP WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE CONTACT NOTICED ONE OF THE STRAPS WHICH HELD THE FUEL TANK IN PLACE WAS FRACTURED AND THE FUEL TANK WAS HANGING DOWNWARD.THERE WAS ALSO F...

Mileage: 144,895

THE FRONT STRAP ON MY F-150 FUEL TANK HAS RUSTED AND BROKE BUT THE BACK ONE IS STILL HOLDING, I AM WAITING ON THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS PROBLEM TO TURN IT INTO A RECALL AND I THOUGHT I SHOULD REPORT THIS TO ADD TO THE INVESTIGATION

Mileage: 116,338

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN SHE STARTED TO HEAR A LOUD DRAGGING NOISE FROM THE VEHICLE. SHE THEN NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE...

Mileage: 166,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. HE THEN PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE STRAPS HAD R...

Mileage: 182,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS COVERED WITH RUST AND IT WAS FRACTURED, CAUSING IT TO DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO REPLACE...

Mileage: 92,000

I HAVE A FORD F-150 PICKUP TRUCK 1999 AND LAST WEEK THE GAS TAND FELL OFF. MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THE STRAPS HOLDING THE TAND WERE RUSTED THROUGH. WHEN THE TANK FELL IT ALSO TOOK OUT THE BRAKE LINES AND I HAD NO BRAKES. *TR

Mileage: 174,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN HE NOTICED A COMPONENT FRACTURING FROM THE VEHICLE. HE THEN PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE POLICE WERE CALLED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO...

Mileage: 110,000

ONE OF THE METAL STRAPS HOLDING ON THE GAS TANK HAS RUSTED AND BROKEN OFF. THE GAS TAKE IS UNSTABLE AND TILTED. THE OTHER METAL STRAP IS RUSTED BUT NOT BROKEN YET.

Mileage: 121,100

AFTER FILLING UP THE GAS TANK WITH PREMIUM FUEL, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE GAS TANK STRAPS BROKE DUE TO RUST. THE STRAPS APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH, WITH ONLY THE PLASTIC TANK STRAP SLEEVES HOLDING THE TANK UP. THE TANK DROPPED TO THE PAVEMENT, CAUSING A HOLE IN THE FRONT ...

Mileage: 172,250

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND HEARD LOUD SCRAPING AND THEN SMELLED GAS. PULLED OVER TO FIND GAS TANK DRAGGING ON THE GROUND WITH GAS LEAKING OUT OF TANK. HAD IT TOWED HOME. HAD TO REPLACE GAS TANK,HOSES,VENT AND BOTH TANK STRAPS. THE CONSUMER STATED BOTH STRAPS BROKE AND RUSTED ACROSS THE WHOLE WIDTH ...

Mileage: 117,000

I OWN A 1999 FORD F-150, 5.4L V-8 TRITON. I RECENTLY HAD A TUNE UP IN DECEMBER 2010 WITH ALL EIGHT SPARK PLUGS AND WIRES CHANGED OUT FOR A MERE $700. IN FEB 2011, AS I WAS TAKING MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, I HEARD A LOUD POP THEN MY ENGINE STARTED TO SOUND LIKE A TRACTOR WITHOUT A MUFFLER ON IT. I PUL...

Mileage: 270,000

TOOK OUR F150 FORD IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND TO CHECK EVERYTHING OUT. FOUND THAT ONE GAS TANK STRAP WAS RUSTED ALL THE WAY THRU AND THE OTHER ONE WAS ALMOST RUSTED THRU. NOT VERY SAFE@. *TR

Mileage: 200,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE FUEL TANK SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND CONFIRMED THAT THE GASOLINE TANK STRAPS WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE DE...

Mileage: 101,014

1999 FUEL TANK STRAP RUSTED APART AND FUEL TANK FILL NOZZLE BECAME LOOSE WHEN STRAPS LET GO AND FUEL BEGAN COMING OUT. *TR

Mileage: 200,000

I HAVE A 1999 FORD F150 THAT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MILES PER HOUR, THE #3 SPARKPLUG SUDDENLY BLEW CAUSING THE TRUCK TO TREMENDOUSLY JERK. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS HAPPENING AND FORD DENYING IT IS A ISSUE WITH THEIR MOTORS. I CANNOT AFFORD $800 THAT FORD WANTS TO CHARG...

Mileage: 132,000

WHILE DRIVING 45MPH ON SUBURBAN TWO LANE HIGHWAY I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND SUBSEQUENT RHYTHMIC POPPING SOUND ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENGINE MISFIRING. UPON INSPECTION I FOUND THE # 4 CYLINDER SPARK PLUG LYING ON THE VALVE COVER; UN ATTACHED TO THE CYLINDER HEAD. THE MECHANIC FOUND THE THREADS "BLOWN OUT" OF...

Mileage: 141,000

1999 FORD F150 BRAKE FAILURE DO TO BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

Mileage: 162,000

WE HAVE A 1999 FORD F-150 AND THE GAS TANK FELL OUT! FORTUNATELY IT WAS AT HOME IN THE DRIVEWAY, BUT THIS IS CRAZY. WE WERE BACKING UP OUR DRIVEWAY WHEN WE HEARD A THUD AND THE TRUCK WAS SHAKING AND JITTERING. WE CONTINUED UP THE DRIVEWAY, WHICH CAUSED A DEEP GOUGE IN THE DRIVEWAY. WE'RE GOING TO...

Mileage: 210,000

STRAPS TO HOLD FUEL TANK ONTO VEHICLE RUSTED OUT AND FAILED. HAD TO REPLACE FUEL TANK STRAPS. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 60 MPH ON ICY ROAD CONDITIONS AND CRASHED INTO A HERD OF CATTLE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE VISIBLE PRIOR TO THE CRASH. THE CONTACT AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR ABRASIONS ...

Mileage: 167,000

F-150 FUEL TANK MOUNTING STRAP FAILURE. *TR UPDATED 08/01/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FORWARD STRAP FAILED. IT BROKE NEAR THE FRAME ATTACH POINT. THE STRAP WAS MANUFACTURED WITH A SPOT WELD DOUBLER PLATE WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE FRAME. BOTH STRAPS WERE SEVERELY CORRODED. THE TRUCK IS GARAGE...

Mileage: 101,000

F-150 FUEL TANK MOUNTING STRAP FAILURE. *TR UPDATED 08/01/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FORWARD STRAP FAILED. IT BROKE NEAR THE FRAME ATTACH POINT. THE STRAP WAS MANUFACTURED WITH A SPOT WELD DOUBLER PLATE WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE FRAME. BOTH STRAPS WERE SEVERELY CORRODED. THE TRUCK IS GARAGE...

Mileage: 101,000

I HAVE A 1999 FORD F-150 WHILE ON VACATION I HEARD SOMETHING BREAK WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP THEY SAID THAT ALL OF MY STRAPS HAD SNAPPED THE ONLY THING HOLDING IT UP WAS SKID PLATE AND ON THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY BRAKE PEDAL HAD WENT SOFT CAUSING ME TO ALMOST CAUSE AN ACCIDENT ...

Mileage: 135,356

I HAVE A 1999 FORD F-150 WHILE ON VACATION I HEARD SOMETHING BREAK WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP THEY SAID THAT ALL OF MY STRAPS HAD SNAPPED THE ONLY THING HOLDING IT UP WAS SKID PLATE AND ON THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY BRAKE PEDAL HAD WENT SOFT CAUSING ME TO ALMOST CAUSE AN ACCIDENT ...

Mileage: 135,356

1999 FORD TRITON 5,4L. #2 SPARKPLUG THREAD FAILURE. THE SPARKPLUG WAS BLOWN OUT OF HEAD AND IGNITED A SMALL FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. *TR

Mileage: 165,000

I WAS DRIVING A 1999 FORD F-150 ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH WHEN THE GAS TANK STRAPS BROKE AND THE TANK DRAGGED ON THE HIGHWAY FOR 5 MILES BEFORE ANOTHER DRIVER NOTICED THE DRAGGING TANK AND MOTIONED FOR ME TO PULL OVER. THE ONLY THING HOLDING THE TANK FROM COMPLETELY FALLING OFF WAS THE FUEL LINES. TH...

Mileage: 170,000

MY 1999 FORD F150 TRUCK WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY AND HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR OVER TWO DAYS. THE ECU MODULE SHORTED OUT AND STARTED TO BURN LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE BILLOWED OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF TRUCK. TRUCK WAS REPAIRED WITH A USED PART SINCE FORD NO LONGER MANUFACTURES THE ECU MODULE. *TR

Mileage: 182,700

I HAVE A 99 FORD F150 PICKUP TRUCK WHICH HAS TWO FUEL TANK STRAPS THAT ARE UNSAFE BECAUSE OF EXTREAM RUST. ONE IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THRU AND THE OTHER ONE RUSTED BADLY. I HAD THEM REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE BY FORD DEALER. I CALLED FORD MOTOR CO AND TALKED TO REP REGARDING POSSIBLE RECALL AND WAS TOL...

Mileage: 81,978

1-SEVERE CORROSION OF FUEL TANK STRAPS. THE REAR STRAP IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH, RESULTING IN THE TANK BEING HELD UP BY THE FRONT STRAP. THE SKID PLATE IS KEEPING THE TANK FROM FALLING DOWN. LUCKILY I NOTICED THIS WHILE CHECKING THE AIR PRESSURE IN MY TIRES. I WILL BE GETTING NEW STRAPS THIS WE...

Mileage: 81,000

1-SEVERE CORROSION OF FUEL TANK STRAPS. THE REAR STRAP IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH, RESULTING IN THE TANK BEING HELD UP BY THE FRONT STRAP. THE SKID PLATE IS KEEPING THE TANK FROM FALLING DOWN. LUCKILY I NOTICED THIS WHILE CHECKING THE AIR PRESSURE IN MY TIRES. I WILL BE GETTING NEW STRAPS THIS WE...

Mileage: 81,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAP HAD RUSTED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 115,000.

Mileage: 114,000

1999 F150 4X4, THE REAR FUEL TANK SUPPORT STRAP WAS RUSTED IN HALF AND HANGING BELOW TRUCK. I REPLACED BOTH STRAPS ON THE TRUCK. *TR

Mileage: 183,000

3 SEPARATE INCIDENTS OF BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO ROTTED/RUSTED BRAKE LINES. LUCKILY THE INCIDENTS HAPPENED AT LOW SPEEDS AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. IF I WAS GOING FASTER THIS COULD HAVE HAD DEADLY CONSEQUENCES! SINCE THEN, ALL BRAKE LINES HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH STAINLESS STEEL LIN...

Mileage: 65,000

1999 FORD F-150 WAS TOWED INTO SHOP FOR A NO START PROBLEM WHICH WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FAULTY FUEL PUMP. THE FUEL PUMP ON THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK IS LOCATED INSIDE THE FUEL TANK ITSELF WHICH MUST BE REMOVED TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE PUMP. WHEN STARTING THIS PROCEDURE, THE MECHANICS IMMEDIATELY DISCOVERED TH...

Mileage: 70,000

WHEN TRUCK IS FILLED WITH GAS..THE TANK LEAKS.....AND VERY STRONG GAS SMELL..... *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE FUEL TANK SUDDENLY FELL OFF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE STRAPS THAT HELD IT HAD RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP BUT HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 162,000....

Mileage: 162,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE FUEL TANK SUDDENLY FELL OFF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE STRAPS THAT HELD IT HAD RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP BUT HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 162,000....

Mileage: 162,000

1999 FORD F150 4WHEEL DRIVE THE FRONT GAS TANK STRAP BECAME DETACHED FROM THE MOUNT . THE STRAP DRAGGED THE GROUND . I AM HAPPY IT DID NOT CAUSE ANY OTHER DAMAGE. THE STRAP MOUNT IS TOTALLY RUSTED THROUGH AND I DO NOT KNOW HOW OR IF IT CAN BE REPAIRED. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 93K MILES ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 91,234

THE METAL GAS TANK STRAP ON MY 1999 FORD F150 IS RUSTED IN TWO AND CAUSED THE GAS TANK TO SAG. IF I WOULD NOT HAVE CAUGHT THIS THE OTHER TANK STRAP COULD HAVE BROKE CAUSING MY TANK TO FALL WHILE DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 168,000

IN APRIL OF 2010 MY F150 PICK UP GAS TANK FELL OFF. I HAD TO BUY A NEW ONE. THE STRAPS RUSTED AND THE TANK FELL. I LOST ALL OF THE GAS THAT IN IT. IT COST ME $600.00. THE TRUCK IS A1999. THE STRAPS SHOULD BE MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL. *TR

Mileage: 148,000

ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2010, I WAS DRIVING ON A DIRT ROAD AT SPEEDS OF UNDER 25 MILES PER HOUR WHEN I HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. I PULLED THE VEHICLE SAFELY OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND MYSELF, AND THE 2 OTHER PEOPLE IN THE TRUCK GOT OUT TO ATTEMPT TO LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE NOIS...

Mileage: 141,000

F150 FUEL TANK RUSTED OUT AND LEAKED - DUE TO RUSTED TANK STRAPS HAD TO REPLACE TANK AND STRAPS AT 130,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

BROKEN FUEL TANK STRAP ON 1999 FORD F-150. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

FUEL TANK SECURING STRAP BROKE ON 99 FORD F150 BECAUSE OF RUST THROUGH. BOTH STRAPS HAD TO BE REPLACED. FUEL TANK WAS CLOSE TO FALLING OFF TRUCK. *TR

Mileage: 106,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 FORD F-150 THE GAS TANK FELL TO THE GROUND. THE STRAPS RUSTED THROUGH, AND THE TANK WAS DRUG BY THE FUEL LINE. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NOT A LEAK OR A FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 274,900

FUEL TANK STRAP RUSTED AND BROKE. FUEL TANK WAS ALLOWED TO FALL ENOUGH TO BREAK FILLER NECK AND NECK AT TANK ITSELF. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

I HAVE A 1999 F-150 AND ONE OF THE GAS TANK STRAPS RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKE. THE TANK DID NOT FALL BUT I HAD TO HAVE BOTH OF THE STRAPS REPLACED. I'M ONLY NOW WRITING BECAUSE I SAW THEY HAD OPENED AN INVESTIGATION FOR A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

I DRIVE A 1999 FORD F150. ON AUGUST 3, 2010, I HAD MY TRUCK INTO THE SERVICE CENTER TO REPLACE A BRAKE LINE. WHILE THEY WERE REPLACING THE BRAKE LINE, THEY NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE STRAPS TO THE GAS TANK HAS BROKEN AND THE OTHER WAS ALMOST RUSTED THROUGH. I SEE THAT YOU HAVE OPENING AN INVESTIGATI...

Mileage: 74,303

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND FOUND THE GAS TANK FELL OFF THE VEHICLE, THE GAS TANK STRAP BROKE DUE TO CORROSION. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PUT THE GAS TANK BACK ON THE VEHICLE WITH SOME NYLON STRAPS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN...

Mileage: 200,000

REF: PE10036 THIS SUBMISSION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO INDICATE AN ADDITIONAL OCCURRENCE OF THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE10036: ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 6, 2010, THE REAR FUEL TANK STRAP ON MY 1999 F150 BROKE. AS A RESULT, THE REAR OF THE TANK DROPPED ABOUT 8-12 INCHES. THE TANK DID N...

Mileage: 112,000

1. NORMAL DRIVING OF MY FORD F150 SINCE 1999. 2.. THE FAILURE - THE REAR GAS STRAPPED CORRODED, CAUSING THE GAS TANK TO DROP AND BE DRAGGED A SHORT DISTANCE ON THE HIGHWAY UNTIL I COULD SAFELY PULL OVER. 3. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO MY AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER FOR REPAIR. TWO NEW STRAPS HAD TO BE ORDE...

Mileage: 160,000

FORD F-150 5.4L TRITON ENGINE - BLOWN OUT SPARK PLUG...PLUG EJECTED FROM THE ENGINE WHILE - SMOKE, MINOR FIRE... *TR

Mileage: 124,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SINCE 2007, FOUR SPARK PLUGS WORKED THEIR WAY OUT OF THE HEAD AND BLEW OUT THE CYLINDER. EACH TIME, HE WOULD INSTALL A NEW PLUG AND IGNITION COIL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP. THE CONTACT H...

Mileage: 110,000

MY SON WAS DRIVING HIS 99 F150 SOUTHBOUND ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY, GOING ABOUT 50 MPH WHEN HE HEARD A POP, AND THEN THE TRUCK WENT OUT OF CONTROL. THE REAR OF THE PICKUP BEGAN TO TRAVEL LEFT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. IN THE NORTHBOUND LANE, IT BEGAN TO ROLL OVER, DRIVERS SIDE FIRST, FINALLY LANDING UPRIGHT ...

Mileage: 114,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER DRIVING 1/4 MILE AND THEN PARKING THE VEHICLE NEAR THE GARAGE THE TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE WHILE IT WAS TURNED OFF. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. FORD HAS...

Mileage: 120,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER DRIVING 1/4 MILE AND THEN PARKING THE VEHICLE NEAR THE GARAGE THE TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE WHILE IT WAS TURNED OFF. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. FORD HAS...

Mileage: 120,000

I NOTICED A TICKING NOISE WHICH SOUNDED LIKE AN EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAK FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS AND JUST TODAY I WAS TAKING OFF FROM A STOP SIGN WHEN THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD CREATING A LOUD KNOCKING/TICKING NOISE. I HAVE NOT HAD IT FIXED YET, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THIS CAN CREATE ENGINE...

Mileage: 125,000

WAS STOPPING ON HIGHWAY, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. VEHICLE STOPPED, UPON INSPECTION FOUND REAR BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED AND LEAKING. I REPLACED THE FAILED BRAKE LINE. *TR

Mileage: 146,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN JULY 2009 WHILE DRIVING, THE COIL PACK BECAME DISLOCATED ALONG WITH A SMALL PIECE OF THE SPARK PLUG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THREADING ON THE SPARK PLUGS WAS NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO HOLD IT IN PLACE, CAUSING THE PLUGS TO FAIL DUE ...

Mileage: 123,179

TIRE IS SEPARATING ON INSIDE OF SIDEWALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL TIRE SHOP TO HAVE THE REAR TIRES REPLACED. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE IN THE TECHNICIANS POSSESSION. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED ACCORDINGLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE A...

Mileage: 109,000

1999 FORD F150 2WD TRUCK WITH 80,000 MILES THE FUEL TANK FELL OUT OF THE TRUCK. UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAPS HAS CORRODED APART. WHEN RE-INSTALLING NEW STRAPS, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FUEL FILL TUBE WAS CORRODED, AS WELL, WITH SEVERAL HOLES IN IT. ALSO, WHILE RE-ATTACHING...

Mileage: 85,489

1999 FORD F150 2WD TRUCK WITH 80,000 MILES THE FUEL TANK FELL OUT OF THE TRUCK. UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAPS HAS CORRODED APART. WHEN RE-INSTALLING NEW STRAPS, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FUEL FILL TUBE WAS CORRODED, AS WELL, WITH SEVERAL HOLES IN IT. ALSO, WHILE RE-ATTACHING...

Mileage: 85,489

1999 FORD F150 2WD TRUCK WITH 80,000 MILES THE FUEL TANK FELL OUT OF THE TRUCK. UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAPS HAS CORRODED APART. WHEN RE-INSTALLING NEW STRAPS, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FUEL FILL TUBE WAS CORRODED, AS WELL, WITH SEVERAL HOLES IN IT. ALSO, WHILE RE-ATTACHING...

Mileage: 85,489

AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 10-12 MILES, I PARKED IT IN THE DRIVEWAY. ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER MY WIFE AND I SMELLED SMOKE. WHEN I INVESTIGATED, I FOUND ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE TRUCK IN FLAMES. THE FIRE APPEARED TO HAVE STARTED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ABOVE ...

Mileage: 30,500

THE STRAP ON OUR FORD F 150 THAT HOLDS UP OUR GAS TANK BROKE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. UPON LOOKING AT THE FRAME IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS RUSTED OUT VERY BADLY AND COULD BE A DRIVING HAZARD TO DRIVE. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETELY GETTING A NEW FRAME PUT UNDER THE TRUCK. THIS TRUCK IS ONLY T...

Mileage: 85,500

THE STRAP ON OUR FORD F 150 THAT HOLDS UP OUR GAS TANK BROKE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. UPON LOOKING AT THE FRAME IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS RUSTED OUT VERY BADLY AND COULD BE A DRIVING HAZARD TO DRIVE. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETELY GETTING A NEW FRAME PUT UNDER THE TRUCK. THIS TRUCK IS ONLY T...

Mileage: 85,500

MY 1999 FORD F150 WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY NEXT TO THE HOUSE. APPARENTLY IT SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTED. IT IS NOW A BURNED-OUT SHELL OF A TRUCK. FORTUNATELY, MY WIFE WAS WORKING FROM HOME AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPT SO THE HOUSE DID NOT SUFFER MUCH DAMAGE. I DID LOSE A FEW THOUSAND $ WORTH OF TOOLS...

Mileage: 139,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 1999 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE GARAGE. HE WAS INFORMED THE MOTOR HEAD SENDING UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED, BUT THE MOTOR HEAD HOLE WAS DEFECTIVE BECAUSE IT WAS DRILLED TOO LARGE.THE GARAGE WAS NOT ABLE TO ...

Mileage: 130,000

I OWN A USED 1999 FORD F-150 5.4L ENGINE. IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 117,500 MILES. WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN CALIFORNIA YESTERDAY, I HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING TYPE NOISE. I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING OPENED THE HOOD. JUST AS I DID, THE SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM THE CYLIN...

Mileage: 117,850

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED IN HER DRIVEWAY. EVERYTHING UNDER THE HOOD INCLUDING HER RADIATOR WAS BURNED AND THE PAINT ON THE HOOD STARTED TO MELT. THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED AND DISPLAYED STAINS FROM THE SMOKE. THE RIGHT WINDSHIELD WIPER WAS ALSO BU...

Mileage: 75,000

1999 FORD F-159 ABS LIGHT ON AND RED BRAKE LIGHT ON INTERMITTENTLY WITH CHANGE IN BRAKE "FEEL". *TR

Mileage: 62,000

SPARK PLUG BLOWOUT ON 1999 FORD F150 WITH 5.4L TRITON V8. IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FORD MODULAR ENGINES. TODAY, I HEARD A LOUD POP COME FROM MY ENGINE BAY AS I ACCELERATED AND THEN THE SOUND OF WHAT SEEMED TO BE A MASSIVE EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAK. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, I FOUND T...

Mileage: 227,000

EJECTION OF PASSENGER DURING ROLL OVER ACCIDENT AT 40 MPH WHILE SEAT BELTED INTO A 1999 MODEL FORD F150 FOR WHICH THE PASSENGER SEAT BROKE LOOSE FROM THE FRAME. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

EJECTION OF PASSENGER DURING ROLL OVER ACCIDENT AT 40 MPH WHILE SEAT BELTED INTO A 1999 MODEL FORD F150 FOR WHICH THE PASSENGER SEAT BROKE LOOSE FROM THE FRAME. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

SPARK PLUG KEEPS BEING BLOWN OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. NOW THEY WANT TO REPLACE THE WHOLE HEAD $3,000.00 THEY FIRST TIME IT HAPPEN THEY JUST PUT IN A HELICOIL KIT AND CHARGED ME A $1,000.00. I HAVE ALSO REPLACE 2 COILS ON THIS SIDE OF THE ENGINE AND ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET ON THAT SIDE. ...

Mileage: 120,000

FORDS RECALL OF F150'S FOR DEFECTIVE LEAKING CRUISE CONTROL CUT-OUT SWITCHES DOES NOT TOTALLY FIX THE PROBLEM BY THEM JUST ADDING AN INLINE FUSE FOR THE FIRE PROBLEM. THE PRESSURE SENSITIVE SWITCH IS SCREWED INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER AND EVEN IF THE FUSE BLOWS DISABLING THE CRUIS...

Mileage: 62,000

FORDS RECALL OF F150'S FOR DEFECTIVE LEAKING CRUISE CONTROL CUT-OUT SWITCHES DOES NOT TOTALLY FIX THE PROBLEM BY THEM JUST ADDING AN INLINE FUSE FOR THE FIRE PROBLEM. THE PRESSURE SENSITIVE SWITCH IS SCREWED INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER AND EVEN IF THE FUSE BLOWS DISABLING THE CRUIS...

Mileage: 62,000

WHILE SEAT BELTED INTO THE PASSENGER SEAT OF A FORD F150 MY SON WAS EJECTED IN A FRONT IMPACT AND ROLL OVER ACCIDENT. THE SEAT BROKE LOOSE FROM THE TRUCK FLOOR DURING THE IMPACT ALLOWING HIM TO COME OUT OF THE SEAT BELT AND BE EJECTED OUT ONTO THE ROADWAY CAUSING SEVERE INJURIES. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

WHILE SEAT BELTED INTO THE PASSENGER SEAT OF A FORD F150 MY SON WAS EJECTED IN A FRONT IMPACT AND ROLL OVER ACCIDENT. THE SEAT BROKE LOOSE FROM THE TRUCK FLOOR DURING THE IMPACT ALLOWING HIM TO COME OUT OF THE SEAT BELT AND BE EJECTED OUT ONTO THE ROADWAY CAUSING SEVERE INJURIES. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

WHILE SEAT BELTED INTO THE PASSENGER SEAT OF A FORD F150 MY SON WAS EJECTED IN A FRONT IMPACT AND ROLL OVER ACCIDENT. THE SEAT BROKE LOOSE FROM THE TRUCK FLOOR DURING THE IMPACT ALLOWING HIM TO COME OUT OF THE SEAT BELT AND BE EJECTED OUT ONTO THE ROADWAY CAUSING SEVERE INJURIES. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

1999 FORD F150 LEFT REAR WHEEL BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND CROSSED THE MEDIAN AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE. *KB ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE LEFT REAR WHEEL LUG NUT BROKE OFF. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10285367. *JB

1999 FORD F150 LEFT REAR WHEEL BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND CROSSED THE MEDIAN AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE. *KB ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE LEFT REAR WHEEL LUG NUT BROKE OFF. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10285367. *JB

ACCELERATING ON RAMP TO FREEWAY HEARD A LOUD BANG, VEHICLE LOST POWER AND ENGINE RAN ROUGH WHILE MAKING LOUD UNMUFFLED NOISE. FOUND THAT VEHICLE HAD BLOWN OUT #6 SPARK PLUG. FORD F-150 WITH 5.4L ENGINE, WITH 120,000, ORIGINAL OWNER. FOUND NUMEROUS INTERNET POSTINGS ON THIS PROBLEM. CONTACTED MANUFAC...

Mileage: 120,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. AFTER BEING PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE ENGINE WAS NOT TURNED ON AT THE TIME AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND FILED A REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. AS A RESUL...

Mileage: 98,000

MY BRAKES FAILED ON MY 1999 FORD F150 THAT ONLY HAS 102,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS AMAZED TO DISCOVER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A HEAVILY CORRODED STEEL BRAKE LINE. I AM HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHY THE NHTSA DOESN'T REQUIRE AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS TO USE STAINLESS STEEL FOR BRAKE LINES. AFTE...

Mileage: 102,000

ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS ON MY 1999 FORD F-150 SIMPLY BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD WHILE DRIVING AT A MERE 15 MPH. AFTER INSPECTION, THAT PLUG WAS EJECTED CLEAR OF THE VEHICLE, NEVER TO BE FOUND, ALONG WITH ALL OF THE THREADS THAT IT WAS SCREWED INTO. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

HVAC INTERIOR FAN BEGINS TO BE INTERMEDIATE AT ALL SETTING BUT HIGHEST SETTING. THE RESISTOR FAILS ON ALL BUT HIGHEST SETTING. SHORT IN WIRE HARNESS STARTED A SMOLDERING FIRE AT CONNECTOR. ALL RESISTORS ARE OPEN AIR AND RUSTED ASSUMED DO TO ITS PROXIMITY TO THE EVAPORATOR. FAILURE EXACTLY LIKE...

Mileage: 190,000

WAS DRIVING MY FORD ON THE FREEWAY WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE, I STOPPED NEARBY TOOK A LOOK AT IT FOUND THE SPARK PLUG HAD BEEN BLOWN OUT, CALLED FORD THE SAID THEY COULD FIX IT FOR 2200! *TR

I HAVE A 1999 FORD F-150 THAT LEAKS AROUND THE WINDSHIELD WHEN IT RAINS IT CAUSES THE WIPERS NOT TO WORK THE POWER ACC STAY ON AND THE DOOR CHIME RINGS ONCE THE KEY IS REMOVED FROM THE SWITCH. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VECHILE AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN IDLING AND ACCELERATING ROUGHLY FOR ABOUT 2 DAYS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AFTER ABOUT A DAY. THE PROBLEM WOULD STOP AND THE LIGHT WOULD GO OUT BEFORE I HAD THE CHANCE TO TAKE IT TO A SHOP. THIS LAST TIME, MARCH 27, 2009 IT HAD BEEN RAININ...

Mileage: 71,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR SEVERAL HOURS WHEN THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD. A FEW SECONDS LATER, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. HE WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES AND NOTICED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER AREA. THE VEHICLE W...

Mileage: 170,000

WENT OUTSIDE TO START MY TRUCK 1999 FORD F-150 5.4L. AS SOON AS I STARTED THE TRUCK I HEARD A LOUD BANGING, SHUT THE TRUCK OFF, OPEN THE HOOD, AND A SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT THE HEAD RIPPING ALL THE THREADS OUT AND BREAKING THE COIL. SO NOW MY $14000 TRUCK IS USELESS. MY ONLY OPTIONS INCLUDE $3000 F...

Mileage: 140,000

THE NUMBER 3 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF MY 1999 F150 WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT. THE ALUMINUM HEAD HAS ONLY 4 THREADS HOLDING THE PLUG IN PLACE, CLEARLY A DESIGN DEFECT. I HAD BOTH HEADS REMOVED AND HAD ALL EIGHT HOLES REPAIRED...TOTAL COST WAS ABOUT $3,000. THERE WAS 80,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK...

Mileage: 80,000

MY HUSBAND WENT TO THE STORE AND WHEN HE CAME OUT, OUR TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPT. SAID IT WAS ELECTRICAL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED SORENESS AND THE PASSENGER HAD TO HAVE A STAPLE PLACED IN HIS HEAD AS ...

Mileage: 120,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED SORENESS AND THE PASSENGER HAD TO HAVE A STAPLE PLACED IN HIS HEAD AS ...

Mileage: 120,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE WARNING LIGHT REMAINED LIT UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE FAIL...

Mileage: 86,000

1999 FORD F150 . FORD PUT ALUMINUM HEADS IN THESE VEHICLES. THEY FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE SHOOTING OUT THE SPARK PLUGS. THEY HAVE NEVER RECALLED THIS. IN THE PAST 4MOS, WE HAVE HAD 4 SPARK PLUGS SHOOT OUT. EACH TIME THIS HAPPENED, IT COST 300.00 TO REPAIR AND 200.00 FOR TOWING. NOT INCLUDING THE...

Mileage: 160,000

I WAS ON A TRIP IN ALABAMA TRAVELING SOUTH ON I-85 ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2008. I STOPPED FOR A BREAK JUST NORTH OF MONTGOMERY. WHEN I GOT ON THE ON RAMP TO I-85, MY LEFT FRONT TIRE SUDDENLY WENT FLAT. I REPLACED THE WHEEL WITH THE SPARE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE WHEEL HAD BEEN RIPPED OPEN. I DROVE TO THE NE...

Mileage: 91,000

HAD JUST PULLED OUT FROM INTERSECTION ONTO MAIN ROAD WHEN TRUCK DEVELOPED A SEVERE MISFIRE. I PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AND UPON INSPECTION FOUND THE THIRD SPARK PLUG ON THE RIGHT SIDE HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE HOLE. WE TOOK IT TO A GARAGE LESS THAN A BLOCK AWAY AND THEY WERE ABLE TO INSTALL A NEW PLUG AN...

Mileage: 124,240

FORD 1999 F-150 SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT & POSSIBLE ENGINE DAMAGE 91,132 MILES. TRUCK NOT FIXED YET, I AM IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING ESTIMATES. *TR

Mileage: 91,000

WHILE MY TRUCK WAS IDLING IT CAUGHT FIRE THE FIRE MARSHALL SAID IT WAS A RESULT OF THE FUEL ARM BROKE. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD WHILE PARKED. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER INVESTIGATED THE FAILURE AND CONCLUDED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL SENSOR. THE MANUFACTURER WILL REPLACE THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND F...

Mileage: 112,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED ON THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES. IN 2000, WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL. HE NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE...

Mileage: 37,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. IN BETWEEN OIL CHANGES, THE HEAD GASKET LEAKS OIL ONTO THE MOTOR AND CAUSES IT TO SMOKE. AS A RESULT, OIL GETS BENEATH THE MOTOR AND INTO THE EXHAUST, WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE. THE VEHICLE IS ALSO SMOKING. THE FORD DEALER RECOMMENDED THAT THE CONTACT KEEP TH...

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND SHUT OFF, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. HE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. A FIRE FIGHTER EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT...

Mileage: 127,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND SHUT OFF, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. HE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. A FIRE FIGHTER EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT...

Mileage: 127,000

I HAVE A 1999 FORD F-150, 5.4L V-8 TRITON. IT HAS SPIT THE NUMBER EIGHT SPARK PLUG TWICE, AND NOW THE NUMBER SEVEN PLUG HAS BEEN EJECTED MULTIPLE TIMES. LUCKILY, MY WIFE AND KIDS WEREN'T WITH ME WHEN THESE EVENTS HAPPENED. AFTER THE FIRST TIME, AND MUCH READING AND RESEARCH, AND THE FACT THAT YO...

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. AFTER IT RAINED, A LEAK IN THE WINDSHIELD CAUSED WATER TO DRIP DOWN THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND INTO THE FUSE PANEL. THE FUSE PANEL HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000. UPDATED 7/3/08 *CN

Mileage: 89,000

MY 1999 FORD F150 EJECTED A SPARK PLUG - DAMAGING OTHER PARTS AS IT EJECTED - THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT NEEDS A RECALL A FIRE CAN EASILY HAPPEN IN THIS SITUATION. *TR

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT AND BROKE BOOT WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT STILL SPRAYS GAS OUT AND COULD START A FIRE.THEN A MONTH LAITER IT DID THE SAME THING WITH ANOTHER PLUG NOT THE SAME PLUG AS THE FIRST TIME.HAD TO BUY A THREADER KIT AND NEW BOOT AND NEW PLUGS DID IT MYSELF IT HAS HAPPEN 2 TIMES AND WILL MOST L...

Mileage: 163,000

I WENT TO DRIVE MY 1999 FORD F-150 LAST NIGHT, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. NO PREVIOUS SYMPTOMS WERE EVIDENT. UPON INSPECTION, IT IS EVIDENT THE BRAKE LINE ALONG THE FRAME TO THE REAR WHEELS BURST DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. FURTHER INSPECTION SHOWED THAT ALL OF THE OTHER BR...

Mileage: 109,000

MY EMISSIONS, EGR AND 02 SENORS. *TR

Mileage: 113,000

MY EMISSIONS, EGR AND 02 SENORS. *TR

Mileage: 113,000

1999 FORD F150 5.4L V8 BLEW OUT THE NUMBER FOUR (4) SPARK PLUG LOCATED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IN THE REAR. PERSONAL RESEARCH HAS TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM DUE TO A "FACTORY DEFECT" (FORD MOTOR COMPANY DOES NOT ADMIT THIS) OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH THREADS IN THE HEAD TO HOLD THE PLUG. ...

Mileage: 129,000

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF #3 CYLINDER IN THE HEAD OF A 1999 FORD F-150. *TR

Mileage: 234,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL AND LANDED IN A DITCH. HE NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM THE HOOD AND HE EXITED THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT BECAM...

Mileage: 66,000

THE DIGITAL ODOMETER BLANKS OUT, OR SCRAMBLES ITS DISPLAY. THE DEALERS SERVICE ADVISOR SAYS THE SOLDERED CONNECTIONS ARE "BAD". THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MUST BE REPLACED. @ COST $600.00. FURTHER INQUIRIES FIND THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHER F-150 OWNERS HAVE THE SAME DEFECT. VERY DISTRACTING IN TRAFFIC...

Mileage: 86,000

SPARK PLUG / CYLINDER HEAD FAILURE (VERY COMMON PROBLEM) 1999 FORD F150 WITH THE TRITON 5.4L V8, COST TO REPAIR WAS NEARLY $1000.00. *TR

Mileage: 105,400

CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. CRUISE LIGHT ON PANEL WOULD LIGHT UP AND TURN IMMEDIATELY OFF AND CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT COME ON. NOTICED SMOKEY SMELL ONCE OR TWICE, BUT NEVER REALLY BAD. WENT OUT TO LUNCH AND LEFT TRUCK IT WAS FINE CAME BACK LATER TO THE SMELL OF SMOKE. DROVE 4 MILES TO DEPT....

Mileage: 77,000

IN A 45 MILE AN HOUR ROLL OVER IN A FORD F150 MY SON AS A PASSENGER WEARING HIS SEAT BELT WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING GREAT BODILY HARM. THE SEAT ASSEMBLY BROKE LOOSE FROM THE FLOOR FRAME, SEAT BELT BROKE AND HE WAS ALONG WITH THE DRIVER EJECTED THROUGH THE PASSENGER DOOR WHICH OPENED DURIN...

IN A 45 MILE AN HOUR ROLL OVER IN A FORD F150 MY SON AS A PASSENGER WEARING HIS SEAT BELT WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING GREAT BODILY HARM. THE SEAT ASSEMBLY BROKE LOOSE FROM THE FLOOR FRAME, SEAT BELT BROKE AND HE WAS ALONG WITH THE DRIVER EJECTED THROUGH THE PASSENGER DOOR WHICH OPENED DURIN...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH AND IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE DEALER INFORMED HER THAT THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN DECEMBER OF 2007. THE CRUISE CONTROL...

SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT. *TR

Mileage: 121,200

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. THE THYREADS IN THE CYLINDER HEAD WERE SHEARED OFF. THIS VEHICLE (1999 FORD F-150, 4.6L ENGINE) HAS NOT BEEN FIXED DUE TO EXCESSIVE COSTS OF REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 186,000

THE #4 SPARK PLUG WAS BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD. I WAS TOLD MY MECHANIC THAT IT WAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH MY 5.4L V8 TRITON MOTOR BUT FORD WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED TWO MONTHS AGO AND WAS NEVER INFORM AT TIME OF THE PROBLEM. I WOULD NEVER HAVE MADE THE DEAL IF I WOULD HAVE...

Mileage: 124,000

FRONT ANTILOCK SENSOR DEFECTIVE AND CAUSES AN ADDITIONAL 15 FOOT ROLL BEFORE STOPPING. IT NEARLY CAUSED ME MY LIFE. AND IF I WAS HIT BY THAT DUMPTRUCK IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE I JUST MADE A MISTAKE. I GOT THE NEW SENSOR INSTALLED AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN UPGRADE AND NEEDED BOTH SENSORS INSTALLED T...

Mileage: 44,560

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE STRAPS THAT HELD THE FUEL TANK DISINTEGRATED. THE MECHANIC FELT THAT THE STRAPS WERE NOT ADEQUATE FOR THE FUEL TANK AND HE MADE THE REPLACEMENT. THERE HAD BEEN NO FURTHER OCCURRENCES. THE FAI...

Mileage: 83,800

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR AN IMPACT. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE REARVIEW MIRROR SHATTERED AND CUT THE DRIVER'S HAND. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 172,000 AND CU...

Mileage: 172,000

1999 FORD F-150 CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO A CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO THIS DEFECT. SHE STATED THAT IT COST HER AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 DOLLARS DUE TO IT CATCHING FIRE IN THE DRIVEWAY IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE. *KB

'99 F-150, MANUAL TRANS., 4.2L V6 ODOMETER BACKLIGHT FADES IN & OUT. UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE AT THIS TIME. FAILURE STARTED @ ABOUT 138K MILES. ODOMETER HOWEVER REMAINS ACCURATE. *JB

Mileage: 138,000

I FIRST NOTICED THAT MY AIR BAG DASH LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING. I DECIDED THAT IT SHOULD BE REPAIRED IN THAT I DO TRAVEL QUITE A BIT FOR WORK ON HEAVILY TRAVELED HIGHWAYS HERE IN INDIANA. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BUTLER FORD HERE CLOSE TO MY RESIDENCE AND ASK THAT THE WARNING LIGHT ON BE REPAIRED ALONG WITH...

Mileage: 96,900

I FIRST NOTICED THAT MY AIR BAG DASH LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING. I DECIDED THAT IT SHOULD BE REPAIRED IN THAT I DO TRAVEL QUITE A BIT FOR WORK ON HEAVILY TRAVELED HIGHWAYS HERE IN INDIANA. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BUTLER FORD HERE CLOSE TO MY RESIDENCE AND ASK THAT THE WARNING LIGHT ON BE REPAIRED ALONG WITH...

Mileage: 96,900

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. HE STATED THAT THE ODOMETER WOULD FADE IN AND OUT AND SOMETIMES WOULD REMAIN OFF FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. HE FELT THAT THE FAILURE COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE A SHORT AND FIRE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 101,000. UPDATED 02-01-08. *KB

Mileage: 96,000

1999 FORD F-150 EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRRORS ARE EXTREMELY FADED SO THEY ARE BASICALLY USELESS. THESE ARE THE MIRRORS WITH TURN SIGNALS INSIDE THE GLASS. FORD SAYS THERE ARE NO RECALLS AND NO PROBLEM EXISTS. THEY ARE A SAFETY HAZARD. *JB

WHILE DRIVING MY TUCK AT 40 MPH THERE WAS LOUD POP FROM THE ENGINE. THE TRUCK COULD NOT BE DRIVEN AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THE FORD DEALER TOLD ME THAT I HAD BLOWN A SPARK PLUG AND THAT I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE AT 5,000 DOLLARS. *JB

Mileage: 98,000

1999 F150 WAS PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT WITH THE ENGINE OFF AND THE KEY REMOVED. THE BRAKE PRESSURE SWITCH CAUGHT ON FIRE MELTING THE BRAKE FLUID RESEVIOR SENSOR, AND WIRING. A PARK RANGER ALERTED US TO THE FIRE WHICH I HE EXTINGUSHED WITH A SHIRT. *AK

Mileage: 105,000

SPARK PLUG SPIT FROM CYLINDER HEAD. *TR

Mileage: 66,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. WITHIN THE LAST THIRTEEN MONTHS, TWO DIFFERENT SPARK PLUGS HAVE BLOWN OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. BOTH THE DEALER AND THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY STATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE AND IS DUE TO THE CASTING OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. THE SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED ...

Mileage: 88,844

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHEN COMING TO A STOP AT 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE SHUTS DOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS UNKNOWN AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,250.

Mileage: 113,250

SEAT BELT RELEASED DURING ROLLOVER CRASH. *JB

HAVE A 1999 F150 THAT HAS A FIX RECORDED FOR THE HEAD GASKET, BUT HAS NO RECALL. EVEN THOUGH FORD KNOWS THERE IS A FAULT, AND SHOULD TAKE CARE OF OR REPAY THE CONSUMER FOR FIXING, SINCE FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM. *AK

TL*- THE CONTACT OWES A 1999 F150 FORD PICKUP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON MARCH 14,2007 WHILE DRIVING IN SUNNY CONDITIONS, AND WHILE STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THE ANTI-THEFT LIGHT FLASHE. , AFTER THAT ALL EQUIPMENT ON THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF. HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE SHOULDER TO STOP THE VE...

Mileage: 156,200

1999 FORD F-150 WAS SITTING IN DRIVEWAY, WHEN A FIRE STARTED UNDER HOOD. ORIGIN SEEMS TO BE AT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. ALL PLASTIC COMPONENTS UNDER HOOD MELTED AND WIRING WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. *JB

Mileage: 210,000

1999 FORD F-150 WAS SITTING IN DRIVEWAY, WHEN A FIRE STARTED UNDER HOOD. ORIGIN SEEMS TO BE AT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. ALL PLASTIC COMPONENTS UNDER HOOD MELTED AND WIRING WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. *JB

Mileage: 210,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS IN THE DRIVEWAY AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE FORD DEALER, WHO THE DEALER STATED THAT DUE TO THE DAMAGE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE WHETHER RECALL 06E0560...

Mileage: 80,000

1999 FORD F-150 WHILE ON A SHORT TRIP OUT OF TOWN I EXPERIENCE ALMOST COMPLETE, SUDDEN BRAKE FAILURE. UPON SIDE OF THE ROAD INSPECTION, I FOUND LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED WITH BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING ON THE PAVEMENT. TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO SAID BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED THROUGH. HE ...

Mileage: 147,766

1999 FORD F-150 SPARK PLUGS BLOWING OUT. *NM

Mileage: 98,233

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK AT 5:30 AM, A LOAD NOISE CAME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE TRUCK WOULD BARELY RUN AND REQUIRED A TOW, THE DEALER SHIP SAID THAT THE SPARK PLUG HAD EJECTED FROM THE ENGINE DUE TO STRIPPED THREADS IN THE BLOCK. ALSO I HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE TRUCK LOSING OIL AND THE SMELL O...

Mileage: 87,000

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON 01/27/2007 THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON THE STREET, WHEN A NEIGHBOR ALERTED HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT WORKING ANY DIFFERENTLY PRIOR TO THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TURNED OF...

Mileage: 100,000

BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *NM

Mileage: 47,000

ELECTRICAL FAILURE, MALFUNCTION, FORD F150 PICKUP TRUCK EXPLOSION DESTROYED TWO OF MY VEHICLES. *NM

I RECENTLY HAD A FLAT TIRE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON MY 1999 FORD F150. WHEN I LOWERED THE SPARE TIRE FROM ITS STOWED POSITION, THERE WERE EIGHT BADLY WORN SPOTS ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. THE WEAR WAS APPARENTLY CAME FROM THE WAY THE STOWAGE POSITION IS DESIGNED. THE DEGRADATION OF THE TIRE MAY MA...

I RECENTLY HAD A FLAT TIRE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON MY 1999 FORD F150. WHEN I LOWERED THE SPARE TIRE FROM ITS STOWED POSITION, THERE WERE EIGHT BADLY WORN SPOTS ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. THE WEAR WAS APPARENTLY CAME FROM THE WAY THE STOWAGE POSITION IS DESIGNED. THE DEGRADATION OF THE TIRE MAY MA...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE'S HEAD GASKET HAD A SMALL CHIP CAUSING AN OIL LEAK. TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, THE SERVICE DEALER RECOMMENDED A NEW HEAD GASKET TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE ONE.

Mileage: 34,000

TRUCK STARTED MISSING, SPUTTERING, PINGING, RUNNING ON 3 CYLINDERS. VALVE SPRING BROKE IN ENGINE. *NM

Mileage: 60,303

NOISE AND BUMP IN THE REAR DIFF FROM A STOP OR TURNING. *NM

Mileage: 40,000

I PURCHASED MY '99 FORD F-150 IN THE SPRING OF '04. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE THE TRUCK HAD JUST OVER 49,000 MILES ON IT. THIS PAST MONDAY (10/16/06) WHILE PULLING OUT OF A LOCAL PARKING LOT, THE #2 SPARK PLUG WAS EJECTED OUT OF THE RIGHT CYLINDER HEAD, RIPPING OUT THE THREADS THAT THE SPARK PLUG SC...

Mileage: 81,791

PULLING A 10 FOOT BOX TRAILER WELL WITHIN GVW LIMIT...MAIN BRAKE LINE FAILURE, LINE ALONG THE FRAME RAIL APPEARS TO BE RUSTED WAY BEYOND WHAT WOULD BE EXPECTED FOR THE VEHICLE YEAR, BRAKE LINE BURST WHEN BRAKES APPLIED...THROUGH INSPECTION REVEALED ALL METAL PARTS NOT ALUMINUM ARE RUSTED, APPEARS ME...

Mileage: 110,000

1999 F150'S LEFT FRONT TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. *TS THE LEFT FRONT SPRING BENT AS A RESULT OF THE TIRE SEPARATING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE'S UNDERCARRIAGE WAS DAMAGED. THE DRIVER STATED THAT NEW TIRES HAD BEEN RECENTLY INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE. *NM

1999 FORD F150 PICKUP. STEEL BRAKE TUBING RUSTED. WHILE STOPPED BRAKE PETAL WENT TO FLOOR. LOST MOST OF THE BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND FROM A RUST BREAK NEAR THE JUNCTION OF TWO TUBES ON THE FRAME RAIL. BOTH BRAKE TUBES AND THE CONNECTOR ARE BADLY RUSTED. *NM

Mileage: 103,000

I HAVE A 99 F150 WITH LESS THAN 60K MILES ON IT. WHILE DRIVING TO WORK A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. REPAIR WAS NOT ABLE TO BE DONE ON THE HEAD. HEAD REPLACEMENT WAS $3600 ENGINE REPLACEMENT WAS $5000. I REPLACED THE ENGINE WITH THE SAME TYPE OF FAULTY ENGINE... HOW LONG UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN?? *JB

1999 F150 WIPERS COME ON RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. *NM

VARIOUS SWITCHES ARE FAILING, PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW SWITCH, ELECTRIC MIRROR ADJUST SWITCH, FAN SWITCH FOR HEATER/AC AND THE MOST ANNOYING IS THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH WHICH CAUSES THE WIPERS TO COME ONE WHEN EVER THEY FEEL LIKE IT. I ALSO PERSONALLY KNOW OF TWO OTHER FORD F150 OWNERS SUFFERING FROM S...

Mileage: 150,000

99 FORD F-150 197K MILES. CYLINDER #3 SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT. ALMOST BROKE FUEL RAIL. NO FIRE HEADS REPLACED. SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FROM FORD 3150.00. *JB

Mileage: 195,300

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES FAILED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP AT A RESIDENCE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. A LOCAL MECHANIC CAME TO THE CONTACT'S HOUSE AND REPAIRED THE BRAKE LINES GOING TO THE LEFT REAR BRAKES. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THE FUEL LINES WERE RUSTED.

Mileage: 86,000

I PURCHASED A 1999 FORD F150 FROM KINGS AUTO MALL NEAR CINCINNATI. THE TRUCKS AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON AND I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THIS MEANT UNTIL AFTER I PURCHASED THE TRUCK. I HAD IT IN THE DEALERS SHOP TO FIX THE A/C AND HAVE OTHER ITEMS LOOKED AT. THEY STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS CAUSED BY A F...

Mileage: 64,500

I PURCHASED A 1999 FORD F150 FROM KINGS AUTO MALL NEAR CINCINNATI. THE TRUCKS AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON AND I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THIS MEANT UNTIL AFTER I PURCHASED THE TRUCK. I HAD IT IN THE DEALERS SHOP TO FIX THE A/C AND HAVE OTHER ITEMS LOOKED AT. THEY STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS CAUSED BY A F...

Mileage: 64,500

MY DAUGHTER WAS TRAVELING ON A HIGH SPEED STATE HIGHWAY WHEN A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ALUMINUM CYLINDER HEAD OF THE 5.4 LITER ENGINE OF HER 99 FORD F-150 XLT 4WD PICKUP. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED HOME. AFTER NUMEROUS INQUIRIES WITH FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS I WAS RUDELY INSTRUCTED NOT TO CONTACT THEM FU...

Mileage: 65,909

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL, A BURNING ODOR FILTERED THROUGH THE VEHICLE. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SWITCH OFF WHICH CAUSED THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS TO MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. A RECALL WAS LE...

OIL LEAK IN HEAD GASKET DUE TO MANAFACTURING DEFECT. I SEE MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. TRUCK IS OUT OF WARRENTY AND REPAIR IS VERY COSTLY. FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT IS NOT HELPING OWNERS.

Mileage: 70,000

I HAVE HAD MY F150 FOR 7 YEARS AND HAVE HAD VERY FEW PROBLEMS. BAD FUEL INJECTOR AND THE RECALL FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL. I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY WIPERS COMING ON BY THEMSELVES. I CALLED MY LOCAL FORD DEALER (COLUMBIA FORD, LONGVIEW,WA) AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NOT SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEF...

Mileage: 5,000

I HAVE HAD MY F150 FOR 7 YEARS AND HAVE HAD VERY FEW PROBLEMS. BAD FUEL INJECTOR AND THE RECALL FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL. I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY WIPERS COMING ON BY THEMSELVES. I CALLED MY LOCAL FORD DEALER (COLUMBIA FORD, LONGVIEW,WA) AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NOT SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEF...

Mileage: 5,000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON RANDOMLY ESPECIALLY WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN. *NM

Mileage: 20,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S ABS AND AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ALERTED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THERE WERE NO PICTURES OF THE INCIDENT.

Mileage: 137,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S ABS AND AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ALERTED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THERE WERE NO PICTURES OF THE INCIDENT.

Mileage: 137,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES THERE WAS A METAL TO METAL NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY DETERMINED THE REAR BRAKE ADJUSTER, CABLE GUIDE AND ADJUSTER LEVER WERE THE PROBLEM. THE BRAKE DRUM CABLE WAS TOO SHORT WOULD NOT ALLOW THE BR...

Mileage: 93,000

I WAS BRAKING FOR LUNCH WHEN I OPEN THE DRIVERS DOOR OF MY F-150 WHEN IT BURST INTO FLAMES. THE WIRING IN THE DOOR CONTROLS WAS MELTED. IT WAS A GOOD THING I WAS NOT IN THE TRUCK WHEN THE FIRE OCCURRED! *NM

Mileage: 154,000

WHEN I STARTED MY VEHICLE THEIR WAS A LOUD POPPING NOISE, FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE #2 CYLINDER COIL WAS JUMPING UP AND DOWN. WHEN I PULLED THE COIL OUT THE SPARK PLUG CAME WITH IT. THE ALUMINUM ENGINE HEAD HAD STRIPPED OUT THE THREADS THAT HOLD THE SPARK PLUG. FURTHER DEALING W/ FORD DEAL...

Mileage: 77,000

STARTED VEHICLE AND NOTICED STRONG GASOLINE ODOR. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION FUEL RETURN LINE ON TOP OF TANK WAS RUPTURED AND SHOOTING A LARGE STREAM OF GAS ALL UNDER TRUCK. *JB

Mileage: 62,000

F150 CRUISE CONTROL RECALL...MY F150 1999 CAUGHT ON FIRE 5/12/06 IN MY DRIVEWAY AND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED DUE TO FAULTY CRUISE CONTROL DEVICE. *JB

Mileage: 170,000

COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *JB

Mileage: 70,325

DISPLAY PANEL ON THE AM/FM CD PLAYER FAILED. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH ALL FORD FACTORY RADIOS. CALLED MY FORD DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO PURCHASE A DISPLAY CIRCUIT BOARD, UNFORTUNATELY IT COULD NOT. REPAIR WAS MIN 250.00 AND A TOTAL REPLACEMENT 500.00. *JB

Mileage: 40,000

MY FORD F 150 BLEW THE #3 SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE HEAD ON GOOD FRIDAY. THE TRUCK LOST POWER BUT WAS STILL DRIVABLE. THE EVENT OCCURRED ON I 39 NORTH OF MADISON WI. HAD I NOT KNOWN WHAT TO DO IT MAY HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. COST TO FIX THIS FAILURE WAS 4200 DOLLARS. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ENTIRE ...

Mileage: 88,000

I NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR FORD RECALL#99B29. MY ADDRESS HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. MY F150 HAS BEEN USING COOLANT AND THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF LEAKS. NOW THERE IS A LOUD ENGINE TICK AT STARTUP. ALL MY MILES ARE INTERSTATE MILES, AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINT...

Mileage: 175,000

I HAVE A 1999 FORD F-150 EXTENDED CAB THERE IS A CRACK IN THE METAL AREA NEXT TO THE WINDOW AREA ON BOTH BIG DOORS. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT CERTAIN MODEL YEARS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. THESE CRACKS ARE GETTING WORSE. SINCE I FOUND THIS I LOOK AT OTHER FORD TRUCKS A...

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER ON 1999 F150 AND WAS REFERRED TO MANUFACTURER. CONSUMER HAS SINCE NOT HAD RECALL WORK DONE AND HAS NOT HEARD FROM MANUFACTURER. *TS THE CONSUMER STATED ABOUT A MONTH PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE, HE DISCOVERED SMOKE COMING FROM HIS VEHICLE. SINCE THE INCIDEN...

REMOVED AND INSTALLED TRANSMISSION LINE (FILLER PIPE WHERE YOU PUT OIL IN RUSTING THROUGH) INSTALLED TRANSMISSION DIPSTICK TUBE. 06/22/2005. REMOVED AND INSTALLED TRANSMISSION FILTER, TRANSMISSION FLUSH 08/30/2005. ON 02/08/2006 REMOVED TRANSMISSION, REBUILD TRANSMISSION, INSTALLED TRANSMISSION,...

Mileage: 65,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED UPON YEARLY STATE INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THE ROTORS HAD TOO MUCH POROSITY DURING THE CASTING PROCESS. AS A RESULT, THE ROTORS MUST BE REPLACED IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO PASS THIS YEAR'S INSPECTION; HOWEVER NO REPAIRS WERE MADE.

Mileage: 56,000

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF ENGINE CAUSING ENGINE HEAD DAMAGE. THIS COST OVER $3000 TO REPAIR AND I UNDERSTAND MAY HAPPEN AGAIN AT ANY TIME WITH ANY OF THE 8 SPARK PLUGS. *NM

Mileage: 54,240

I OWN A 1999 FORD F-150. TWICE SINCE I BOUGHT IT, THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR AXLE. ONE AXLE AND BEARINGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE OTHER SIDE IS NOW DOING THE SAME THING. OTHER OWNERS HAVE TOLD ME THEY HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS, SOMETIMES BOTH BEARINGS GOING TOGETHER OR SEPARATELY. IT ...

Mileage: 70,000

1999 FORD F-150 WITH A 5.4L TRITON V8 ENGINE... PROBLEM: BLOWN SPARK PLUG AFTER WORK, WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO THE FREEWAY, THE ENGINE MADE A "POP" NOISE, AND THEN BEGAN TO SOUND LIKE A STEAM ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND LOUD, THUS I PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WAS CONCERN...

WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK HOME, ABOUT A MILE OUT AFTER BEING ON THE HIGHWAY, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. THE SPARK PLUG HAD BEEN SHOT OUT OF IT'S PLACE, PER A SHOP OWNER. NOT SURE WHY IT HAPPENED YET. IT WAS STATED TO US THAT FORD HAS MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO THEIR TRUCKS. WE HAVE A 99 F150 AND ...

Mileage: 86,200

1999 F150 WOULD SMELL AS IF SOMETHING WAS BURNING WHEN CRUISE CONTROL WAS USED. *TS THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL AND CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DISCONNECTED THE CRUISE CONTROL AND STATED THAT NEW PARTS SHOULD ARRIVE IN JANUARY. TO DATE THE PARTS HAVE ...

CONSUMER REQUESTING A DEPLOY CERTIFICATE FOR THE 1999 FORD F150. *TS

SPARK PLUG BLEW OFF WHEN I TURNED MY TRUCK ON. FORD RECOMMENDS NEW ENGINE BECAUSE APPARENTLY IT HAPPENS OFTEN. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. TRUCK NEEDS REPAIR. *JB

Mileage: 92,000

WATER ENTERING THROUGH COWLING (THE SLOTTED METAL PIECE BETWEEN THE HOOD AND THE WIND SCREEN) LEAKS INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND ONTO THE IGNITION COMPONENTS CAUSING A SHORT CIRCUIT OF THESE PARTS. THESE PARTS ARE THE FUSE BOX(CJB), GENERIC ELECTRONIC MODULE(GEM) POWER DISTR...

Mileage: 89,000

WE BOUGHT A USED F-150 AND HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND IT HAD NO PROBLEMS FOR A YEAR. AFTER A HEAVY RAIN, THE ALARM WENT OFF AND ON, LIGHTS FLASHED, DOOR CHIME WENT OFF WHEN THE KEY WAS OUT OF THE IGNITION, ETC. HAYWARD FORD IN CA LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND SINCE OUR ...

Mileage: 71,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V388000 THE REGARDING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT TOOK VEHICLE TO HAVE IT INSPECTED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO THE TIE ROD ENDS BEING DEFECTIVE. HE WAS TOLD THE TIE RODS ENDS WERE CORRODED AND WORN OUT. *AK

Mileage: 80,810

I HAVE HAD DIFFERENT TWO SPARK PLUGS BLOW OUT OF THE HEAD AT DIFFERENT TIMES. A HELI COIL WAS USED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *NM

Mileage: 137,000

I RECEIVED A LETTER TO DISCONNECT MY CRUISE CONTROL ON MY 1999 FORD F-150 IN SEPTEMBER, TO BE FIXED BY NOVEMBER. IT IS NOW DECEMBER AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WILL NOT BE UNTIL FEBUARY THAT THE PART WILL BE AVAILABLE TO INSTALL. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG TO REPAIR A PROBLEM THAT IS THE...

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V388000 CONCERNING VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. HE SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK UPDATED 01/25/06. *JB

Mileage: 65,400

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V388000 CONCERNING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. THE PARTS NEEDED FOR RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. HE SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. *AK UPDATED ...

Mileage: 55,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V388000 CONCERNING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. THE PARTS NEEDED FOR RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. HE SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. *AK UPDATED ...

Mileage: 55,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V388000 CONCERNING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. THE PARTS NEEDED FOR RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. HE SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. *AK UPDATED ...

Mileage: 55,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V388000 CONCERNING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. THE PARTS NEEDED FOR RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. HE SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. *AK UPDATED ...

Mileage: 55,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V388000 CONCERNING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. THE PARTS NEEDED FOR RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. HE SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. *AK UPDATED ...

Mileage: 55,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V388000 CONCERNING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. THE PARTS NEEDED FOR RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. HE SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. *AK UPDATED ...

Mileage: 55,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V388000 CONCERNING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. THE PARTS NEEDED FOR RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. HE SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. *AK UPDATED ...

Mileage: 55,000

ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18,2005, WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH THE ROANOKE, VA AREA, I DESCENDED DOWN A MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY. AS I NEARED THE BOTTOM OF THE STEEP INCLINE, I NOTICED A BACKUP OF TRAFFIC IN BOTH LANES. SLOWING UP AS I NEARED THE TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME, I NOTICED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME SLOWED ALM...

Mileage: 102,000

DT: THE CONSUMER STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL 05V388000 ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE CONSUMER SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.*AK UPDATED 1...

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND HEARD LOUD BANG IN ENGINE. FOUND OUT SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN. NO ACCIDENT CAUSED. I HAVE TWO FORD VEHICLES AND THE BOTH HAD SPARK PLUGS BLOW WITHIN THE LAST MONTH. BOTH ENIGNES ARE 5.4 L. *NM

Mileage: 65,000

LEAKING HEAD GASKET @ 101K MILES. ANTIFREEZE IN #6 CYLINDER. *NM

Mileage: 101,000

TRUCK ONLY HAS 65,000 MILES AND THE ODOMETER WOULD GO ON AND OFF WHEN IT PLEASED. TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP, AND HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE INSTRUMENT PANEL. COST LOTS OF MONEY. *NM

Mileage: 65,000

BRAKES DON'T WORK WHEN I BACK UP OR WHEN GOING SLOW FORWARD. *NM

Mileage: 60,000

DT: ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2005 HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD OF THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS THE SPARK PLUG ON PASSENGER'S SIDE, NEAREST TO FIREWALL. THIS WAS THE THIRD COIL THAT THE CONSUMER HAD, BUT THIS IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE SPARK PLUG CAME OUT. CONTACTED THE DEALER, THEY TOWED IT. THE...

Mileage: 82,050

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING IN AUGUST 2004. WITHIN A MONTH OF THE CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONING THE ABS SENSOR ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD, AND THE HEATER STOPPED WORKING. APPROXIMATELY ONE MO...

Mileage: 50,000

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING IN AUGUST 2004. WITHIN A MONTH OF THE CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONING THE ABS SENSOR ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD, AND THE HEATER STOPPED WORKING. APPROXIMATELY ONE MO...

Mileage: 50,000

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING IN AUGUST 2004. WITHIN A MONTH OF THE CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONING THE ABS SENSOR ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD, AND THE HEATER STOPPED WORKING. APPROXIMATELY ONE MO...

Mileage: 50,000

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING IN AUGUST 2004. WITHIN A MONTH OF THE CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONING THE ABS SENSOR ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD, AND THE HEATER STOPPED WORKING. APPROXIMATELY ONE MO...

Mileage: 50,000

I WAS DRIVING MY FAMILY DOWN A WINDING MAJOR MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY IN MY 1999 FORD F150 TRUCK (5.4L V-8, 117400 MILEAGE) WHEN A LOUD BANG CAME FROM THE ENGINE AREA AND MY TRUCK LOST POWER. THIS STARTLED ME AND I LOST MOMENTARY CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. I REGAINED CONTROL AND PULLED TO THE ROAD SIDE. THE NEXT...

Mileage: 117,400

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. AT 3 AM WHILE SLEEPING THE CONTACT WOKE UP TO THE SOUND OF THE ANTI ALARM SYSTEM GOING OFF. WENT OUT AND FOUND THAT THE HOOD MELTED AND THE FIRE WAS COMING OUT OF THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. CALLED 911. IN THE MEANTIME THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND TRIED TO PUT TH...

Mileage: 68,000

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. AT 3 AM WHILE SLEEPING THE CONTACT WOKE UP TO THE SOUND OF THE ANTI ALARM SYSTEM GOING OFF. WENT OUT AND FOUND THAT THE HOOD MELTED AND THE FIRE WAS COMING OUT OF THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. CALLED 911. IN THE MEANTIME THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND TRIED TO PUT TH...

Mileage: 68,000

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL RAIL ON THE ENGINE RUSTED VERY BADLY. THE CONTACT JUST NOTICED THIS PROBLEM YESTERDAY, THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW, AND IT HAS LOW MILEAGE. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HIM THAT HE SHOULD PROBABLY FILE A COMPLAINT; BUT THEY HAVE NOT LOOKE...

Mileage: 43,518

SPARK PLUG PULLED OUT OF THE MOTOR. THE COST WAS GREAT. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FORD KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM AND DID NOT NOTIFY THE VEHICLE OWNERS OF THE ISSUE. IT IS ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THE SPARK PLUGS HAD BEEN CHANGED THIS PROBLEM WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED. THE PLUG PULLED OUT AT 81,000 M...

Mileage: 81,000

WHILE DRIVING ON A LOCAL HIGHWAY I FELT MY TRUCKS FRONT END VIBRATE THEN START TO WOBBLE. STOPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT I COULD SMELL THE ODOR OF HOT METAL. I PULLED IN A PARKING LOT GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK ANDWALKED AROUND THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK. I COULD FEEL A LOT OF HEAT COMMING FROM THE LEFT WHEEL. TH...

Mileage: 143,420

I HAVE A 1999 FORD F150 WITH JUST OVER 60,000 MILES ON IT. IT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED VERY WELL AND HAS HAD NO PROBLEMS UNTIL NOW. WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON 9/20/05, MY ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE IT BLEW UP. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WAS MY #3 CYLINDER SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. THANKFULLY IT DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDE...

Mileage: 60,000

DT: THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON WHILE THE SWITCH IS TURNED OFF. THE PROBLEM IS AN OFF AND ON ISSUE. THE PROBLEM STARTED ON JULY 20, 2005. SOMETIMES WHEN TURNING THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHT ON IT WILL HAPPEN, AND SOMETIMES WHEN TURNING LEFT THEY WILL COME ON. OVER THE PHONE A DEALERSHIP TOLD THE ...

Mileage: 50,000

DT: THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON WHILE THE SWITCH IS TURNED OFF. THE PROBLEM IS AN OFF AND ON ISSUE. THE PROBLEM STARTED ON JULY 20, 2005. SOMETIMES WHEN TURNING THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHT ON IT WILL HAPPEN, AND SOMETIMES WHEN TURNING LEFT THEY WILL COME ON. OVER THE PHONE A DEALERSHIP TOLD THE ...

Mileage: 50,000

1999 F 150. THE ENGINE SPIT THE SPARK PLUG OUT AND DAMAGED THE HEAD,COIL, WIRING AND HOOD. *JB

Mileage: 65,000

DT: 1999 FORD F150. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT DOOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE CRACKED JUST ABOVE THE DOOR HANDLE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, THEY SAID THEY COULD GO 80%, THE CONSUMER COULD GO 20% ON THE BALANCE TO HAVE THE DOOR FIXED. THIS WOULD TAKE 3 TO 4 DAYS. DOOR WAS CRACKED BEFORE THE CONSU...

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY A SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM THE RIGHT SIDE CYLINDER HEAD OF MY 1999 FORD F150 TRITON V8 TRUCK AT 56,978 MILES. CYLINDER HEAD WAS REPLACED AT FORD DEALERSHIP AT A TOTAL COST OF $2,418.93. I WAS NOTIFIED THIS WAS NOT COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *JB

Mileage: 56,978

TIE ROD BROKE AT BALL JOINT WHILE TRAVELING AT SLOW SPEED.(5 MPH). *JB

Mileage: 91,500

1. NO EVENTS LED TO FAILURE. 2. A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE. THE CONSEQUENCE IS THAT THE ENGINE RUNS POORLY, IS LOUD AND HAS LITTLE POWER. 3. NO REPAIR HAS BEEN MADE YET. *JB

Mileage: 77,562

MANUFACTURING DEFECT - PLUG THREAD FAILURE VEHICLE IS A 1999 FORD F-150 4X WITH 5.4L TRITON AND APPROX. 45,000 MILES. WHILE UNAGGRESSIVELY ACCELLERATING AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND A LOUD POPPING SOUND COULD BE HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF ...

Mileage: 45,000

MY 1999 FORD F-150 WAS PARKED AT HOME WHILE I WAS DEPLOYED TO IRAQ WHEN MY WIFE CALLED ME TROUGH THE RED CROSS THAT MY VEHICLE HAD BURNED IN THE DRIVE WAY I HAVE HEARD THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS RECALLED BUT THAT WAS AFTER MY VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE CAN YOU PLEASE ADVICE ME ON WHAT I CAN DO OR PROCEDUR...

I WAS TOWING MY TRAILER AND HAD JUST LEFT MY HOUSE AND GOT A MILE DOWN THE ROAD WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP LIKE A TIRE BLOWING AND I QUICKLY TRIED TO FIND A PLACE TO PULL OVER. I LATER FOUND OUT I HAD A BLOWN PLUG AND OF COURSE IT WIPED THE THREADS AND SHOT UP AND DESTROYED MY COIL ON TOP SO I HAD A HE...

Mileage: 67,305

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AND USING THE CRUISE CONTROL SMELLED SMOKE, AND THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. CONSUMER CANCELED THE CRUISE CONTROL, THE NEXT MORNING EVERYTHING WAS FINE. CONSUMER NOT USE CRUISE CONTROL SINCE THE INCIDENT. THE CONSUMER'S SPECIFIC VEHICLE DID NOT F...

SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT ON 2ND TO LAST CYLINDER ON PASSENGER SIDE OF 1999 F150 W\ 5.4 LITER TRITON ENGINE. *NM

Mileage: 155,000

DT: 2001 FORD F150. THE CRUISE CONTROL SENSOR CAUGHT ON FIRE ON AUGUST 9, 2005. THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE HOOD, HE PULLED OVER. THE SMOKE AND FLAMES WERE COMING FROM THE SENSOR. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT CALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ...

Mileage: 60,000

DT: BOUGHT A USED TRUCK, AND AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED HAD TO REPLACE THE STARTER/THE BALL JOINTS/HE UPPER TIE RODS, AND THE CONTROL ARM ON BOTH SIDES. ENGINE MANIFOLD SPLIT, AND EXHAUST SYSTEM RUSTED. LATER, WHILE DRIVING TIE RODS CAME OFF. THERE WAS A SLIGHT DROP AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PAR...

Mileage: 82,000

DT: BOUGHT A USED TRUCK, AND AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED HAD TO REPLACE THE STARTER/THE BALL JOINTS/HE UPPER TIE RODS, AND THE CONTROL ARM ON BOTH SIDES. ENGINE MANIFOLD SPLIT, AND EXHAUST SYSTEM RUSTED. LATER, WHILE DRIVING TIE RODS CAME OFF. THERE WAS A SLIGHT DROP AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PAR...

Mileage: 82,000

DT: BOUGHT A USED TRUCK, AND AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED HAD TO REPLACE THE STARTER/THE BALL JOINTS/HE UPPER TIE RODS, AND THE CONTROL ARM ON BOTH SIDES. ENGINE MANIFOLD SPLIT, AND EXHAUST SYSTEM RUSTED. LATER, WHILE DRIVING TIE RODS CAME OFF. THERE WAS A SLIGHT DROP AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PAR...

Mileage: 82,000

DT: BOUGHT A USED TRUCK, AND AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED HAD TO REPLACE THE STARTER/THE BALL JOINTS/HE UPPER TIE RODS, AND THE CONTROL ARM ON BOTH SIDES. ENGINE MANIFOLD SPLIT, AND EXHAUST SYSTEM RUSTED. LATER, WHILE DRIVING TIE RODS CAME OFF. THERE WAS A SLIGHT DROP AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PAR...

Mileage: 82,000

DT: BOUGHT A USED TRUCK, AND AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED HAD TO REPLACE THE STARTER/THE BALL JOINTS/HE UPPER TIE RODS, AND THE CONTROL ARM ON BOTH SIDES. ENGINE MANIFOLD SPLIT, AND EXHAUST SYSTEM RUSTED. LATER, WHILE DRIVING TIE RODS CAME OFF. THERE WAS A SLIGHT DROP AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PAR...

Mileage: 82,000

DT: BOUGHT A USED TRUCK, AND AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED HAD TO REPLACE THE STARTER/THE BALL JOINTS/HE UPPER TIE RODS, AND THE CONTROL ARM ON BOTH SIDES. ENGINE MANIFOLD SPLIT, AND EXHAUST SYSTEM RUSTED. LATER, WHILE DRIVING TIE RODS CAME OFF. THERE WAS A SLIGHT DROP AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PAR...

Mileage: 82,000

DT: WHILE DRIVING AT 35-45 MPH VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FLAME SCAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. *AK

Mileage: 120,000

DT: 1999 FORD F150. THERE WAS AN UNDER THE HOOD FIRE. THIS OCCURRED ON AUGUST 2, 2005. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES WHEN THE FIRE STARTED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND THERE WAS A REPORT. T...

DT: 1999 FORD F150. THERE WAS AN UNDER THE HOOD FIRE. THIS OCCURRED ON AUGUST 2, 2005. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES WHEN THE FIRE STARTED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND THERE WAS A REPORT. T...

(1) 1999 FORD F150 THAT HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED, JUMPS INTO LOW GEAR WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEED LIMIT (45-55) THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT IS FLASHING. (2)IT THROWS YOU AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS VEHICLE HAD NOT GIVEN ANY INDICATION OF PROBLEMS (3) CARRIED TO DEALER (MALLOY FORD, JASPER) ON JULY 23 WH...

Mileage: 84,000

DT: THE BRAKES LINES UNDER THE HOOD RUSTED, AND THEY BLEW OUT. TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF THE VEHICLE. IT JUST LET GO, AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES, USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENED ON JULY 25,2005. THERE WAS NO WARNING, THEY WERE STEEL LINES . THEY BLEW OUT RIGHT BESIDE THE BOX...

Mileage: 99,000

DT: THE BRAKES LINES UNDER THE HOOD RUSTED, AND THEY BLEW OUT. TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF THE VEHICLE. IT JUST LET GO, AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES, USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENED ON JULY 25,2005. THERE WAS NO WARNING, THEY WERE STEEL LINES . THEY BLEW OUT RIGHT BESIDE THE BOX...

Mileage: 99,000

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS ALL EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL LIGHTS WOULD CUT OFF FOR A FRACTION OF A SECOND AND THEN LIGHT BACK UP. EACH TIME THEY WENT OUT ONCE AND SO FAST THAT IT WAS BARELY NOTICED. THE NUMBER OF THESE INCIDENTS ARE UNKNOWN. I WOULD SAY FEWER THAN 10. THE FIRST DEALERSHIP IT WAS REPORTED ...

Mileage: 28,000

DT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING, CHECKED THE BULBS, HAD A TOPPER WIRED INTO THEM . TOOK THAT OFF AND DISCONNECTED IT. TRIED FLASHERS, THEY WORKED. CHECKED FUSES, FIGURED IT WAS ONE OF THE TWO SWITCHES, EITHER THE ONE ON THE RESERVOIR OR THE ONE THE PEDAL UP UNDER THE DASHBOARD. FOUND OUT YE...

Mileage: 50,000

DT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING, CHECKED THE BULBS, HAD A TOPPER WIRED INTO THEM . TOOK THAT OFF AND DISCONNECTED IT. TRIED FLASHERS, THEY WORKED. CHECKED FUSES, FIGURED IT WAS ONE OF THE TWO SWITCHES, EITHER THE ONE ON THE RESERVOIR OR THE ONE THE PEDAL UP UNDER THE DASHBOARD. FOUND OUT YE...

Mileage: 50,000

DT : CAR WAS PARKED AND IT WAS SMOKING . OPENED THE HOOD QUICKLY, PULLED THE ELECTRICAL LINE , COULD STILL DRIVE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER. THEY CHARGED TO FIX IT. SMOKE WAS DUE TO THE SPEED CONTROL SWITCH. THIS HAPPENED BACK IN APRIL 2005. CONSUMER DIDN'T SEE ACTUAL FLAMES, BUT PLENTY OF S...

Mileage: 88,000

MY 1998 FORD F-150 XLT TRUCK WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY FOR 12 HRS. WHEN A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE NEAR THE MASTERCYLINDER. THE FIRE DEPT. WAS NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY AND ON SITE WITHIN 10 MINUTES. THE TRUCK IS TOTALLED BY FIRE. I HAVE JUST PAID IT OFF 2 MONTHS AGO, AND WAS PLA...

Mileage: 76,530

DT: FORD F150 1999. BEFORE THE FIRE, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH FUSES STARTING ON 6/9/05. THERE WAS NO TURN SIGNAL. THE TURN SIGNALS RETURNED AFTER REPLACING THE FUSE/BRAKE LIGHTS, HAZARDS, OWNER THOUGHT IT WAS FUSE #23 OR 20. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE FIRE OC...

Mileage: 56,000

DT: FORD F150 1999. BEFORE THE FIRE, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH FUSES STARTING ON 6/9/05. THERE WAS NO TURN SIGNAL. THE TURN SIGNALS RETURNED AFTER REPLACING THE FUSE/BRAKE LIGHTS, HAZARDS, OWNER THOUGHT IT WAS FUSE #23 OR 20. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE FIRE OC...

Mileage: 56,000

1999 FORD F-150 SUPERCAB WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES ROUND TRIP FROM AND TO HOUSE LOCATED IN RURAL AREA OF OHIO COUNTY, KENTUCKY AND THEN PARKED IN CARPORT ATTACHED TO HOUSE. APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES LATER THE TRUCK BURST INTO FLAMES. THE TRUCK AND THE HOUSE WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED.

Mileage: 20,000

PASSENGER POWER DOOR LOCK FAILED, NECESSITATING PASSENGE TO ROLL DOWN CAR WIDOW TO USE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE TO GET OUT. DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCK SOON FAILED IN EXACT SAME MANNER.

Mileage: 70,000

DT: CONTACT STATES THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE DOOR CANNOT BE UNLOCKED FROM THE OUTSIDE WITH THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL. THE BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED IN THE REMOTE CONTROL. CONTACT CAN UNLOCK THE DOOR WITH THE ACTUAL KEY. ALSO, THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRIC...

DT: CONTACT STATES THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE DOOR CANNOT BE UNLOCKED FROM THE OUTSIDE WITH THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL. THE BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED IN THE REMOTE CONTROL. CONTACT CAN UNLOCK THE DOOR WITH THE ACTUAL KEY. ALSO, THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRIC...

DT: CONTACT STATES THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE DOOR CANNOT BE UNLOCKED FROM THE OUTSIDE WITH THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL. THE BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED IN THE REMOTE CONTROL. CONTACT CAN UNLOCK THE DOOR WITH THE ACTUAL KEY. ALSO, THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRIC...

DT: CONTACT STATES THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE DOOR CANNOT BE UNLOCKED FROM THE OUTSIDE WITH THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL. THE BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED IN THE REMOTE CONTROL. CONTACT CAN UNLOCK THE DOOR WITH THE ACTUAL KEY. ALSO, THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRIC...

I AM SHOCKED TO DISCOVER THE THOUSANDS OF POSTINGS ON THE INTERNET CONCERNING THE '99 FORD F-150 THAT BLOWS A SPARK PLUG BECAUSE OF TOO FEW THREADS ON THE ENGINE IN THE ORIGINAL DESIGN. AS A VICTIM OF THIS FAILURE, THE DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AND THAT THERE IS NO REMED...

Mileage: 104,000

DT: PROBLEM OCCURRED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO INITIALLY. WATER GOES FROM WINDSHIELD TO GEM MODULE WHEN IT RAINS. THIS CAUSES WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO ONLY GO AT A CERTAIN SPEED UNLESS THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED OR PUT IN NEUTRAL. RADIO ALSO DIES WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEM OCCURS AND OWNER BELIEVES ALL TH...

Mileage: 68,000

1999 F-150 FRONT BRAKES LOCKING UP/FAILURE TO RELEASE PROPERLY, BRAKES DRAGGING

Mileage: 62,000

PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT I HAD NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING OR SUSPENSION SYSTEM. ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 9, 2005 AS I WAS BRAKING AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN INTO A PARKING LOT I NOTICED THAT MY TRUCK SEEMED TO SKID. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS THE ABS SYSTEM SINCE THE ROAD WAS...

Mileage: 100,925

I HAVE A 1999 F-150 FORD PICK-UP TRUCK 4-2L V-6, I WAS HAVING A LOW COOLEANT PROBLEM. TOOK IT TO MCDONOUGH RADIATOR SHOP, THEY REPLACED WATER PUMP AND GASKET. IT WAS STILL LOOSING COOLEANT. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND ASK IF THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD NO THERE WAS NOT. I TOOK I...

Mileage: 119,000

I HAVE A 1999 F-150 FORD PICK-UP TRUCK 4-2L V-6, I WAS HAVING A LOW COOLEANT PROBLEM. TOOK IT TO MCDONOUGH RADIATOR SHOP, THEY REPLACED WATER PUMP AND GASKET. IT WAS STILL LOOSING COOLEANT. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND ASK IF THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD NO THERE WAS NOT. I TOOK I...

Mileage: 119,000

EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRRORS ON MY 1999 F-150 LARIAT PURCHASED NEW HAVE EFFECTIVELY COMPLETELY DETERIORATED TO THE POINT THAT THEY ARE NOT FUNCTIONAL. IT IS APPARENT THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT BASED ON MY AND THE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS.

Mileage: 40,000

BOTH TIE RODS BROKE ON THE 1999 FORD F150 AFTER 48000 MILES. *MR *SC *JB

Mileage: 48,000

A HIGH PITCH NOISE COMING FROM REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE OF THE ENTIRE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY. DEALER MECHANICS HAVE FOUND FOREIGN COMPONENTS INSIDE THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY (A SILICON SEALER SQUEEZED AND WEDGED BETWEEN THE RING PINION GEARS AND THE INPUT SHAFT) THAT MAY HAVE CAUSE...

Mileage: 55,000

A HIGH PITCH NOISE COMING FROM REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE OF THE ENTIRE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY. DEALER MECHANICS HAVE FOUND FOREIGN COMPONENTS INSIDE THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY (A SILICON SEALER SQUEEZED AND WEDGED BETWEEN THE RING PINION GEARS AND THE INPUT SHAFT) THAT MAY HAVE CAUSE...

Mileage: 55,000

A HIGH PITCH NOISE COMING FROM REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE OF THE ENTIRE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY. DEALER MECHANICS HAVE FOUND FOREIGN COMPONENTS INSIDE THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY (A SILICON SEALER SQUEEZED AND WEDGED BETWEEN THE RING PINION GEARS AND THE INPUT SHAFT) THAT MAY HAVE CAUSE...

Mileage: 55,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN HILL CRUISE CONTROL CUTS OFF. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES. *AK THE CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED INTERMITTENTLY. IN 2004 DROVE TO BISHOP CA AREA AND TRUCK MALFUNCTIONED. WHILE TRAVELING DOWN HILL CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED. *BF

Mileage: 200

THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE IN THE CONSUMER 1999 FORD F150 ENGAGED IN LOW RANGE WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO JERK, LOSE CONTROL AND THE REAR END TO GO OUT.*MR THE CONSUMER HAD A NEW REAR END PUT IN BUT THE TRUCK HAS CONTINUED TO GO IN AND OUT OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE AUTOMATICALLY. NOW THE TRUCK START O...

THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE IN THE CONSUMER 1999 FORD F150 ENGAGED IN LOW RANGE WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO JERK, LOSE CONTROL AND THE REAR END TO GO OUT.*MR THE CONSUMER HAD A NEW REAR END PUT IN BUT THE TRUCK HAS CONTINUED TO GO IN AND OUT OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE AUTOMATICALLY. NOW THE TRUCK START O...

THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE IN THE CONSUMER 1999 FORD F150 ENGAGED IN LOW RANGE WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO JERK, LOSE CONTROL AND THE REAR END TO GO OUT.*MR THE CONSUMER HAD A NEW REAR END PUT IN BUT THE TRUCK HAS CONTINUED TO GO IN AND OUT OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE AUTOMATICALLY. NOW THE TRUCK START O...

DT CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING HIS VEHICLE THE LEFT TIE ROD BROKE, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF STEERING. THE MANUFACTURER DID ISSUED A LETTER IN DECEMBER, 2004, STATING THAT THE TIE RODS NEEDED TO BE CHECKED IN THE VEHICLE. COMSUMER STATES THE TIE RODS APPEARED TO BE FINE AT THAT TIME. *T...

Mileage: 319,000

MY FORD F-150 CAUGHT FIRE AND "EXPLODED" WHILE PARKED IN A SCHOOL PARKING LOT.

RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V017000 CONCERNING SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER'S HOME FOR 9 HOURS WHEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. *AK *SC *JB

Mileage: 122,000

REAR AXLE BROKE, PULLED ME OFF THE HIGHWAY, WITNESS BEHIND ME SAID IT WAS AS THOUGH THE REAR END JUMPED UP. MY TRUCK WAS TOTALED, AND BECAUSE I HIT A CULVERT THAT DID EVEN MORE DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE, I'M NOT SURE THAT CAN TELL IT WAS A MECHANICAL FAILURE. I TOOK PICTURES OF THE TIRE MARKS IN THE ...

Mileage: 45

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH DRIVER'S AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT THE CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. *AK DEALER AND COLLISION CENTER STATE THAT SENSOR SHOW...

Mileage: 68,000

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE PARKED INSIDE THE CONSUMER GARAGE. THE DRIVER CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE GARAGE WAS ALSO DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED OUT BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *NM VEHICLE BURNED CARPORT AND ENTIRE HOUSE TO THE GROUND. TRUCK IS STILL ON P...

OIL LEAK FROM RIGHT REAR CYLINDER (PASSEGER SIDE). OIL IS LEAKING FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET. VEHICLE IS A 1999 FORD F-150 5.4L WINDSOR, ONT, CANADA ENGINE. 81,000 MILES. *AK

Mileage: 81,000

FAILURE OF FRONT END STERRING PARTS( BALL JOINTS, TIE RODS, AND IDLER ARM). ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS MY MECHANIC HAS INSTRUCTED ME THAT I SHOULD HAVE THE FRONT END CHECK FOR WEAR AND TEAR DUE TO PREMATURE FAILURES IN THESE PARTS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN THE PAST 3 YEARS (@ABOUT 20K MILES PER YEAR)...

FAILURE OF FRONT END STERRING PARTS( BALL JOINTS, TIE RODS, AND IDLER ARM). ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS MY MECHANIC HAS INSTRUCTED ME THAT I SHOULD HAVE THE FRONT END CHECK FOR WEAR AND TEAR DUE TO PREMATURE FAILURES IN THESE PARTS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN THE PAST 3 YEARS (@ABOUT 20K MILES PER YEAR)...

FAILURE OF FRONT END STERRING PARTS( BALL JOINTS, TIE RODS, AND IDLER ARM). ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS MY MECHANIC HAS INSTRUCTED ME THAT I SHOULD HAVE THE FRONT END CHECK FOR WEAR AND TEAR DUE TO PREMATURE FAILURES IN THESE PARTS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN THE PAST 3 YEARS (@ABOUT 20K MILES PER YEAR)...

FAILURE OF FRONT END STERRING PARTS( BALL JOINTS, TIE RODS, AND IDLER ARM). ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS MY MECHANIC HAS INSTRUCTED ME THAT I SHOULD HAVE THE FRONT END CHECK FOR WEAR AND TEAR DUE TO PREMATURE FAILURES IN THESE PARTS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN THE PAST 3 YEARS (@ABOUT 20K MILES PER YEAR)...

CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO SMELL STRONG GASOLINE ODORS WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE ONTO THE DRIVEWAY CONSUMER NOTICED FUEL LEAKING ONTO THE GROUND. CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE FUEL HEATER RAIL FAILED, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALER TO PURCHASE THE P...

Mileage: 105,000

VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY. ONE HOUR LATER,THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK

THE REFLECTIVE MATERIAL ON THE EXTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRRORS PEELED OFF MAKING THE MIRRORS USELESS IN THE CONSUMER 1999 FORD F150.*MR THE REFLECTIVE MATERIAL STARTED DISCOLORING AND PEELING 7 MONTHS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. *NM

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND TRIED TO SET THE CRUISE CONTROL. IT WOULD NOT ACTIVATE. CONSUMER CONTINUED HOME, PARKED THE VEHICLE. THE NEXT DAY CONSUMER GOT INTO THE VEHICLE, STARTED THE VEHICLE , AND PROCEEDED TO PLACE IT INTO GEAR, BUT VEHICLE WILL NOT LONGER GO INTO GEAR. WILL CONTACT ...

Mileage: 102,000

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND TRIED TO SET THE CRUISE CONTROL. IT WOULD NOT ACTIVATE. CONSUMER CONTINUED HOME, PARKED THE VEHICLE. THE NEXT DAY CONSUMER GOT INTO THE VEHICLE, STARTED THE VEHICLE , AND PROCEEDED TO PLACE IT INTO GEAR, BUT VEHICLE WILL NOT LONGER GO INTO GEAR. WILL CONTACT ...

Mileage: 102,000

VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR 10 MINUTES WHEN THE CONSUMER STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. CONTACTED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHO RESPONDED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. VEHICLE AS TOTALED. PLEASE BE ADVISED THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE CRUISE CONTROL.*AK

Mileage: 100,000

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE LEFT SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, WHICH IMMEDIATELY CAUSED THE ENGINE TO CATCH ON FIRE, AND HOOD TO MELT. CONSUMER ANTICIPATED THAT THIS WAS A SIMILAR PROBLEM TO THE CURRENT INVESTIGATION EA 05-005 WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH THAT WAS CATCHING FIRE.*AK

MY NEIGHBOR AND I LIVED IN A DUPLEX WITH ADJOINING GARAGES IN WHICH SHE WOULD PARK HER FORD F-150 PICKUP. AT APPROX. 11 PM ON 1/4/05, MY SON WOKE ME UP TO SAY HE SMELLED SMOKE. WHEN WE WENT OUTSIDE WE SAW MY NEIGBORS TRUCK ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND THE GARAGE ITSELF WAS STARTING TO BURN. BY THE TIME...

SHORT IN CRUISE CONTROL/TURN SIGNAL LEVER, CAUSED TURN SIGNAL TO NOT WORK. THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED TWICE SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE TURN SIGNAL WORK INTERMITTENTLY NOW. I HAVE TO JIGGLE THE LEVER OR ADJUST THE TILT ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO TRY TO GET IT TO OPERATE. IT FIRST FAILED IN SEPT. OF...

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF ENGINE. *JB *SC

Mileage: 59,000

WE WERE SLEEPING AND HEARD A VEHICLE ALARM GOING OFF OUTSIDE OF OUR HOME. WHEN WE LOOKED OUTSIDE THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK WAS IN FLAMES. WE THEN CALLED 911, AND THEN MY DAD GOT THE HOSE AND ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS DUE TO AM ELECTRICAL FI...

Mileage: 92,000

DRIVER NOTICED A BROWNISH LIQUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE WHILE PARKED. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 75 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE, THEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. CONSUMER HAD TO MAKE IT ACROSS SEVERAL LANES TRYING TO AVOID A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND IT DISCOVERED THAT A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. DEALER REPAIRED THE SPARK PLUG SLEEVE ...

Mileage: 75,000

CONSUMER HAD JUST STARTED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WHEN HE HEARD A POP. AFTER PULLING OFF THE ROAD TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE, HE FOUND NOTHING. HE GOT BACK ON THE ROAD, AND THE VEHICLE RAN FINE. AFTER ARRIVING HOME CONSUMER INSPECTED THE COIL, AND THE SPARK PLUG CAME RIGHT OUT WITH IT.*AK 4SPARK PLUS ...

Mileage: 62,820

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT CAUGHT ON FIRE ON IT'S OWN. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION. *AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AT 45 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED BY OWNER.*AK MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. *TT

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. I OWN A 1999 F150 FORD. THE MIRRORS ON THE DOORS ARE DEFECTIVE. THE FINISH HAS ALMOST ALL COME OFF. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO VIEW OUT OF THE SIDE MIRRORS. THEY HAVE THE SIGNAL FLASHERS R AND L IN THE MIRRORS. I HAVE GONE TO THE DEALER, [LOCATED IN THOMSON, GA], AND ASKE...

Mileage: 40,000

RIGHT FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. LOWER BALL JOINT CRACKED AND SEPARATED, CAUSING VEHICLE FRAME AND BUMPER TO LAND ON PAVEMENT. DEALER MECHANIC COMMENTED THAT HE HAS NEVER SEEN A BALL JOINT SHEAR OFF IN SUCH A MANNER IN 23 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.*AK

Mileage: 120,191

RIGHT FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. LOWER BALL JOINT CRACKED AND SEPARATED, CAUSING VEHICLE FRAME AND BUMPER TO LAND ON PAVEMENT. DEALER MECHANIC COMMENTED THAT HE HAS NEVER SEEN A BALL JOINT SHEAR OFF IN SUCH A MANNER IN 23 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.*AK

Mileage: 120,191

1999 FORD F-150 CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED TO A TOTAL LOSS AT 3:00 A.M. *AK

Mileage: 66,000

SITTING AT STOP LIGHT IN 1999 F-150 W/5.4 LITRE ENGINE,SLOWLY PROCEEDED THROUGH LIGHT AND HEARD A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY VERY LOUD AND ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. THIS LEFT ME STRANDED AT SIDE OF ROAD AT 3:00AM. TURNS OUT THAT SPARK PLUG RIPPED AWAY FROM CYLINDER HEAD CAUSING EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. THIS NOT ON...

Mileage: 78,290

WINDSHIELD WIPERS JUST ARBITRARILY COMING ON. IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM EVER SINCE WE BOUGHT OUR 1999 F150 BUT WAS MUCH MORE SPORADIC THAN IT IS NOW. NOW IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE WIPERS HAVE A MIND OF THEIR OWN AND KEEP COMING ON. IT IS GETTING QUITE ANNOYING.*JB

THE DRIVER SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT BACK AND WOULD FIT LOOSELY AROUND THE CONSUMER. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE RETRACTOR 4 TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB.....THE FIRST AND SECOND SAFETY BELTS WERE REPLACED FULLY AND PARTIALLY UNDER WARRANTY. THE THI...

Mileage: 7,410

THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT BACK, WHICH IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE PASSENGER CAN HIT THE WINDSHIELD IN AN ACCIDENT. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY CONSUMER.*AK

I HAVE A 1999 F150 TRUCK AND A 1999 EXPEDITION, BOTH HAVE A 5.4L ENGINE AND BOTH HAVE OIL LEAKS ON THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKETS, THEY BOTH HAVE ABOUT 60,000 MILES. *JB

Mileage: 58,000

TRANSMISSION GEARS BREAKING, TIMING CHAIN LOOSENING. *JB

TRANSMISSION GEARS BREAKING, TIMING CHAIN LOOSENING. *JB

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. THE TURN SIGNALS, EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO FUNCTION. IT BEGAN AS AN INFREQUENT PROBLEM OCCURRING MORE AND MORE AND LASTING LONGER IN DURATION. I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM ONLY INVOLVED THE TURN SIGNALS AND EMERGENCY FLASHERS. I ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT T...

Mileage: 51,300

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. THE TURN SIGNALS, EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO FUNCTION. IT BEGAN AS AN INFREQUENT PROBLEM OCCURRING MORE AND MORE AND LASTING LONGER IN DURATION. I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM ONLY INVOLVED THE TURN SIGNALS AND EMERGENCY FLASHERS. I ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT T...

Mileage: 51,300

I HAVE A 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. ON SATURDAY JAN 15, 2005 MY WIFE AND I WAS DRIVING AND I FELT THE TRUCK PULLING TO THE RIGHT. I GOT OUT AND SURE ENOUGH, THE LEFT TIE ROD WAS BROKEN. THIS IS AFTER REPLACING THE RIGHT ONE 6 MONTHS AGO. I KNOW I SHOULD HAVE HAD BOTH REPLACED AT THE SAME TIME BUT I HAVE ...

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 35 MPH AND HEARD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. VEHICLE STOPPED, AND HAD TO BE TOWED. AFTER THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE ENGINE WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.*AK

Mileage: 72,000

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

THERE IS A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS THE RADIO AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT TO COME ON BY ITSELF AT SEPARATE TIMES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. THE DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE ELECTRICAL SHORT.*AK

Mileage: 14,000

VEHICLE VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING 57 MPH. CONSUMER PULLED THE VEHICLE INTO A SERVICE STATION AND NOTICED TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL ON PASSENGER'S REAR SIDE TIRE. 1999, FORD, F150. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT OR REPLACEMENT PART WAS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME; TIRE SIZE P275/60R17 & THE DOT #ADT03JJ4801. THE...

Mileage: 49,880

VEHICLE VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING 57 MPH. CONSUMER PULLED THE VEHICLE INTO A SERVICE STATION AND NOTICED THAT TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL ON PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE. FORD, F150. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT OR REPLACEMENT PART IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. TIRE SIZE P275/60R17 & DOT #ADT03JJ4801. THE TIRE MAN...

Mileage: 49,880

SPARE TIRE FELL OFF THE TRUCK DUE TO FAILURE OF THE STRANDED STEEL CABLE THAT SECURES THE TIRE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BED. *BF *TC

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD CLANKING SOUND, ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF ITS SOCKET, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER AND EVENTUALLY STALL. *AK

Mileage: 104,685

*AKI WAS DRIVING MY 1999 FORD F-150 WITH 5.4 LITER V-8 ENGINE WHEN I EXPERIENCED A BLOWN #3 SPARK PLUG DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS ON MY WAY TO A SOCCER GAME. EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY WOULD NOT COVER PROBLEM. GOT IT FIXED WITH A HELICOIL FOR $400 AND SAME #3 PLUG BLEW 4 MONTHS LATER. GOT IT ...

Mileage: 64,425

I WAS DRIVING MY FORD F-150 (AFTER A PREVIOUS FIX OF THE SAME PROBLEM I WAS ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE), WHEN MY #3 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD UNIT. 2ND TIME HAPPENED, COST $2500 TO FIX. NOW I WANT REIMBURSEMENT FOR ALL REPAIR WORK DUE TO FLAWED ENGINE DESIGN.*AK

Mileage: 67,263

SLIGHT TAPPING THAT OF LIKE A TAPPING VALVE FOR ABOUT A WEEK PRIOR TO FIRST INCIDENT. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED WITH NO WARNING THAT I NOTICED.*AK VEHICLE HAS NOW EJECTED TWO SPARK PLUGS. SPARK PLUGS WERE NOT THE ORIGINAL FROM THE FACTORY. THE FIRST ONE WAS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, 3RD BACK...

Mileage: 121,000

I WAS MERGING ONTO A BUSY ROAD SAFELY, AND A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF MY ENGINE HEAD. IT CAUSED AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE TRUCK WOULD NOT MOVE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. IT ALSO POSED A FIRE HAZARD AS FUEL CONTINUED TO POUR INTO A CYLINDER WITH NO SPARK PLUG SEALING...

Mileage: 53,000

RE: DEFECTIVE TIE-RODS A COMPONENT OF THE STEERING LINKAGE ON 1999 FORD TRUCK, REQUESTS A DEFECT INVESTIGATION. *BF *NM

REQUEST ASSISTANCE IN GETTING FORD TO RECALL THE DEFECTIVE TIE ROD IN 1999 FORD F-150 TRUCK. *BF *NM

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. LEFT FRONT FENDER WAS MOST SEVERELY DAMAGED. FIRE'S ORIGIN APPEARED TO BE ON LEFT REAR OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *AK

Mileage: 79,000

PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT DOING APPROX 20 MPH IN A 99 F-150. THE SPARK PLUG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE #2 CYL. BLEW COMPLETELY OUT OF THE HEAD. CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WERE ABSOLUTLY NO HELP, STATING THAT THERE WAS NO WARRRENTY ON THIS ITEM AND THAT AN APPROX REPAIR COST WAS IN THE NEIGHB...

Mileage: 77,000

RIGHT TIE-ROD FAILURE 1999 FORD F-150 PICKUP. *NM

Mileage: 49,216

I TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY PICKUP HOWEVER IT HAS BROKEN DOWN ON ME. IT BEGAN WITH A SMALL SHUTTER. IT FELT LIKE THE PICKUP WAS HAVING ISSUES IDLING/ACCELERATING. ONLY AT LOW (5-10 MPH) SPEEDS DID I FEEL THE WEAKNESS/SHUTTER. I HAD THIS ISSUE FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS, I JUST ASSUMED IT NEEDED A TUNE UP AND...

Mileage: 110,835

BOTH EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRRORS ON MY 1999 F-150 LARIET MODEL HAVE EXPERIENCED BLACK SPOTS. THE BLACK SPOTS MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE ANYTHING BEHIND ME. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT DELAMINATION OF MIRRORS OCCURED ON 1998 AND 1999 F-150, F-250, EXPEDITIONS, AND LINCOLN NAVIGATOR VEHICLES. ...

Mileage: 33,000

CRACK IS PRESENT IN THE DOOR SHEET METAL AT THE LOWER REAR OF THE WINDOW OPENING NEAR THE BELT MOLDING.*AK

Mileage: 126,000

1999 FORD F150 - DRIVER SIDE TIE ROD END FAILED - VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN 50,000 MILES AT THE TIME - I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER, NOTHING EVER HAPPENED TO VEHICLE THAT SHOULD HAVE PROVOKED SUCH A FAILURE - TIE ROD END SNAPPED OFF SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING WHILE I WAS TURNING A CORNER AT RELATIVELY LOW ...

Mileage: 50,000

REPLACED EXAHUST MANAFOLD, MY REPAIRMAN SAID MANY FORD OWNERS HAD SAME PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 60,000

POTENTIAL TIE ROD PROBLEMS. *SC

THERE ARE STRUCTURAL CRACKS DEVELOPING ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGERS DOORS ON THE REAR UPRIGHT ADJACENT TO THE EXTERIOR HANDLE. *AK UPDATED 07/25/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Mileage: 112,000

MY FORD F-150 HAS A DEFECT IN THE DOORS THAT CAUSES THE METAL TO SPLIT AND THEN RUST. I CONTACTED FORD DIRECTLY, WHO TOLD ME THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT THE WARRANTY ON MY 1999 HAD EXPIRED A FEW MONTHS AGO.*AK THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AS CAN BE SEEN BY CHECKING AT: HTTP://WW...

Mileage: 75,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL FELL OFF. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE INDEPENDENT SHOP, WHERE THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TIED ROD SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL. *AK

FIRE ORIGINATED IN LR QUADRANT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT. OCCURRED WHILE PARKED AND NOT RUNNING. ORIGIN IS AT MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER. *AK

Mileage: 75,000

FIRE ORIGINATED IN LR QUADRANT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED AND ENGINE NOT RUNNING FOR 10-12 HOURS PRIOR TO FIRE. FIRE ORIGINATED AT MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER.*AK

Mileage: 60,000

DROVE MY F-150 TRUCK TO EAT THEN WHEN I CAME OUT I DROVE IT ABOUT 100 YARDS AND STOP AND DID ABOUT 15 MINUTES SHOPING AT HOME DEPOT WHEN I CAME OUT AND STARTED IT IT MADE A BANG. IT SOUNDED LIKE A HOLE IN THE TAIL PIPE. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID IT WAS A CYLINDER HEAD FROM A BLOW SPARK ...

Mileage: 103,000

I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM FORD TO HAVE IDLE ARM CHECKED FOR DEFECT AT MY EXPENSE. ALSO IF FAULTY, I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COST OF REPLACEMENT. IF THIS IS A RECALL, THIS SHOULD BE AT FORD'S EXPENSE. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD TELL ME THAT A RECALL WOULD BE AT THE CONSUMERS EXPENSE. *JB

Mileage: 4,300

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FRAME DEVELOPED A CRACK. AS A RESULT, THE DOOR RUSTED AND LEAKED WATER.*AK

Mileage: 71,000

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ACCELERATED. CONSUMER USED CRUISE CONTROL. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE OUT OF GEAR AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE THROTTLE CONTROL WAS DEFECTIVE.*AK

Mileage: 81,860

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE TIE RODS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE FAILURE OF THE TIRE ROD END CAUSED LOSS OF STEERIN...

SPEEDOMETER WAS DEFECTIVE. CONSUMER HAD TO GUESS HOW FAST HE WAS TRAVELING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT NO CHANGES WERE PERFORMED. *AK

Mileage: 66,400

WHILE MOVING THE VEHICLE FROM THE DRIVEWAY CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. THE CONSUMER EXITED, LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND SAW THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIE ROAD FELL OFF TO THE GROUND. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *NM

Mileage: 50,117

PURCHASED 1999 F150 LARIAT NEW WITH ELECTRONIC SIDE MIRRORS WITH BUILT IN TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS. THE MIRRORS HAVE FADED AND TURNED SPOTTY WITH DARK SPOTS. THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE OUT OF AND THE DRIVERS SIDE IS ALMOST AS BAD. WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS I WILL NOT BE A...

PURCHASED 1999 F150 LARIAT NEW WITH ELECTRONIC SIDE MIRRORS WITH BUILT IN TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS. THE MIRRORS HAVE FADED AND TURNED SPOTTY WITH DARK SPOTS. THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE OUT OF AND THE DRIVERS SIDE IS ALMOST AS BAD. WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS I WILL NOT BE A...

THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIE ROD BROKE WHILE BACKING OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY. *MR *NM

Mileage: 49,650

I DRIVE A 1999 FORD F-150 PICKUP TRUCK AND HAVE FOUND THAT FAILURE OF EITHER OF THE FRONT WHEEL ABS SENSORS MAKES IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THE RIGHT SENSOR FAILED IN APRIL .... AND I CRASHED INTO A WALL AT OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS PARKING GARAGE ..FORTUNATELY I WAS ONLY ...

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, TIE ROD FAILED. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULLED OVER AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TIE ROD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK THE TIE ROD FAILURE WAS SUDDEN AND WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS SUCH AS THE FRON...

Mileage: 57,412

DESPITE DRIVING ON PRIMARILY RURAL PAVED ROADS, BRAKE PROBLEMS (GRABBING) OCCURRED FROM THE TIME OF PURCHASE. BRAKE PROBLEMS WERE NOTED TO THE DEALER AT 34,000 MILES AND 39,000 MILES, AND THE DEALER RESPONDED BY SAYING THE BRAKES WERE EITHER DIRTY OR THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE FACT THAT IT'S A "LIGHT...

MY F150 P.U. HAS A STRESS CRACK IN THE CURVE OF THE DOOR BY THE WINDOW. THE LATCH IS NOT TIGHT ENOUGH, SO THE DOOR IS HARD TO SHUT. MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON BY THEMSELVES, THE ODOMETER LIGHT GOES ON & OFF, THE SEAT BELTS DO NOT RECOIL & THE "DOOR AJAR" LIGHT GETS STUCK, EVENTHOUGH ALL DOORS ARE ...

MY F150 P.U. HAS A STRESS CRACK IN THE CURVE OF THE DOOR BY THE WINDOW. THE LATCH IS NOT TIGHT ENOUGH, SO THE DOOR IS HARD TO SHUT. MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON BY THEMSELVES, THE ODOMETER LIGHT GOES ON & OFF, THE SEAT BELTS DO NOT RECOIL & THE "DOOR AJAR" LIGHT GETS STUCK, EVENTHOUGH ALL DOORS ARE ...

MY F150 P.U. HAS A STRESS CRACK IN THE CURVE OF THE DOOR BY THE WINDOW. THE LATCH IS NOT TIGHT ENOUGH, SO THE DOOR IS HARD TO SHUT. MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON BY THEMSELVES, THE ODOMETER LIGHT GOES ON & OFF, THE SEAT BELTS DO NOT RECOIL & THE "DOOR AJAR" LIGHT GETS STUCK, EVENTHOUGH ALL DOORS ARE ...

MY F150 P.U. HAS A STRESS CRACK IN THE CURVE OF THE DOOR BY THE WINDOW. THE LATCH IS NOT TIGHT ENOUGH, SO THE DOOR IS HARD TO SHUT. MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON BY THEMSELVES, THE ODOMETER LIGHT GOES ON & OFF, THE SEAT BELTS DO NOT RECOIL & THE "DOOR AJAR" LIGHT GETS STUCK, EVENTHOUGH ALL DOORS ARE ...

MY F150 P.U. HAS A STRESS CRACK IN THE CURVE OF THE DOOR BY THE WINDOW. THE LATCH IS NOT TIGHT ENOUGH, SO THE DOOR IS HARD TO SHUT. MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON BY THEMSELVES, THE ODOMETER LIGHT GOES ON & OFF, THE SEAT BELTS DO NOT RECOIL & THE "DOOR AJAR" LIGHT GETS STUCK, EVENTHOUGH ALL DOORS ARE ...

1999 FORD F-150 BLOWN SPARK PLUG. I REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS ON MY F-150 APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS AGO. I REPLACED THE ORIGINAL PLUGS WITH AUTOLITE DOUBLE PLATINUM PLUGS. YESTERDAY (JUNE 13, 2004) WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT, I HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM UNDER THE HOOD. LUCKILY I WAS ONLY...

Mileage: 118,000

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH A DEER. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO A BODY SHOP. *AK

VEHICLE'S TIE ROD SHEARED OFF ON 1999 FORD F-150.*MR THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIE ROD SHEARED OFF AT THE STEERING KNUCKLE BALL JOINT WITH THE TIE ROD SOCKET STILL ATTACHED TO THE BALL ON THE WHEEL. THIS RESULTED IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND CAUSED THE TWO FRONT WHEELS TO POINT IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS....

Mileage: 50,000

EXTERIOR - DOOR - DRIVER AND PASSENGER - CRACKS ALONG THE CURVE ON BODY ALONG THE BOTTOM BACK CURVE OF THE WINDOW MOLDING. *LA

DIGITAL ODOMETER LIGHT TURNS ON & OFF. DOOR AJAR LIGHT, DOME LIGHT, AND AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS GO ON & OFF ALSO. ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS MAY BE THE "GEM MODULE." SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT GETTING CUT/DAMAGED FROM DOOR LATCH WHEN DOOR IS CLOSED, THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE ALREADY. FORD ENGINEERS WERE...

Mileage: 10,000

DIGITAL ODOMETER LIGHT TURNS ON & OFF. DOOR AJAR LIGHT, DOME LIGHT, AND AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS GO ON & OFF ALSO. ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS MAY BE THE "GEM MODULE." SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT GETTING CUT/DAMAGED FROM DOOR LATCH WHEN DOOR IS CLOSED, THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE ALREADY. FORD ENGINEERS WERE...

Mileage: 10,000

DIGITAL ODOMETER LIGHT TURNS ON & OFF. DOOR AJAR LIGHT, DOME LIGHT, AND AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS GO ON & OFF ALSO. ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS MAY BE THE "GEM MODULE." SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT GETTING CUT/DAMAGED FROM DOOR LATCH WHEN DOOR IS CLOSED, THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE ALREADY. FORD ENGINEERS WERE...

Mileage: 10,000

DIGITAL ODOMETER LIGHT TURNS ON & OFF. DOOR AJAR LIGHT, DOME LIGHT, AND AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS GO ON & OFF ALSO. ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS MAY BE THE "GEM MODULE." SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT GETTING CUT/DAMAGED FROM DOOR LATCH WHEN DOOR IS CLOSED, THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE ALREADY. FORD ENGINEERS WERE...

Mileage: 10,000

WHILE DRIVING , SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING. THE REPAIR SHOP PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND INDICATED THAT IT COULD BE THE SPARK PLUGS. THE SPARK PLUGS WERE REPLACED, BUT DIDN'T CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE BUTTERFLY TO THE FUEL INJECTION ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE MOTOR FROZE AND STOPPED...

Mileage: 85,000

BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER CAPTAIN CHAIRS HAVE ARM REST THAT CAN RELEASE THE SEAT BELTS. THE PASSENGER LOADED THE ARM REST ON THE P-SIDE WHICH PRESSED THE RED RELEASE BUTTON CAUSING THE OCCUPANT TO BE EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER'S SIDE DID NOT UNLATCH BUT WAS KILLED WHEN THE DRIVER SID...

GLAZING MATERIAL ON BOTH REAR VIEW MIRRORS FAILED. DEALER REPLACED BOTH REAR VIEW MIRRORS. TWO YEARS LATER, BOTH REAR VIEW MIRRORS FAILED AGAIN. *AK

Mileage: 22,985

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, SUDDENLY THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE, THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE SPARK PLUG HAD CAME OUT THE ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD. THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF A DESIGN FLAW, THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT TREAD TO HOLD THE SPARK PLUGS. THE CYLINDER HEAD WAS REPLACED. *JB

Mileage: 140,000

WHILE DRIVING, THE HEAD GASKET WOULD LEAK OIL. THE MECHANIC REPAIRED THE PROBLEM ONCE, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

Mileage: 40,000

WHILE I WAS DRIVING 30 MILES PER HOUR, MY BACK PASSENGER SIDE SPARK PLUG SHOT OUT OF MY HEAD, I HAVE A WARRANTY BUT THE DEALERSHIP IS NOT SURE IF THEY WILL COVER THIS INCIDENT. I HAVE NOTICED ALL OVER THE INTERNET THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, WHAT IS WRONG WITH FORD, HOW CAN THEY MAKE SOMETHING D...

MY 1999 F-150 5.4 LTR 4WD STARTED MAKING LOUD TICKING NOISE @ 39,000 MILES.TOOK TRUCK TO BURCH FORD FROM WHOM I PURCHASED VEHICLE & THEY DIAGNOSED TICKING NOISE AS A BAD CAT. CVRTR!!! THEY ALSO ADVISED ME OF LEAKING HEAD GASKET FROM (R)REAR HEAD AND A REPAIR COST OF $3,200 W/ (12 MO./12,OOO MI.WARRA...

Mileage: 40,250

THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE FOR SERVICE BECAUSE OF A TICKING NOISE HEARD ON VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE TICKING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, AND THE HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN. WHICH RESULTED IN AN OIL LEAK INTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE CATALYTIC CO...

Mileage: 39,000

THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE FOR SERVICE BECAUSE OF A TICKING NOISE HEARD ON VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE TICKING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, AND THE HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN. WHICH RESULTED IN AN OIL LEAK INTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE CATALYTIC CO...

Mileage: 39,000

'99 FORD F-150 WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK BY THEMSELVES WITHOUT TURNING THEM ON. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 41,000

DISCOVERED A CRACK IN DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR NEXT TO WINDOW.*AK

Mileage: 60,000

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN ANOTHER VEHICLE GOING IN THE WRONG LANE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE BODY SHOP. *AK

MY 1999 F150 HAS A CRACK FORMING ON THE BOTTOM REAR CORNER OF THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW OF THE DRIVERS DOOR AT 32000 I BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM AND THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BECAUSE OF YEAR . THE DEALER SAID THEY WERE FIXING THIS PR...

Mileage: 32,000

MY 1999 F150 HAS A CRACK FORMING ON THE BOTTOM REAR CORNER OF THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW OF THE DRIVERS DOOR AT 32000 I BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM AND THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BECAUSE OF YEAR . THE DEALER SAID THEY WERE FIXING THIS PR...

Mileage: 32,000

OIL LEAK. I HAVE A 1999 FORD F-150 WITH A 5.4 MOTOR THAT LEAKS OIL FROM THE RIGTH HEAD, THIS PROBLEM WAS FIXED 03/29/00 AT 9900 MILES.IT 42000 MILES IT STARTED LEAKING AGAIN THE DEALER CHECKED IT OUT AND SAID IT WAS THE SAME HEAD GASKET AS BEFORE BUT BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY I WOULD HAVE TO...

Mileage: 42,000

HEATER SWITCH THAT INCREASES AND DECREASES THE HEAT HAS BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES SINCE I'VE HAD THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD 8,000 MILES WHEN I BOUGHT IT.

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH RIGHT TIE ROD FAILED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT RIGHT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS HAD FAILED, AND THEY WILL BE REPLACED. *AK FAILURE OCCURED HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES. *LA

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH RIGHT TIE ROD FAILED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT RIGHT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS HAD FAILED, AND THEY WILL BE REPLACED. *AK FAILURE OCCURED HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES. *LA

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH RIGHT TIE ROD FAILED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT RIGHT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS HAD FAILED, AND THEY WILL BE REPLACED. *AK FAILURE OCCURED HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES. *LA

THE TIRE P25570S16 GN GRABAWO BY GENERAL. SIDE WALL BUBBLES AND BLOWS OUT IF ITS ON THE REAR OF A PICK UP OKAY ON FRONT OF TRUCK, BUT MANY PEOPLE I WORK WITH IN THE BUSINESS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS TIRE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. THANKS. *AK

Mileage: 80,550

DOORS DEVELOPED CRACKS ABOVE THE INSIDE HANDLES. A KIT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM COSTS $600.00 PER DOOR.*AK *MR

WHEN IT WAS BELOW FREEZING VEHICLE REVVED UP TO 6000 RPM. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES. DEALER CHANGED THE THROTTLE BODY, IDLE CONTROL VALVE, AND THE THROTTLE CABLE. *AK DEALER ALSO DISCONNECTED THE CRUISE CONTROL AND CONSUMER HASN'T EXPERIENCED SURGING ON THE VEHICLE. *LA

Mileage: 55,000

EXTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRRORS ARE ERODING. DRIVER CAN SEE CLEAR THROUGH MIRROR AS IF IT WERE A WINDOW. THIS PROPOSES A SAFETY CONCERN, DRIVER IS NOT ABLE TO SEE ONCOMING VEHICLES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *MR

Mileage: 74,000

WATER WAS GETTING DOWN INTO THE DASHBOARD AND CAUSING WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO STOP. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK NORMAL WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN NEUTRAL OR PARK. *AK THE WIPERS WOULD ONLY WORK ON LOW, THE RADIO WOULD CUT OFF WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN WHICH WOULD HAPPEN AFTER 10 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE WO...

Mileage: 54,000

WATER WAS GETTING DOWN INTO THE DASHBOARD AND CAUSING WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO STOP. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK NORMAL WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN NEUTRAL OR PARK. *AK THE WIPERS WOULD ONLY WORK ON LOW, THE RADIO WOULD CUT OFF WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN WHICH WOULD HAPPEN AFTER 10 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE WO...

Mileage: 54,000

HAVE A 1999 FORD F-150 WITH A 5.4 LITER ENGINE. #3 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT AND HAD TO HAVE A COSTLY REPAIR DONE BY THE MECHANIC PULLING THE HEAD AND PLACING AN INSERT INTO THE HOLE. KILLED 2 BIRDS WITH 1 STONE BECAUSE THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAD WAS LEAKING OIL. THIS SAME SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT TWO PREVIO...

Mileage: 108,500

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAKING OIL. *AK

Mileage: 25,000

WHILE DRIVING UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER LOST C CONTROL OF STEERING. *AK

Mileage: 52,000

1999 FORD F150 BLOWN HEAD GASKET RIGHT SIDE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY 4700.00 DOLLARS TO REPLACE GASKET & HEAD. FORD KNOWS THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE GASGETS ON THE TRITON MOTROS BUT FAIL TO TAKE BLAME. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD WHEN OIL IS LEAKING ON THE EXHAUST. RECALL!! BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED...

Mileage: 77,500

1999 FORD F-150 HEAD GASKET LEAK, RESEARCH REVEALS COMMON FACTORY DEFECT. NO ASSISTANCE FROM FORD SERVICE BULLETIN FROM FORD SAYS I MAY HAVE TO REPLACE ENGINE. *JB

DOOR SWITCHES FOR LIGHTS FAIL TO TURN OFF INTERIOR LIGHTS, HAVE SEEN SAME PROBLEM WITH SEVERAL OTHER TRUCK OF SAME YEAR. *JB

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HAS A SMALL STRESS CRACK IN THE SHEET METAL BY THE LOWER REAR WEATHER STRIPING ON THE WINDOW, CALLED MY DEALER AND FORD THEY COULDN'T HELP ME. *JB

DOORS ARE CRACKING APPROXIMATELY 4 1/2 INCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW WHERE THE DOOR HANDLES ARE LOCATED. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE THE PROBLEM, AND A REPAIR KIT IS AVAILABLE. THE COST OF THE KIT IS $600.00 PER DOOR.*AK *MR

Mileage: 43,000

WHILE SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE A BOLT FELL OUT OF THE INTERNAL AREA OF THE STEERING COLUMN. I PUT THE TRUCK BACK IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE PARK AND GOT OUT TO RETRIEVE THE BOLT FROM THE FLOOR OF THE TRUCK, WHEN THE TRUCK MOVED BACKWARDS AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE DOOR AND REAR QUARTER PANEL. THE T...

I NEVER ABUSED MY 99 FORD LIGHTNING IN ANY WAY AND @ 21000 MILES IT BLEW #3 SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE HEAD. FORD FINALLY AGREED THAT IF I WOULD PAY $817.00 FOR THE DEDUCTIBLE THEY WOULD PAY THE REST. I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY ANYTHING SINCE THE HEAD WAS DEFECTIVE FROM THE FACTORY. *JB

Mileage: 20,897

HEAD LEAKS OIL ON RIGHT SIDE OF MOTOR HAD IT FIXED ONCE AND IS NOW LEAKING AGAIN. *JB

Mileage: 28,000

WHILE SHIFTING INTO DRIVE THE SHIFT LINKAGE BRACKET SCREW FAILED. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE SHIFTED BACK TO PARK. *NM

Mileage: 62,000

EXHIBIT CRACKS IN THE DOOR SHEET METAL AT THE LOWER REAR OF THE BELT MOLDING. *AK

Mileage: 59,000

ON MY 1999 FORD F-150 PICKUP (33,000 MILES), BOTH THE EXTERIOR MIRRORS HAVE LOST REFLECTION AND TURNED BLACK. HAVE CHECKED REPEATEDLY FOR RECALL SINCE PURCHASE, BUT NONE ISSUED BY FORD. I HAVE COMPENSATED BY PUTTING SMALL ADHESIVE WIDE-ANGLE MIRROR ON. HOWEVER, ANOTHER DRIVER TRIED TO USE MIRROR ...

Mileage: 10,000

I HAVE A REAR SLIDING GLASS WINDOW WHICH LEAKS ON THE RIGHT SIDE (THE FIXED PART OF THE WINDOW) WHEN IT RAINS. MY BROTHER HAS A 98 F250 WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. IS FORD TAKING CARE OF THIS?*AK

Mileage: 93,000

THE SIGNAL MIRRORS ON MY TRUCK HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING DARK SPOTS MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. IT APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE REFLECTIVE SURFACES. *LA

Mileage: 15,000

THERE IS A CRACK ON BOTH DOORS ON MY FORD F-150, BY THE WINDOW. THIS LOOKS LIKE A STRESS CRACK AND NOT WEAR AND TEAR. *LA

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUSTAINED THROAT AND HIP INJURIES WHEN HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL. ALSO, PASSENGER'S HEAD HIT THE DASHBOARD AND SUSTAINED A KNOT. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLOWN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *PH (NAR) DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND REPAIRS WERE MADE UNTIL THE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN AGAIN. *CB

RIGHT SIDE HEAD GASKET ON 5.4 V8 LEAKING AGAIN AT 72,000 MILES. HEADS REPLACED ONCE AND GASKETS REPLACED TWICE. OUT OF WARRANTY NOW. WE NEED A RECALL. OIL DRIPS ON HOT EXHAUST AND SMOKES, FIRE HAZARD. *AK

Mileage: 72,000

HEAD GASKET BLEW AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *PH AFTER SPENDING LUMP SUMS OF MONEY THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS AN DEFECT IN THE DECK SURFACE OF THE ENGINE BLOCK THAT ALLOWED OIL TO LEAK OUT OF THE ENGINE. THE CONDITION WAS NOT CAUSED BY THE HEAD GASKETS. DUE TO THE EXTENT OF DAMAGES TO THE...

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE CYLINDER, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER. *AK

Mileage: 85,000

MY 1999 F150 DOOR LOCKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT 25,000 AND 45,000 MILES. NOW THE DRIVERS SIDE POWER LOCK HAS FAILED AGAIN AT 79,000 MILES. THE LOCAL FORD DEALES STATES THIS IS NORMAL FOR A CAR MADE IN AMERICA.

I HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT OF THE HEAD ON MY TRUCK. IT IS A 1999 FORD F-150, WITH A 5.4 LITER TRITON V-8 ENGINE. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS, UNTIL THE MECHANIC AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP SAID THEY HAD SEEN IT BEFORE. ALSO AT AN EARLIER DATE THE SHEET METAL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ABOUT THREE INCHES FRO...

Mileage: 75,189

I HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT OF THE HEAD ON MY TRUCK. IT IS A 1999 FORD F-150, WITH A 5.4 LITER TRITON V-8 ENGINE. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS, UNTIL THE MECHANIC AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP SAID THEY HAD SEEN IT BEFORE. ALSO AT AN EARLIER DATE THE SHEET METAL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ABOUT THREE INCHES FRO...

Mileage: 75,189

I HAVE A 1999 FORD F-150 THAT DEVELOPED A CRACK IN THE DOOR. *LA

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF HEAD, STRIPPING THREADS FROM HEAD. THIS IS THE SECOND ONE FOR THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST WAS IN JUNE OF 2002.*AK

Mileage: 60,423

I OWN A 1999 F150 WITH A 5.4 LITER MOTOR THAT HAS A DESIGN FLAW (ALSO AFFECTS THAT ZTEC AND 4.6L, 5.4L V8 AND ALSO THEIR BIG V10 MOTORS): THIS IS THE 2ND TIME MY SPARKPLUG HAS BLOWN OUT THE TOP OF MY ENGINE AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENS UNEXPECTEDLY UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. AS...

Mileage: 117,000

MAJOR WATER LEAK AROUND REAR WINDOW. ALMOST EVERYONE YOU TALK TO WITH THIS TRUCK STYLE (OVER SEVERAL MODEL YEARS) HAS THIS PROBLEM. FORD HAS KNOWN FOR YEARS ABOUT IT. WHY ARE THEY NOT REQUIRED TO FIX IT?*AK

ON 12/17/03 WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY TO GO TO WORK, THE LEFT FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT FAILED ON MY 1999 FORD F-150 4 WHEEL DRIVE PICKUP. THIS CAUSED THE WHEEL TO ANGLE OUT AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND LOWER "A" FRAME TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE ROAD. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 69,100 MILES ON IT, I...

Mileage: 69,100

WHILE DRIVING SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD AND A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD. THE NOISE STARTLED THE DRIVER WHO LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE MOMENTARILY. THE CYLINDER HEAD WAS REPLACED. *AK

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE DRIVING SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD AND A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD. THE NOISE STARTLED THE DRIVER WHO LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE MOMENTARILY. THE CYLINDER HEAD WAS REPLACED. *AK

Mileage: 80,000

SEAL AROUND REAR WINDOW LEAKS AT THE CORNERS. IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT WAS INSTALLED CORRECTLY. WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON WHEN THE SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION. IT IS INTERMITTENT AND THERE IS NOT PATTERN AS TO WHEN THE WIPERS WILL TURN ON.*AK

Mileage: 30,000

FORD F-150 XLT 57,000 MILES - SPARK PLUGS STRIPPED, AND DESTROY SPARK PLUG. NOTICED HISSING SOUND FROM UNDER HOOD WHEN ENGINE WAS JUST TURNED OFF. TICKING SOUND WHEN FIRST STARTING ENGINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICING. NO WARRANTY SUPPORT. CLAIMS TO NEVER HEAR OF PROBLEM, EVEN...

Mileage: 57,000

I HAVE A F-150 PICK-UP STILL BEING PAID OFF AND IT IS LEAKING FOR THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. THERE ARE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS FOR THIS BUT IT WILL COST A COUPLE OF THOUSAND TO REPLACE THE HEAD. IF FORD KNOWS ABOUT THIS AND I HAVE LOOKED ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND OTHERS HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS, WHY HA...

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 30 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD RATTLING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. WHEN THE SPARK PLUGS WERE REMOVED FROM THE ENGINE, THEY WERE COVERED WITH ANTI FREEZE. ENGINE HEAD GASKETS WERE LEAKING. FORD HAS A CURRENT TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CONCERNING THIS ENGINE PROBLEM. *NLM

Mileage: 51,000

1999 FORD F150 LIGHTNING BLEW TWO SPARK PLUGS OUT OF THE HEAD. *LA

Mileage: 38,000

JULY 2003 MY ELECTRONIC ODOMETER BLINKS OUT. I HAVE HAD TO TAP THE GLASS TO GE TIT TO COME BACK ON THIS IS USUALLY WHEN 1ST STARTING THE TRUCK. NOW THE ODOMETER WILL BLINK OUT WHILE I AM DRIVING AND THEN TURN BACK ON. I HAVE ON 67,000 MILES. PLUS THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW MOTOR IS MAKING A GRINDING NOI...

Mileage: 60,000

I HAVE A 99 FORD F150 WITH A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. THE LEFT HEAD WAS REPLACED WITH 3000 MILES ON THE TRUCK BECAUSE OF THE SAME LEAK. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT FORD HAD SOME BAD MILLWORK ON THE HEADS AND THEY COULDN'T GET A GOOD SEAL. NOW WITH 73000 THE HEADS ARE STARTING TO SEEP AGAIN. ALSO MY TRUC...

Mileage: 74,000

OUTSIDE MIRRORS ARE TURNING BLACK AT THE MIRROR ITSELF (BACKING COMING OFF?). *LA

Mileage: 40,000

WHENEVER CONSUMER TURNED THE KEY TO START THE ENGINE, THERE WAS A LOUD RATTLING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. SPARK PLUGS WERE REMOVED, THAT WERE COVERED WITH ANTI FREEZE. ENGINE HEAD GASKETS WERE LEAKING, AND THAT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO THROW A ROD. FORD HAS A CURRENT TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN C...

Mileage: 80,000

FORD F-150 LIGHTNING SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT. *LA

Mileage: 28,000

DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT, COMES ON/STAYS ON/THEN SOMETIMES GOES OFF. FORD DEALER SAYS AIRBAG WILL PROBABLY NOT WORK IN CRASH / NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CHECKED BY TOWER FORD TWICE IN ONE WEEK. RESET LIGHT=$52.00, SECOND TIME FORD DEALER WANTS TO REPLACE AIR BAG MODULE @ $195.00. ONLY 33,29...

Mileage: 33,298

DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT, COMES ON/STAYS ON/THEN SOMETIMES GOES OFF. FORD DEALER SAYS AIRBAG WILL PROBABLY NOT WORK IN CRASH / NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CHECKED BY TOWER FORD TWICE IN ONE WEEK. RESET LIGHT=$52.00, SECOND TIME FORD DEALER WANTS TO REPLACE AIR BAG MODULE @ $195.00. ONLY 33,29...

Mileage: 33,298

TIE ROD END FAILURE WHEN TAKING LEFT HAND TURN AT LOW SPEED. VEHICLE ONLY HAD 44,000 ORIGINAL MILES! DEALERSHIP (DRUM HILL FORD) AND MANUFACTURER (FORD) REFUSE TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OFF WARRANTY AND THE REPAIR WAS DONE BY A NON-DEALER (EMERGENCY REPAIR). CUSTOMER WANTS FOR...

Mileage: 43,000

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT 8 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS UP TO 60 MPH. THE SHIFTER WAS MOVED DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE FORWARD. THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO AN EMBANKMENT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE ...

Mileage: 14,575

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT 8 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS UP TO 60 MPH. THE SHIFTER WAS MOVED DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE FORWARD. THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO AN EMBANKMENT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE ...

Mileage: 14,575

THE TOP OF THE REAR SLIDING WINDOW IS LEAKING INTO THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. THIS LEAK HAS CAUSED A MOLD AND MILDEW PROBLEM WITH THE REAR SEAT AND THE CARPET TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE EXTENDED CAB. THE SMELL FROM THE MOLD IS AT TIMES UNBEARABLE, AS WELL AS UNHEALTHY. *LA

FUSE CONNECTED TO THE BRAKE LIGHTS BLEW OUT THREE TIMES. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT CIRCUIT #13 CONTROLLED THE STOP LAMP, TURN SIGNALS, HAZARDS LIGHTS AND SPEED CONTROL MODULE. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS A DANGEROUS COMBINATION. *AK *NLM

PREMATURE WEARING ON FRONT END COMPONENTS - BALL JOINTS,EXCESSIVE SQUEAKING, BREAK CALIPERS, ABS SENSOR REPLACED, REPAIR BROKEN STARTER WIRE, BALL JOINT REPLACED - BROKEN TIE ROD ON AUGUST 18, 2003 AT 59,000 MILES - CONCERNS OVER SAFTEY OF VEHICLE -

Mileage: 59,000

A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD ON MY 1999 FORD F150 5.4L ENGINE APPROXIMATELY 10,00 MILES AFTER CHANGING THE PLUGS.

Mileage: 94,000

FORD F-150 , 1999 - TIE ROD TO DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIE ROD JOINT SEPARATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BACK OUT OF PARKING SPOT. *JB

Mileage: 71,200

MY 1999 FORD F150 EXTENDED CAB SHAKES WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 40-45 MPH AND OCCASSIONALLY AT SPEEDS GREATER THEN 80 MPH. FRONT AND REAR ALIGNMENT NOR TIRE BALANCE/ROTATION CORRECTS PROBLEM. ANOTHER OWNER RELATED THIS IS DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE CHASSIS DUE TO DESIGN PROBLEMS WITH EXTENDED CAB...

Mileage: 15,000

MY 1999 FORD F150 EXTENDED CAB SHAKES WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 40-45 MPH AND OCCASSIONALLY AT SPEEDS GREATER THEN 80 MPH. FRONT AND REAR ALIGNMENT NOR TIRE BALANCE/ROTATION CORRECTS PROBLEM. ANOTHER OWNER RELATED THIS IS DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE CHASSIS DUE TO DESIGN PROBLEMS WITH EXTENDED CAB...

Mileage: 15,000

I HAVE A 1999 F150 LARIAT, 40,000 MILES, BOUGHT NEW, WITH ELECTRONIC SIDE MIRRORS WITH BUILT IN ARROW LIGHTS. THE SILVER BACKING ON BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT MIRRORS HAS DETERIORATED CAUSING THE MIRRORS TO BECOME OPAQUE. THIS IS BECOMING A SAFETY HAZARD, ESPECIALLY IN LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS.*AK

Mileage: 30,000

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF NUMBER THREE CYLINDER. COST BETWEEN $1900 TO 2000 TO REPAIR.*AK

Mileage: 100,730

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE SPARE TIRE FELL OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE DEALER STATED THE CABLE CORRODED. *AK THIS OCCURRED WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. *SCC *JB

Mileage: 55,000

BRAKES LOCK UP IF THE VEHICLE SITS A COUPLE DAYS OR WHEN IT RAINS. *TS

Mileage: 16,000

DOOR FRAME CRACK AROUND WINDOW ON 1999 FORD F-150 TRUCK. *AK

Mileage: 60,000

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE. DEALER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON FOR NO APARANT REASON. MY BROTHER IN-LAW HAS THE VERY SAME PROBLEM WITH THE WINDSHEILD WIPER SWITCH IN 1998 FORD F150.*AK

Mileage: 56,000

DO A RECALL ON THE LEAKING INTERCOOLER ON THE 1999-2000 FORD F150 LIGHTNINGS.*AK

I HAVE A 1999 SVT FORD F150 LIGHTNING THAT RECENLTY DEVELOPED THE INFAMOUS LEAKY INTERCOOLER.THERE WAS A CUSTOMER SERVICE/SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN ISSUED BY FORD THAT EXPIRED SEPTEMBER OF '02. THIS PROBLEM CAN CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE.WHICH CAN INCREASE CHANGES OF AN ACCIDENT ALOT.ESPECIALLY LOSING POWER B...

Mileage: 15,950

CONSUMER STATES REAR WINDOWS LEAK WATER WHEN IT RAINS. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

I HAVE HAD A NEW TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR,5 SPEED 4.2L V-6,PUT IN AT 55,000 MILES. NOW AT 73,000 MILES IT HAS A MISS WHEN YOU ACCELERATE OR GO UP A HILL. DEALER TOLD ME TO REPLACE THE PLUGS AND WIRES SO I DID. IT STILL DOES IT AND NOW THEY ARE TAILING ME TO REPLACE THE COIL PACK, ANY SUGGESTIONS? ...

Mileage: 63,000

3 SPARK PLUGS ON MY 99 F150 HAVE BACKED THEMSELVES OUT, CAUSING IMMEDIATE ENGINE DECOMPRESSION. THE ONLY WAY TO ADEQUATELY REPAIR IS TO COMPLETELY REMOVE THE HEAD, A MULTI-DAY, MULTI-DOLLAR TASK. VIEWING AUTO MESSAGE BOARDS SUGGEST I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS EXPERIENCE. APPARENTLY THERE IS SOME DEFEC...

Mileage: 85,500

3 SPARK PLUGS ON MY 99 F150 HAVE BACKED THEMSELVES OUT, CAUSING IMMEDIATE ENGINE DECOMPRESSION. THE ONLY WAY TO ADEQUATELY REPAIR IS TO COMPLETELY REMOVE THE HEAD, A MULTI-DAY, MULTI-DOLLAR TASK. VIEWING AUTO MESSAGE BOARDS SUGGEST I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS EXPERIENCE. APPARENTLY THERE IS SOME DEFEC...

Mileage: 85,500

I HEARD THE REAR END MAKE A HORRIBLE LOUD BANG ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TILL I FINALLY HAD NO ABILITY TO MAKE THE VEHICLE MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS WHILE IN GEAR. UPON INSPECTION BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC, A MAIN BOLT ON THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL UNDID ITSELF AND STRIPPED ALL OF THE TEETH ON THE MAIN GEAR. ...

Mileage: 118,000

THE SPARK PLUG IN THE 3RD CYLINDER BACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE CAUSING 1800 DOLLARS DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND HAS HAPPENED TO SEVERAL FORD F150 OWNERS. IT IS THE CONSENSUS OF SEVERAL MECHANICS THAT THIS FAILURE IS RELATED TO THE DESIGN OF THE CY...

Mileage: 107,000

CONSUMER STATES GEAR POSITION INDICATOR (PRNDL) BROKE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT STAYS ON. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

Mileage: 76,000

LOOSE LUG:NUTS, RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF A WHEEL. ALL WHEELS HAD LOOSE LUG NUTS & HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED SAME CONDITION. LUG NUTS ON REAR SEEM TO BE TOO SHORT, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A FULL NUT OF THREAD ON STUDS.*AK

Mileage: 75,000

THE DOOR CONTAINED A CRACKED. *JB *TS *JB

Mileage: 39,700

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TREAD WAS SEPARATING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

Mileage: 370,000

1999 FORD LIGHTNING THAT HAS A LEAKING INTERCOOLER. JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT VEHICLE USED FROM FORD DEALER IN MARCH 2003. WOULD LIKE RECALL ON INTERCOOLER TO BE RE-OPENED. I DID NOT OWN THE TRUCK AT TIME OF ORIGINAL RECALL,BUT I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE REPAIRED. THEY SOLD ME A PRE-OWNED CERTIFIED VEHICLE T...

Mileage: 37,000

TRANSMISSION BLEW A BACK SEAL. THERE WAS METAL AND BRASS SHAVINGS IN THE TRASNMISSION. THE REPAIR PERSON SAID HE BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS BEING CAUSED BY "REAR SEAL WALKING OR SPINNING OUT, PROBABLY DUE TO EXCESS DRIVESHAFT MOVING OR FLEXING. WE REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION AND A WEEK LATER WE ARE HA...

Mileage: 62,000

I BOUGHT THE 99 F-150 USED. I'VE OWNED IT FOR 2 YEARS AND IN THOSE TWO YEARS SPENT OVER 3000 DOLLARS REPAIRING IT. I CANT HANDLE THE THOUGHT OF KEEPING A TRUCK THAT COST SO MUCH IN REPAIRS. AND NOW THE DEALER TELLS ME I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS IS ONE WEEK AFTER I SPENT OVER 500 REPLACING THE S...

I BOUGHT THE 99 F-150 USED. I'VE OWNED IT FOR 2 YEARS AND IN THOSE TWO YEARS SPENT OVER 3000 DOLLARS REPAIRING IT. I CANT HANDLE THE THOUGHT OF KEEPING A TRUCK THAT COST SO MUCH IN REPAIRS. AND NOW THE DEALER TELLS ME I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS IS ONE WEEK AFTER I SPENT OVER 500 REPLACING THE S...

I BOUGHT THE 99 F-150 USED. I'VE OWNED IT FOR 2 YEARS AND IN THOSE TWO YEARS SPENT OVER 3000 DOLLARS REPAIRING IT. I CANT HANDLE THE THOUGHT OF KEEPING A TRUCK THAT COST SO MUCH IN REPAIRS. AND NOW THE DEALER TELLS ME I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS IS ONE WEEK AFTER I SPENT OVER 500 REPLACING THE S...

I BOUGHT THE 99 F-150 USED. I'VE OWNED IT FOR 2 YEARS AND IN THOSE TWO YEARS SPENT OVER 3000 DOLLARS REPAIRING IT. I CANT HANDLE THE THOUGHT OF KEEPING A TRUCK THAT COST SO MUCH IN REPAIRS. AND NOW THE DEALER TELLS ME I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS IS ONE WEEK AFTER I SPENT OVER 500 REPLACING THE S...

I BOUGHT THE 99 F-150 USED. I'VE OWNED IT FOR 2 YEARS AND IN THOSE TWO YEARS SPENT OVER 3000 DOLLARS REPAIRING IT. I CANT HANDLE THE THOUGHT OF KEEPING A TRUCK THAT COST SO MUCH IN REPAIRS. AND NOW THE DEALER TELLS ME I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS IS ONE WEEK AFTER I SPENT OVER 500 REPLACING THE S...

HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TURN SIGNALS, BRAKE LIGHTS, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY 1999 FORD F-150. ON A RECENT TRIP TO INDIANA I NOTICED THAT WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TILTED DOWN SO THAT MY WIFE COULD DRIVE, THE TURN SIGNALS STOPPED WORKING. WHILE IN INDIANA A MAN WAS NICE ENOUGH TO FLAG ME DO...

Mileage: 41,679

HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TURN SIGNALS, BRAKE LIGHTS, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY 1999 FORD F-150. ON A RECENT TRIP TO INDIANA I NOTICED THAT WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TILTED DOWN SO THAT MY WIFE COULD DRIVE, THE TURN SIGNALS STOPPED WORKING. WHILE IN INDIANA A MAN WAS NICE ENOUGH TO FLAG ME DO...

Mileage: 41,679

HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TURN SIGNALS, BRAKE LIGHTS, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY 1999 FORD F-150. ON A RECENT TRIP TO INDIANA I NOTICED THAT WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TILTED DOWN SO THAT MY WIFE COULD DRIVE, THE TURN SIGNALS STOPPED WORKING. WHILE IN INDIANA A MAN WAS NICE ENOUGH TO FLAG ME DO...

Mileage: 41,679

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE STEERING BOLTS ARE LOSE AND IT IS CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO JUMP AROUND, MAKING IT HARD FOR CONSUMER TO STEER THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

FORD F-150 2WD, SUPER CAB, 8 FT BED. WATER IS LEAKING FROM THE HEAD LINER IN THE RIGHT REAR OF VEHICLE DIRECTLY ABOVE FIXED PANEL OF SLIDING REAR WINDOW ASSEMBLY. I SPOKE TO FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE ABOUT THE PROBLEM 2 MONTHS AGO AND THEY MADE IT SOUND LIKE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT ...

Mileage: 63,000

FORD F-150 2WD, SUPER CAB, 8 FT BED. WATER IS LEAKING FROM THE HEAD LINER IN THE RIGHT REAR OF VEHICLE DIRECTLY ABOVE FIXED PANEL OF SLIDING REAR WINDOW ASSEMBLY. I SPOKE TO FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE ABOUT THE PROBLEM 2 MONTHS AGO AND THEY MADE IT SOUND LIKE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT ...

Mileage: 63,000

DRIVNG AT 65 MPH THE RIGHT PASSENGER TIRE JUST PEELED OFF ... FIRESTONE WILDERNESS P23570R16 DRIVING A FORD F150 TRUCK. *AK

Mileage: 37,300

THERE WAS A HORIZONTAL CRACK IN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ABOUT 1.5 INCHES ABOVE THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW OPENING. THE CRACK WAS PROGRESSING HORIZONTALLY TOWARD THE BACK OF THE DOOR. *TT

MY FAMILY AND I WERE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN OUR GAUGES ON OUR TRUCK BEGAN TO GO FROM ZERO TO ONE HUNDRED MILES PER HOUR BACK AND FORTH. OUR GAS GAUGE WOULD FROM FULL TO EMPTY. ALL GAUGES ON THE DASH WOULD GO CRAZY. OUR BATTERY LIGHT HAD COME ON A FEW MILES BEFORE THIS OCCURRED. WE LOST ...

Mileage: 117,124

THE TIE ROD FAILED, WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO STEER. *JB

AFTER A MINOR BUMP WAS HIT IN THE ROAD AT 10 MPH, THE FRONT AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. *JB

SIDE MIRRORS WITH TURN SIGNALS BUILT INTO MIRRORS HAVE TURNED BLACK AND SPOTTY. THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO ONLY EXIST ON THE MIRRORS WITH THE TURN SIGNALS BUILT INTO THE MIRROR, AND FORD NO LONGER SELLS THESE VEHICLES IN THE F150 THIS WAY. *NLM

THE SPARKS PLUG WIRES BURNED UP EVERY 30,000 MILES. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED IT WOULD COST 200.00 TO REPLACE. *JB

I OWN A 1999 FORD F-150 LARIET AND THE POWER LOCKS ARE MALFUNCTIONING ON BOTH SIDES. I HAVE A NEIGHBOR WITH A 2001 F-150 AND HE HAS THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM. THE LOCKS WORK AT TIMES AND THEN DON'T AT OTHERS. I AM ONLY AT 45000 MILES AND AM OUT OF WARRANTY BUT WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS IS A FORD RECOGNIZED...

Mileage: 40,000

THE HEATER CORE LEAKED COOLANT. *NLM

THE VEHICLE S BRAKES LOCKED UP AND AS A RESULT THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LINING BROKE. *NLM

Mileage: 58,000

FOG LIGHT COVERS ARE DEFECTIVE. LAMP GETS TOO HOT AND COVERS CRACK AND BREAK OUTWARD. SOME DEALERS REFUSE TO FIX, OTHERS FIX UNDER WARRANTY. SUPPOSEDLY THERE IS A TSB ON FILE WITH FORD. *NLM

Mileage: 8,000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE THEMSELVES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS IS DISTRACTING TO THE DRIVER AND COULD BE A POTENTIAL HAZARD. *JB

FORD PICKUP F150 TRUCK DOORS CRACKED AT WINDOWS ON BOTH SIDES. REPAIRED THROUGH FORD. THE DOORS CRACKED AGAIN WITHIN MONTH OF REPAIR. NOT FIXED ALTHOUGH STILL UNDER WARRANTY. FORD ISSUED BULLETIN AFTER REPAIRED, BUT WE WERE NOT INFORMED. BULLETIN TIME FRAME HAS EXPIRED. FORD REFUSES TO FIX. A...

Mileage: 51,000

FORD PICKUP F150 TRUCK DOORS CRACKED AT WINDOWS ON BOTH SIDES. REPAIRED THROUGH FORD. THE DOORS CRACKED AGAIN WITHIN MONTH OF REPAIR. NOT FIXED ALTHOUGH STILL UNDER WARRANTY. FORD ISSUED BULLETIN AFTER REPAIRED, BUT WE WERE NOT INFORMED. BULLETIN TIME FRAME HAS EXPIRED. FORD REFUSES TO FIX. A...

Mileage: 51,000

FORD PICKUP F150 TRUCK DOORS CRACKED AT WINDOWS ON BOTH SIDES. REPAIRED THROUGH FORD. THE DOORS CRACKED AGAIN WITHIN MONTH OF REPAIR. NOT FIXED ALTHOUGH STILL UNDER WARRANTY. FORD ISSUED BULLETIN AFTER REPAIRED, BUT WE WERE NOT INFORMED. BULLETIN TIME FRAME HAS EXPIRED. FORD REFUSES TO FIX. A...

Mileage: 51,000

THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE MADE ALOT OF NOISE. A TSB WAS ISSUED FOR SIMILAR VEHCILE RELATED TO DIFFERENTIAL CHATTER. *AK

DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS FAILED TO ACTIVATE DURING A 45 TO 50 MPH FRONT END IMPACT. *NLM

Mileage: 70,000

THE HEAD GASKETS WITH 4.6 AND 5.4 ENGINES WERE DEFECTIVE. (FORD BULLETIN 02-22-07) THE OIL DRIPPED ONTO THE FLANGE WHICH HELD THE EXHAUST PIPE TO THE MANIFOLD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE. SCC *JB

I HAVE A 1999 F150 FORD TRUCK. LARGE OIL LEAK FROM THE RIGHT HAND HEAD GASKET AT THE REAR OF THE BLOCK ON MY ENGINE. ALSO A LEAK ON OUTSIDE RIGHT HAND FILLING INTAKE VALLEY. ESTIMATED COST FROM FORD DEALERSHIP $1600 DEPENDING ON WHAT IT TAKES TO REPAIR IT. I FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR REPAIR AND POS...

Mileage: 115,383

THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS CRACKED. *NLM SCC

THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ALUMINUM CYLINDER HEAD WHILE DRIVING, THE ENTIRE CYLINDER HEAD WAS REPLACED. *AK *JB

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED.*JB

Mileage: 70,000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES. NO APPARENT REASON WHY. THERE ARE NO SHORTS OR LOOSE WIRES NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN. BACK WINDOW ON TRUCK IS LEAKING WENT TO HAVE FIXED. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED A MULTIPLE OF THESE WINDOWS DO TO FAULTY MANUFACTURING BUT ARE STILL MAKING ME PAY FOR IT. I...

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES. NO APPARENT REASON WHY. THERE ARE NO SHORTS OR LOOSE WIRES NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN. BACK WINDOW ON TRUCK IS LEAKING WENT TO HAVE FIXED. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED A MULTIPLE OF THESE WINDOWS DO TO FAULTY MANUFACTURING BUT ARE STILL MAKING ME PAY FOR IT. I...

VEHICLE IS A 1999 FORD F-150 AND IT HAS APPROX. 54,000 MILES ON IT. THE EVENING OF MARCH 3 THE TRUCK BEGAN TO RUN WEIRD AND IT BEGAN TO NOT RUN CORRECTLY.THE MORNING AFTER I BROUGHT IT TO A REAIR GARAGE AND THE COMPUTER SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A DETINATION IN THE MOTOR. THE IGNITION COIL WAS BAD THE M...

SPARK PLUGS BLOWING OUT OF ALUMINUM HEADS ON TRITON 5.4LITER MOTOR.CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO HEADS.*JB

Mileage: 80,000

THE HEAD GASKET LEAKED OIL, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. *JB

Mileage: 63,000

RIGHT REAR HEAD GASKET LEAKING OIL, AND IS ALSO STATED IN MANUFACTURERS T.S.B. NO RECALL AS OF YET. PH

HAD A SPARK PLUG STRIP ITSELF FROM THE HEAD AND DAMAGED THE THREADS ON THE HEAD WHERE THE SPARK PLUG IS SCREWED INTO THE HEAD.

Mileage: 42,956

THE SERVICE MANAGER INDICATED TWO OF THE BRAKE ROTORS HAD COMPLETELY RUSTED AND TWO OF THE LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JG *JB

THE SERVICE MANAGER INDICATED TWO OF THE BRAKE ROTORS HAD COMPLETELY RUSTED AND TWO OF THE LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JG *JB

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED. *JB OIL LEAKED AGAIN OUT OF THE RIGHT REAR CYLINDER HEAD. SCC

Mileage: 63,000

THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HAS A CRACK IN THE MIDDLE AND DOOR IS RUSTY. PH

WHEN PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, MY LOWER TIE ROD ON DRIVER SIDE BROKE. NO PRIOR WARNING COULD BE FELT. *JB

Mileage: 61,000

SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT INCIDENT THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BECAME WOBBLY AND UNSTABLE WHEN DRIVING, THE PASSENGER REPORTS THE SEAT MOVES SIDE TO SIDE. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. MY (INDEPENDENT) MECHANIC SAID THAT THE WELD GAVE WAY. I PLAN TO DISCUSS IT WITH A FORD DEALER. *JB

Mileage: 47,920

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE (TURN-ON) UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN DRIVING AND SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION. DEALERSHIP SAYS THE CONTROL MODULE IS "DEFECTIVE" BUT WILL NOT WARRANTY THE REPAIR SINCE THERE IS NO RECALL. IT IS A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE AS THE DISTRACTION COULD ARISE AT ANYTIME WHILE DRIVING. ...

MY 1999 FORD F-150 HAS A CRACK IN THE ON THE SHEET METAL DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. CRACK IS LOCATED LOWER RIGHT SIDE. SINCE I NOTICED MY DOOR CRACKED I'VE BEN ON THE LOOK OUT FOR OTHER CRACKED DOORS. TO DATE AND AT RANDOM I HAVE FOUND 11 OUT OF 14 F-150'S WITH ONE OR BOTH DOORS CRACKED.SO FAR I HAVE BEEN A...

HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL ONTO EXHAUST PIPE CAUSING IT TO BURN AND RELEASE SMOKE INTO VEHICLE'S INTERIOR CABIN. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, WHO ADMITTED THAT HEAD GASKET WAS DEFECTIVE, BUT WILL NOT ASSIST IN REPAIRING IT BECAUSE WARRANTY EXPIRED. TS....*AK

Mileage: 48,000

THE TRUCK WAS STARTED, WHEN PUT IN DRIVE, THE TRUCK WENT INTO FULL ACCELERATION. BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BUT WERE NOT EFFECTIVE. TRUCK WAS STILL ACCELERATING. THEN TURNED OFF THE KEY, TO STOP ENGINE. THE ENGINE DID NOT STOP RUNNING FOR A FEW MINUTES. THIS WAS A TERRIFING EXPERIENCE. IF IT WOULD H...

Mileage: 92,000

CONSUMER STATED BOTH EXTERIOR SIDE MIRRORS APPEARED SHADEY, WHICH CAUSED LOW VISIBITY WHEN TRING TO CHANGE LANES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB

I HAVE A 1999 FORD F-150 PICK-UP WITH 5.4L V-8 ENGINE. IT HAS HAD A OIL LEAK ON THE RIGHTHAND HEADGASKET. FORD REPAIRED THIS PROBLEM, AND IT DOSEN'T SEEM TO BE LEAKING ANY MORE. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS PLAGUED MANY OF THESE TRUCKS.

1999 FORD F150 5.4L WITH BADLY LEAKING HEAD GASKET RIGHT SIDE. SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR FORD YET NO RECALL OR ASSISTANCE FROM FORD? LEAKING OIL IS A HAZARD AND OIL ON HOT ENGINE COMPONENTS NOT SAFE.

Mileage: 58,000

CONSUMER STATES' WHEN DOOR IS SHUT, COMPUTER REGISTERS THAT DOOR IS OPEN. CONSUMER STATES AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT ILLUMINATES FOR NO REASON. THE REFLECTION OF LIGHT ON WINDSHIELD EFFECTS CONSUMERS VISION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

SET CRUISE CONTROL ON 70MPH, AFTER APPROX. 2 MILES I TAPPED THE BRAKES TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL AND NOTHING HAPPENED, TRIED THREE MORE TIME WITHOUT ANY RESPONSE. TRIED TO TURN OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL BY HITTING THE OFF BUTTON BUT STILL DIDN'T GET ANY RESPONSE. PUT BOTH FEET ON BRAKE PEDAL AND...

THIS IS A SVT ADDISON VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURER OWNERS NOTIFICATION FOR THIS VEHICLE ENGINE INTER COOLER, BUT THE NOTIFCATION ENDED SEPTEMBER 2002. PER THE NOTIFICATION THEIRS A DEFECT IN THE INTER COOLER THAT CAUSES COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE, WHICH RESULTS IN ENG...

THE CRACK IN THE DOOR IS COMING OUT FROM BEHIND THE WEATHER STRIPPING AROUND THE WINDOW. TO MY UNDERSTANDING IT IS DUE TO A FLEX IN THE SHEET MEDAL BEING TO THIN. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE HEAD GASKET BLEW CAUSING COOLANT FLUID TO LEAK. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

1 WEEK BEFORE TIRE HAD BLOW OUT OF SAME SERIES ON RIGHT SIDE REAR THAT TREAD SEPERATED FROM SIDE WALL. DT

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE SPARK PLUG BEEN REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE MORE THAN TWO TIMES SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED.DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHY IS THIS HAPPENING WITH THE VEHICLE. MR

NOTICED A SMELL OF BURNT MOTOR OIL AT RIGHT SIDE FRONT ON 11/9/2002. CHECK ALL FLUID LEVELS. THEY WERE OK WENT TO AUTO DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK MONDAY MORNING 11/11/2002. MECHANIC CHECK THE TRUCK OUT AND FOUND OUT THE HEAD GASKET LEAKING OIL. HE SAID HE HAS REPLACED SEVERAL OF THESE TYPE HEAD...

CONSUMER STATE WHILE TRAVELING NOTICE A OIL SMELL INSIDE VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICE OIL WAS LEAKING BETWEEN ENGINE BLOCK AND THE HEAD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CRACKS IN DOOR ON F150, BOTH DOORS. ----DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/01 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS--------769337. *AK

Mileage: 50,212

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH VEHICLE STALLS/ DIE WITHOUT WARNING THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. MR CONSUMER WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WENT BAD AND WAS IN NEED OF REPLACING. *JG *JB

Mileage: 99,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH VEHICLE STALLS/ DIE WITHOUT WARNING THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. MR CONSUMER WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WENT BAD AND WAS IN NEED OF REPLACING. *JG *JB

Mileage: 99,000

WHILE PULLING INSIDE OF A PARKING LOT AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. HIS FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE ACELERATED. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LOCATION OFF THE SPARE TIRE, IS CAUSING THE TIRE TO HAVE GROVES IN THE SIDE WALL, WITHOUT IT BEING USED OR REMOVE. CAUSE IT TIGHTEN SO SEVERELY. SIZE LT24575R16. ORGINIAL EQUIPMENT. TS

WHILE FOLLOWING OTHER VEHICLES, THEY STOPPED FOR A TURNING CAR AND WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES NOTHING HAPPENED. I WAS PRACTICALLY STANDING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH NO RESULTS. MY TRUCK PLOWED INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER TRUCK WHICH THEN HIT A THIRD VEHICLE. I WAS INJURED AND THE TRUCK I HIT WAS TOTALLED. ...

HAD A FLAT TIRE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WE PURCHASED VEHICLE. THE SPARE HAS BEEN IN THE CARRIER SINCE THE PICK UP WAS NEW, WE BOUGHT FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER, WE KNOW THEM PERSONALLY. THE SPARE TIRE HAD 8 RIBS CUT INTO THE TIRE FROM THE CARRIER. THE TIRE WAS IN THE CORRECT POSITION, WITH THE CORRE...

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE REAR WINDSHIELD HAD CRACK STARTING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE BOTTOM ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD AND DURING RAINY WEATHER WATER CAN LINK INTO THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

CONSUMER STATES THE TIRE INFLATION TIRES WILL NOT HOLD AIR. CONSUMER HAS TO RE-INFLATE TIRES EVERY SIX DAYS. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. MR

THE BACKING ON BOTH DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS SIDE REAR VIEW MIRRORS IS SEPERATING FROM THE GLASS MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSIBLE TO SEE OUT OF. THIS IS DEFINITETLY A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. MR

CONSUMER STATES THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE CABLE BROKE FROM THE CONNECTOR, WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. NLM

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 30 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED HIS PATH AND CONSUMER SLAMMED INTO THE REAR. CONSUMER STATES THAT NONE OF THE VEHICLES AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HAS A CRACK IN THE METAL NEAR THE WINDOW. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TENSION WIRE SEPARATED AND SHREADED THE SERPENTINE BELT WHILE DRIVING. CAUSES LOSS OF OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. NLM

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING, CAUSING LOSS OF VISIBILITY. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. *JG

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING, CAUSING LOSS OF VISIBILITY. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. *JG

WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY ENGAGE WITHOUT WARNING.*AK JLG

CONSUMER STATES THE CIRCUIT BOARD ON THE VEHICLE HAS MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO STOP WORKING. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAVE NO REMEMDY. *JB *YH

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, CONSUMER TURNED ON CRUISE CONTROL AND WHEN TRYING TO TURN IT OFF, VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONED, VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN CRUISE CONTROL. CONTACTED DEALER WHO WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK CONSUMER TURNED OFF IGNITION TO SEE IF THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD SHUT OFF, WHEN TURNING IGNIT...

P255/75R17, WHILE DRIVING 60MPH TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION.*AK CONSUMER REPLACED 2 OF THE TIRES DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION, DOT NUMBER AD9C448, FOR BOTH TIRES, CONTINENTAL TIRES. *SLC

THE GOVT SHOULD OUT LAW HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE (HID) HEADLIGHTS ON ANY VEHICLE NEW OR USE.. THEY ARE TO BRIGHT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 10MPH METAL HOIST THAT HOLDS SPARE TIRE BROKE OFF.*AK

WHILE SHIFTING VEHICLE INTO GEAR ALL GEARS WILL BECOME STUCK, AND WILL NOT RELEASE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

MASTER CYLINDER FAILED WITH NO WARNING. PEDAL DESCENDED TO THE FLOOR WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

THIS 5.4 LITRE ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL FROM THE HEAD GASKET ONTO HOT ENGINE WITH MINOR SMOKING. *AK *YH

THE LEFT DRIVERS DOOR EXHIBITS A (STRESS?) CRACK APPROX. 1/4 IN. LONG LOCATED AT THE EXTERIOR RADIUS WHERE THE DOOR PANEL MEETS THE GLASS OF THE SIDE WINDOW AT AN AREA CLOSEST TO THE DRIVERS DOOR HANDLE. SUBJECT CRACK RUNS HORIZONTALLY FOR APPROX. 1/4 INCH. DEALER STATES THIS CRACK CAN CONTINUE T...

LEFT FRONT RIM IS SHOWING SIGNS OF STRESS CRACKS ON THE INSIDE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER LOOKED AT THE RIM AND STATED THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF POTHOLE OR CURB DAMAGE, HOWEVER THE MANUFACTURER STATED THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME TYPE OF DAMAGE WITHOUT EVE...

WE PURCHASED THIS TRUCK IN OCT 1999 NEW, WE HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES FOR THE BRAKE PROBLEM. IT FIRST STARTED OUT WITH THE BRAKES LOCKING UP WHEN IT WAS DAMP OUT, THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM AT THAT TIME .THE NEXT TIME THEY SAID IT WAS THE AXEL SEAL LEAKING. ON JULY 11, 02 THEY SAID IT WAS...

WE PURCHASED THIS TRUCK IN OCT 1999 NEW, WE HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES FOR THE BRAKE PROBLEM. IT FIRST STARTED OUT WITH THE BRAKES LOCKING UP WHEN IT WAS DAMP OUT, THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM AT THAT TIME .THE NEXT TIME THEY SAID IT WAS THE AXEL SEAL LEAKING. ON JULY 11, 02 THEY SAID IT WAS...

WE PURCHASED THIS TRUCK IN OCT 1999 NEW, WE HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES FOR THE BRAKE PROBLEM. IT FIRST STARTED OUT WITH THE BRAKES LOCKING UP WHEN IT WAS DAMP OUT, THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM AT THAT TIME .THE NEXT TIME THEY SAID IT WAS THE AXEL SEAL LEAKING. ON JULY 11, 02 THEY SAID IT WAS...

WE PURCHASED THIS TRUCK IN OCT 1999 NEW, WE HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES FOR THE BRAKE PROBLEM. IT FIRST STARTED OUT WITH THE BRAKES LOCKING UP WHEN IT WAS DAMP OUT, THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM AT THAT TIME .THE NEXT TIME THEY SAID IT WAS THE AXEL SEAL LEAKING. ON JULY 11, 02 THEY SAID IT WAS...

VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE HEAVILY DUE TO BUBBLES IN TIRES, DUNLOP TIRES SIZE 28575R16. *AK *YH

WHILE BACKING OUT CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM FRONT END. DEALER DETERMINED TIE ROD END HAD BROKEN ON DRIVER SIDE OF VEHICLE.*AK

SEAL FAILER AT 75 MPH CAUSED THE OVERRIVE TO FAIL, CAUSING TRANSMISSION BANDS TO FAIL. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY POLICY, HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO COVER THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THEY FEEL THE TRANSMISSION WAS DELIBERATELY RUN WITH OUT FLUID. THE REAR SEAL FAILED, CAUSING THE REAR HOUSING TO...

FRONT CRASH AT 45 MPH,AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. MINOR INJURIES TO DRIVER, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.*AK

SINCE 74,000 MILES TWO FRONT TIE ROD ENDS HAVE FAILED WITHIN FIVE MONTHS. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PASSENGER SIDE REAR CYLINDER SPARK PLUG MOUNT STRIPPED AND BLEW THE SPARK PLUG OUT CAUSING ENGINE DAMAGE. DEALER TOLD ME THE HEAD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED $$$$. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY INFORMATION ON THE PROBLEM I HAD. THEY FORWARDED THE COMPLAINT ON TO THEIR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ...

OIL WAS LEAKING FROM GASKETS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKET. 2500 MILES LATER LEAKING STARTED AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND TH...

SIDE VIEW MIRRORS ON LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE HAVE FADED AND IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO LOOK AT ANYTHING IN THOSE MIRRORS. CONTACTED DEALER WHO IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK *JG

HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL. HAD PART REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK VEHICLE WENT BACK TO DEALER BUT NO SIGNS OF LEAK. CONSUMER ADDS THIS IS A SLOW LEAK AND CANNOT BE DETECTED IN A SHORT DIAGNOSIS. *TT

WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN FRONTAL COLLISON AND DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, BUT DRIVER STILL HIT WINDSHIELD.*AK *MJ

THREAD SEPARATD/ BLOWOUT. *AK

MIRRORS ON BOTH SIDE DOORS ARE DE LAMINATING THE REFLECTANT ON THE BACK OF THE MIRRORS. THIS AT FIRST LOOKS LIKE PAINT OVERSPARAY, BUT CONTINUES UNTILL YOU CAN NOT SEE OUT OF THE MIRRORS. THEY ARE SIMPLY BLACK. THEY ARE THE FORD SIGNAL MIRRORS WITH TURN SIGNALS BUILT IN. I WAS TOLD BY THE PARTS DEPA...

THE HEAD GASKET ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE IS BLOWN. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THE OIL LEAKING OUT OF THE ENGINE COULD CAUSE A FIRE. *YD *TS

ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL DUE TO A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK SAME SYMPTOMS AND PROBLEMS HAVE APPEARED AGAIN, BUT VEHICLE IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY. *TT

COULD THE GENERAL PUBLIC VIEW THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM?NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

LIFT ASSEMBLY STEEL CABLE SHEARED WHERE IT MEETS COMPRESSION MOLDED RETAINER. WHEN THE CABLE SHEARED IT ALLOWED SEVERAL PIECES OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE SPARE TIRE TO DROP TO THE PAVEMENT. HAD I BEEN ON A ROAD OR HIGHWAY WHEN THE TIRE FELL, IT MAY HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I PURCHASED AND INSTAL...

BOTH MIRRORS ARE PEALING, I'VE LOST 90 % OF MY VIEW. I HAVE THE MIRRORS WITH THE LIGHTED TURNS SIGNALS IN THEM. FORD HAS USED A FILM LIKE TINT ON THEM AND THEY ARE NOT HOLDING UP. THEY HAVE GONE TO A NEW STYLE MIRROR ON THE NEWER TRUCKS USING A REGULAR MIRROR WITH THE LIGHTED TURN SIGNALS ON THE OU...

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED REAR WHEEL LOCK UP DURING A PANIC STOP SITUATION, VEHICLE SLID AND CONSUMER NEARLY LOST CONTROL, DEALER STATED THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING REPLACEMENT OF THE REAR BRAKE SHOES, THIS WAS TO MAKE THE ABS FUNCTION, CONSUMER FEELS HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CHARGED FOR THESE R...

SECOND TIME IN TO DEALER FOR THE SAME HEAD GASKET FAILURE, 1'ST AT 24,500 MI 2'ND AT 26700. DEALER IS TRYING TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT HOW MANY MORE TIMES MUST I TAKE IT BACK FOR A PROBLEM FORD IS AWARE OF.*AK

THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYES ON AND THE DOME LIGHT AND CARGO LIGHTS STAY ON FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. *AK

DOOR AJAR INDICATOR STAYS ILLUMINATED. INTERIOR AND CARGO LIGHTS STAY ILLUMINATED ALTHOUGH DOORS ARE SHUT, ALSO DRIVERS SIDE DOOR IS THE ONLY ONE THAT IS USED. PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 3 MONTHS.*AK. CONSUMER ALSO STATED IF THE KEY IS IN THE IGNITON THE BELL WILL GO OFF.*JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING INNER TIRE ROD BROKE . DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER WANTS INFORMATION ON WHAT THE MANUFACTURER IS DOING ABOUT THE WINDOW FRAME DOOR CRACKS. HIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. *JG *NM

CONSUMER STATES BOTH DOORS ON VEHICLE IS CRACKED. CONTACT DEALER, AND DEALER KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH DOOR, A SPLIT WAS OUTSIDE OF GLASS.*JB

WINDSHEILD WIPERS COME ON FOR NO APARANT REASON. THIS IS THE 5TH CONSECUTIVE FORD PRODUCT (1994-1999) I HAVE OWNED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDSHEILD WIPER SWITCH!*AK

ROTORS WEAR OUT TO SOON.*JB

OIL LEAKING FROM HEAD GASKETS, CAUSING BURNED OIL SMELL, DRIPS ON EXAUST,SMOKES ALSO, SCARED OF FIRE HAZARD.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 OR 60 MPH HIT A RETAINER WALL HEA-ON AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. FRONTAL IMPACT. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

ON BOTH SIDES OF VEHICLE MIRRORS HAVE BLACK SPOTS, AND CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO SEE.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS CRACKING ON OUTSIDE THROUGH METAL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NOTHING COULD BE DONE. DOOR WAS UNDER SHEET METAL. *AK *YH

CRACK IS STARTING AT METAL PART OF WINDOW.ALSO, CRACKING IS SHOWING ALL AROUND DOOR STRUCTURE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CABLE WHICH HOLDS SPARE TIRE HAS BROKEN AND CAUSED LOSS OF EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE. MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CRITICAL COMPONENT OF ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILING AT LESS THAN 5000 MILES? FORD MOTOR TREATING AS NORMAL REPAIR ITEM AND EXPECTING CUSTOMER TO PAY HALF OF COST.*AK

VEHICLE SHUTDOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THERE WAS A LOUD BANGING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD DEALERSHIP WA SAWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL FROM THE RIGHT SIDE MOTOR. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK *YH

WHILE PULLING INTO PARKING LOT VEHICLE WAS HARD TO STEER, MECHANIC DETERMINED THE INNER TIE ROD HAD BROKEN. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE SNAPPED CAUSING THE TIRE TO SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL HARD TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKE ARE APPLIED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. NLM

I STARTED HAVEING WARPED BRAKES AROUND 13,000 MILES THIS TRUCK WENT THROUGH 4 BRAKE JOBS I ASKED THE LAST TIME TO SPEAK WITH A FIELD REPRESENTATIVE, BUT WAS DENIED. IN LESS THEN 500 MILES AFTER LAST BREAK JOB I COMPLINED TO THE DEALER THAT SOMETHING WAS LOOSE THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYT...

ACCORDING TO SERVICE MANAGER AT A ST. PAUL, MN FORD DEALER, FORD HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE 5.4 L ENGINES PASSENGER SIDE REAR CYLINDER SPARK PLUG MOUNT STRIPPING AND BLOWING THE SPARK PLUG OUT CAUSING ENGINE DAMAGE. I WAS TOLD THAT FORD HAS KEPT THIS QUIET BUT HAVE COVERED COSTS ON THIS UP T...

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS SPLITTING ON OUTSIDE AT METAL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DOOR IS ON BACKORDER . DEALER INDICATED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH DOORS.*AK

THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ON MY TRUCK HAS CRACKED FOR THE SECOND TIME. I KNOW OF OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND FORD SAID THEY WONT REPLACE IT AND I DONT FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE A DOOR FOR THE SEND TIME IN 3 YEARS WHEN I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD BY THE BODY S...

THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE EXTERIOR MIRRORS ARE LOSING THEIR REFLECTIVITY. THIS IS CLEARLY A FACTORY DEFECT AND PRESENTS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD TO THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE AND PASSENGERS OF THE VEHICLE. FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP HAVE BOTH REFUSED TO RECALL THE MIRRO...

I AM CONCERNED THAT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY HAS BEEN COMPROMISED BY THIS FACTORY DESIGN DEFECT. I AM CONCERNED THAT IN A CRASH THIS DOOR WILL FAIL TO PROTECT ME, SINCE IT HAS ALREADY CRACKED. I AM STILL AWAITING THE PASS. SIDE TO CRACK AS WELL. ALMOST ALL OF THIS MODEL YEAR AS WELL AS 1997, 1998, A...

BLOWN RIGHT HEAD GASKET. *AK

THIS CRASH CRUSHED THE BUMPER,GRILL RADIATOR, CROSS SUPPORTS AND THE 2 FENDERS. AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

FORD DEALER DIAGNOSED, INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED, A BAD/LEAKING HEAD GASKET. PRESS RELEASED ISSUED BY FORD TODAY FOR LEAKY HEAD GASKET DEFECT ON 5.4L ENGINES. THIS SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO COVER 4.6L ENGINES AS WELL.*AK

VEHICLE GETS LESS THAN 15 MPG, SOMETIMES LESS THAN 14 MPG UNDER ALL DRIVING CONDITIONS. ADVERTISED MILEAGE WAS 15 CITY 17 HWY. NOT EVEN CLOSE! NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

THE LATCH THAT HOLDS THE BACK SEAT DOWN UNLATCHES WHEN I TIGHTEN CARSEAT BELT TO SECURE IT SAFELY. *AK

THERE WAS NO WARING OR SOUNDS INDICATING A PROBLEM.A/C STARTED BLOWING HOT AIR, I PULLED OVER AND LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND FOUND THE COMPRESSOR ON FIRE.THIS COULD HAVE HAD A DEVISTATING ENDING HAD MY WIFE BEEN DRIVING BECAUSE SHE WOULD HAVE KEPT GOING.THIS IS VERY UPSETING TO THINK OF WHAT COULD HA...

WHILE LOOKING VEHICLE OVER, CONSUMER NOTICED CRACKS ON TOP OF DOOR FRAME BY WINDOW. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER WANTS $300 FOR REPAIR, THEY HAVE SPECIAL KIT FOR THIS REPAIR BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY HAVE FAULTY DOORS. *YD

DRIVER'S SEAT FAILED TO HOLD UPON IMPACT, CAUSING INJURY TO DRIVER. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY CONSUMER WAS SMELLING OIL COMING INSIDE OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL FROM GASKET. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

DEALER REPAIRED A FLAT AND PLACED THE SPARE TIRE UNDER THE BACK OF THE TRUCK ON THE SPARE TIRE RETAINER APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH AGO. TODAY, WHILE SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY, THE SPARE TIRE RETAINER CABLE SNAPPED AND THE SPARE TIRE FELL TO THE GROUND. HAD THIS OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY, AN ACCIDENT COULD H...

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR CRACKED AT REAR CORNER OF WINDOW.FORD WILL NOT REPAIR BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY.*AK

OIL IS LEAKING ON PASSENGER'S SIDE BETWEEN THE CYLINDER HEAD AND ENGINE BLOCK. THIS LEAKAGE COULD EVENTUALLY CAUSE HEAD GASKET TO BLOW. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

HEAD GASKETS BLEWOUT. 2 SETS OF HEAD GASKETS BLEWOUT WITHIN LAST 6 MONTHS. ALSO WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH TRANSMISSION. *AK

HEAD GASKETS BLEWOUT. 2 SETS OF HEAD GASKETS BLEWOUT WITHIN LAST 6 MONTHS. ALSO WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH TRANSMISSION. *AK

TRUCK WAS BROUGHT IN FOR SCHEDULED SERVICE AND I WAS INFORMED A HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING. THIS IS A VEHICLE THAT HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. I DON'T BELIEVE THE ENGINE HAS EVER GONE OVER 3000 RPM, COST TO REPAIR $2,200. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SUBM...

DRIVERS SEAT BELT CAME OUT OF HOLDER IN A ROLL OVER ACCIDENT TRAVELING APPROX. 65 MPH. *AK

TWO REAR WHEEL BEARINGS CRACKED, AND IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT FOR CONSUMER TO CONTROL VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

ENGINE CYLINDER IN BACK OF VEHICLE IS LEAKING OIL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK THE OIL LEAKS ONTO MANIFOLD AND STARTER, STRONG ODOR OF BURNING OIL WAS PRESENT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE OIL LEAKS FROM THE RIGHT HAND HEAD GASKET AT THE REAR OF THE BLOCK OR HEAD ...

I NOTICED THE SMELL OF HOT OR BURNING OIL EVERY TIME I STOP. I HAD A MECHANIC CHECK FOR THE PROBLEM. HE TOLD ME I HAD A LEAKING HEAD GASKET ON THE RIGHT REAR SIDE OF THE ENGINE. I FEEL IT COULD CAUSE A FIRE. NHTSA HAS BULTNS SB620275, SB612444, SB612291 HELP! FORD WON'T FIX WITHOUT GREAT COST. *AK

THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRRORS ARE DELAMINATING, THE DEALER POINTED OUT THAT THEY SHOULD BE REPLACED, BUT THE MANUFACTURER DECLINED TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT COST DUE TO VEHICLE BEING OVER 36000 MILES. *YH

THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRRORS ARE DELAMINATING, THE DEALER POINTED OUT THAT THEY SHOULD BE REPLACED, BUT THE MANUFACTURER DECLINED TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT COST DUE TO VEHICLE BEING OVER 36000 MILES. *YH

THE CRANKSHAFT WENT OUT OF THE TRUCK AT 59K MILES. THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. FORD IS UNCOOPERATIVE. *AK

RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL ONTO ENGINE.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED A CRACK ON BOTH DOORS AT POST WHERE IT CURBED. CRACK HAD DEVELOPED ABOUT AN INCH LONG. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY SOLUTION TO PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS A A PROBLEM WITH DRIVESHAFT "RUN-UP" IT MAKES LOUD SOUND AND YOU CAN FEEL IT WHEN STOPPING OR ACELLERATING. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE DEALSHIP TWICE. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE UNTIL I TOOK THEM FOR A TEST DRIVE. THE SHOP FOREMAN HEARD AND FELT THE DRIVESHAFT "RUN-UP" HE...

CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED, ALSO THE REAR FRAME HORNS WERE REPAIRED.*JB

CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED, ALSO THE REAR FRAME HORNS WERE REPAIRED.*JB

CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A SLACK FEELING IN THE POWERTRAIN. *JG

VEHICLE HAS A HOWLING NOISE IN THE REAR SUSPENSION, TOOK TO DEALER, HAD REPLACED PART OF THE REAR END,HOWEVER IT DID NOT CHANGE THE PROBLEM, WAS INFORMED THIS IS NORMAL ON SOME MODELS. *JG

CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED.*JB

VEHICLE HAS A HOWLING NOISE IN THE REAR SUSPENSION, TOOK TO DEALER, HAD REPLACED PART OF THE REAR END,HOWEVER IT DID NOT CHANGE THE PROBLEM, WAS INFORMED THIS IS NORMAL ON SOME MODELS. *JG

IGNITION WIRE ON STARTER HAS BROKE OFF, DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER STATED THE WIRING HARNESS HAS TOO MUCH WEIGHT TO THE STARTER.*SLC

LEAKING OIL FROM THE HEAD ON RIGHT SIDE. WELL KNOWN PROBLEM. RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE. TO MANY PEOPLE ARE SPENDING TO MUCH MONEY FOR THESE PROBLEMS. I DONT WANT TO BE ANOTHER STATISTIC. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAS GONE BAD TWICE, AND BOTH TIMES WHILE CONUSMER WAS ON STREET. ALSO, WAS LEAKING OIL AFTER GASKET BROKE. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

DRIVERS DOOR HAS A CRACK IN THE SHEET METAL ABOUT THREE OR FOUR INCHCES ABOVE THE BELT MOULDING AT THE REAR CORNER OF THE GLASS. THE DEALER SO FAR HAS REF SED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM AND AT FIRST COMPLETELY DENIED THAT THERE WAS EVEN A PROBLEM. CLEARLY THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT THEY ...

ROUGH ENGINE IDLE. DEALER CHECKED 3X'S AND SAYS IT'S THE WAY FORD LEANS THE ENGINES THAT CAUSES THE ROUGH IDLE. THEY CAN'T REPLACE PARTS UNLESS THEY FIND A BAD ONE. THEY RAN ELECTRICAL TEST EQUIPMENT AND FOUND NOTHING. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN STOPPING AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY START TO ACCELERATE AS IF SOMEONE SLAMMED FOOT ON ACCELERATOR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

OIL LEAKING FROM HEADGASKET ONTO MOTOR. MOTOR IS NEW, AND THIS PROBLEM SHOULD NOT OCCUR. DEALER STATED ENGINE GASKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER STATEDTHERE MIGHT BE A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT AN IMPACT, WHILE MOVING IN VEHICLE.

SMELLED BURNING OIL. LOOKED UNDER TRUCK AND NOTICED OIL LEAKAGE ON CONNECTION BETWEEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND EXHAUST PIPE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHICH WAS BLOWN HEAD GASKET. RECEIVED NO DETAILED DESCRIPTION AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED OR EXTENT OF OTHER EQUIPMENT DAMAGE. HEAD AND VALVE GASKE...

THIS VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH OUTSIDE "SIGNAL" MIRRORS (RED LEDS BEHIND GLASS). THE RIGHT SIDE MIRROR HAS SUFFERED A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF REFLECTANT MATERIAL FROM THE SURFACE, REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ABOUT 40% OF ORIGINAL (SATISFACTORY ONLY IN BRIGHT DAYLIGHT). THE LEFT SIDE MIRROR HAS BEGUN TO LOSE RE...

STEERING SECTOR WAS MAKING A NOISE WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER COULD NOT FIX VEHICLE . CONTACTED FORD, AND FORD WENT ALONG WITH DEALERSHIP. *AK *SLC

I WAS DRIVING THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AT APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF OF MY 1999 F-150, CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASH INTO A VEHICALE PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET. THE IMPACT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE I STRUCK AND SEV...

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH WHEN IT HIT A CEMENT BARRIER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING THIS INCIDENT. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED TO DETERMINE A REASON FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

I AM CURIOUS IF ANYONE ELSE HAS EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD IT IS NORMAL TO REPLACE BALL JOINTS, AND CONTROL ARMS FOR BOTH SIDES AT 57000 MILES.*AK

I TURNED RIGHT FROM A STOP SIGN AND MERGED INTO TRAFFIC. I HAD A CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND SEVERAL BEHIND ME. I FLOORED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. WHEN I RELEASED THE PEDAL IT WAS STUCK TO THE FLOOR AND DID NOT DEPRESS. AT THIS TIME I STEPPED ON THE PEDAL AGAIN TO SEE IF THIS WOULD FREE IT BUT THERE WAS N...

SUDEN JUMP IN IDLE SPEED(TO3000)RPM.DANGEROUS TO HOLD VEHICLE STOPPED IN SNOW. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT TO LOW GEAR TILL RMP DROPS BELOW 1000. DANGEROUS TO STOP VEHICLE. FOOT MUST BE APPLIED FIRMLY ON BRAKE PEDAL AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STOP FOR FEAR OF VEHICLE LURCHING FORW...

SUDEN JUMP IN IDLE SPEED(TO3000)RPM.DANGEROUS TO HOLD VEHICLE STOPPED IN SNOW. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT TO LOW GEAR TILL RMP DROPS BELOW 1000. DANGEROUS TO STOP VEHICLE. FOOT MUST BE APPLIED FIRMLY ON BRAKE PEDAL AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STOP FOR FEAR OF VEHICLE LURCHING FORW...

SUDEN JUMP IN IDLE SPEED(TO3000)RPM.DANGEROUS TO HOLD VEHICLE STOPPED IN SNOW. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT TO LOW GEAR TILL RMP DROPS BELOW 1000. DANGEROUS TO STOP VEHICLE. FOOT MUST BE APPLIED FIRMLY ON BRAKE PEDAL AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STOP FOR FEAR OF VEHICLE LURCHING FORW...

SUDEN JUMP IN IDLE SPEED(TO3000)RPM.DANGEROUS TO HOLD VEHICLE STOPPED IN SNOW. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT TO LOW GEAR TILL RMP DROPS BELOW 1000. DANGEROUS TO STOP VEHICLE. FOOT MUST BE APPLIED FIRMLY ON BRAKE PEDAL AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STOP FOR FEAR OF VEHICLE LURCHING FORW...

DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT DOORS ARE CRACKING AROUND WINDOW, BODY OF VEHICLE IS FRAGILE. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED, ESPECIALLY IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT, DOORS MAY NOT HOLD. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK *ET

REAR AXEL HAS CRACKED TWICE ON MY FORD F-150. I HAVE NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS AND HAVE NOT BOTTOMED OUT MY CAR. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF IMPACT ON MY VEHICAL. *AK

CRACK IN THE DOOR SHEET METAL AT THE LOWER REAR OF THE WINDOW OPENING NEAR THE BELT MOLDING. *AK

I GOT IN A ACCIDENT WITH A DEER AND WAS TALKING WITH REPAIR PERSONAL. WHEN ONE ASKED IF I WAS HAVING ANY TROUBLE WITH MY DOOR. I SAID IT SHAKES WHEN HITTING BUMPS. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE DOOR FLYING OPEN WHEN ROLL OVER OCCUR. HE SAID THEY HAVE SEEN ALOT OF THEM CRACKING RIGHT AT THE WINDOW BASE T...

VEHICLE STALLS FOR NO REASON INTERMITTENTLY, DEALER CHANGED FUEL, BUT THAT FAILED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE SHAKES AND VIBRATES. BRAKES ARE DEFECTIVE AND HOLD A LITTLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN YOU EXTEND THE DRIVER OR PASSANGER SEAT BELTS THEY DO NOT RETRACT I HAVE TALKED WITH SEVERAL OWNERS OF 99 FORD TRUCKS AND CARS WHO ALSO HAVE THIS PROBLEM I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS WAS A SAFTY HAZZARD AND IF INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WOULD THE SEAT BELTS WORK I HAVE ASKED THE DEALER IF THAT ...

CATALYIC CONVERTER HAD BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. FUEL WAS GOING INTO ENGINE /BURNED THROUGH AND CAUSED A HOLE IN CATAYLIC CONVERTER. NO REMEDY.*AK

CATALYIC CONVERTER HAD BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. FUEL WAS GOING INTO ENGINE /BURNED THROUGH AND CAUSED A HOLE IN CATAYLIC CONVERTER. NO REMEDY.*AK

BOTH SIDE MIRRORS WERE "BUBBLED UP" INSIDE THE GLASS (MIRROR WITH TURN SIGNAL INSIDE) TO THE POINT THAT YOU COULD NOT SEE OUT OF THEM TO SAFELY DRIVE THE VEHICLE. DEALER DID AGREE TO REPLACE AT "DEALER COST" (OVER $200). THE PERSON IN THE BODY SHOP WHO REPLACED THE MIRRORS SAID THAT IT WAS A FACTO...

TRANSMISSION CONVERTER STARTED MAKING NOISE WHEN DOWNSHIFTING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM . THERE WERE STRESS CRACKS ON ROOF. ALSO, SHEET METAL SHOWED A GAP BETWEEN OPENINGS. *AK

TRANSMISSION CONVERTER STARTED MAKING NOISE WHEN DOWNSHIFTING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM . THERE WERE STRESS CRACKS ON ROOF. ALSO, SHEET METAL SHOWED A GAP BETWEEN OPENINGS. *AK

I HAVE REPLACED THESE TIRES..I HAVE SENT FORD MOTOR CO. ALL THE PAPERS AND FORMS...NOW THEY KEEP GIVING ME A COMPLETE RUN AROUND..THEY SENT ME BACK TO THE DEALER..THE DEALER DON'T KNOW WHY THEY SENNT ME TO THEM...ALL I AM ASKING IS MY REFUND WHEN I BOUGHT THE TIRES..I CAN SEE ...

LUG NUT PROVIDED FOR ALUMINUM WHEELS DO NOT FIT FLUSH ON THE STEEL RIM, RESULTING IN COMING LOOSE AND VEHICLE WOBBLES AND CONTROL LOST, THIS HAPPEN EVERY TIME THE LUG ARE RETIGHTED.

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 MPH ATTEMPTED TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT BRAKES FAILED. TRUCK CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, CAUSING 2 PASSENGERS TO BE TAKEN BY AMBULANCE - NO OTHER INFORMATION AS TO WHAT INJURIES THEY RECEIVED. DEALERSHIP HAD PREVIOUSLY EXAMINED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES FOR COMP...

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 MPH ATTEMPTED TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT BRAKES FAILED. TRUCK CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, CAUSING 2 PASSENGERS TO BE TAKEN BY AMBULANCE - NO OTHER INFORMATION AS TO WHAT INJURIES THEY RECEIVED. DEALERSHIP HAD PREVIOUSLY EXAMINED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES FOR COMP...

BRAKE PEDAL FAILURE, NO ADVANCE WARNING OF THE PROBLEM, FAILURE THEN TO REAR RESULTING IN PEDAL GOING TO FLOOR.

THERE WAS A STRONG EXHAUST SMELL IN VEHICLE. A SMALL PART THAT ALLOWED AIR TO ENTER VEHICLE, HAD A PLASTIC DOOR. PART IN THIS VEHICLE IT WAS WARPED, NEVER CLOSED. DEALER ORDERED NEW PART WHICH WAS ALSO WARPED. DEALER ORDERED MORE PARTS, ALL WERE DEFECTIVE. FORD REPRESENTATIVE STATED THERE WAS NO RE...

WINDSHIELD WIPER SUDDENLY COMES ON WITHOUT BEING SWITCHED BY THE DRIVER. THIS IS VERY STARTLING AND DISTRACTING TO THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE. I FEEL IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE IT FRIGHTENS THE OPERATOR

CONSUMER STATEED THAT THE WHEEL LOCKS UP WHILE BRAKING ALSO,THE BRAKE PEDAL, DRUM, ROTORS AND PADS WERE FAILED AND REPLACED. *YH

CONSUMER STATED THAT METALIC BANGING SOUND FROM FRONT END UNDER DASH WHILE DRIVING OVER ROUGH ROAD. *YH

CONSUMER STATES SHIFT LEVER SHAKES, A BANGING NOISE COULD BE HEARD ON ROUGH ROADS DUE TO STEERING SHAFT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO CONTROL ON ROUGH ROADS AT LOW SPEED AND THE DEALER ADJUSTED THE GEAR BOX. *YH

CONSUMER STATEED THAT THE WHEEL LOCKS UP WHILE BRAKING ALSO,THE BRAKE PEDAL, DRUM, ROTORS AND PADS WERE FAILED AND REPLACED. *YH

CONSUMER STATES SHIFT LEVER SHAKES, A BANGING NOISE COULD BE HEARD ON ROUGH ROADS DUE TO STEERING SHAFT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO CONTROL ON ROUGH ROADS AT LOW SPEED AND THE DEALER ADJUSTED THE GEAR BOX. *YH

VEHICLE PARKED & IDLING. SLIPPED INTO REVERSE & ROLLED INTO RIVER - TMDC 1040501008450. *AK

OUTSIDE SIDEWALL COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM TREAD CAP JUST ABOVE WHITE LETTERS AROUND ENTIRE TIRE. LOOKS LIKE THE RIM AND SIDEWALL COMPLETELY DETACHED .*AK (DOT NUMBER: AP08L95114 TIRESIZE: P23570R16)

DRIVER SIDE DOOR HAS CRACKED NOW FOR THE 2ND TIME IN THE SAME PLACE. THE TRUCK WAS REPAIRED AT BOB TOWNSEND FORD IN CINCINNATI, OH AND WHEN I RETURNED TO SHOW THE DEALER THAT THE DOOR WAS CRACKED AGAIN I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MGR THAT SOMETIMES STUFF LIKE THAT HAPPENS. I HAVE NOTICED THE SAME CRAC...

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTATCED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE AN INTERMITTENT LOSS OF WIPER FUNCTION. WIPERS SOMETIMES COME ON/ GO OFF, AND STOP WHILE IN PROCESS. MOTOR SEEMS TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF ELECTRICAL SHORT. CONSUMER HAS TO TAKE IT TO DEALER.*AK

VEHICLE MAKES A HOWLING NOISE, IT JERKED/ ACCELERATED AND A CLUNK NOISE WHEN LETTING OFF GAS. DEALER ADMITTED THEY HEARD A NOISE. CONSUMER ASKED FOR A NEW REAR END, AND DEALER DENIED THE PART. *AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE 2001 MODELS, CONSUMER IS AKSING THAT THE PART B...

VEHICLE MAKES A HOWLING NOISE, IT JERKED/ ACCELERATED AND A CLUNK NOISE WHEN LETTING OFF GAS. DEALER ADMITTED THEY HEARD A NOISE. CONSUMER ASKED FOR A NEW REAR END, AND DEALER DENIED THE PART. *AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE 2001 MODELS, CONSUMER IS AKSING THAT THE PART B...

VEHICLE MAKES A HOWLING NOISE, IT JERKED/ ACCELERATED AND A CLUNK NOISE WHEN LETTING OFF GAS. DEALER ADMITTED THEY HEARD A NOISE. CONSUMER ASKED FOR A NEW REAR END, AND DEALER DENIED THE PART. *AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE 2001 MODELS, CONSUMER IS AKSING THAT THE PART B...

THERE IS A CRACK IN THE SHEET METAL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WHICH HAS STARTED TO RUST THE FORD MOTOR CO. DENIES ANY PROBLEM AND REFUSED TO COVER COST OF REPAIR, BECAUSE IT HAS 53,000 MILES AND I DID NOT PURCHASE THE TRUCK NEW.

VEHICLE WAS GOING 65MPH IN MIDDLE LANE OF HIGHWAY WITH VEHICLES ON BOTH SIDES. CONSUMER HAD RADIO ON AND TURNED IT OFF AFTER NOTICING SMOKE COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER HEARD A RATTLING NOISE ,AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED GETTING OVER. CONSUMER OPENED THE DOOR, AND SAW REAR LEFT SIDE RESTI...

TIRE HAD A CATOSTROPHIC FAILURE IN MY OPINION. I AM FAMILIAR WITH TIRE FAILURE ANALYSIS. I WAS DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE OF A LARGE TRAILER LEASING COMPANY. THIS TIRE SEPARATED AND THEN THE CASING FAILED. I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO TYPE THIS. THE TIRE WAS WARRANTIED BY GENERAL.*AK (TIRESIZE: P2357...

WHILE DECELERATING IN AND APPLYING BRAKES, REAR WHEELS LOST TRACTION AND SKIDED. DRIVER RELEASED BRAKE PEDAL AND REAPPLIED IN AN ATTEMPT TO SLOW DOWN ON EXIT RAMP AND ENTERING CURVE AT APPROX. 40 MPH REAR WHEELS LOST TRACTION AND STARTED TO SKID TO LEFT. DRIVER REGAINED CONTROL. SEVERAL MILES LAT...

CONSUMER NOTICED A CRACK ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR, AND ANOTHER DOOR WAS PUT ON. CURRENTLY, IT WAS HAPPENING TO NEW DOOR.*AK

ELECTRONIC MODULE CAUSES WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO OPERATE IN THE OFF MODE WITHOUT BEING TURNED ON. CAUSES REPEATED SCRAPING AND SCORING OF DRY WINDSHIELD AND DISTRACTION TO DRIVER. *AK

WHILE LOWERING PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE AFTER CHANGING....TRUCK LURCHED FORWARD OFF JACK WHILE PARKING BRAKE ON, IN PARK, 98% OF TRUCK WAS IN GARAGE ON LEVEL CONCRETE, FRONT TIRES ON ONLY SLIGHTLY SLOPED ASPHALT. TRUCK ROLLED 10-12 INCHES BEFORE STOPPING. DANGER OF TOO EASY ROLLOFF AND INADEQUATE...

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON UNEXPECTEDLY, ESPECIALLY DURING OR FOLLOWING TURNS CAUSING A MAJOR DISTRACTION. THE TRANSMISSION "COASTS" DURING DECELERATION. WHEN POWER IS APPLIED AFTER THAT THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SLIP BACK INTO GEAR, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO JERK. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON UNEXPECTEDLY, ESPECIALLY DURING OR FOLLOWING TURNS CAUSING A MAJOR DISTRACTION. THE TRANSMISSION "COASTS" DURING DECELERATION. WHEN POWER IS APPLIED AFTER THAT THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SLIP BACK INTO GEAR, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO JERK. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, CONSUMER THEN NOTICED THAT BOTH FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF TIRES, TIRES WERE REPLACED. GENERAL, P23585R16.*AK CONSUMER STATED THE SIDEWALLS WERE CRACKED.*SLC

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT ANY WARNING, CAUSING A COLLISION WITH A PARKED VEHICLE. INSURANCE COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER TO MAKE THIS REPORT WITH NHTSA. *AK CONSUMER STATES STEERING WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING AND ALSO STATES THAT INSURA...

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT ANY WARNING, CAUSING A COLLISION WITH A PARKED VEHICLE. INSURANCE COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER TO MAKE THIS REPORT WITH NHTSA. *AK CONSUMER STATES STEERING WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING AND ALSO STATES THAT INSURA...

3 CRACKS IN SIDE WALL.1 INCH FROM RIM, IN THE SAME PLAIN OF ROTATION. EVADENCE OF OTHER CRACKS STARTING.*AK (TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)

FRONT SEAT BELTS FAILS TO RETRACT AFTER USAGE. DRIVER'S WOULD HANG DOWN, OUT THE DOOR WHILE PASSENGER'S WOULD BE PARTIALLY DOWN. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR RETRACTOR PROBLEMS. MECHANIC INDICATED WORK WILL NOT BE DONE ON SAFETY EQUIPMENT.*AK *SLC

WINDOWS SCARE ME WHEN THEY DONT OPEN. AFRAID THAT DOOR CRACKS WILL FAIL MORE ON HIGHWAY. *AK

WINDOWS SCARE ME WHEN THEY DONT OPEN. AFRAID THAT DOOR CRACKS WILL FAIL MORE ON HIGHWAY. *AK

APPROXIMATELY 6:45 P.M. EST ON JUNE 14, 2001 I WAS TRAVELING AT 58 MPH WHEN I DEPLOYED THE CRUISE CONTROL. I PROCEEDED FOR ABOUT 4 MILES WHEN I WENT TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL. I APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT IT WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. I SHUT OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH AND IT STILL WOULD NOT COME O...

WHILE BRAKING AT ANY SPEED VIBRATION OCCURRED IN VEHICLE, MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN THERE WAS A LOAD IN TRUCK. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE OVER 10 TIMES AND FOUND THAT A DUST/POWDER WAS ACCUMULATING INSIDE BRAKE DRUM. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THERE WAS NO EFFECTIVE REMEDY FOR THIS PROBLEM....

PROTECTIVE COATING OF SIGNAL MIRRORS LOCATED ON DOORS HAVE DETERIORATED AND CAUSED MIRRORS TO BLACKEN. DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED BOTH SIGNAL MIRRORS ONCE ALREADY AND THIS PROBLEM IS OCCURRING AGAIN. *AIK *SLC

PICKUP JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE GOING BACKWARDS INTO GARAGE DOING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. DEALER SUGGESTED I CONTACT FORD WHICH I DID. THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING. *AK

VALVE SPRINGS BROKE CAUSING THE LOSS OF PRESSURE AND FUNCTION IN/OF CYLINDER 3 . VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP BEFORE WARRANTY EXP. REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND WAS NOT REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE SPRING (S) WERE FAULTY.*AK

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS TIRES WENT DOWN AND THE SIDEWALLS SEEM TO BE COMING APART. ONE TIRE WAS TURNED IN TO FIRESTONE FOR AN ADJUSTMENT AND THE OTHER IS AT BOB SIGHT FORD AS THE REPORT STATED. I HAVE LEFT THAT TIRE AT THAT DEALERSHIP FOR FUTURE INSPECTION....

WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES PEDAL IT WOULD GO HAVE WAY TO FLOOR BEFORE TRUCK WOULD STOP. *AK

THE FACTORY-SUPPLIED FLOOR MATS ON THIS VEHICLE HAVE AN APPROX. 2 WIDE STRIP ALONG THE SIDE OF THE MAT. ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, THIS STRIP IS ALONG THE REAR PORTION OF THE RH SIDE OF THE MAT AND MAKES AN APPROX. 2 WIDE SQUARE CORNER SEVERAL INCHES BACK FROM THE FRONT EDGE OF THE MAT AND JUST BEHIND...

WOULD BE DRIVING AND WOULD SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR, AND IT WOULD MAKE GRINDING NOISES. THEN, LOCKED OUT OTHER GEARS. WOULD EITHER STOP OR SLOW DOWN VEHICLE AND SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND INFORMED BY MECHANIC ENGINE NOT LONG ENOUGH TO TURN GEARS IN TRANSMISSION. NOT ...

PASSENGER SIDE ENGINE HEAD GASKET OIL LEAKS ARE VERY COMMON ON THESE TRUCKS ACCORDING TO MANY OWNERS ACCOUNTS. THE COST TO REPAIR IS $1200-$1600 DOLLARS! FORD IS NOT WILLING TO HELP AFTER WARRANTY. *AK

ENGINE HAS SEVERE KNOCK AT START UP ,AND USES OIL , DEALERSHIP HAS REPEATED TOLD ME THAT THIS IS NOT A ISSUE. OTHER FORD TRUCK OWNERS HAVE INFORMED ME THAT THEIR ENGINES WHERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY , WHILE I HAVE BEEN PUT OFF AND NOW VECHICLE IS OFF WARRANTY.*AK

STEERING GEAR BOX HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

MY BRAKING PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE FIRST WAS 2/26/2000, ALSO 3/1/2000, 7/13/2000,12/6/2000, 2/2/2001, 4/19/2001,. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE THE BRAKES PULSATE WHEN BRAKING. BUT MOSTLY THEY LOCK UP, AND ALSO THEY WILL SOMETIMES NOT WORK FOR A SECOND OR TWO THEN THEY WILL LOCK UP....

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH UNDER WET/RAINY CONDITIONS CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN WHEN VEHICLE FAILED TO FOLLOW PATH OF ROAD, AND WENT STRAIGHT AHEAD. *AK AS CONDSUMER WAS DRIVING ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH, AND THEN VEHICLE STALLED, NO POWER STEERING AS WELL AS BRAKES ...

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH UNDER WET/RAINY CONDITIONS CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN WHEN VEHICLE FAILED TO FOLLOW PATH OF ROAD, AND WENT STRAIGHT AHEAD. *AK AS CONDSUMER WAS DRIVING ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH, AND THEN VEHICLE STALLED, NO POWER STEERING AS WELL AS BRAKES ...

WE COULD HEAR AND FEEL A "CLUNKING" THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED. FOUND THAT THE LOWER STEERING SHAFT WAS BROKEN AND WAS ADVISED TO STOP DRIVING THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT COULD BE REPAIRED. WAS ALSO TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS FAIRLY CO...

DOOR STRUCTURE CRACKING AT BOTTOM OF WINDOW. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 35MPH VEHICLE WAS HIT ON SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND SPUN AROUND, HITTING A TREE HEAD-ON BY PASSENGER'S SIDE. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. HAD 1 INJURY AND EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT.*AK

FRONT GAS TANK LEAKS SOME FUEL, THERE IS A RECALL ALREADY FOR THIS PROBLE , BUT THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED. *AK

ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED OUT WHILE ON FREEWAY BURNED UP OVERDRIVE AND DRIVE THERE WAS NO WARNING OF ANY KIND WHEN I SLOWED DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE THE TRUCK WENT NOWHERE. IN ANOTHER SITUATION THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. *AK

ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED OUT WHILE ON FREEWAY BURNED UP OVERDRIVE AND DRIVE THERE WAS NO WARNING OF ANY KIND WHEN I SLOWED DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE THE TRUCK WENT NOWHERE. IN ANOTHER SITUATION THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH AND SWITCHING LANE TO LEFT TRIED TO AVOID A VEHICLE IN FRONT, HIT HARD WALL ON SIDE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON.*AK

WHEN ROLLING UP WINDOW IT PUSHES ON DOOR FRAME AND PRODUCES CRACK ON DOOR HANDLE, BELOW RIGHT WINDOW LOWER PORTION OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *JB

WHEN ROLLING UP WINDOW IT PUSHES ON DOOR FRAME AND PRODUCES CRACK ON DOOR HANDLE, BELOW RIGHT WINDOW LOWER PORTION OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH SWITCHED LANE TO LEFT AND TRIED TO AVOID A VEHICLE IN FRONT, HIT A WALL VERY HARD ON SIDE. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT AIR BAG LIGHT HAD BEEN ON FOR LONG TIME.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH BRAKES WENT OUT WHEN TRYING TO STOP. CONSUMER STATED PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR.*AK THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM BUT THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT TWICE. *YH

ENGINE KEEPS FAILING. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED ENGINE 3 TIMES ,CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFROMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A VIBRATION IN THE PERFORMANCE OF VEHICLE, DUE TO POSSIBLE SUSPENSION PROBLEMS, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND WAS ADVISED THEY DID ALL THEY COULD REGARDING THE VIBRATIONS, AFTER NUMEROUS CALLS TO DELAERSHIP IT WAS THEN DECIDED THAT CONSUMER WOULD GET...

OUR GOOD YEAR TIRES THAT WERE PUT ON THE TRUCK ARE SHOWING TREAD SEPERATION.THE GOOD YEAR MANUFACTURE TOLD US THEY WOULD HAVE US GO TO THE NEAREST GOOD YEAR DEALER AND THEY WOULD PRO RATE THE TIRES...WHY? IT IS THEIR DEFECT NOT OURS. THEY WOULD REPLACE WITH GOOD YEARS...WHY? WE DON'T WANT THEM. WHY ...

WHEEL RIM BROKE WHILE DRIVING 50MPH. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING OF A PROBLEM. HAD MAINTAINED CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD.*AK

CONSUMER WASN'T ABLE TO INCREASE VEHICLE'S SPEED DUE TO TRANSMISSION, AND GEAR STAYED IN FIRST GEAR. ALSO, BACK WINDOW WAS LEAKING WHEN IT WAS RAINING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER WASN'T ABLE TO INCREASE VEHICLE'S SPEED DUE TO TRANSMISSION, AND GEAR STAYED IN FIRST GEAR. ALSO, BACK WINDOW WAS LEAKING WHEN IT WAS RAINING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

DEALER REFUSES TO FIX THIS INHERENT PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY, RESULTING IN A COLLISION.*AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAD BEEN RUNNING POORLY DURING WET WEATHER. *SLC

VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY, RESULTING IN A COLLISION.*AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAD BEEN RUNNING POORLY DURING WET WEATHER. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER COULD SMELLED OIL BURNING. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND TOOK VEHICLE IN. MECHANIC CHECKED VEHICLE AND INFORMED OWNER THAT HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN. HEAD GASKETS REPLACED.*AK *SLC

PICKUP WAS BACKED UP IN FRONT OF MY GARAGE, PASSERGER DOOR OPEN, MOTOR RUNNING AND SHIFT INDICATOR IN PARK POSITION. I WAS LOADING ITEMS IN PICKUP BED WHEN SUDDENLY THE PICKUP STARTED COMING AT ME IN REVERSE. THE OPEN PICKUP DOOR HIT THE GARAGE AND WRAPPED AROUND AGAINST THE FRONT FENDER AS THE PI...

TRAILER HITCH RECEIVER CAN NOW HAVE SAFEY TRIM FROM US PATENT 5,934,699-6,176,506 I CUT MY LEG , MY CHILD CUT HIS HAND ON RUSTING HITCH RECEIVER AND THE HITCH TORE UP A VEHCILE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THE UNIVERSAL SAFETY TRAILER HITCH COVER ASSEMBLY DESIGNED BOTH BOTH OEM AND AFTERMARKET ...

WHILE DRIVING SUDDENLY THE TIRES LOST PRESSURE, THE FIRST INCIDENT THE CONSUMER HAD TO DRIVE ON THE RIM BEFORE HE COULD SAFELY CHANGE THE TIRE, THE SIDEWALL WAS BUBBLED IN SEVERAL PLACES, THE SECOND INCIDENT THE SIDEWALL COMPLETELY RUPTURED (GOODYEAR WRANGLER AP P255/70R16). NLM

METAL PART OF DRIVER'S DOOR IS CRACKING.*AK REPAIRED BY THE DEALER BUT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE OF VEHICLE. *YH

AT 25,000 MILES BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE. HAS BEEN IN SHOP 3 TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM WHICH WAS NOT RESOLVED. WAS INFORMED FRONT END NEEDED TO BE REDESIGNED. THERE WAS NO CORRECTIVE SOLUTION FOR BRAKE FAILURE.*AK

AT 25,000 MILES BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE. HAS BEEN IN SHOP 3 TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM WHICH WAS NOT RESOLVED. WAS INFORMED FRONT END NEEDED TO BE REDESIGNED. THERE WAS NO CORRECTIVE SOLUTION FOR BRAKE FAILURE.*AK

VEHICLE BURNS TOO MUCH OIL. CONSUMER THINKS THAT VEHICLE HAS BURNED OIL. BUT, WHEN TAKEN TO DEALER, DEALER TOLD HER THAT THERE WAS NO OIL LEAK, BUT THEY WILL LOOK INTO IT. *AK

SEAT BELTS DO NOT LOCK UP WHEN CONSUER MAKES A SUDDEN STOP. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WILL LOOK INTO IT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 45 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *SLC

WHEN CONSUMER WAS AT GASOLINE STATION FILLING UP HIS GAS TANK HE NOTICED A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM UNDERNEATH OF VEHICLE. HEAD GASKET CAME FROM RIGHT HAND SIDE OF ENGINE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER HEARD VIBRATION AND VEHICLE STARTED TO WEAVE BACK AND FORTH, CONSUMER INSPECTED TIRES AND FOUND LEFT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE P235/70R16 HAD EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT IN THE SIDEWALL, DOT# VN081RC368. *SLC

BACK BRAKES LOCK UP FIRST FEW TIMES AFTER STARTUP WHEN IT IS COLD OR WET OR HUMID OUT. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL FROM UNDERNEATH, FROM THE ENGINE. OIL WAS EMPTY INSIDE OF VEHICLE. ENGINE BLEW, AND THE ENGINE NEDDS TO BE REPLACED.*AK

LOWER ARM WHERE IT IS ATTACHED TO TRUCK FRAME BECAME LOOSE. WHILE DRIVING IT MAKES ALIGNMENT CHANGES. DRIVER THINKS HE IS GOING STRAIGHT, BUT IS GOING BACK AND FORTH. *AK THE MANUFACTURER SUGGESTED LOCK WASHERS AS A TEMPORARY FIX, BUT THE A- ARM HAS NOW MOVED AGAIN CHANGING THE WHEEL ALIGNMEN...

LOWER ARM WHERE IT IS ATTACHED TO TRUCK FRAME BECAME LOOSE. WHILE DRIVING IT MAKES ALIGNMENT CHANGES. DRIVER THINKS HE IS GOING STRAIGHT, BUT IS GOING BACK AND FORTH. *AK THE MANUFACTURER SUGGESTED LOCK WASHERS AS A TEMPORARY FIX, BUT THE A- ARM HAS NOW MOVED AGAIN CHANGING THE WHEEL ALIGNMEN...

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT TIRES (235/70R16) WERE REPLACED WITH ONLY 16000 MILES, A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED, TWO PIECES OF RUBBER WERE USED AND FITTED TOGETHER WITH A FUSED CENTER STRIP OF RUBBER. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE ENGINE BLEW. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

THREE TIRES SEPERATED IN ONE WEEK SEPERATED IN SAME PLACE STEEL THROUGH CENTER. *AK (TIRESIZE: P23570R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23570R16 )

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THROTTLE WAS STICKING, TOOK TO DEALER, WHO ORDERED PARTS FOR IT. WHEN PARTS ARRIVED, THEY DID NOT FIX VEHICLE. DEALER CALLED FORD TECHNICAL HOTLINE. DEALER WAS TOLD NOT TO RELEASE VEHICLE , THAT IT WAS A DESIGN ERROR, AND TO GIVE CONSUMER A LOANER VEHICLE. FORD GAVE CONSUMER N...

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IT CAUSED VEHICLE TO VIBRATE, VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP FOR REPAIRS ON TWO OCCASIONS,AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. . *AK ONE WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE TRAVELING. TRANSMISSION AND SHIFTER VIBRATES UNDER ROUGH ROAD CODITION. THE STEETING AND THE VEHICLE IN GENERAL WERE NOT S...

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IT CAUSED VEHICLE TO VIBRATE, VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP FOR REPAIRS ON TWO OCCASIONS,AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. . *AK ONE WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE TRAVELING. TRANSMISSION AND SHIFTER VIBRATES UNDER ROUGH ROAD CODITION. THE STEETING AND THE VEHICLE IN GENERAL WERE NOT S...

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IT CAUSED VEHICLE TO VIBRATE, VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP FOR REPAIRS ON TWO OCCASIONS,AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. . *AK ONE WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE TRAVELING. TRANSMISSION AND SHIFTER VIBRATES UNDER ROUGH ROAD CODITION. THE STEETING AND THE VEHICLE IN GENERAL WERE NOT S...

RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS/HT, P23570R16 TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, TREAD SEPAERATED, CONSUMER STATES 2 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN ACCIDENT, CONSUMER PURCHASED 4 NEW TIRES, DOT # W2081RC. *SLC

AT DEALERSHIP MECHANIC HAD PLACED A SIX PRONG HOOK UP FOR BRAKES FROM HORSE TRAILER TO PICKUP. HOOK UP WAS DONE INCORRECTLY. HORSE TRAILER WOULD HAVE NO BRAKE SYSTEM. HOOK UP SYSTEM WAS NOT TESTED FOR ACCURACY. PICK UP BRAKES HAD WORN OUT TWICE DUE TO THE MISTAKE BY HADLEN CHEVROLET. *AK

MY HUSBAND, JOE, WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON 12/18/00. ACCORDING TO MY HUSBAND EVERYTHING HAPPENED SO QUICKLY BUT HE CLAIMS THE WHEEL (DRIVER SIDE) CAME OFF PRIOR TO HITTING THE OTHER VEHICLE. THE OTHER VEHICLE SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE. THE WHEEL CAME OFF. THE WHEEL CAME OFF AT THE SHAFT. NO...

BURNS UP TO 1 1/2 BETWEEN OIL CHANGES AND CAN SMELL OIL BURNING 10 DAYS AFTER OIL CHANGE BUT CAN'T SMELL IT ALL THE TIME. CAN'T SEE ANY OIL LEAK. *AK

HEAD-ON FRONTAL COLLISION OF 40 -45 MPH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND PASSENGER'S FRONT SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK

HEAD-ON FRONTAL COLLISION OF 40 -45 MPH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND PASSENGER'S FRONT SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK

BRAKES HAD BEEN VIBRATING, AND DEALER REPAIRED THEM UNDER WARRANTY FIRST TIME, SECOND TIME WAS UNDER PROTEST. PRESENTLY, BRAKES ARE DOING IT AGAIN, AND FORD WILL NOT HELP WITH PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES IT HAS ONLY BEEN 19000 MILES AFTER BEING FIXED UNDER WARRANTY AND THE BRAKE PROBLEM HAS COM...

I COLLIDED WITH A SMALLER VEHICLE(CHEVROLET BERETTA) AT A LOW SPEED. MY WHEEL FELL OFF AND I RAN OVER IT. THE REPORTING POLICE OFFICER SHARED MY DISBELIEF THAT THIS OCCURRED WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE FROM THE COLLISION TO THE OTHER VEHICLE. I THINK THAT THE WHEEL MAY HAVE BROKEN LOOSE JUST PRIOR TO THE AC...

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH CONSUMER BROADSIDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, A JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, BUT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. OTHER AFFECTED VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS DID DEPLOY. 2 PEOPLE IN PRIMARY VEHICLE WERE WEARING SEATBELTS, MINOR INJURIES OCCURRED. ROADS WERE WET AND VEHICLE HAD NO TRACTION WHILE TRYING TO STO...

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WILL QUIT WORKING, LOSING POWER. GEAR SHIFT WILL LOCK UP WHEN CONSUMER PULLS OFF. THEN, SHIFT GEAR WILL START WORKING AGAIN.*AK

MOTOR FAILED AFTER 7 COMPLIANTS STARTING WHEN NEW. MANUFACTURER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE WITH A REBUILT MOTOR USING USED COMPONENTS.F. *AK

POOR FRONT END ALIGNMENT FROM FACTORY CAUSED SEVERE TIRE WEAR, LEADING TO TIRE FAILURE. *AK (TIRESIZE: 18 295VR45)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 18 295VR45 )

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT LATCH WILL NOT LOCK PROPERLY. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PART WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. CONSUMER WILL BUY PART, AND REPART IT HIMSELF. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) LEAKS INTO THE CAB AND ACCUMULATES TO UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS, THIS HAPPENS NOT ONLY WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED OR IDLING, BUT WHILE DRIVING WITH WINDOWS CLOSED AND THE HEATER ON, FIRST REPAIR THEY FOUND A BAD MANIFOLD GASKET, HOWEVER THE PROBLEMS CONTINUES AFTER REPLACEMENT. * MJS

CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) LEAKS INTO THE CAB AND ACCUMULATES TO UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS, THIS HAPPENS NOT ONLY WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED OR IDLING, BUT WHILE DRIVING WITH WINDOWS CLOSED AND THE HEATER ON, FIRST REPAIR THEY FOUND A BAD MANIFOLD GASKET, HOWEVER THE PROBLEMS CONTINUES AFTER REPLACEMENT. * MJS

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK POSITION BY THE SHIFT INDICATOR, VEHICLE ACCELERATED IN REVERSE, RESULTING IN INJURIES. DEALER HAS INSPECTED, AND WILL REPAIR VEHICLE.*AK

I PURCHASED THIS 1999 FORD F150 TRUCK IN JUNE OF 1999, WITHIN IN A FEW MONTHS THE TRUCK WAS REGISTERING MORE MILES THAN I HAD PUT ON THIS TRUCK. I RETURNED TO DEALER AND MADE COMPLAINT. I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEN I RETURNED TO DEALER WITH SAME COMPLAINT ON SEVERAL ORTHER TI...

SPARE TIRE WHICH IS PLACED IN REAR OF TRUCK AND RESTING ON FRAME VERY TIGHTLY CAUSED 8 GROOVES ON SIDEWALL OF TIRE WHICH CUT THROUGH. CONSUMER FELT THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE A PIECE OF WOOD OR PLASTIC PLACED IN BETWEEN TIRE AND FRAME , AND DID NOT TOUCH TIRE. *AK

WAS TURNING A CORNER AT 15MPH WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW. MAINTAINED CONTROL OF CARAVAN. CHECKED TIRES & ALL HAD CRACKS DOWN THE CENTER OF TREAD, AND WAS ALSO PITTED DOWN TO THE TREAD PATTERN. TIRES WERE INSPECTED PRIOR TO THE BLOWOUT. CONTACTED ROAD SIDE SERVICE. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS HT, P235/70...

CONSUMER WAS REMOVING SPARE TIRE FROM SPARE CARRIER & FOUND TIRE WAS MELTED IN 8 PLACES. TIRE IS HEATED UP BY TIRE CARRIER BARS. MANUFATCURER WILL HAVE SOMEONE TO CONTACT CONSUMER ON 11-28-00. *AK

WHILE WAITING AT A LIGHT, MOTOR STARTED TO SHUT DOWN. VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER & INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT HARMONIC BALANCER HAD FAILED & NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK *SLC

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS HIT AND ENDED UP FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC, ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT HEAD ON AND THE AIRBAGS EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT, THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *SLC

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS HIT AND ENDED UP FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC, ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT HEAD ON AND THE AIRBAGS EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT, THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *SLC

I AM BEING IGNORED BY FORD. THIS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND.6 TIMES IN 18MONTHS.WHAT HAPPENED TO MAKING A QUALITY VEHICLE? NO SAFETY DEFEC TLISTED. *AK

CONSUMER HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISON WITH ANOTHER AUTOMOBILE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS SLIGHTLY INJURIED. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 45MPH.*AK

NEW TRUCK HAS CONSTANT VIBRATION AT IDLE AND ALL SPEEDS, 4TH TIME BACK TO DEALER THEY MADE VIBRATION WORSE, LAST RESORT FOR DEALER IS TO REPLACE ENGINE MOUNTS. *AK

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HAS A CRACK IN NEAR THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW. THE CRACK APPEARS TO BE STRUCTURAL IN NATURE. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 1.5" IN LENGTH FROM THE INTERIOR EDGE OF THE SHEET METAL EXTENDING OUT TO BEYOND THE END OF THE WINDOW MOLDING. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON AN OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING.*AK

I NOTICED A CRACK IN THE SHEET METAL ON THE BODY OF MY TRUCK. THE CRACK IS LOCATED ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR JUST ABOVE THE ADDITIONAL RUBBER MOLDING IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE WINDOW. THIS MAKES ME WONDER HOW THE DOOR WOULD HOLD UP IF I GOT HIT IN THE DOOR.

BRAKES FEEL SPONGY AND THE PEDAL GOES DOWN TO THE FLOOR. NLM

BRAKES FEEL SPONGY AND THE PEDAL GOES DOWN TO THE FLOOR. NLM

ON THE SAME DAY THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW, THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT 16" TIRES EXPERIENCES TREAD SEPARATION. *SLC

WHILE STANDING AT A RED LIGHT BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED SUDDENLY WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT, NOR REAR ENDED JUST DEPLOYED.AK

WHILE DRIVING THE TIRES BLEWOUT IN TWO PIECES, THE INSIDE TIRE AND THE TREAD WAS ONE PIECE AND THE OUT SIDEWALL WAS THE OTHER (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS 235/70R16) .*ET

DOORS HAVE A ELECTRICAL SHOCK. WHEN EXITING TRHROUGH DOORS FROM VEHICLE CONSUMER WILL GET AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK THE ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAPPENS ONLY TO THE DRIVER NOT PASSENGERS. THE DRIVER THINKS A BUILD UP OF STATIC ELECTRICITY IS BEING TRANSFERRED BY START...

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR EDGE NEAR THE GLASS METAL IS SHEARING IN HALF AND PAINT IS CHIPPING.*AK

FOR NORMAL BRAKING ANTI LOCK BRAKES WILL STOP, BUT FOR PANIC BRAKING THEY WILL NOT STOP AND THEY LOCK UP INTERMITTENTLY, THE COMPUTER SHOWS NO CODES SO THE DEALER IS UNSURE HOW OR WHAT TO REPAIR.*ET

THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FILTER WAS CHANGED AT 41,306 MILES. SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT DEALERSHIP NOW REPORTS THAT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED. FORD INITIALLY DECLINED TO HELP WITH THE REPAIR COST, AND IT IS NOW BEING RECONSIDERED. HAS THIS TRANSMISSION TYPE BEEN ONE THA...

I PURCHASED A 1999 F150 ON 5/9/00. I RECENTLY BOUGHT NEW TIRES FOR MY TRUCK AND FOUND OUT THAT ONE OF THE WHEELS WAS BENT ON THE INSIDE. THE BEND IN THE WHEEL WAS BAD ENOUGH THAT THE WHEEL COULD NOT BE BALANCED PROPERLY AND WOULD WOBBLE. I THEN PROCEDED TO PUT ON MY SPARE TIRE AND NOTICED THAT THE S...

I PURCHASED A 1999 F150 ON 5/9/00. I RECENTLY BOUGHT NEW TIRES FOR MY TRUCK AND FOUND OUT THAT ONE OF THE WHEELS WAS BENT ON THE INSIDE. THE BEND IN THE WHEEL WAS BAD ENOUGH THAT THE WHEEL COULD NOT BE BALANCED PROPERLY AND WOULD WOBBLE. I THEN PROCEDED TO PUT ON MY SPARE TIRE AND NOTICED THAT THE S...

VEHICLE HAS HARD VIBRATION AT IDLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

WHILE WARMING TRANSMISSION WAS RELEASED WHILE APPLYING BRAKES, AND VEHICLE TOOK OFF. AFTER 20 FEET VEHICLE HIT A HOUSE, AND AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

WHILE WARMING TRANSMISSION WAS RELEASED WHILE APPLYING BRAKES, AND VEHICLE TOOK OFF. AFTER 20 FEET VEHICLE HIT A HOUSE, AND AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

WHILE WARMING TRANSMISSION WAS RELEASED WHILE APPLYING BRAKES, AND VEHICLE TOOK OFF. AFTER 20 FEET VEHICLE HIT A HOUSE, AND AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

WHEN MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR WILL NOT REMAIN LATCHED WITHIN THE MECHANISM. *AK LEVER WILL LATCH IN IF VEHICLE IS MOVING STRAIGHT ON, BUT WILL NOT IF VEHICLE IS TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT. *YH

THIS PROBLEM RELATES TO A BOLT THAT HOLDS THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLY TO THE FRAME OF THE PICKUP. THE BOLT IS CONTINOUSLY MOVING IN THE HOLE AND IS WEARING A GROVE IN THE SIDE OF THE BOLT. FORD HAS DENIED COVERAGE FOR ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS WHICH I LATER DISCOVERED TO BE THE RESULT OF THIS BOLT THA...

WHILE TRAVELING HOME FROM VACATION ON INTERSTATE HWY.DRIVING APPX. 65 MPH. FOR APPX 4 HOURS LEFT REAR TIRE EXPLODED, SHREDDING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE RIM ON THE OUTER SIDE. I WENT TO PURCHASE A NEW TIRE AND WAS TOLD THAT A RECALL WAS COMING OUT ON WILDERNESS TIRES. I CALLED MY FORD DEALER AND WAS...

ORANGE OVERDRIVE BUTTON FLASHING WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

SPARE TIRE WAS BRUISED WHILE MOUNTED UNDER THE TIRE ASSEMBLY, UNDERNEATH VEHICLE; DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER INSTALLED A USED MUD FLAP BETWEEN TRUCK FRAME AND NEW TIRE UNDER VEHICLE. *SLC

PE00.020 ;WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND NOTICED A LOUD NOISE. WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDER. ALL FOUR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. HE HAS CONTACTED FIRESTONE. FIRESTONE#AT, P23575R15. *AK

SIDEWALL BLOWOUT OF PROPERLY INFLATED TIRE. FIST-SIZED HOLE RESULTED FROM FLAP THAT PEELED OFF, STARTING IN TREAD AREA AND EXTENDING INTO SIDEWALL AREA. TIRES HAVE MORE THAN HALF TREAD DEPTH LEFT, HAVE NEVER BEN RUN AGAINST CURB OR SCUFFED, ETC.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/70/R16 )

REMOVED NEW FULL-SIZE SPARE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE VEHICLE'S MANUFACTURE TO REPLACE BLOWOUT. DISCOVERED THAT THE METAL CHANNEL STEEL BARS USED TO HOLD THE SPARE UP UNDER THE P/U BED HAVE WORN DEEP GROOVES INTO THE TIRE SIDEWALL IN EIGHT PLACES. THESE GROOVES, MADE BY COMPRESSION AND THE VIBRATRION/FRI...

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE STALLED. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE STALLED. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE STALLED. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS DEVELOPED A VISIBLE STRESS FRACTURE OF THE DOOR SHEETMETAL STARTING UNDER THE AFT WEATHER STRIP FOR THE WINDOW AND EXTENDING AFT ALONG THE DOOR. THIS IS THE FIRST NOTICE OF THIS PROBLEM WHICH SEEMS TO BE COMMON TO THIS MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE.

SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT QUICKLY AND COMPLETELY WHEN RELEASED, A WEAK RETRACTION SPRING AND THE UPPER PLASTIC LOCATER YOKE AND THE CLOTH SEAT EXERT TOO MUCH FRICTION. BOTH SEAT BELTS WERE REPLACED, HOWEVER FAILED AFTER ONE USE, DRIVER SIDE WAS REPLACED AGAIN AND FAILED, THERE IS A RECALL, 00V348, ...

SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT QUICKLY AND COMPLETELY WHEN RELEASED, A WEAK RETRACTION SPRING AND THE UPPER PLASTIC LOCATER YOKE AND THE CLOTH SEAT EXERT TOO MUCH FRICTION. BOTH SEAT BELTS WERE REPLACED, HOWEVER FAILED AFTER ONE USE, DRIVER SIDE WAS REPLACED AGAIN AND FAILED, THERE IS A RECALL, 00V348, ...

INTERIOR LIGHTS FAIL TO GO OUT AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN TURNED OFF. AFTER STARTING VEHICLE, SPEEDOMETER SHOT TO 100RMPS AFTER SHIFTING. TOOK TO DEALER & LIGHTS STILL ON & NOT GOING OFF. EVENTUALLY, LIGHTS WENT OUT. *AK

INTERIOR LIGHTS FAIL TO GO OUT AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN TURNED OFF. AFTER STARTING VEHICLE, SPEEDOMETER SHOT TO 100RMPS AFTER SHIFTING. TOOK TO DEALER & LIGHTS STILL ON & NOT GOING OFF. EVENTUALLY, LIGHTS WENT OUT. *AK

FORD SAYS +/- 7MPH IS IN TOLERANCE. MY ODOMETER IS -.15 MILES IN 10; SPEED IS 3 TO 5 MPH OFF. IT CAUSES PROBLEMS WITH LAW NOT TO MENTION MILAGE IF I SELL TRUCK. *AK

MY DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR CRACKED BY THE WINDOW. DEALER REPLACED DOOR, BUT TOLD ME IN ALL LIKELY HOOD IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN TILL FORD COMES UP WITH A WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I WANT TO KNOW IF F0RD IS WORKING ON THIS CAUSE I DON'T FEEL SAFE CAUSE IF I'M IN A ACCEIDENT WILL THAT DOOR HOLD UP UNDER IMPACT...

HAVE DOOR CRACK ON DRIVERS DOOR AT CURVE OF WINDOW. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/70R16 )

BRAKES BEGAN TO GRAB, A TSB WAS ISSUED STATING THE BRAKE SHOES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AFTER THIS REPAIR THE BRAKES STILL DID NOT PERFORM CORRECTLY AND THE DEALER CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *SLC

STRESS CRACK ON WINDOW FRAME NEXT TO RUBBER MOULDING, 11 1/2 " ABOVE THE HANDLE. MORE OBVIOUS WHEN WINDOW IS UP AND CLOSED.

STRESS CRACK ON WINDOW FRAME NEXT TO RUBBER MOULDING, 11 1/2 " ABOVE THE HANDLE. MORE OBVIOUS WHEN WINDOW IS UP AND CLOSED.

TENVOORDE IS NOT WILLING TO REPLACE THE TIRE UNDER WARRENTY AND I TALKED WITH AN ATTORNEY HE SAID THAT I SHOULD GET A NEW TIRE FOR NO COST.

I HAVE BEEN TO THE FORD DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THESE PROBLEMS AND THIS LAST TIME THEIR ENGINEER THAT CAME IN HAS NOTED THE PROBLEM I HAVE. THEY CONSIDER THIS NORMAL AND ACCEPTABLE AS IT IS. FOR BEING A NEW TRUCK IT SHOULD HAVE TO BE IN THE SHOP FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS IT'S HAD. I HAVE ALL THE SERVIC...

I HAVE BEEN TO THE FORD DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THESE PROBLEMS AND THIS LAST TIME THEIR ENGINEER THAT CAME IN HAS NOTED THE PROBLEM I HAVE. THEY CONSIDER THIS NORMAL AND ACCEPTABLE AS IT IS. FOR BEING A NEW TRUCK IT SHOULD HAVE TO BE IN THE SHOP FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS IT'S HAD. I HAVE ALL THE SERVIC...

TENVOORDE IS NOT WILLING TO REPLACE THE TIRE UNDER WARRENTY AND I TALKED WITH AN ATTORNEY HE SAID THAT I SHOULD GET A NEW TIRE FOR NO COST.

I HAVE BEEN TO THE FORD DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THESE PROBLEMS AND THIS LAST TIME THEIR ENGINEER THAT CAME IN HAS NOTED THE PROBLEM I HAVE. THEY CONSIDER THIS NORMAL AND ACCEPTABLE AS IT IS. FOR BEING A NEW TRUCK IT SHOULD HAVE TO BE IN THE SHOP FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS IT'S HAD. I HAVE ALL THE SERVIC...

I HAVE BEEN TO THE FORD DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THESE PROBLEMS AND THIS LAST TIME THEIR ENGINEER THAT CAME IN HAS NOTED THE PROBLEM I HAVE. THEY CONSIDER THIS NORMAL AND ACCEPTABLE AS IT IS. FOR BEING A NEW TRUCK IT SHOULD HAVE TO BE IN THE SHOP FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS IT'S HAD. I HAVE ALL THE SERVIC...

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN A PANIC STOP VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

I LIKE THE TRUCK BUT IF FORD DOES NOT FIX THIS I WONT BUY ANOTHER ONE AND I AM ONLY 21YRS OLD

I LIKE THE TRUCK BUT IF FORD DOES NOT FIX THIS I WONT BUY ANOTHER ONE AND I AM ONLY 21YRS OLD

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ABSBRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE 5 TIMES THE DEALERSHIP TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG BUT THE FRONT BRAKE DO NOT WORK STILL THIS TRUCK IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.THE TRANMISSION SOUNDS LIKE IT IF ABOUT BUST IN HALF EVERY TIME YOU SHIFT IT FROM FIRST.THEY SAID IT SHIFTS FINE.IAM A ...

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ABSBRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE 5 TIMES THE DEALERSHIP TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG BUT THE FRONT BRAKE DO NOT WORK STILL THIS TRUCK IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.THE TRANMISSION SOUNDS LIKE IT IF ABOUT BUST IN HALF EVERY TIME YOU SHIFT IT FROM FIRST.THEY SAID IT SHIFTS FINE.IAM A ...

ENGINE HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. ENGINE IS GOING AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THE NOISE FROM THE VALVES AND LOWER END ON ENGINE ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THEM. THEY WILL NOT FIX AT THIS TIME.

TIRE SEPERATED - LOOKED JUST LIKE RECALLED 15" TIRES( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235 75 16 )

MY BACKGROUND INCLUDES OVER 10 YEARS IN TRANSPORTATION MAINTENANCE INCLUDING TIRE FAILURE ANALYSIS. WHILE TRAVELING 75 MPH ON I17N, I HEARD THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATE FROM THE CASING. THE TREAD WAS BEATING AGAINST THE TRUCK BODY. THE CASING DEFLATED WITHIN SECONDS. I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE...

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT TIRES BLEW OUT 3 TIMES. THEY WERE REPLACED WITH THE SAME KIND OF TIRE EACH TIME. LAST TIME CONSUMER CHANGED TO GOODYEAR . THEY WERE THE ORIGINALS P235/70R16 TIRES. VEHICLE WAS A 1999, FORD, F150. *AK *SLC

NOTICED WHEEL LUG NUTS WERE LOOSE BEFORE PERFORMING FIRST TIRE ROTATION. THREE OF FIVE NUTS WERE LOOSE ON BOTH REAR WHEELS.

I HAD BROUGHT MY TRUCK TO COURTESY FORD THEY HAD FOUND A PART DEFECTIVE IN THE TRANSMISSION, THE TECHNICIAN HAD STATED THEY HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM, WHEN I GOT TRUCK BACK IT WAS STILL HAVING SAME PROBLEMS. TOLD COURTESY FORD AGAIN THAT PROBLEM RESTARTED, TECHNICIAN CHECKED OUT AGAIN AND STATED NOTHIN...

LEAKS OIL,REPLACED OIL PAN GASKET AT APPROX. 15000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 33210 MILES

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW IN MARCH 1999. MY TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED EVERY 5000 MILES. I HAVE NOT OVERLOADED MY TRUCK OR HAULED ANYTHING HEAVY. MY TIRES ARE WORN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 2/32" WEAR INDICATORS AND ARE VIBRATING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND WOBBLING AT LOW SPEEDS. FIRESTONE DOES NOT WANT TO PR...

THE TIRE SPLIT ON THE SIDE AND BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING( DOT NUMBER: W208LRC328 TIRE SIZE: 235/70R16 )

DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEMS WITHT HE ABS SYSTEM WHICH CAUSES THE ABS LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. NLM

DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEMS WITHT HE ABS SYSTEM WHICH CAUSES THE ABS LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. NLM

PE-00-020- TIRE ON A 1999 FORD F150, TIRE SIZE P235/70R16, DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE. WHEN DRIVING 70 MPH LEFT FRONT TIRE COMPLETELY CUT OFF FROM THE TREAD WHICH CAME OFF THE RIM, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BECOME DIFFICULT TO STEER , TIRES ONLY HAD 5 TO 6 THOUSAND MILES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. *...

TRANSMISSION WON'T GO IN 1ST GEAR FOR TAKE OFF. ONCE IN REVERSE TO NEUTRAL, IT WON'T GO IN 1ST GEAR. DEALER HAS LOOKED AT TRANSMISSION TWICE, BUT SAID THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. THEY HAVE OFFERED TO GIVE A LOANER VEHICLE TO CHECK THE VEHICLE AGAIN. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

FRONT END SHOCKS KEPT COMING LOOSE. VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE BADLY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER & MECHANIC REPAIRED THE SHOCKS. CURRENTLY, PROBLEM WITH THE SHOCKS HAS REAPPEARED FOR THE THIRD TIME.*AK

WHEN COASTING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR ACCELERATING, TRANSMISSION WILL HESITATE IN SHIFTING FROM 2TO3 AND 3TO4. HAS LED TO NEARLY BEING REARENDED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. PLAZA FORD STATES NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. ALSO IDLES HARD UPON STARTUP AND 4X4 DOES NOT ALWAYS ENGAGE - DEALER ALSO SAID CAN'...

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND THE WINDOW FRAME IS CRACKING JUST ABOVE THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW. *AK

FUEL WAS MOVING FROM 1 TANK TO THE OTHER, CAUSING SPILLAGE. RECALL WAS ISSUED & TAKEN CARE OF BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER. MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE REPAIRING THE PROBLEM FOR THE SECOND TIME. CONSUMER PURCHASED THE KIT PERTAINING TO THE RECALL & PUT PART ON & HAD A REPAIR SHOP TO DO THE RES...

WHEN HITTING SMALL PAVEMENT IRREGULARITIES VEHICLE WANDERED ALL OVER THE ROAD. ALSO, CONSUMER COULD SEE WHERE THE BOLT ON THE LOWER CONTROL ARM HAS MOVED. DEALER WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT HAVE A SOLUTION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE LOWER CONTROL ARM AT LEFT REAR OF A ARM COMES LOOSE CAUSING THE LOWER PORTION OF FRONT TIRE/WHEEL TO MOVE OUT. THIS CAUSES FRONT END ALGI. PROBLEMS/TIRE WEAR AND WITH THE LOWER A ARM MOVING MAY CAUSE THE BOLT TO SHEAR OFF. HAVE TAKEN TRUCK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT FORD WOULD HAVE A FIX IN THE...

SINCE THE CONTROL ARM KEEPS SHIFTING DUE TO THE OBLONG HOLE THAT THE BOLT IS HELD IN, THE ALIGNMENT IS ALWAYS INCORRECT...MAKES IT HARD TO KEEP VEHICHLE STRAIGHT AT 60 MPH. IF THE LOWER CONTROL ARM KEEPS SHIFTING, I'M SURE THE BOLT THAT KEEPS THE CONTROL ARM IN PLACE WILL EVENTUALLY BE SHEARED OFF....

DRIVER'S SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM RETAINING BOLT SLIDES LEFT TO RIGHT. VEHICLE NOW VEERS TO THE LEFT. *AK

THE LEFT LOWER CONTROL ARM BOLT IS MOUNTED IN A SLOTED HOLE WITH NO LOCKING MECHANISM. THIS ALLOWS THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL TO GO OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND MAKE "CLUNKING" NOISES. I AM PERSONALLY AWARE OF AT LEAST 237 FAILURES OF THIS MODEL THROUGH THE F150ONLINE MESSAGE BOARD. FORD MAINTAINS THAT IT IS N...

WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON WITHOUT APPLICATION. PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO DEALERSHIP. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE REPORTED FAILURE WAS THE 2ND TIME. THE TRUCK KEEPS ACCELERATING UNTIL THE ACCELERATOR IS MANUALLY PULLED UP, BY HAND. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. *AK

SPEEDOMETER ASSEMBLY FAILED. NLM

WIRING ASSEMBLY FAILED. NLM

MASTER CYLINDER FAULTY BUT DEALER SAYS THEY CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM, FAULTY MASTER CYLINDER RESULTED IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT WHERE THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG. NLM

MASTER CYLINDER FAULTY BUT DEALER SAYS THEY CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM, FAULTY MASTER CYLINDER RESULTED IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT WHERE THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG. NLM

POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE FAILED. NLM

SPEEDOMETER ASSEMBLY FAILED. NLM

WIRING ASSEMBLY FAILED. NLM

MASTER CYLINDER FAULTY BUT DEALER SAYS THEY CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM, FAULTY MASTER CYLINDER RESULTED IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT WHERE THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG. NLM

MASTER CYLINDER FAULTY BUT DEALER SAYS THEY CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM, FAULTY MASTER CYLINDER RESULTED IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT WHERE THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG. NLM

POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE FAILED. NLM

UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. *AK

MASTER CYLINDER HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER GOING OUT TWICE/ABS LIGHT STAYED ON CONSTANTLY. DEALER FIXED BRAKES TWICE. ALSO, REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED, AND CONSUMER HAD NO BRAKES. HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKES. ALSO, WHEN TRUCK WAS SIX MONTHS OLD REAR AXLE BROKE. *AK

MASTER CYLINDER HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER GOING OUT TWICE/ABS LIGHT STAYED ON CONSTANTLY. DEALER FIXED BRAKES TWICE. ALSO, REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED, AND CONSUMER HAD NO BRAKES. HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKES. ALSO, WHEN TRUCK WAS SIX MONTHS OLD REAR AXLE BROKE. *AK

MASTER CYLINDER HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER GOING OUT TWICE/ABS LIGHT STAYED ON CONSTANTLY. DEALER FIXED BRAKES TWICE. ALSO, REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED, AND CONSUMER HAD NO BRAKES. HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKES. ALSO, WHEN TRUCK WAS SIX MONTHS OLD REAR AXLE BROKE. *AK

MASTER CYLINDER HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER GOING OUT TWICE/ABS LIGHT STAYED ON CONSTANTLY. DEALER FIXED BRAKES TWICE. ALSO, REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED, AND CONSUMER HAD NO BRAKES. HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKES. ALSO, WHEN TRUCK WAS SIX MONTHS OLD REAR AXLE BROKE. *AK

FRAME BENDING UPWARD BETWEEN THE CAB AND THE BACK BED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REFUSED TO HELP IN THIS MATTER. ENGINE AND REAR END HAD TO BE REPLACED AND BRAKES REPAIRED. *AK *ML

FRAME BENDING UPWARD BETWEEN THE CAB AND THE BACK BED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REFUSED TO HELP IN THIS MATTER. ENGINE AND REAR END HAD TO BE REPLACED AND BRAKES REPAIRED. *AK *ML

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 65 MPH 4- WHEEL DRIVE ENGAGED BY ITSELF, CAUSING VEHICLE TO JUMP ACROSS THE ROAD INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND ROLLOVER TWICE INTO AN UPRIGHT POSITION. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. NO INJURIES REPORTED. FELL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTH...

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 65 MPH 4- WHEEL DRIVE ENGAGED BY ITSELF, CAUSING VEHICLE TO JUMP ACROSS THE ROAD INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND ROLLOVER TWICE INTO AN UPRIGHT POSITION. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. NO INJURIES REPORTED. FELL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTH...

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD GOING UP A GEAR AND WHEN SHIFTING DOWN A GEAR. *AK

NOISE IN THE ENGINE DUE TO WORN IDLER PULLEY, BELT AND ALTERNATOR. *MJS

NOISE IN THE ENGINE DUE TO WORN IDLER PULLEY, BELT AND ALTERNATOR. *MJS

NOISE IN THE ENGINE DUE TO WORN IDLER PULLEY, BELT AND ALTERNATOR. *MJS

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END WHICH CAUSES VIBRATION, NOISE, PULLING AND EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE TIRES, SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS, HOWEVER VEHICLE CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS. *MJS

BRAKES LOCK UP DURING NORMAL STOPPING. *MJS

NOISE IN THE ENGINE DUE TO WORN IDLER PULLEY, BELT AND ALTERNATOR. *MJS

NOISE IN THE ENGINE DUE TO WORN IDLER PULLEY, BELT AND ALTERNATOR. *MJS

NOISE IN THE ENGINE DUE TO WORN IDLER PULLEY, BELT AND ALTERNATOR. *MJS

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END WHICH CAUSES VIBRATION, NOISE, PULLING AND EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE TIRES, SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS, HOWEVER VEHICLE CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS. *MJS

BRAKES LOCK UP DURING NORMAL STOPPING. *MJS

WHILE PRESSING THE CLUTCH PEDAL, THEN MOVING THE PAWL TO NEUTRAL, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT A WARNING. CONSUMER HAD TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION KEY TO STOP VEHICLE. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED 4 TIMES WHICH CAUSED BRAKING SYSTEM TO PULSATE, AND RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED 4 TIMES WHICH CAUSED BRAKING SYSTEM TO PULSATE, AND RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE WAS ONLY 10 MONTHS OLD WHEN FIRE OCCURED. NLM

DOORS ARE CRACKING ABOVE THE DOOR LATCH. DEALER WAS CONTACTED & CONSUMER WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA HOTLINE. *AK

WHEN SLOWING DOWN HEARS A LOUD POPPING NOISE . BRAKES WILL GO TO FLOOR , AND COMPLETELY FAIL. THIS WILL OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCLERATED. BRAKES DID NOT STOP VEHICLE. COULD NOT PLACE VEHICLE IN PARK POSITION, OR COULD NOT SHUT OFF VEHICLE, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. THE FIRST TIME THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED ON APR 27, 2000, BUT IN THE REVERSE POSITION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *...

DRIVER SIDE OUTSIDE MIRROR VIBRATES WHICH DISTORTS VIEW/ BRAKES SQEEKING AT 12K MILES/VIBRATION IN THE REAR END AT 55MPH. *AK

DRIVER SIDE OUTSIDE MIRROR VIBRATES WHICH DISTORTS VIEW/ BRAKES SQEEKING AT 12K MILES/VIBRATION IN THE REAR END AT 55MPH. *AK

DRIVER SIDE OUTSIDE MIRROR VIBRATES WHICH DISTORTS VIEW/ BRAKES SQEEKING AT 12K MILES/VIBRATION IN THE REAR END AT 55MPH. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO MANIFOLD AND ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ENGINE BURNED UP OIL, BUT WAS NOT LEAKING. WOULD PUT APPROXIMATELY 2 QUARTS OF ENGINE OIL IN VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED ENGINE TO SMOKE. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC WHO FAILED TO LOCATE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC CLAIMED "O" RING SEALS MAY HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLE...

ENGINE BURNED UP OIL, BUT WAS NOT LEAKING. WOULD PUT APPROXIMATELY 2 QUARTS OF ENGINE OIL IN VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED ENGINE TO SMOKE. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC WHO FAILED TO LOCATE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC CLAIMED "O" RING SEALS MAY HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLE...

THE CRACK IS LOCATED IN THE SHEET METAL RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOOR LOCKS. I AM GOING TO MY FORD DEALER TOMORROW TO HAVE THIS LOOKED AT. I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT HE FIXES THIS DEFECT. THIS TRUCK COST A LOT OF MONEY. *AK

FRONT WINDSHIELD-THE WINDSHIELD WOULD RATTLE GOING DOWN THE FREEWAY EVERYTIME WE WOULD BE IN THE TRUCK. TOOK IT IN TO ADVISE THE DEALERSHIP AND ALL THEY DID WAS RESEAL IT. TOOK IT IN AGAIN THE SECOND TIME AND THEY DID THE SAME THING. AFTER THE THIRD TIME I MADE THEM PUT IN A NEW WINDSHIELD. 2 WEE...

FRONT WINDSHIELD-THE WINDSHIELD WOULD RATTLE GOING DOWN THE FREEWAY EVERYTIME WE WOULD BE IN THE TRUCK. TOOK IT IN TO ADVISE THE DEALERSHIP AND ALL THEY DID WAS RESEAL IT. TOOK IT IN AGAIN THE SECOND TIME AND THEY DID THE SAME THING. AFTER THE THIRD TIME I MADE THEM PUT IN A NEW WINDSHIELD. 2 WEE...

FRONT WINDSHIELD-THE WINDSHIELD WOULD RATTLE GOING DOWN THE FREEWAY EVERYTIME WE WOULD BE IN THE TRUCK. TOOK IT IN TO ADVISE THE DEALERSHIP AND ALL THEY DID WAS RESEAL IT. TOOK IT IN AGAIN THE SECOND TIME AND THEY DID THE SAME THING. AFTER THE THIRD TIME I MADE THEM PUT IN A NEW WINDSHIELD. 2 WEE...

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN WET ROAD CONDITIONS, THEY CAUSED THE BACK WHEELS TO LOCK UP INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK *ML

ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE VALVE NOISE ON COLD STARTS, IT PROGRESSED OVER TIME TO VALVE NOISE ALL THE TIME WHILE BEING DRIVEN. DEALER IS HAVE ENGINE REPLACED, DUE TO A SERIVE BULLETIN. THEY SAY IT WILL BE 2 TO 3 WEEKS FOR THE ENGINE TO ARRIVE. HOWEVER, THEY STATE THAT I CAN STILL DRIVE THE VEHICLE. SEEM...

VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 10 MPH, CAUSING BOTH AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME.*AK *YH

ABS PULSATES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. PEDAL BECOMES HARD AND DOES NOT GO DOWN, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY IN ANY GIVEN SPEED. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER'S SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK *ML

WHILE HONKING THE HORN ABRUPTLY WITH BOTH HANDS THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED FALSLY AND VIOLENTLY RESULTING IN BURN AND BRUISE ON LEFT ARM, BACK PAIN AND FEAR. NLM

NO DEPLOYMENT OF PASSENGER SIDE FRONTAL AIR BAG DURING FRONTAL COLLISION. NLM

VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE EVEN WITH FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I WAS STRUCK HED ON BY A VEHICLE THAT WAS TRAVELING AT 50+MPH AND NEITHER OF MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

VEHICLE PULLS A 5500LBS TRAILER: WHENEVER SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN ON AN INCLINE, SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO FIRST GEAR, VEHICLE WILL SHUTTER AND JERK VIOLENTLY.ALSO, REAR END VIRBRATES WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP. IF TRAVELING 70MPH AND ABOVE, ENTIRE VEHICLE SHAKES. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND ...

VEHICLE PULLS A 5500LBS TRAILER: WHENEVER SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN ON AN INCLINE, SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO FIRST GEAR, VEHICLE WILL SHUTTER AND JERK VIOLENTLY.ALSO, REAR END VIRBRATES WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP. IF TRAVELING 70MPH AND ABOVE, ENTIRE VEHICLE SHAKES. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND ...

THE DRIVER SMELLS BURNING OIL DUE TO THE RIGHT REAR CYLINDER HEAD LEAKING. YH

REAR TAILGATE IS HARD TO OPEN DUE TO BAD LATCH. YH

TRANSMISSION CLUNKS HARD. YH

INVOLVED IN FRONT END ACCIDENT, AND DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DUE TO MISSING AIRBAG SENSOR WHICH WAS INVESTIGATED BY INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR AND PRIVATE MECHANIC. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO HIGHER SPEED WHILE ON CRUISE CONTROL DUE TO DEFECTIVE SPEED CONTROL ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY. YH

CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF STATIC ELECTRICITY WHEN GOING IN OR COMING OUT OF EXTENDED CAB. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. *AK *ML

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH SEATBACK FAILING TO LOCK IN PLACE. BACK WOULD NOT STAY UP. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM IS STILL UNRESOLVED. *AK

RECALL 99VO39000/FMVSS 301. RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED, BUT DEALER WAS UNABLE TO HONOR RECALL BECAUSE OF THE TRAILER HITCHES. MANUFACTURER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY WILL NOT DO RECALL REPAIRS BECAUSE OF THE TRAILER HITCHES.*AK

RECALL 99VO39000/FMVSS 301. RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED, BUT DEALER WAS UNABLE TO HONOR RECALL BECAUSE OF THE TRAILER HITCHES. MANUFACTURER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY WILL NOT DO RECALL REPAIRS BECAUSE OF THE TRAILER HITCHES.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING APPROX. 50MPH A CAR CROSSED THE ROAD IN FRONT OF ME CAUSING ME TO "T" BONE HIM AND NEITHER DRIVERSIDE SIDE NOR PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED?? *AK

ONGOING/INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH BRAKES MAKING UNNECESSARY SQUEALING NOISE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM IS STILL UNRESOLVED. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING AT EARLY MORNING START UNDER NORMAL BRAKING, REAR BRAKES LOCK UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SKID . CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER REPLACED BRAKE PADS. BUT, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING AT EARLY MORNING START UNDER NORMAL BRAKING, REAR BRAKES LOCK UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SKID . CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER REPLACED BRAKE PADS. BUT, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING AND DUE TO VIBRATION SPARE TIRE WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE METAL CASING, CAUSING THE SPARE TIRE TO WEAR. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER NOTED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBELM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

SPARE TIRE SUPPORT CABLE BROKE, SPARE TIRE FELL OFF. YH

THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 70 MPH AND WOULD NOT DECELERATE, BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK AND WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO NEUTRAL, THE RPMS INCREASED TO 3000, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED HEAVILY AND VEHICLE BEGAN TO RUN NORMALLY, ON ONE OCCASION THE CONSUMER HAD TO SHUT THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY OFF. *SLC

THE STEERING GEOMETRY AND SUSPENSION TRAVEL LEND THE VEHICLE TO EXCESSIVE OVER STEER RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. YH

THE STEERING GEOMETRY AND SUSPENSION TRAVEL LEND THE VEHICLE TO EXCESSIVE OVER STEER RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. YH

VEHICLE SMOKES EXCESSIVELY AND CARBON EMISSIONS COLLECT ON THE REAR FENDER AND TAILGATE. YH

MANUAL TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR PROPERLY OR STICKING. YH

CLUTCH FAILED TO DISENGAGE OCCASSIONALLY. YH

CONSUMER FEELS VEHICLE SHOULD BE EQUIPT WITH RUNNING BOARD FOR SAFETY. THESE BOARD WOULD PREVENT PEOPLE FROM FALLING WHILE ENTERING OR EXITING THE VEHICLE. NLM

DURING DAMP WEATHER AND AS VEHICLE APPROACHES LOWER SPEED WHILE BRAKING THE REAR WHEELS WILL LOCK UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIDE. DEALER CANNOT CORRECT DEFECT. *AK *ML

FUEL COMSUMPTION- TRUCK WILL ONLY GET 8-10 MILES PER GALLON WITH THE 4.2 ENGINE BEEN TO DEALER TWO TIMES THEY STATE NOTHING CAN BE DONE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER COULD SMELL BURNING OIL FROM THE HEAD GASKET AT ALL TIMES. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH DRIVESHAFT BROKE IN HALF. THIS COULD HAVE LED TO A VEHICLE COLLISION. DEALER NOTIFIED, WILL NOT WARRANTY THE DRIVE SHAFT BECAUSE OF MODIFICATIONS MADE TO IT. *AK *ML

TIRE CABLE JACK BROKE TWICE, ALLOWING TIRE TO FALL OUT ONTO STREET. FORD HAS DEVICE TO KEEP DRIVER FROM OVER TIGHTNING, TO KEEP STRESS OFF CABLE. BUT IT DOES NOT WORK. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT IN COLD WEATHER. YH

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 60MPH THERE WERE TWO CARS AHEAD BEING TOWED WITH NO LIGHTS ON. CONSUMER DIDN'T SEE THEM, AND STRUCK THEM FROM BEHIND. NEITHER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONTACT DEALER FOR REPAIRS. PARKED IN FRONT OF THE TRAILER, THOUGHT THE PARK LEVER WAS UP, BUT IT WAS IN NEUTRAL WITH HAND...

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 60MPH THERE WERE TWO CARS AHEAD BEING TOWED WITH NO LIGHTS ON. CONSUMER DIDN'T SEE THEM, AND STRUCK THEM FROM BEHIND. NEITHER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONTACT DEALER FOR REPAIRS. PARKED IN FRONT OF THE TRAILER, THOUGHT THE PARK LEVER WAS UP, BUT IT WAS IN NEUTRAL WITH HAND...

OIL IS LEAKING FROM THE REAR SEALS OF THE ENGINE WHICH COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO LOCK UP, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WASHER SPRAY IS TO WEAK. IT ONLY GETS THE BOTTOM 1/3 OF WINDSHIELD. THIS WON'T LET YOU CLEAN THE SECTION IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES. PROBLEM WITH CLEANING SPRAY DURING WINTER DRIVING OR LIGHT RAIN. *AK

THE DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR (REMOTE CONTROLLED TYPE)VIBRATES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING REAR VIEWED VEHICLE LIGHTS AT NIGHT TO BOUNCE ALL OVER THE PLACE CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. DEALER REPLACED MIRROR THREE TIMES TO NO AVAIL. STATED "FORD KNOWS ABOUT IT, BUT HAS NO FIX, WHY NOT COMPLAIN TO THE DS...

TRANSMISSION DROPPED INTO LOWER GEAR & STARTED TO SEVERELY JERK. ENGINE REVVED UP TO 5,000 RPMS. THE ROADS WERE SLIPPERY & WET CAUSING NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. *AK *YC

TRANSMISSION DROPPED INTO LOWER GEAR & STARTED TO SEVERELY JERK. ENGINE REVVED UP TO 5,000 RPMS. THE ROADS WERE SLIPPERY & WET CAUSING NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. *AK *YC

BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR, WHICH RESULTED IN A CRASH. INSURANCE COMPANY STATED IT WAS MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK *YC

CONSUMER STATE WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK

CONSUMER STATE WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK

WHEN TRUCK CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR QUARTER PANEL OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, TRAVELING 27-30 MPH , THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS. THE ENGINE WAS PUSHED BACK AGAINST THE FIRE WALL, THE FRAME WAS BENT. THE WHOLE FRONT WAS TOTALED . TRUCK IS NOT DRIVEABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FU...

THIS VEHICLE HAS A TERRIBLE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM - THE 2ND TO 3RD SHIFT, AND THE 3RD TO 2ND SHIFT ARE ROUGH AND SLOWLY TEAR THE TRANSMISSION APART. MINE HAS BEEN REPAIRED 4 TIMES AND IS STILL SUFFERING FROM POOR SHIFTS AND UNDEPENDABILITY. THE ENGINE HAD A VERY SEVERE KNOCK WHEN FIRST STARTED - T...

THIS VEHICLE HAS A TERRIBLE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM - THE 2ND TO 3RD SHIFT, AND THE 3RD TO 2ND SHIFT ARE ROUGH AND SLOWLY TEAR THE TRANSMISSION APART. MINE HAS BEEN REPAIRED 4 TIMES AND IS STILL SUFFERING FROM POOR SHIFTS AND UNDEPENDABILITY. THE ENGINE HAD A VERY SEVERE KNOCK WHEN FIRST STARTED - T...

REAR SLIDING WINDOW DEVELOPED LEAK. A FRIEND HAS A 1998 MODEL WITH SAME PROBLEM. HE HAS HAD THE SEAL REPLACED 4 TIMES. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. ALSO THE WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, WINDOWS WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN, AND DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS DO NOT TURN ON. *AK ...

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE RIGHT FRONT WHEELS LOCK UP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS IN FIRST GEAR, THE ENGINE IS SHUTS OFF AND VEHICLE WILL ROLL. DEALER SAID THAT ENGINE BLEEDS OFF COMPRESSION WHICH ALLOWS VEHICLE TO ROLL WHEN IT IS SHUT OFF WHILE IN FIRST GEAR. *AK

WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS IN FIRST GEAR, THE ENGINE IS SHUTS OFF AND VEHICLE WILL ROLL. DEALER SAID THAT ENGINE BLEEDS OFF COMPRESSION WHICH ALLOWS VEHICLE TO ROLL WHEN IT IS SHUT OFF WHILE IN FIRST GEAR. *AK

WHEN TURNING ON THE CRUISE CONTROL, THERE IS NO LIGHT INDICATING THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON. DEALER SAYS ITS THE WAY THIS MODEL IS DESIGNED. *AK

WHILE AT A STOP SIGN THE REARVIEW MIRROR BLOCKS DRIVER' VIEW WHEN TURNING RIGHT OR LOOKING RIGHT IN TRAFFIC. THIS HAS CAUSED FOR A PEDISTRIAN TO ALMOST BE HIT. DEALER SAID THE RE WAS NO WARRANTY, AND WOULD HAVE TO TAKE VEHICLE TO A GLASS SHOP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN NEIGHBORHOOD A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF PASSENGER'S VEHICLE PASSED THE LIGHT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, AND ANOTHER VEHICLE WENT THROUGH A RED LIGHT, AND CRASHED INTO THE OTHER CAR IN FRONT OF CONSUMER. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

I AM ON MY SECOND REAR SLIDING WINDOW AND IT IS LEAKING ALSO. I AM ON MY SECOND TRANSMISSION, AND THERE IS A CLUNKING OR SLAPPING NOISE WHEN YOU COME TO A STOP. A FORD ENGINEER SAYS THAT THIS IS NORMAL OR COMMON ON ALL NEW FORD PICKUP TRUCKS. I DISAGREE THE TRUCK DID NOT MAKE THIS SOUND WHEN IT W...

I AM ON MY SECOND REAR SLIDING WINDOW AND IT IS LEAKING ALSO. I AM ON MY SECOND TRANSMISSION, AND THERE IS A CLUNKING OR SLAPPING NOISE WHEN YOU COME TO A STOP. A FORD ENGINEER SAYS THAT THIS IS NORMAL OR COMMON ON ALL NEW FORD PICKUP TRUCKS. I DISAGREE THE TRUCK DID NOT MAKE THIS SOUND WHEN IT W...

THE TIRES ON THIS VEHICLE ARE TOO SMALL. IT HAS PASSENGER CAR TIRES AND NOT SMALL TRUCK TIRES, THIS HAS CAUSED TWO TIRES TO BLOW OUT AND A FLAT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. DEALER STATES THAT THESE ARE THE RIGHT SIZE TIRES. *AK

THERE IS A CRACK ON THE DRIVERSIDE DOOR WHERE THE WIDOWSILL STARTS TO CURVE. I HAVE HAD IT WELDED ONCE AND IT REAPPEARED THE SAME DAY I GOT MY TRUCK HOME. THE AIR CONDITIONER SMELLS LIKE MOLD WHENEVER I USE IT. IT HAS BEEN WORKED ON FIVE TIMES TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT IT STILL PERSISTS.

THERE IS A CRACK ON THE DRIVERSIDE DOOR WHERE THE WIDOWSILL STARTS TO CURVE. I HAVE HAD IT WELDED ONCE AND IT REAPPEARED THE SAME DAY I GOT MY TRUCK HOME. THE AIR CONDITIONER SMELLS LIKE MOLD WHENEVER I USE IT. IT HAS BEEN WORKED ON FIVE TIMES TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT IT STILL PERSISTS.

VEHICLE PURCHASED NEW. VEHICLE RETURNED TO DEALER 18 DAYS LATER DUE TO PROBLEMS. METALLIC RATTLING AND TINGING NOISE COMING FROM REAR ALONG WITH A FLUTTERING, WINDE UP NOISE COMING FROM DRIVE SHAFT. OTHER MINOR PROBLEMS INCLUDED WIND NOISE(FIXED ONCE BUT STILL THERE), CLUNKING IN TRANSMISSION(REPROG...

VEHICLE PURCHASED NEW. VEHICLE RETURNED TO DEALER 18 DAYS LATER DUE TO PROBLEMS. METALLIC RATTLING AND TINGING NOISE COMING FROM REAR ALONG WITH A FLUTTERING, WINDE UP NOISE COMING FROM DRIVE SHAFT. OTHER MINOR PROBLEMS INCLUDED WIND NOISE(FIXED ONCE BUT STILL THERE), CLUNKING IN TRANSMISSION(REPROG...

CLUTCH DOES NOT ENGAGE PROPERLY WITH THE APPLICATION OF THE CLUTCH PEDAL. THE CLUTCH CAN BE PRESSED, BUT WILL NOT ENGAGE WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO JUMP FORWARD. DEALER CAN'T FIND SOLUTION. *AK

RON CAMPBELL FORD REPLACED DRIVER DOOR BECAUSE OF CRACK

ABS SYSTEM FAILS CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCING LOCK UP, UNABLE TO DETERMINE REMEDY. MJS

ABS SYSTEM FAILS CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCING LOCK UP, UNABLE TO DETERMINE REMEDY. MJS

ABS SYSTEM FAILS CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCING LOCK UP, UNABLE TO DETERMINE REMEDY. MJS

VEHICLE VIBRATES AT 40-45 MPH, EIGHT REPAIR ATTEMPTS, HOWEVER CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE VIBRATION. MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN COLLISION, NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING COLLISION. MJS

VEHICLE VIBRATES AT 40-45 MPH, EIGHT REPAIR ATTEMPTS, HOWEVER CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE VIBRATION. MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN COLLISION, NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING COLLISION. MJS

VEHICLE VIBRATES AT 40-45 MPH, EIGHT REPAIR ATTEMPTS, HOWEVER CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE VIBRATION. MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN COLLISION, NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING COLLISION. MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN COLLISION, NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING COLLISION. MJS

VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FUSE BLOWING OUT WHENEVER TURN SIGNAL OR FOUR- WAY FLASHER IS USED. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS CRACKING RIGHT ABOVE THE WINDOW LINE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN A STOP SIGN AND RAN INTO CONSUMER'S PATH, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT . UPON IMPACT, DRIVER / PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. BOTH DRIVER/PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, DRIVER'S SIDE/ ASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY . IN ADDITION, PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S INSTALLED ON/OFF SWITCH TURNED IN THE OFF POSITION. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, DRIVER'S SIDE/ ASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY . IN ADDITION, PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S INSTALLED ON/OFF SWITCH TURNED IN THE OFF POSITION. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THIS IS A VEHICLE WITH A 5 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. ALSO HAS CRUISE CONTROL. WHEN USING CRUISE CONTROL IT DOES NOT DISENGAGE, CAUSING ENGINE TO RACE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 - 60 MPH CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES BECAUSE THE CAR INFRONT HAD STOPPED. WHILE PUTTING ON BRAKES ABS LOCKED UP, AND CONSUMER REAR ENDED VEHICLE THAT WAS IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 - 60 MPH CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES BECAUSE THE CAR INFRONT HAD STOPPED. WHILE PUTTING ON BRAKES ABS LOCKED UP, AND CONSUMER REAR ENDED VEHICLE THAT WAS IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

CONSUMER'S SON WAS INSID EOF VEHICLE WHEN THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE SEAT BELT CAME OFF. HEAD ENGINE GASKET BLEW OUT. THE MILEAGE WAS 4600. *AK

CONSUMER'S SON WAS INSID EOF VEHICLE WHEN THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE SEAT BELT CAME OFF. HEAD ENGINE GASKET BLEW OUT. THE MILEAGE WAS 4600. *AK

WHILE DRIVING STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. CONSUMER PROCEEDED TO GO THROUGH THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THROTTLE GOT STUCK. CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER CAR. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALER ,AND DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. CONSUMER DOES NOT FEEL SAFE DR...

WHILE DRIVING STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. CONSUMER PROCEEDED TO GO THROUGH THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THROTTLE GOT STUCK. CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER CAR. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALER ,AND DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. CONSUMER DOES NOT FEEL SAFE DR...

THE TRUCK VIBRATES AT 36 TO 44 MPH. VIBRATION IS WORSE AT 41-42 MPH. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES. I HAVE CONTACTED DAVID WRIGHTSMAN, FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER, FORD CUSTOMER DIVISION, ATLANTA REGIONAL OFFICE. HE HAS DRIVEN THE TRUCK AND STATES THAT CORRECTING VIBRATIONS IN T...

WAS GOING 65MPH WHEN THE STEERING GOT REAL STIFF. WAS HARD TO TURN. HAD COME TO A STOP. UNABLE TO TURN STEERING TO TURN WHEELS. MASTER CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER HAD VERY LITTLE RESISTANCE ON THE CLUTCH WHEN THE PEDAL WAS PRESSED. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COLD IT CAN HAPPEN. VEHICLE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SHIF...

WAS GOING 65MPH WHEN THE STEERING GOT REAL STIFF. WAS HARD TO TURN. HAD COME TO A STOP. UNABLE TO TURN STEERING TO TURN WHEELS. MASTER CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER HAD VERY LITTLE RESISTANCE ON THE CLUTCH WHEN THE PEDAL WAS PRESSED. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COLD IT CAN HAPPEN. VEHICLE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SHIF...

THE MODULAR FOR ABS BRAKES WAS DEFECTIVE. ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WORK, ABS LIGHT COMES ON AT VARIOUS TIMES AND WILL NOT STAY ON VERY LONG, IN SHOP 10 TO 12 TIMES, THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM.. *AK *MJS

FAULTY ELECTRICAL WIRING CAUSING ERRATIC OPERATION OF DIFFERENT PARTS IN VEHICLE, SUCH AS POWER WINDOWS DO NOT TO WORK PROPERLY AND CAUSE THE MOTOR TO OVERHEAT/ NO BRAKES/NO TAIL LIGHTS AND MALFUNCTIONING OF CRUISE CONTROL. VEHICLE BEEN IN THE DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, PROBLEM STILL HAS NOT BE ...

WHILE DRIVING ON WET ROAD CONDITIONS VEHICLE LOSES ALL STEERING POWER. MAKING STEERING EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTUE/DEALERSHIP. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN ADRESSED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 15MPH & RAN RED LIGHT. HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE ON RIGHT SIDE. CHECKED OTHER VEHICLE & RETURNED. STARTED TO MOVE F150 & WAS TURNING STEERING WHEEL. AIR BAG POPPED (PUFFED) OUT, ON FIRE, & FELL INTO DRIVER'S LAP. DID NOT EXPLODED LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSE TO DO. MJS

CRACK IN DOOR SHEET METAL DRIVERS SIDE

WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURY TO CONSUMER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR CAN BE OPENED AFTER VEHICLE'S DOORS ARE LOCKED WHILE DRIVING. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. *AK

THIS COULD CASUE DOOR TO BE WEAKER THAN IT SHOULD BE

THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND IS NOT CORRECTABLE PER FORD

WHEN THE SPEED CONTROL IS ACTIVATED GOING ON AN INCLINE VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE . FORD WILL NOT CONTACT CONSUMER. *AK

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHEN TRAVELING 55 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, PEDAL GOES WAY PASS THE NORMAL CONDITION. THERE IS NO GRAB, BUT A SLIGHT SLOWING DOWN WHICH INCREASES THE STOPPING DISTANCE. THIS COULD CAUSE A CRASH. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN SERVICED TWICE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER I...

WHEN STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE JERKS, UNTIL CONSUMER IS TRAVELING OVER 50 MPH. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR THIS PROBLEM THREE TIMES. DEALER REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH, WHICH MADE THE PROBLEM WORSE. THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT STATED THAT THERE IS N...

WHEN STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE JERKS, UNTIL CONSUMER IS TRAVELING OVER 50 MPH. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR THIS PROBLEM THREE TIMES. DEALER REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH, WHICH MADE THE PROBLEM WORSE. THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT STATED THAT THERE IS N...

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, ABS SYSTEM KICKS IN WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SKID. ALSO, BOTH SIDES OF THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD ENGINE BOLTS ARE LOOSE, AND THERE IS A LEAKAGE WHICH CAUSES FUMES TO ENTER VEHICLE. *AK *ML

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, ABS SYSTEM KICKS IN WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SKID. ALSO, BOTH SIDES OF THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD ENGINE BOLTS ARE LOOSE, AND THERE IS A LEAKAGE WHICH CAUSES FUMES TO ENTER VEHICLE. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED. TRYING TO SLOW DOWN, THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULDN'T DISENGAGE. CONSUMER PUT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL, AND DISENGAGED THE SWITCH ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL. VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. *AK

WITH 55 MPH IMPACT ,DRIVER HIT VEHICLE WITH FRONTEND , DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER EVEN WITH SEATBELTS ON. *AK

DRIVING AT APPROX. 65-70 MPH REARENDED ANOTHE RVEHICLE , PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT DRIVER SIDE DID ,CAUSING INJURIES TO PASSENGER. *AK

THE VEHICLE ACCELERATOR STUCK WHEN PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SWERVE WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN COLLISION. *YC

DOOR AJAR/LIGHT STAYS ON, AND THERE IS CHIMING NOISE TO LET CONSUMER KNOW THAT DOOR IS OPEN. ALSO DOME LIGHT IS ON. *AK

DOOR AJAR/LIGHT STAYS ON, AND THERE IS CHIMING NOISE TO LET CONSUMER KNOW THAT DOOR IS OPEN. ALSO DOME LIGHT IS ON. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET JUST TURNING A CORNER WHILE PULLING A TRAILER AT APPROXIMATELY 20MPH, LIGHT CHANGED, DRIVER HIT BRAKES ABOUT TO TAKE OFF, ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER ON THE RIGHT FRONT FENDER. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. BUT WHEN CONSUMER WENT TO MOVE VEHICLE, THEN ...

DRIVESHAFT WAS NOT BALANCED WHICH CAUSED VIBRATION, THE VIBRATION CAUSED THE SEAL TO FAIL RESULTING IN LOSS OF FLUID AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

WHILE TRYING TO ACTIVATE HORN FALSE/VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG, RESULTING IN INJURY TO CONSUMER AND COLLISION DUE TO LOSS OF CONTROL FROM AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. MJS

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED TRUCK SLIDES AND TURNS SIDEWAYS.DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND HAS YET TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK

TRUCK WAS WASHED LEFT THE BUINESS WENT TO STOP AT INTERSECTION BRAKES FAILED SENDING ME IN TO THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION WITH CARS SKIDDING ALL AROUND ME

WHENEVER VEHICLE TAKES OFF FROM STOP SIGN OR LIGHT, IT WOULD SHIFT ON ITS OWN INTO EITHER 1ST/2ND OR 3RD GEARS. THEN IT WOULD DROP BACK TO 1ST GEAR & COME TO SCREECHING HALT. DRIVER IS SLAMMED INTO WINDSHIELD WHEN THIS HAPPENS. ITS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. AT DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC CAN NOT LOCATE CAU...

AS CONSUMER RESTED ARM ON DOOR AND PUT THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS LOCKED PULLING THE SKIN OF ARM INTO THE DOOR CAUSING A BLOOD BLISTER. NLM

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH HEAVY BOUNCING WHILE DRIVING.DEALER NOTIFIED, AND VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN REPAIR SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM REMAINED UNRESOLVED. CAN NHTSA HELP OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

THE HORN IS TOO HARD TO ACTIVATE. WHEN YOU MUST NEED IT IN AN EMERGENCY- MOST TIMES I CANT GET IT TO WORK ....THE AREA YOU HAVCE TO PUSH IS TOO SMALL AND MUST BE PUSHED TOO HARD- ITS JUST TOO HARD TO ACTIVATE WHEN YOU NEED TO.

FRONT SHOCKS BOLT GETTING LOOSE AND THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH REAR AXLE CAME OFF. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 55 VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURY TO CONSUMER. *AK

LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 45-50MPH ON RAIN SLICK ROADS. VEHICLE HIT A POLE, HEAD ON, ON SIDE OF ROAD & NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. DRIVER HIT HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL. HAD EMERGENCY TREATMENT. *AK

LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 45-50MPH ON RAIN SLICK ROADS. VEHICLE HIT A POLE, HEAD ON, ON SIDE OF ROAD & NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. DRIVER HIT HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL. HAD EMERGENCY TREATMENT. *AK

SOMETIMES WHEN I FIRST GO DOWN THE DRIVEWAY IN THE MORN. MY BRAKES WILL LOCK UP AND THERE WILL BE NO ABS. THEN THEY WILL LOCK UP FOR ABOUT A MILE OR SO AT EACH STOP SIGN THEN AFTER THAT THEY ARE OK.

WAS TRAVELING 50-60 MPHN WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN A STOP SIGN. FORD HIT THE LEFT REAR OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

FALSE AND VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS WHEN DRIVER SLAMMED ON BRAKES AND WENT OVER RAIL ROAD TRACKS, BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BLOWING DRIVERS HANDS OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND BRUISING DRIVERS RIBS. NLM

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURE, POSSIBLE CAUSE COULD BE THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL & ACCELERATOR ARE TO CLOSE RESULTING IN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. *YC

VEHICLE SPORADICALLY ACCELERATES TO A HIGH SPEED WHEN FIRST PUT INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE. DEALER CANT FIND SOLUTION. *AK

THE CONSUMER STATE'S WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER VEHICLE AND THE CONSUMER APPLY THE BRAKE'S, AND THE CONSUMER DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG AND THE PASSAGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOY AND THE CONSUMER NEVER HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MP, ANOTHER VEHICLE TURNED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AND WAS REAR ENDED. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSAGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

CONSUMER WAS IN A HEAD-ON ACCIDENT AT 50 MPH. AND NEITHER ONE OF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

SHOULDER BELTS BROKE OFF FROM ANCHOR AND ATTACHMENTS THAT HOOK UP THE SHOULDER BELTS. THE DEALER HAS BEEN AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

THE ENGINE IS TERRIBLY NOISY AT ALL SPEEDS, COMING FROM VALVE TRAIN. THE TRUCK ALSO HAS NO APPRECIABLE POWER, THEY RATE AT 205 HP, BUT I SINCERELY DISPUTE THAT RATING ON MY TRUCK, W/ AIR CONDITIONING OPERATING, IT'S EVEN WORSE! GAS MILEAGE WITH AIR CONDITIONING ON IS TERRIBLE! A PLYMOUTH HORIZON WAS...

VEHICLE WAS SETTING FOR FIVE MINUTES AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

GEAR SHIFT DESIGN IS LOCATED TOO CLOSE TO STEERING COLUMN RESULTING I ACCIDENTAL MOVEMENT OF STEERING WHEEL WHILE SHIFTING GEARS. MJS

OWNER'S CHILD CAN OPEN THE FRONT DOORS WITHOUT UNLOCKING THEM WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. DEALER SAYS THAT'S HOW FRONT DOORS ARE SUPPOSE TO BE DESIGNED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HITTIRE ON THE REAR OF A TRACTOR, VEHICLE BOUNCED AWAY, AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HITTIRE ON THE REAR OF A TRACTOR, VEHICLE BOUNCED AWAY, AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35-45 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT. CONSUMER SWERVED/LOST CONTROL AND RAN INTO A YARD, HITTING A BIG TREE. SHOULDER SEAT BELT STRAP DID NOT LOCK. CONSUMER'S CHEST HIT STEERING AS STEERING WHEEL BROKE DOWN AND WENT INTO THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER'S HEAD HIT TH...

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35-45 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT. CONSUMER SWERVED/LOST CONTROL AND RAN INTO A YARD, HITTING A BIG TREE. SHOULDER SEAT BELT STRAP DID NOT LOCK. CONSUMER'S CHEST HIT STEERING AS STEERING WHEEL BROKE DOWN AND WENT INTO THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER'S HEAD HIT TH...

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THEIR IS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM VEHICLE. IT SOUNDS LIKE METAL RUBBING AGAINST METAL. DEALER IS AWARD OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

IS PE99019 RELATED TO SPARE TIRE WEAR DUE TO MOUNTING AGAINST THE CHASSIS (CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SPARE)? IF SO, THIS COMPLAINT EXTENDS THAT COMPLAINT TO COVER MODEL YEAR 1999 AS WELL.

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WILL EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE VIBRATION, CAUSING A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. *AK

FAILED MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED, HOWEVER BRAKE PEDAL STILL GOES TO THE FLOOR.

FAILED MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED, HOWEVER BRAKE PEDAL STILL GOES TO THE FLOOR.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH, STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT THE BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE BED OF VEHICLE TO BOUNCE. ALSO, AT TIMES HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM TIRES. *AK

ENTIRE BED AND FENDER WELDS HAVE TINY RUST SPOTS. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND CANNOT REMEDY THE ENTIRE PROBLEM. 2) WHEN STARTING VEHICLE LOUD NOISE SOUNDS INTERMITTENTLY. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ENTIRE BED AND FENDER WELDS HAVE TINY RUST SPOTS. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND CANNOT REMEDY THE ENTIRE PROBLEM. 2) WHEN STARTING VEHICLE LOUD NOISE SOUNDS INTERMITTENTLY. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ENTIRE BED AND FENDER WELDS HAVE TINY RUST SPOTS. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND CANNOT REMEDY THE ENTIRE PROBLEM. 2) WHEN STARTING VEHICLE LOUD NOISE SOUNDS INTERMITTENTLY. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE SEATBELTS IN THE PICKUP ARE SET FORWARD OF THE SEAT CREASE, NOT ALLOWING CHILD CAR SEAT TO PROPERLY FIT. THE MANUAL DOES NOT ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM AT ALL. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. ABS WARNING LIGHT STILL COMES ON. *AK

POOR GAS MILEAGE; HAS AVERAGED 15.4 MILES PER GALLON, AND FORD ADVERTISES 16 CITY TO 20 HIGHWAY. OTHER F150 OWNERS REPORT POOR GAS MILEAGE. IS THIS FALSE ADVERTISING BECAUSE I WOULD NEVER HAVE PURCHASED TRUCK GETTING 15.4 MILES PER GALLON WHEN I TRAVEL MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES. I HAVE A LOUD RATTLE NOI...

POOR GAS MILEAGE; HAS AVERAGED 15.4 MILES PER GALLON, AND FORD ADVERTISES 16 CITY TO 20 HIGHWAY. OTHER F150 OWNERS REPORT POOR GAS MILEAGE. IS THIS FALSE ADVERTISING BECAUSE I WOULD NEVER HAVE PURCHASED TRUCK GETTING 15.4 MILES PER GALLON WHEN I TRAVEL MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES. I HAVE A LOUD RATTLE NOI...

POOR GAS MILEAGE; HAS AVERAGED 15.4 MILES PER GALLON, AND FORD ADVERTISES 16 CITY TO 20 HIGHWAY. OTHER F150 OWNERS REPORT POOR GAS MILEAGE. IS THIS FALSE ADVERTISING BECAUSE I WOULD NEVER HAVE PURCHASED TRUCK GETTING 15.4 MILES PER GALLON WHEN I TRAVEL MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES. I HAVE A LOUD RATTLE NOI...

POOR GAS MILEAGE; HAS AVERAGED 15.4 MILES PER GALLON, AND FORD ADVERTISES 16 CITY TO 20 HIGHWAY. OTHER F150 OWNERS REPORT POOR GAS MILEAGE. IS THIS FALSE ADVERTISING BECAUSE I WOULD NEVER HAVE PURCHASED TRUCK GETTING 15.4 MILES PER GALLON WHEN I TRAVEL MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES. I HAVE A LOUD RATTLE NOI...

WE ARE UNABLE TO SAFELY INSTALL CHILD SAFETY SEATS IN THE BACK OF THIS TRUCK.WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THE SAFEST PLACE TO HOOK UP A CARSEAT IS IN THE FRONT SEAT WITH THE AIR BAG TURNED OFF.THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE AS WE HAVE TWO CHILDREN.THE PROBLEM IS HOWEVER,IS THE FACT THAT CARSEATS CANNOT BE PUT IN THE BA...

THE STEERING ON MY 1999 FORD F150 SUPERCAB (LARIET MODEL) WILL NOT COME BACK TO CENTERING. WHEN I SLIGHTLY TURN THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT IT JUST KEEPS ON GOING IN THAT DIRECTION. I HAVE HAD THIS IN THE DEALER FOR THEM TO LOOK AT AND THEY ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM SO THAY CONTACTED THE FORD ENGI...

WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH AND PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY STEERING STARTED WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, AND THE CONSUMER COULD'NT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL THE WAY HE WAS TURNING. *AK

ENGINE HAD AN OIL LEAK, PROBABLY BEFORE THE VEHICHLE LEFT THE FACTORY, THE LEAK IS NOT REPAIRABLE SO THE ENGINE IS BEING REPLACED. *AK

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN PASSENGER'S FRONT TIRE CAME OFF UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, AND RESULTING IN SEVERE INJURIES TO DRIVER AND PASSENGERS. *AK

THE FORCE OF THE WIND OVER THE HOOD DIRECTS THE STREAM OF WASHER FLUID FROM THE WASHERS TO A PLACE BELOW THE WIPER BLADES DUE TO DESIGN.

AT HIGHWAY SPEED (55 MPH) THE WIND OVER THE HOOD DIRECTS THE STREAM OF FLUID FROM THE WINDSHIELD WASHERS TO LAND BELOW THE WIPER BLADES, CAUSING IT TO BECOME COMPLETELY INEFFECTIVE. THE DEALER INFORMS ME THAT THIS IS A DESIGN PROBLEM FOR WHICH THERE IS NO REPAIR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 5-10 MPH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER CONTACTED AND WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. REPAIR WORK SCHEDULED FOR REMEDY OF PROBLEM WHEN AIR BAG ORDER COMES IN. *AK *ML