2001 FORD F-150 Electrical System Problems

The contact owns a 2001 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked and turned off the vehicle suddenly caught on fire and was destroyed. The fire department was called to the impoundment lot and extinguished the flames which came from the engine compartment. A fire report was taken at the scene. The cause of the fire was not determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 190,000.

Mileage: 190,000

The contact owns a 2001 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked in the driveway flames were suddenly present coming from the engine compartment. The fire department was called to the scene and extinguished the flames. During the incident, the vehicle was destroyed. The cause of the failure was not determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The contact indicated that prior to the fire the vehicle had not been driven or turned on for two days. The failure mileage was 89,000.

Mileage: 89,000

WE PURCHASED OUR 2001 F150 SUPERCREW USED. I AM A MECHANIC, SO THE FIRST THING I DO WHEN BUYING A USED VEHICLE IS INSPECT IT THOROUGHLY. THERE WERE A FEW MINOR ISSUES, BUT ONE STOOD OUT AS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, IT SEEMS TO BE EXTREMELY COMMON TO ALL 1997-2003 F-150S. SYMPTOMS - THIS ISSUE MAINLY AFFECTS THE REAR LEFT AND RIGHT BRAKE LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HAZARD LIGHTS. THESE LIGHTS, PARTICULARLY BRAKE LIGHTS, CAN CEASE TO FUNCTION ENTIRELY, INTERMITTENTLY AND UNKNOWN TO THE DRIVER. CAUSE - THERE IS A WIRE HARNESS WHICH CONNECTS TO THE "MULTI - FUNCTION SWITCH". THIS WIRE HARNESS IS PULLED WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TILTED DOWN. AS A RESULT, THE CONNECTOR OR INDIVIDUAL TERMINALS CAN BECOME LOOSE OR DISCONNECTED. THIS PROBLEM IS MOST PREVALENT WITH THE STEERING WHEEL IN THE DOWN POSITION, BUT ONCE LOOSE CAN HAPPEN AT ANY POSITION AND ANY DRIVING SITUATION. SOLUTION - REPAIR OR REPLACE WITH MOTORCRAFT PART# WPT607, AND ENSURE THE HARNESS HAS ENOUGH SLACK TO ALLOW STEERING WHEEL TILT WITHOUT TENSION ON THE HARNESS. IN OUR CASE, I REPLACED THE CONNECTOR AND PULLED THE WIRES ENOUGH TO ALLOW SLACK FOR STEERING WHEEL TILT. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE ONLINE, AND IT IS WELL DOCUMENTED BY F150 OWNERS. I HAVE PICTURES BUT THE FILE SIZES ARE OVER 5MB.

Mileage: 164,000

CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD DRIVER SIDE WIRE WALL AREA.*DT CONSUMER STATED ORIGINAL COMPONENTS AND PARTS WERE MELTED AND DAMAGED.*JB

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED EXTENSIVE RED SMOKE AND FIRE UNDER THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE SPREAD TO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. A FIRE INSPECTION REPORT WAS PROVIDED. TWO VEHICLES HAD BEEN IMPACTED DUE TO THE FIRE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAD NOT YET INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT AWARE OR NOTIFIED OF A SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM MODIFICATION FROM JANUARY 27, 2005 AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V385000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) AS OF JULY 29, 2011. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 275,000.

Mileage: 275,000

THE TRUCK WAS PARKED OUT FRONT OF MY HOUSE ON THE STREET AND IT CAUGHT FIRE.

Mileage: 133,750

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. WHILE REVERSING, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE WHEN SHIFTING THE GEAR INTO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 70-80 MPH. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A GARAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

ALL I KNOW IS I WAS AT A NEIGHBORS FOR AROUND 1 1/2 HOURS AND WE HEAR A LOUD BOOM. WE RAN OUT SIDE AND MY TRUCK HOOD WAS ON FIRE, IT BURNED EVERYTHING VISIBLE ON TOP OF THE MOTOR AND TOWARD THE DRIVER FIREWALL . IT BUSTED THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE AND COMPLETELY BURNED EVERYTHING VISIBLE UNDER THE HOOD. THE DASH COMPONENTS AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE ARE NOT BAD, UNKNOWN OF INTERNAL DAMAGE.I'M NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. I DID GO TO THE RECALL SITE TO SEE IF THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOMETHING I DID FIND THIS CONTROL SWITCH FOR SPEED RECALL AND NOT SURE IF IT APPLIES TO MINE.EVEN THOUGH IT BROUGHT IT UP WHEN I ENTERED MY VIN #. I DID RECEIVE A RECALL ON THE GAS TANK STRAPS BUT DID NOT REPLACE THEM THEY WERE IN GREAT SHAPE. BUT I DID NOT RECEIVE ON ON THIS. I DO HAVE PICTURES IF YOU NEED THEM. THANKS

Mileage: 286,457

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AUTO THEFT SENSOR ILLUMINATED SEVERAL TIMES AND CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE RANDOMLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO REPLACED THE KEY, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO HAVE EXTREME DIFFICULTY WITH TURNING THE KEY TO START THE IGNITION AND THE AUTO THEFT WARNING LAMP CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I PARKED, WALKED INSIDE...MOMENTS LATER THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE.. *TR

Mileage: 200,014

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE VEHICLE NOR WERE ANY WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE IS LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V017000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE ON SATURDAY. ON WEDNESDAY, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TOWED TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,000.

Mileage: 165,000

THE TRUCK WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY FOR AT LEAST 24 HOURS WITHOUT BEING USED OR TURNED ON. THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK SUDDENLY WENT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND PUT IT OUT. THE FIRE BURNED ONLY THE FRONT UP TO THE WINDSHIELD LEAVING THE CAB PARTIALLY MELTED AND MY DAUGHTERS CAR SEAT UNSAFE. NOW THIS MESS SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY AS I WAIT FOR INSPECTOR. AS IT FALLS APART MORE AND MORE EACH DAY AS MY FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS SMELL THE BURNT RUBBLE AND ARE REMINDED OF THAT FRIGHTENING AFTERNOON. *TR

2001 F150 XLT 4.2 V6 ELECTRONICAL CONTROL MODULE (ECM) SHORTED OUT CAUSING MALFUNCTION TO MY LIGHTS WINDOWS AND ALARM AND MY LOCKS AS WELL WHICH IS A THEFT CONCERN AND FIRE HAZARD AS WELL. I FEEL IN MY OPINION THAT THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AND SHOULD BE UNDER RECALL AND FIXED UNDER FORD I SPOKE WITH A TECH AT A FORD DEALERSHIP NEAREST ME AND HE TOLD ME THAT FORD HAS NOT STEPPED UP AND SAID ANYTHING. I FEEL THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND IS A BIG CONCERN FOR ME AND IM SURE ITS A CONCERN FOR OTHERS AS WELL. SO FORD IF YOU WANT BUSINESS AND YOU LOVE YOUR CUSTOMERS THIS WILL BE FIXED. *TR

Mileage: 58,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED AND OCCUPIED, THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED TO THE SCENE AND FILED A REPORT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 250,000. *TR

Mileage: 250,000

I KEEP HAVING MAJOR ISSUES WITH MY TRUCK EJECTING SPARK PLUGS FROM THE ENGINE WHICH IS BREAKING NOT ONLY MY SPARK PLUGS BUT MY COIL PACK AS WELL. THIS IS REDICULIOUS. THE FIRST TIME I WAS AT A LIGHT AT A DEAD STOP WHEN I HEAR A LOUD BANGING NOISE LIKE SOMETHING EXPLODED THEN MY TRUCK STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND HAD TO GET IT TOWED. IT STRANDED US 45 MINUTES FROM HOME. THE SECOND TIME WAS TWO DAYS AGO ON MARCH 18 I WAS DRIVING THROUGH A DRIVE THRU AGAIN AT A DEAD STOP AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND HAD THE SAME ISSUE. AGAIN MY SPARK PLUG WAS EJECTED AND COIL PACK BROKEN. THE FIRST TIME WAS IN CYLINDER 1 AND WAS REPAIRED THEN ONE MONTH LATER THE NEXT TIME CYLINDER 2 EJECTED. 5 MINUTES AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED AND HAD NEW PLUG AND COIL PACK IT AGAIN EJECTED. IM UPSET BECAUSE I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE MY TRUCK. IF FORD DOESNT FIX THIS I WILLNEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER FORD. NOW IT IS USELESS SITTING IN MY GARAGE TAKIN UP SPACE. *TR

Mileage: 327,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED TO THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

Mileage: 170,000

CAR WAS SITTING IN DRIVEWAY FOR AROUND 30 -45 MINUTES THEN JUST SET FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 163,000

REAR LIGHTS, INCLUDING BRAKE, TURN SIGNALS, AND HAZARD LIGHTS QUIT WORKING. THIS ISSUE CAN BE FOUND ON MANY ONLINE FORD F-150 FORUMS. THE STEERING COLUMN WIRING IS TOO SHORT, AND BREAKAGE IN THE WIRE, OR CONNECTORS CAN OCCUR WITH THE TILT STEERING MECHANISM. THE TILT STEERING MECHANISM AND SHORT WIRING HAS CAUSED THE CONNECTION TO BREAK INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN TRIM ON OUR VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSED THE LIGHTS TO STOP FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. I INSPECTED THE PROBLEM, AND FOUND THE CONNECTOR CAN MOVE FREELY. I FEEL THIS IS AN ISSUE SINCE I AM ABLE TO LOCATE MANY OTHERS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE FROM 1997 UP TO 2001 FORD F-150S. *TR

Mileage: 138,000

AS I WAS LEAVING A STOP SIGN, I ACCELERATED AND A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF IT'S HOLE AND WILL NOT GO BACK IN. THIS IS A PRODUCT DEFECT THAT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATHS TO UNKNOWING FORD OWNERS. FORD SHOULD RECALL ASAP. *JB

Mileage: 112,000

ON OR ABOUT 2004, COMPLAINANT PURCHASED A FORD TRUCK, F-150, SUPERCREW, 4X2, MODEL 2001. COMPLAINANT OWNS AND LIVES IN A HOUSE. SAID HOUSE HAS A GATE CARPORT. BY SEPTEMBER 20, 2011, THE ABOVE REFERENCED VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED AND TURNED OFF FOR ABOUT ONE (1) WEEK IN THE GATED CARPORT OF COMPLAINANTS HOUSE. ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2011, SOMETIME BETWEEN 12:00PM AND 1:00PM THE ABOVE REFERENCE VEHICLE BEGAN TO BURN INSIDE THE CARPORT. THE FLAMES AND THE SMOKE FLOWING FROM THE VEHICLE EXPANDED INTO COMPLAINANTS HOUSE CAUSING DAMAGES TO THE STRUCTURE AND A MYRIAD OF MOVABLE OBJECTS LOCATED THEREIN. ACCORDING TO COMPLAINANTS FORENSIC EXPERT, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO BURN AS A RESULT OF A FAILURE IN THE VEHICLE'S CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH DEACTIVATOR. *TR

MY F150 BLOWER MOTOR UNIT JUST SHORTED OUT AND CAUGHT FIRE WHILE I WAS ON THE FREEWAY. I AM JUST SO DISGUSTED AS I ALREADY GOT PAST BLOWING OUT SPARKPLUGS ON THIS TRUCK AS I HAD TO REMOVE THE HEAD AND RE THREAD IT SO THEY WOULD BE SAFE AND NOW THIS. HOW DOES FORD CONTINUE TO GET A AWAY WITH PRODUCING VEHICLES THAT ARE DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC? I LOVED MY TRUCK BUT WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO MOVE TO A SAFER VEHICLE NOW. *TR

Mileage: 192,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS AND COIL PLUG WAS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL AND DRIVE HARD. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE WIRING HARNESS AND COIL PLUG REPLACED BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT REMEDY THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT PROPERLY DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

Mileage: 68,000

THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR SEVERAL DAYS. IT CAUGHT FIRE WHILE NO ONE WAS HOME. THERE HAD BEEN NO PROBLEMS BEFORE AS FAR AS RUNNING. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. EXACT CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. *TR

FOR A LONG TIME WE HAD ISSUES WITH THE BRAKES EVEN AFTER GETTING NEW ONES,ABOUT 3 WKS BEFORE THE FIRE MY CRUISE STOPPED WORKING.ON THE DAY BEFORE THE FIRE I ROLLED MY FRONT WINDOWS DOWN AFTER I WENT BACK TO WORK,AN WHEN I GOT OFF WORK MY WINDOWS WOULD NOT ROLL UP,AN I COULD NOT GET THE GEAR OUT OF PARK,SO I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF ,AN JUST TURNED THE KEY ON,AN GOT IT TO GO INTO NEUTRAL SO I COULD START IT AN GET IT INTO DRIVE.THE NEXT MORNING I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP TO SEE ABOUT THE WINDOWS,AN BEFORE IT COULD BE CHECKED ,ABOUT 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON THE ENGINE OFF,THE SHOP OWNER CAME OUT AN THE TRUCK ENGINE WAS FULLY ENGULFED. WE DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL AFTER THE FIRE THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM THAT COULD RESULT IN A ENGINE FIRE. WE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. *TR

AIRBAG LIGHT LITES UP ON DASHBOARD, ODOMETER DOES NOT ALWAYS LIGHT TO SEE MILEAGE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH HE BEGAN TO SEE SMOKE RISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND SHUT OFF. WHILE EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED SOME OF THE WIRES UNDER THE HOOD WERE ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. UPON REENTERING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

Mileage: 130,000

I HAVE A 2001 F150 TRUCK I WENT TO LEAVE WORK I STARTED MY TRUCK AND WENT TO PUT IT IN GEAR TO LEAVE WHEN I SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER MY HOOD I OPEN TO HOOD TO FIND A FIRE AT THE MASTER CYLINDER . I GRAB THE PLUG THAT WAS BURNING AND YANKED IT OUT OF THE TRUCK , IT BURN A HOLE IN MY RESERVOIR HOLDING MY BRAKE FLUID AND MY HAND. *TR

Mileage: 149,000

2001 F150,,,, I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD A FEW WEEKS AGO AT AROUND 50 TO 55 MPH , WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM MY TRUCK . I PULLED OVER RIGHT AWAY, IT SOUNDED LIKE A BAD EXHAUST LEAK. I LOOKED ALL UNDER THE TRUCK AND COULDN'T FIND ANY LEAK , SO I HAD MY SON TOW ME HOME , AS I OPENED THE HOOD AND STARTED THE TRUCK I HEARD THE NOISE COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE MOTOR, AFTER LOOKING CLOSER WITH A FLASHLIGHT I FOUND THE PROBLEM THE NUMBER 7 PLUG HAD BEEN BLOWN RIGHT OF THE HEAD AND WAS LAYING ON TOP OF THE INTAKE,BREAKING THE COIL PACK IN THE PROCESS. IT STRIPPED THE THREADS RIGHT OUT OF THE HEAD,,,I DID FIND A REPAIR KIT AT NAPA FOR $220.00 AND IT STILL IS NOT RUNNING RIGHT , AND I ALSO LEARNED THEY ONLY MAKE A REPAIR KIT FOR THE FORD MOTORS NO OTHER MAKE HAS THIS REPAIR KIT,, SO IT SOUND LIKE FORD HAS A DEFECT WITH THE HEADS NO OTHER MAKE HAS THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 147,000

I OWN A 2001 FORD F150 LARIAT 1/2 TON PICKUP TRUCK WITH 95,000 ORIGINAL MILES ON IT. ON MY WAY TO WORK I NOTICED IT BEGAN RUNNING VERY ERRATIC AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO THE SHOP. THE DIAGNOSTIC CHECK REVEALED THE #7 COIL WIRE WAS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. THE SHOP ADVISED ME TO CHANGE ALL COIL WIRES AND SPARK PLUGS AS I WAS NEARING THE 100,000 MILE MARK, THE COST WAS $1,200. I OPTED TO JUST HAVE THE SPARK PLUGS CHANGED AND THE # 7 COIL WIRE REPLACED FOR $240. THE NEXT DAY THE SHOP CALLED AND SAID THERE WAS A BIG PROBLEM, THE #7 SPARK PLUG BROKE OFF DURING THE EXTRACTION. THE $240.00 COST IS NOW $1800.00. THE SHOP SAID THE HEAD WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED TO REPLACE THE BROKEN SPARK PLUG. I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO HAVE THE WORK DONE AS THE SHOP TOLD ME THERE WAS A BIG PROBLEM WITH SPARK PLUGS SHEARING OFF DURING REMOVAL BECAUSE OF POOR DESIGN, THEY COMMENTED THE SPARK PLUGS HAVE A 100,000 MILE GUARANTEE TO WORK, HOWEVER, THE ENGINEERS DIDN'T FIGURE ON HOW BAD THE PLUGS MIGHT DETERIORATE MAKING REMOVAL TURN INTO A FINANCIAL FIASCO. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

MAY 19, 2011 AT AROUND 4:20 AM WE WERE AWAKEN BY OUR NEIGHBORS THAT OUR TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. OUR 2001 FORD F150 WAS ON FIRE, AN EXPLOSION HAD MADE A HUGE HOLE IN THE HOOD ON THE FRONT OF THE DRIVER SIDE. THE TRUCK HAD LAST BEEN DRIVEN THE MORNING OF MAY 17, 2011 AND HAD BEEN SITTING IN OUR DRIVEWAY SINCE THEN. THE FIREMEN SAID THE FIRE WAS DUE TO ELECTRICAL WIRING. WE ALWAYS KEPT UP WITH ALL REQUIRED MAINTENANCE. WE HAD NO IDEA OF THE PROBLEMS FORDS WERE HAVING, WE NOW ONLY HAVE ONE VEHICLE TO GET AROUND AND THE WORST PART IS THAT IT'S A 2004 FORD F250 WHICH COULD ALSO BE A RECALL VEHICLE. OUR INCOME IS VERY TIGHT BECAUSE MY MOTHER IS VERY SICK AND WE ARE SENDING MONEY FOR HER MEDICATION AND EXPENSES, WE HAVE NO WAY OF GETTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. OUR FORD F250 IS A DIESEL AND DIESEL FUEL IS VERY HIGH. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP! NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSE TO DO OR IF FORD WILL BE RESPONSIBLE.

Mileage: 120,000

OVER 100 THOUSAND MILES THE 2001 FORD F150 CYLINDER 6 MISFIRES REPLACE AND STILL MISFIRES AFTER 4 MONTHS. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT SHAKES VEHICLE AND MAKES IT UNSTABLE IN DRIVING AND ACCELERATION. ALSO CREATES LOSS IN FUEL ECONOMY. AND ALSO CAN PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THIS FOLLOW WEB ADDRESS OF OTHERS AFFECTED BY THIS. THIS IS ONE SIDE OF 400 SITES OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING. HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/FORD-F-150/T1BO1CB5BHPB0T4MU. *TR

STARTED TRUCK HEARD A LOUD POP ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH CHECKED,SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT DESTROYING COIL PACK NOW CALLED FORD DEALER THEY SAID NO RECALL CHECKED ON INTERNET NOTICED A LOT OF PEOPLE SAME PROBLEM. A LOT MONEY TO REPAIR. I HAD JUST GOT BACK FROM A 600 MILE TRIP IF THIS HAD HAPPENED DURING TRIP WOULD HAVE COST ME UP TO $4.000 TO GET ON ROAD AGAIN, THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL! AND IF I GET IT FIXED I WILL HAVE TO GET RID OF IT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING 2 OR MORE PLUGS ARE BLOWING OUT AND I CAN NOT AFFORD THE FIX .

Mileage: 106,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT SUDDENLY BURST INTO FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND STATED THAT THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL; THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 181,000.

Mileage: 181,000

I HAVE A 2001 FORD F150 5.4 SUPER CREW WHITE THE SPARK PLUG NUMBER FIVE BLEW OUT ON THE HIGHWAY ON OUR WAY HOME! I WAS WITH MY WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IT SCARED US IT WAS A VERY LOUD NOISE IT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT THEN THE MOTOR STARTED TO SHAKE AND MIS FIRE WE SMELT GAS AND AS THE TRUCK WAS LOOSING POWER I HAD MY WIFE WHO WAS DRIVING PULL OFF THE ROAD ON TO THE SIDE THEN WE CALLED THE TOW TRUCK THEN WE HAD IT TOWED HOME! THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER STATED THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HE HAS SEEN ALOT AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS IT CAN START ON FIRE AND WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR IN A CRASH BECAUSE OF IT THANK GOD WE NOT! HE ALSO STATED THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL BUT FORD IS TOO CHEAP AND DON'T CARE ABOUT PEOPLE THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT MONEY! I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IF NOT RECALLED AND I WANT TO HAVE IT FIXED! I HAVE LOOKED INTO THIS ON LINE AND SEE THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO FEEL THE SAME WAY SINCE IT HAPPENED TO THEM TOO! *TR

Mileage: 204,000

VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO STORE WHERE IT SAT FOR 15 MINUTES BEFORE RESTARTING. UPON STARTING, THE ENGINE NOISE WAS VERY LOUD, SOUNDED LIKE BACKFIRING. ENGINE WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MECHANIC. PROBLEM WAS BLOWN NUMBER 8 SPARK PLUG, THE WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WHERE THE PLUG WAS BLOWN OUT TAKING THE THREADS FROM THE HEAD WITH IT. THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO TAP THE RESULTANT HOLE, ADD A REPAIR INSERT, AND A NEW SPARK PLUG. *TR

Mileage: 142,000

I HAD JUST ARRIVED AT A CAMPSITE WITH MY FAMILY AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF IN MY 2001 FORD F150 TRUCK. I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE TRUCK'S ENGINE COMPARTMENT HAD CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED, THE ENTIRE TRUCK WAS DESTROYED AND MY FAMILY AND I NARROWLY ESCAPED WITH OUR LIVES. *TR

Mileage: 103,000

COIL OVER PLUG (C O P) ON A FORD 150. I HAVE REPLACED DIFFERENT C O P SEVERAL TIMES. THIS IS A ONGOING BATTLE I'M SURE I CANNOT AFFORD. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, SHE OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT FOUND THE WIRING UNDER THE HOOD HAD BURNED AND MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 95,000.

Mileage: 95,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT CAUGHT FIRE ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE FIRE DAMAGED THE DRIVE WAY WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE. THE CONTACT IS AWARE OF THE SAFETY RISK SINCE THE FIRE NEARLY BURNED HIS HOME TO THE GROUND. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 220,000.

Mileage: 220,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 70 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE DRIVER NOTICED A FLAME IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT BECAME COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. ANOTHER DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. THE CONTACT DOES NOT KNOW IF HER VIN IS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 110,000.

Mileage: 110,000

2001 FORD F-150 SUPERCREW WINDSHIELD LEAKED WITH NO SIGN OF THIS HAPPENING. SHORTED OUT COMPUTER, FUSE BOX. ENGINE SHUTDOWN WHILE TRAVELING IN LEFT LANE OF A HIGHWAY. NO CRASH BUT VERY CLOSE TO CAUSING ONE. WAS ABLE TO GET INTO MEDIAN. NO PREVIOUS ACCIDENT WITH TRUCK,ORIGINAL WINDSHIELD WITH NO CRACKS OR BLEMISHES. MAINTAINED WELL AND TYPICALLY GARAGED. *TR

Mileage: 107,000

IN MARCH 08, MY F150 4.6L ENGINE BLEW A SPARK PLUG...FUEL WAS CLOSE TO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. I WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT IT WOULD IGNITE, SO I REMAINED CLEAR OF THE VEHICLE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, GIVING THE FUEL TIME TO EVAPORATE. THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM, PLEASE STEP UP AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT. FORD SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

MY 2001 FORD F150 HARLEY DAVIDSON EDITION CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED ON MY DRIVEWAY AND BURNED TO THE GROUND. HAD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ANY LATER, MY HOUSE WOULD BE GONE AS WELL. *TR

Mileage: 80,200

2001 F150 SUPEREXT CAB CAUGHT FIRE ON 12/22/07. ESSURANCE HAS INVESTIGATED THE FIRE TO BE CAUSED BY THE CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTION. *CN

Mileage: 97,500

FILED A REPORT #10207914. THE VIN NUMBER WAS INCORRECT. THE CORRECT VIN NO. IS HEREIN. ENGINE FIRE - FORD F-150 - PARKED AT 4AM - ELECTRICAL - SOURCE OF FIRE. COMPLETELY TOTALED. POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS FILED REPORTS. I LIVE IN MEXICO IN CABO SAN LUCAS. TRUCK WAS PURCHASED AT GALPIN FORD IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA. *TR

Mileage: 109,000

THE TRUCK WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVE WAY FOR HOURS PRIOR TO CATCHING FIRE. MY FORD F-150 CAUGHT FIRE IN MY DRIVE WAY AND SET MY HOUSE ON FIRE THAT BURNED AND WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

(1) VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY (2) VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES STARTING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT (ON THE DRIVERS SIDE) (3)FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED TO SUPPRESS FIRE AS WELL AS MY ATTEMPTING WITH A GARDEN HOSE ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO VEHICLE AND SOME SCARS ON DRIVEWAY. *TR

Mileage: 78,000

MY 2001 FORD F-150 SUPERCREW CAUGHT FIRE SPONTANEOUSLY AFTER SITTING PARKED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. *JB

Mileage: 121,000

I OWN A 2001 FORD F150 SUPERCREW TRUCK. THIS VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND IS A TOTAL LOSS. THE FIRE CAPTAIN TOLD ME THAT THIS VEHICLE IS NOTORIOUS FOR CATCHING FIRE AND I SHOULD REPORT THIS INCIDENT. HIS OPINION WAS THAT THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL IN NATURE AND THAT IT MOST LIKELY WAS FROM THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM. THE TRUCK WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION BOTH AESTHETICALLY AND MECHANICALLY. *TR

Mileage: 102,355

MY HOUSE BURNED DOWN -- IT APPEARS THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS MY 2001 F150 TRUCK. THE FIRE STARTED AT APPROX 3:00 AM IN THE GARAGE. MY INSURANCE COMPANY, COUNTRY COMPANIES HAS A TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS ONSITE GOING THROUGH THE DEBRIS. *TR

Mileage: 103,000

FORD F150 2001 PARKED IN THE GARAGE IGNITED INTO FLAMES AFTER BEING PARKED FOR OVER ONE HOUR. NEIGHBOR SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE GARAGE AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR. I OPENED THE KITCHEN THAT LEADS TO GARAGE FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I OPENED THE GARAGE AND FIRE SPREAD TO ANOTHER CAR PARKED IN THE GARAGE BEHIND TRUCK IN THE DRIVEWAY. FLAMES ROSE TO UPSTAIRS BEDROOM AND THROUGHOUT THE GARAGE. *TR

WOKE UP TO IN THE EARLY MORNING TO TRUCK ALARM ACTIVATED. WHEN GOING OUT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED THE TRUCK WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES IN THE ENGINE AREA. THE TRUCK WAS TOTALED. THE TRUCK WAS SITTING ALL NIGHT. AND HADN'T BEEN DRIVEN SINCE 3:30 PM THE PREVIOUS DAY.*AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHICH ORIGINATED FROM THE HOOD. THE ONLY PART OF THE VEHICLE THAT WAS NOT DESTROYED WAS THE BED. FORD ADVISED THE CONTACT TO SEND DOCUMENTATION AND PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE, AND STATED THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL OF THE VEHICLE, IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED THAT THE EXPLOSION WAS A RESULT OF THE RECALL, NOT EVEN BY THE VIN. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, AND THAT THE CONTACT COULD TAKE LEGAL ACTION IF NECESSARY. THE MANUFACTURER CONCLUDED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000. AK

Mileage: 110,000

MY 2001 FORD F-150 TRUCK HAD A SPARK PLUG EJECT FROM THE CYLINDER AND HIT THE FUEL RAIL WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY ON 9-1-06 (70,000 MILES ON ODOMETER). I HAD THE TRUCK HAULED TO NEAREST SERVICE CENTER WHERE THEY FIXED THE CYLINDER WITH A REPAIR KIT MADE FOR THIS PROBLEM. ON 2-26-07 AT 79 THOUSAND MILES ANOTHER PLUG EJECTED WITH THE SAME CONSEQUENCE. NOW THE ENTIRE HEAD HAS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $3600 TO ME. *JB

Mileage: 79,000

TL* - THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING THE 2001 FORD F150. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING AT 60 MPH WHEN HE STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE. THE CONTACT LOOKED OUT OF THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND SAW SPARKS HITTING THE ROAD. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER. LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND SAW FLAMES. HE THEN LEFT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND WAS DESTROYED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE AS ELECTRICAL. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE WHETHER A POLICE OR FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AWAY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 160,000. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK FORD CLAIMED THE RECALL HAD BEEN FIXED. UPDATED 03/19/07. *JB

Mileage: 160,000

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD POPPING SOUND SIMILAR TO A TRUCK BACK FIRING. THE MECHANIC STATED THE SPARK PLUG AND COILS WERECAUSING THE FAILURE. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED ON 2 PREVIOUS OCCASIONS. THE RECENT FAILURE THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR BY CHANGING THE SPARK PLUGS, THE DAMAGEWAS MORE ADVANCED AND COSTLY. MOST FORD TRUCKS EXPERIENCED THIS FAILURE AT 8 YEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED, AND WAS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE 93000.*AK

Mileage: 93,000

WINDSHIELD LEAK ON 2001 F150 HAS LEAKED INTO GEM MODULE AND FUSE BOX. NOW IN SHOP FOR SECOND TIME FORD DEALER WILL NOW REPLACE WINDSHIELD AND OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. FIRST TRIP TO SHOP THEY SAID IT WAS THE BATTERY. I PAID FOR THAT AND THE TOWING CHARGE. A BIT OF INTERNET SEARCHING LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THIS IS A WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH FORD TRUCKS AND SUVS. ODI HAS LOOKED INTO THIS BEFORE. *JB

I WENT FISHING ONE EARLY MORNING AND I STOPPED FOR GAS AND NOTICED THAT MY LIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN OFF. I NORMALLY KEEP THE SWITCH IN THE AUTO-DETECT MODE. I SWITCHED TO OFF AND THEY STILL WOULD NOT TURN OFF. AFTER GETTING TO THE DOCK, I TURNED OFF THE MOTOR AND LOCKED IT. MY F-150'S HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN OFF AND WOULD BLINK ON AND OFF. THE SWITCH WOULD NOT WORK, NOR DID LOCKING THE VEHICLE TURN OFF THE LIGHTS. I EXPECTED THE BATTERY SAVER WOULD ACTIVATE TO TURN OFF THE EXTERIOR LAMPS. IT ALSO FAILED. THE BATTERY DIED AND I HAD TO BE TOWED INTO THE DEALER. DEALER STATES IT WAS A WIRING HARNESS (#12, #160 AND #161) THAT SHORTED A RELAY AND KILLED THE BATTERY. THE PARTS WERE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. PARTS AND LABOR WERE $612. *NM

Mileage: 48,578

ODOMETER LIGHT GOES OUT WHEN IT WANTS AND ON WHEN IT WANTS. *NM

Mileage: 76,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR SIX HOURS IN THE DRIVEWAY NEXT TO A RESIDENCE, IT BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. AN ADDITIONAL VEHICLE PARKED NEXT TO THE TRUCK AND PART OF THE CONTACT'S HOUSE WAS ALSO DAMAGED FROM THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND VERIFIED THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED A RECALL NOTICE WAS NEVER RECEIVED. UPDATED 10/17/2006 - *NM

Mileage: 152,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ANY SPEED ON VARIOUS ROAD CONDITIONS, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF ALL POWER WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, THE ENGINE RESTARTED AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL PROVIDED AN INCORRECT DIGITAL DISPLAY. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.

Mileage: 144,000

BLOWN OUT SPARK PLUG ON PASSENGER SIDE OF 2001 F 150 WITH 102K MILES. *JB

Mileage: 102,000

I TOOK MY 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN OUR FORD F150 SUPERCAB LARIAT TRUCK AND WENT TO A RESTAURANT ABOUT 5 MINUTES FROM OUR HOME. WE RETURNED HOME WITH TAKE OUT, PARKED THE TRUCK IN THE DRIVEWAY, OUR GARAGE DOOR OPENER WAS NOT WORKING. I JOINED MY WIFE FOR DINNER (ABOUT 7:00 PM). MY DAUGHTER WENT TO BED AT ABOUT 8:30, MY WIFE ABOUT 9:30. AT ABOUT 10:00 I WENT OUTSIDE WITH THE DOGS IN THE BACKYARD AND HEARD A POP SOUND LIKE A FIRE CRACKER. I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THE NEIGHBOR KIDS WERE PLAYING WITH FIREWORKS, BUT IT SOUNDED PRETTY CLOSE TO THE HOUSE ON THE GARAGE SIDE. WHEN I LOOKED IN THAT DIRECTION I SAW AN ORANGE GLOW. I WENT AROUND THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND SAW MY TRUCK ENGULFED IN FLAMES. I RAN INTO THE HOUSE, CALLED MY WIFE TO GET UP, GET OUR DAUGHTER, GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND CALL 911. 911 TOLD US TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE. WE EVACUATED OUR HOME W/ OUR DOGS IN TOW AND WE ALL PROCEEDED TO WATCH IN HORROR (WITH THE ENTIRE SUBDIVISION) AS THE TRUCK WENT UP IN FLAMES AND SMOKE, NOT KNOWING IF THE HOUSE WOULD BE NEXT. UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES MY TRUCK WOULD HAVE BEEN PARKED IN THE GARAGE. MY DAUGHTER'S BEDROOM IS RIGHT ABOVE. THE FIRE CHIEF SAID WE WOULD HAVE LOST OUR HOUSE NO QUESTION AND VERY POSSIBLY OUR LIVES IF THE TRUCK WAS IN THE GARAGE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS BEEN OUT TO LOOK AT THE TRUCK; IT'S DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. EVERYTHING FROM THE FRONT END THROUGH THE CAB IS BURNED UP OR A MESS OF METAL, PLASTIC, ETC. MELTED ON MY DRIVEWAY. WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN A FIGURE FOR THE TRUCK AND ASKED TO SETTLE. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION AS TO THE DAMAGE TO MY WIFE'S CAR, THE BOAT, AND RUINED CONCRETE DRIVE. THE FORD DEALERS RESPONSE WAS "WELL, FORD IS A BIG COMPANY AND HAS A LOT OF POWERFUL ATTORNEYS." HOW SICK IS THAT?! WE'RE AT A LOSS. WHAT WE SAW WAS TRAUMATIC. MY 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TALKS OF THE EVENT EVERY DAY. WE'RE THANKFUL YES THAT WE'RE ALL OK AND KNOW IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE, BUT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. *JB

Mileage: 63,000

1 MONTH AGO MY 2001 F150 WOULD NOT CRANK. I CHECKED THE FUSE AND THE #6 FUSE (5 AMP) HAD BLOWN. I REPLACED IT WITH A NEW 5 AMP FUSE AND IT BLEW AGAIN. I CALLED OUR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND ASKED THAT THE TRUCK BE TOWED AS WE WANTED TO KNOW WHY IT WAS BLOWING THE FUSE EACH TIME WE REPLACED IT. THE REPAIR SHOP HAD THE TRUCK FOR 2 DAYS AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM ABOUT 10 DAYS LATER IT BLEW A FUSE AGAIN. THIS TIME IT WAS THE #15 FUSE(STILL A 5 AMP FUSE) AND THIS TIME THE TRUCK WOULD CRANK BUT WOULD NOT GO OUT OF PARK. CALLED A TOW TRUCK AGAIN AND HAD IT TAKEN TO A DIFFERENT REPAIR SHOP THAT NIGHT. I SPOKE WITH THE REPAIR SHOP OWNER ON SAT JULY 1 AND TOLD HIM IT WAS A SECONDARY VEHICLE AND AS THIS WAS A HOLIDAY WEEKEND NOT TO RUSH. JUST WHEN THEY OPENED BACK UP AFTER THE HOLIDAY IF HE COULD GET IT FIXED THEN. ON THE MORNING OF JULY 4TH 2006 WE WERE CALLED AROUND 10:30 AM BY THE REPAIR SHOP OWNER, WHO WAS ALSO A TENANT IN THIS BUILDING, THAT OUR TRUCK HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE DURING THE NIGHT AND WAS A TOTAL LOSS. HE ASKED THAT WE COME RIGHT OVER. WE CALLED OUR INSURANCE ON THE WAY AS WE LUCKILY STILL HAD FULL COVERAGE EVEN THOUGH OUR TRUCK WAS PAID FOR. THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP HAD ALL THE BAY DOORS CUT OPEN BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DURING THE NIGHT(JULY 3RD) AND THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER CARS IN THE BUILDING THAT WERE DAMAGED ALSO. AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH WAS A TOTAL LOSS ALSO. THE BUILDING HAD WATER AND SMOKE DAMAGE EVEN IN ITS RESTROOM. THE REPAIR SHOP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO OPEN ALL WEEK AND WHO KNOWS HOW LARGE HIS DEDUCTIBLE, ETC IS. I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT MY FORD 2003 EXCURSION HAS A FIRE RECALL ON IT. I AM TERRIFIED TO HAVE MY CHILDREN IN IT OR HAVE IT NEAR MY HOME OR SOMEONE ELSE'S AS I DON'T WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. I HAVE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OF 26 HOUSES. THE MAN 4 DOORS DOWN HAD HIS F150 BURN DOWN IN HIS DRIVEWAY DURING THE NIGHT. IT HAPPENED THE MONTH PRIOR TO US MOVING HERE. *JB

Mileage: 120,000

SPARK PLUG BLOWOUT. 2ND. TIME. *JB

Mileage: 80,000

MY 2001 FORD F150 XLT CREW CAB EJECTED A SPARK PLUG ON 03-03-06. THE EJECTED SPARK PLUG CAME FROM THE SECOND CYLINDER FROM THE FIREWALL, ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE. THE ENGINE IN THIS TRUCK IS A 5.4 TRITON. THE FUEL RAIL IS IN THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE SPARK PLUG WHEN IT BECOMES A PROJECTILE. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A MAJOR DISASTER, IF THE FUEL RAIL RUPTURES. BECAUSE WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING THE COIL ON THE SPARK PLUG CAN AND WILL IGNITE THE SPRAYING FUEL. THE CYLINDER HEADS ON THESE 5.4 TRITONS ENGINE MUST HAVE A MAJOR DEFECT AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *JB

Mileage: 16

PRELIMINARY DATA.. FORD F150 2001 SUPERCREW WAS LEFT UNATTENDED WHILE SHOPPING. UPON RETURN I NOTED A PUDDLE OF FLUID THAT WAS NOT PRESENT EARLIER UNDER THE VEHICLE. UPON LEANING DOWN ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TO INSPECT FOR THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK SMALL FLAMES WERE NOTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. UPON OPENING THE HOOD FOR FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS ON FIRE (APPEARING TO ME AND OTHER OBSERVERS TO BE ELECTRICAL IN NATURE) WITH THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR COMPLETED MELTED. THE FLAMES FIRST OBSERVED WERE FORCED BY THE MOLTEN PLASTIC DRIPPING DOWN INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED BUT THANKS TO SOME EMPLOYEES OF THE SHOP AND THE AVAILABILITY THERE OF AN APPROVED EXTINGUISHER, THE FIRE WAS TERMINATED BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SOME 7 MINUTES LATER. COMMENTS WERE MADE BY OTHERS AND LATER BY INTERNET RESEARCH THAT THE DAMAGE HAS ALL OF THE APPEARANCES OF BEING FORCED BY THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH ISSUE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY UNDER EVALUATION BY A FORD DEALERSHIP AND MY INSURANCE COMPANY. FORTUNATELY THE VEHICLE WAS UNOCCUPIED AT THE TIME AND WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A STRIP CENTER PARKING LOT WITH NO VEHICLES AROUND IT SHOULD THE FIRE HAD TIME TO DEVELOP FURTHER. EARLIER OR LATER, IT COULD HAVE EASILY CONSUMED MY HOME.*JB

THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND TURNED OFF. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 30 MINUTES AFTER THE CAR WAS PARKED IT SPONTANEOUSLY IGNITED. THE FIRE DEPT. WAS DISPATCHED AND SUCCESSFULLY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE TRUCK WAS DESTROYED AND THE DRIVEWAY SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. NOTHING WAS PREVIOUSLY DONE TO CORRECT ANY FAILURES BECAUSE WE WERE UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS OR SAFETY HAZARDS IN THE VEHICLE. *JB

Mileage: 65,000

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

FORD F150 STARTED ON FIRE WHILE PARKED WITH THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION.*AK

DT: THE VEHICLE STARTED TO BUCK, AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN HE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD HIM THAT THERE MOISTURE WAS GETTING INTO THE IGNITION COILS, CAUSING THEM TO RUST. THE CONSUMER HAD ONE OF THE IGNITION COILS REPLACED, IN 6-05 AND IN 8-05, THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY TOLD HIM THAT IT APPEARED THAT IT WAS HAPPENING TO TWO OTHER CYLINDERS. AS OF NOW HE HAS NOT HAD THE OTHER TWO REPLACED. THERE WERE NO OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE . *AK

Mileage: 43,000

NO ACTUAL WARNING OF DEFECT. WINDSHIELD WIPERS, POWER WINDOWS, COURTESY LIGHTS, AND POWER DOOR LOCKS SUDDENLY CEASED WORKING. DEALER STATED THE WINDSHIELD LEAKED CAUSING THE GEM MODULE TO FAIL. WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED, AS WELL AS GEM MODULE. *JB

Mileage: 74,750

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE IT WAS PARKED. RESULTS SHOWED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE IN THE ENGINE, WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY OWNER. *JB *SC *NM

Mileage: 61,400

DT: THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START, THE CYLINDER WILL NOT ENGAGE, HAD TO ROLL THE VEHICLE BACKIN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE STARTED. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THEY COULDN'T FIX IF THEY DIDN'T SEE A PROBLEM. CURRENTLY, IT IT HAPPENED 15 TIMES. THIS STARTED TWO WEEKS AFTER CONSUMER BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AROUND APRIL 15, 2005. *AK

Mileage: 63,000

MY WIFE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMMONG FROM MY 2001 F-150 SUPER CREW. I RAN TO MY TRUCK AND PULLED A PLUG OUT WHICH WAS ON FIRE. I BROUGHT MY TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PART, BUT MY TRUCK WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I HAD THEM FIX MY TRUCK WHICH COST ME $200.00. I CALLED FORD AND TALKED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP, BUT NOBODY IS WILLING TO HELP ME OUT.

Mileage: 70,000

TRUCK WAS PARKED FOR APPROX 2 HOURS WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE AND TOTALLY BURNED.

DT:CONSUMER WAS SELLING VEHICLE, HE DROPPED INSURANCE. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE HIS GIRL LIVED. PARKED VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 5 MINUTES, WENT INSIDE, THEN ONE OF THE CHILDREN CAME IN AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE MOTOR COMPARTMENT BURNT. FIREMAN TOLD CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF BURNING. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AROUND 6:00 PM. CONSUMER CONTACTED FORD , BUT FORD HAD NOT RESPONDED BACK YET. CONSUMER SAID HE USED VIN TO IDENTIFY RECALL ON VEHICLE.*AK

Mileage: 120,000

VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN, AND PARKED AT THE PLACE OF BUSINESS FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 MIN., WHEN A PASSERBY CAME INTO THE PLACE OF BUSINESS AND REPORTED A VEHICLE ON FIRE. ON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS MINE- A 2001 FORD F-150 PICKUP TRUCK. THE FIRE WAS IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AROUND THE MASTER CYLINDER AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THE WHEEL WELL AREA WAS DAMAGED; THE MASTER CYLINER RESEVOIR WAS ABSENT; AND THE FIRE DAMAGE OCCURED TO THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE COMPARTMENT INCLUDING THE FIREWALL. THE INSUREANCE COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED, THE LOCAL FORD DEALER WAS ALSO ASKED ABOUT RECALLS OF THAT VEHICLE DUE TO THE DAMAGE, AND THE LOCAL CONSUMER AGENCY WAS NOTIFIED. I HAVE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED OF ANY SUCH RECALL, OR ANY SUCH POSSIBLE OCCURENCE OF DAMAGE TO SIMILAR VEHICLES OF THKS NATURE. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE IS UNDER INSPECTION BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND IS EXPECTED TO BE TOWED FROM MY RESIDENCE TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER. THE LEIN HOLDER OF THE VEHILCLE IS FIRST BANK.

Mileage: 27,000

DT: MY WIFE WAS AT WORK AND SHE HAD JUST PARKED, AND 15 MINUTES LATER, SHE WAS TOLD HER CAR WAS ON FIRE AND BURNED COMPLETELY. *AK

Mileage: 70,100

THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE LOCK CYLINDER. *AK *SC *JB

Mileage: 41,000

VEHICLE PARKED, CAUGHT FIRE, FLAMES COMING FROM MOTOR, BELIEVED TO BE CRUISE CONTROL ISSUE

DT: THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON THE STREET, 5 MINUTES LATER THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPT PUT OUT THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS . THE CONSUMER ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 4 MONTHS. IT WAS PURCHASED USED FROM FORD DEALERSHIP. *JB

Mileage: 54,000

VEHICLE PARKED APPROX 4.5 HOURS, WHEN NOTICED VEHICLE HOOD WAS ENGULFED WITH FLAMES, DAMAGE PRIMARILY ON DRIVER'S SIDE TOWARD WINDSHIELD, TOTAL LOSS --- ONE MONTH PRIOR TO VEHICLE FIRE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GET OUT OF PARK AND BLEW 5 AMP FUSE

THE CONSUMER STATED HIS VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES.

Mileage: 87,000

2001 FORD F150 CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED. *MR THE CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TOTALED BUT THERE WAS EXTREME DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN FEBRUARY 2005. RECALL NUMBER 05V017000. (SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH) *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ENGINE MADE A PING NOISE. IT SOUNDED AS IF SOMETHING BROKE. OWNER CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS PUT ON THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE, AND OWNER WAS INFORMED THAT THE SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD THAT BECAUSE IT WAS MADE OF ALUMINUM, AND IF THE SPARK PLUGS WERE TIGHTENED TOO MUCH, OR THE SPARK PLUGS WERE CROSS THREADED WHEN INSTALLED THEY WOULD BE EJECTED. *AK

Mileage: 48,200

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE AND ONE HOUR LATER IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED AND THE LIGHTS BLINKED ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. DRIVER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ELECTRICAL FUSES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT FLASHING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE IT ON MY 2001 F150 TRITON 4.6L "3DR". TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP DUE TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS(SPRING BROKE ON 2ND TO 3RD GEAR SHIFTER)INQUIRED ABOUT THE CC LITE. SERVICE TECH POPPED THE HOOD,PULLED THE PLUG ON THE POWER BOOSTERAND WE BOTH SAW FLUID BUILD UP ON THE SURFACE AREA. SAME ST'D THAT THERE WAS A RECALL INPROGRESS BUT THAT HE HAD TO SEE IF THIS MODEL WAS INVOLVED...NOT. 89000PLUS MILES. *AK

Mileage: 89,500

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. *AK

Mileage: 98,000

AFTER BEING STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION I SLOWLY PULLED AWAY WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. IT SOUNDED AS IF I RAN OVER SOMETHING ,AND THE TRUCK STARTED MAKING LOUD NOISES AND JERKING. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD, PARKED IT, AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER IN COLUMBUS, OH. THEY SAID IT HAD BLOWN A SPARK PLUG AND STRIPPED THE THREADS IN THE HEAD - IT ONLY HAD 41,000 MILES ON IT. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS AND COULD BE DANGEROUS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. I PAID THE CHARGE TO PUT A HELICOIL IN AS A TEMPORARY FIX UNTIL I CAN BUY A NEW HEAD BECAUSE FORD WON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THIS WIDESPREAD PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 41,000

I LEFT MY 2001 F-150 IN A PARKING LOT UNATTENDED WHEN I RETURNED A FEW HOURS LATER IT HAD BEEN ALMOST TOTALLY CONSUMED BY FIRE. WITNESSES SAID THAT IT STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. I HAVE NOT YET RECIEVED THE FIRE COMPANIES REPORT.*AK

Mileage: 72,400

2001 F-150 SUPERCREW INSTRUMENT AND ACCESSROY FAILURE DUE TO WATER FROM LEAKY SEAL AROUND DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INSTANCE AND IS REFLECTED IN YOUR # 10002639. COST OF REPAIR WAS OVER $800.00 AND NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY AND NOT ACKNOWLEDGED BY FORD DEALERSHIP AS DEFECT. VEHICE GEM FAILURE CAUSES LOSS OF WIPER CONTROLS, AND POWER LOCKS CAUSING SAFETY CONCERNS.*AK

Mileage: 75,450

FACTORY SPARK PLUG THREADS ARE TOO SHORT FOR CYLINDER HEADS, RESULTING IN THE PLUGS BLOWING OUT.*AK

Mileage: 50,000

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AND THE GARAGE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE DRIVER CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THEN, VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN CONSUMER TOLD THE PASSENGER THAT A BURNING SMELL WAS COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. WHEN CONSUMER AND PASSENGER WERE RESPONDING TO THE SMELL THERE WAS FIRE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY. VEHICLE BURNED COMPLETELY BEYOND RECOGNITION. *AK *TT

Mileage: 35,000

THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED HIS VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE CLOSE TO THE FIRE WALL. THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD FAILED ABOUT 2 WEEKS OR A MONTH PRIOR TO THE FIRE. NO AFTER MARKET EQUIPMENT ON VEHICLE. NO STRUCTURE DAMAGE. WILL E-MAIL PHOTOS TO BRUCE YORK.

Mileage: 70,000

1) 90,000 MILES ON MY 2001 FORD F150 SUPERCREW 5.4L V8. ) TWO BLOWN SPARK PLUGS IN ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS TIME. THE SECOND ONE LEFT ME AND MY FAMILY (WIFE AND 3 CHILDREN AGE 5 & UNDER) STRANDED IN THE DESERT BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND EL CENTRO ON INTERSTATE 8.*AK 3) THE PLUGS STRIPPED OUT THE THREADS ON THE HEAD AND AFTERMARKET INSERTS WERE INSTALLED IN ORDER TO INSTALL NEW PLUGS. AFTER DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM WITH A COUPLE OF GARAGES AND DOING SOME ONLINE RESEARCH I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM. IT APPEARS THAT BY FORD DESIGN THEIR ARE ONLY 6 OF THE 12 THREADS ON THE SPARK PLUG THAT ARE ENGAGED IN THE HEAD. AFTER SOME TIME ENGINE VIBRATION AND EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION OF THE HEAD DUE TO HEAT ALLOW THE SPARK PLUG TO LOOSEN UP. AT THAT POINT, THE PLUGS INCREASED MOVEMENT HAS ENOUGH FORCE TO DESTROY THE REMAINING THREADS. FROM THE NUMBER OF REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM, I BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL EITHER RESULT IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OR A FACTORY RECALL. HOWEVER, I LIKE FORD AS A COMPANY AND HOPE THAT THEY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE POOR DESIGN BEFORE A SUIT IS FILED.

Mileage: 90,000

WHILE PARKED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. *AK

Mileage: 81,000

VEHICLE COMMENCED TO MAKE A LOUD BACK FIRING NOISE AFTER BEING REFUELED. VEHICLE WAS TOW TO THE DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE # 4 COIL AND THE #4 SPARK PLUG. *AK *NM

Mileage: 48,000

FIRE IN FORD F-150 PARKED IN GARAGE - FIRE ORIGIN AT LEFT REAR OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT - CRUISE CONTROL QUIT WORKING ABOUT A YEAR AGO BUT OWNER NEVER HAD IT FIXED BECAUSE HE NEVER USED IT - CCDS LOCATED - X-RAYS SHOWED SPLATTER AND DESTRUCTION OF INTERNAL CONTACTS FROM ARCING - 20 A FUSE TO CIRCUIT # 13 WAS BLOWN. *NM

Mileage: 46,000

OUR 2001 FORD F-150 CAUGHT ON FIRE IN OUR DRIVEWAY & WAS A COMPLETE LOSS. DAMAGE TO DRIVEWAY & LAWN. FIRE MARSHALL FILED COMPLAINT. *NM

Mileage: 65,000

CONSUMER WAS AWAKENED BY A HORN GOING OFF, AND WENT TO SEE WHAT IT WAS. THEN SUDDENLY THERE WAS A BOOM, THEN ANOTHER BOOM. AFTER ARRIVING IN HIS GARAGE HE SAW FLAMES COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER PROCEEDED TO REMOVE HIS FAMILY, AND TRIED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE HOME, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK

Mileage: 43,000

AFTER SITTING UNUSED FOR SIX HOURS IN A LOCKED GARAGE, MY 2001 FORD F-150 BURST INTO FLAMES. THE FIRE INSPECTOR DETERMINED THE FIRE STARTED IN THE AREA WHERE WIRES CONNECT TO THE BRAKE MASTER CYLANDER. MY INSURANCE CO. (ST. FARM) PAID APXIMATELY $6,000 FOR REPAIRS. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT QUICKLY. MY WIFE AND KIDS WERE ASLEEP IN BED. FIRE OCCURRED APXIMATELY 10:30 PM, TRUCK HAD BEEN PARKED SINCE 4:30PM.*AK

Mileage: 36,800

2001 FORD F150 LARIAT WITH 68,000 MILES. WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND HAD NOT BEEIN DRIVEN FOR AT LEAST 10 DAYS. GARAGE DOOR IS OPEN AS IS DOOR TO HOUSE. MY WIFE SMELLS SOMETHING AND LOOKS OUTSIDE AND SEES FLAMES COMING FROM HOOD. CALLS 911. FIRE DEPARTMENT PUTS OUT TRUCK WITHIN 5 OR SO MINUTES BUT IT IS A TOTAL LOSS. INSURANCE COMPANY IS INVESTIGATING. THEY ARE AWARE OF SEVERAL FIRES LIKE THIS. ARTICLE IN NEWSPAPER IN NOVEMBER 2004 STATES "FEDS" ARE LOOKING INTO FIRES LIKE THIS IN F150S DUE TO THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. CRUISE CONTROL DID HAVE PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THIS.*AK

Mileage: 68,000

2001 FORD F-150 - PARKED IN GARAGE FOR ABOUT 30 MIN. - FIRE IN LEFT REAR CORNER OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT - CRUISE CONTROL HAD NOT WORKED FOR ABOUT A YEAR - CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH RECOVERED, AND EXRAID INTERNAL CONTACTS SHOW SPLATTER FROM ARCING - ADDITIONAL ARCING EVIDENCE ON WIRE HARNESS IN VICINITY OF BRAKE VACUUM BOOSTER.*AK

Mileage: 46,000

JIM LEFT ME A MESSAGE ON 12/7/04 ABOUT A FORD FIRE. TRUCK WAS SITTING FOR 6 HOURS AND CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE OCCURRED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. MY WIFE SAID SHE HAD HEARD A THUD. WHEN THEY FOUND THE TRUCK IT WAS FULLY INVOLVED. NO PROBLEMS WITH TRUCK. NO AFTER MARKET EQUIPMENT. VEHICLE HAD CRUISE CONTROL. NEVER USED IT, DID NOT KNOW IF IT WORKED. USED A YEAR BEFORE FIRE. VEHICLE FOR LOCAL TRIPS ONLY. VEHICLE WAS INSURED. INSURANCE COMPANY DID A FIRE INSPECTION. THIS FIRE INVOLVED A STRUCTURE FIRE.*AK

Mileage: 125,000

2ND SPARK PLUG FROM THE FRONT ON PASSENGER SIDE BLEW OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD ON 20001 FORD F-150 LIGHTNING WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC. TRUCK HAS 39550 MILES ON IT. PLUG STRIPPED THREADS OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD. THIS IS 2ND OCCURRENCE. ON JUNE 19 2003 PLUG WAS EJECTED FROM #2 CYLINDER HEAD. TRUCK WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND HEAD WAS REPLACED BY FOX LAKE FORD MERCURY. DEALERSHIP DID NOT SAY WHICH PLUG BLEW. A COIL ASSEMBLY ALSO BLEW AND WAS REPLACED BY SESSLER FORD ON JANUARY 7TH 2004. *AK

Mileage: 39,550

SPARK PLUG BLOWN OUT-BLOWN HEAD. *AK

Mileage: 60,000

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE. CONSUMER'S HEARD THE DOME INSIDE LIGHT MAKE A POPPING NOISE. AFTER HEARING THAT POPPING NOISE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, BURNING THE INSIDE OF THE ENTIRE TRUCK. GRAND-DAUGHTER'S HAIR CAUGHT ON FIRE. HOWEVER, SHE WAS NOT INJURED. *AK

Mileage: 59,000

1) WHILE DRIVING KIDS TO SCHOOL, ELECTRIC SUN ROOF WAS PLACED IN THE FULL OPEN POSITION, AFTER DECIDING THE MORNING AIR WAS TOO COOL FOR THE CHILDREN AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO CLOSE SUN ROOF. 2) THE UNIT WOULD NOT CLOSE, IT HAD FIALED IN THE FULL OPEN POSITION. DRIVER HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DUE TO THE DISTRACTION OF THE ROOF NOT CLOSING. AFTER DETERMINING THE ROOF WAS NOT GOING TO CLOSE, THE DRIVER TOOK THE VEHICLE HOME. WITH RAIN EMANATE IN THE AREA FROM HURRICANE BONNIE AND CHARLEY. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO A FORD DEALER. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOUND THE MOTOR ASSEMBLY HAD FAILED. 3) A NEW MOTOR ASSEMBLY WAS ORDERED, THIS IS WHEN THE DEALER FOUND OUT DUE TO FAILURES AND A DESIGN FLAW THE MOTOR ASSEMBLE WAS REDESIGNED.*AK

Mileage: 45,280

FIRE INVESTIGATION, DATE OF LOSS: 7/9/04 2001 FORD F-150 [XXX] RIGHT SIDE OFTHE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, CAUSE: LIFTING STRAP BROKE AND FELL ONTO THE ALTERNTOR POWER TERMINAL, LONG TERM CONTACT WORE THROUGH PLASTIC , ENERGIZING STRAP. TOTAL LOSS UPDATED 07/30/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

FIRE INVESTIGATION, DATE OF LOSS: 7/9/04 2001 FORD F-150 [XXX] RIGHT SIDE OFTHE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, CAUSE: LIFTING STRAP BROKE AND FELL ONTO THE ALTERNTOR POWER TERMINAL, LONG TERM CONTACT WORE THROUGH PLASTIC , ENERGIZING STRAP. TOTAL LOSS UPDATED 07/30/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

CAME HOME FROM WORK. LEFT IN ANOTHER VEHICLE. RECEIVED PHONE CALL FROM LANDLORD THAT TRUCK WAS ON FIRE AND HAD CAUGHT HOUSE ON FIRE. FAMILY FORCED TO MOVE AFTER HAVING ONLY MOVED TO THIS HOME 2 WEEKS PRIOR. TRUCK DESTOYED AS WELL AS HOME AND FURNISHINGS AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS. EXTENSIVE EXPENSE AND EMOTIONAL TRAUMA. *AK VEHICLE PARKED

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE CYLINDER HEAD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A SPARK PLUG BLOWOUT. *AK *NM

Mileage: 67,148

VEHICLE HAD APPROX. 60K MILES. WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY FOR ABOUT ONE HALF HOUR. NEIGHBOR SAW FIRE ON THE GROUND UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT TOWARD THE REAR(FIREWALL). CRUISE CONTROL QUIT WORKING ABOUT 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE FIRE. FIRE ORIGIN IS IN VICINITY OF BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. TYPICAL OF CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH FAILURE. PARTS WERE RECOVERED BUT ALUMINUM BAND ON HEXPORT BODY WAS MELTED AWAY THEREFORE DO NOT HAVE DATE CODE. *JB

Mileage: 60,000

2001 FORD F150 32,000 MILES. BLEW #3 SPARK PLUG ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. FORD MOTOR CORP HAD TO REPLACE THE CYLINDER HEAD.*AK

Mileage: 32,000

I HAD SOME WARRANT ISSUES WITH FORD MOTOR CORPORATION. TRIM AROUND WINDSHIELD,FADED GRILL AND BASE NOT WORKING ON RADIO. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE AC AND EMISSIONS. I TURNED ON THE AC AND THE TRUCK STARTED TO RUN BAD JERKING AND SPUTTERING. TOOK IT TOO FORD AND THEY REPLACED A SENSOR. THIS SUMMER THE FIRST TIME I TURN ON MY AC AND THE SAME PROBLEM THIS TIME ITS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. I HAVEN'T PUT 14K MILES ON THE TRUCK. DOES EMISSIONS HAVE SOME TYPE OF EXPECTATIONS SET BY THE EPA OR DOT. IT COST $400. TO GET SENSOR REPLACED. I CANT AFFORD TO REPLACE A SENSOR EVER SUMMER I TURN ON MY AC. *NM

NOTICED CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT DID NOT THINK MUCH ABOUT IT. SMELLED BURNING DROVE INTO MY DRIVE WAY WENT IN HOUSE STARTED DINNER MY HUSBAND WENT OUT TO RUN TO THE CORNER STORE AND MY TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. BURNT INSIDE OF ENGINE YES OLD PARTS ARE THERE NOTHING HAS BEEN REPAIRED AS OF YET. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION COULD OF BEEN HURT OR MY CHILD COULD OF BEEN HURT. COULD OF BEEN PROPERTY DAMAGE IF I HAD NOT CAUGHT THE FIRE WHEN I DID COULD OF BURNED MY HOUSE DOWN AND OTHERS AROUND ME.

1. DRIVING ALONG NORMALLY WHEN A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF PASSENGER SIDE HEAD ON MY 2001 FORD LIGHTNING. 2. HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN HEAVY TRAFFIC & WAIT ~2 HOURS FOR A TOW TRUCK & ANOTHER DAY TO HEAR ANYTHING FROM THE DEALERSHIP.*AK 3. VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, DEALER REPLACED PASSENGER SIDE CYLINDER HEAD.

Mileage: 32,500

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY IT EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE TURN SIGNAL. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THEY REPLACED THE WIRING HARNESS BUT IT WAS TOO SHORT. CURRENTLY WITHOUT WARRANTY THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE SAME DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS TOO SHORT. *AK THE WIRING HARNESS WAS TOO SHORT WHEN THE TILT WHEEL WAS DOWN AND THE TURN SIGNALS DID NOT WORK. *SC *JB

Mileage: 41,000

SPARK PLUGS BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE ONLY 4 TREAD WAS SCREWED IN. MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, AND CHANGED THE NEWER MODEL SPARK PLUG. NEWER MODEL SPARK PLUGS HAVE 10 TREAD SCREWED IN. *AK

Mileage: 8,000

A FIRE STARTED AT WINDSHIELD WIPER CIRCUIT BOARD WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING STARTED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOTIFIED. *NM

Mileage: 85,000

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND STARTED SMELLING FUEL ODOR. CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER, FOUND OUT THAT A SPARK PLUG EJECTED OUTWARDS AND CRACKED ONE OF THE ENGINE HEADS.*AK

Mileage: 54,000

WATER GATTING TO THE SPARK PLUG CAVITY FROM SMALL PUDDLE CAUSING FOULING

Mileage: 50,000

STARTER ON F-150 SOMETIMES "GRINDS" AS IF ENGINE IS RUNNING WHEN FIRST STARTING ENGINE. HAPPENS SPERATICALLY. ONCE EVERY TWO TO THREE MONTHS. MORE OFTEN DURING COLDER WEATHER.

BATTERY MELTDOWN AND BATTERY CABLE BURNOUT. *AK

Mileage: 42,000

2001 FORD F-150 CRANK NO START CONDITION.BETWEEN JUNE AND AUGUST OF 2003 MY FORD F-150 HAS BEEN TOWED IN THREE TIMES AND NOT STARTED AT LEAST TWO DOZEN TIMES. THE FIRST DEALER REPLACED THE MAIN FUEL RELAY. THE SECOND TIME IT WAS TOWED TO ANOTHER DEALER AND AFTER FIVE DAYS COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM, AND I PICKED THE TRUCK UP. TWO DAYS LATER THE SAME THING, THIS TIME I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY HOUSE. A FEW HOURS LATER IT STARTED. AT THIS POINT I'M GETTING VERY IRRITATED. AFTER GOING BACK THRU THIS WHOLE THING I STARTED THINKING IT HAD TO BE THIS MAIN FUEL RELAY AND DECIDED TO DO SOME TESTING ON MY OWN. I WORK IN ELECTRONICS AND SO I GOT A COUPLE TYCO RELAYS AND A CAN OF FREEZE SPRAY. THE NEXT TIME THIS HAPPENED I PULLED THE FORD RELAY AND REPLACED IT WITH A NEW ONE - THE TRUCK STARTED RIGHT UP. THE NEXT TIME I GET THE CAN OF FREEZE SPRAY OUT AND COOL THE RELAY AND THE TRUCK STARTS UP. IM FINDING THIS TO BE WARM WEATHER RELATED AND EVERY TIME IT GET HOT OUTSIDE I CAN PLAN ON THE TRUCK NOT STARTING AFTER DRIVING A SHORT TIME AND THEN SHUTTING OFF. IF THE TRUCK SITS BY ITSELF LONG ENOUGH FOR THE RELAY TO COOL DOWN IT WILL START I THINK FORD SHOULD COME UP WILL A LONG TERM FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM INSTEAD OF REPLACING RELAYS.*AK

FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WERE OUT OF ROUND. FRONT WERE 1.022 AFTER CUT .994 USING A LATHE. REAR WERE .471 BEFORE CUT. 452 AFTER CUT. SALES REP TOLD ME IT WAS DUE TO CORROSION. REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH ON SEPT.12 2002 I LOST POWER ON MY POWER DOOR LOCKS WINDSHIELD WIPERS . *JB

THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE DASH. MR SCC *JB

SPARKPLUG BLOWN OUT OF ENGINE HEAD

Mileage: 12,000

CONSUMER STATES THAT IT WILL BE HARD TO START THE VEHICLE AND THEY WILL HAVE TO TRY NUMEROUS OF TIME BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL START. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AT 1900 MILES. SUSPENSION, FUMES, BRAKES, SIGNAL SWITCH, ELECTRICAL SHORTAGES.

A SHORT IN WIRING CAUSING HORN TO GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

AFTER INSPECTION OF VEHICLE, MECHANIC NOTICED THAT MAIN GROUND WIRING WAS HANGING WHICH COULD RESULT IN A SHORT CIRCUIT OR POSSIBLE FIRE. *AK DEALER FOUND MAIN GROUND CABLE DISCONNECTED. *TT

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE STARTS TO MAKE A POPPING SOUND. I PULLED OVER AND RAISED THE HOOD. THE #3 SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT FROM ITS SEATING IN THE CYLINDER HEAD. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE CYLINDER HEAD. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THE FUEL INJECTION RAIL. THE SPARKPLUG IS LOCATED DIRECTLY BELOW THE FUEL RAIL. IF THE SPARK PLUG COMES LOOSE AND IT FLIES INTO THE FUEL RAIL, THE RAIL COULD BURST CAUSING FUEL TO SPRAY INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IGNITING A FIRE. THE SPARK PLUG PROBLEM WAS TAKEN CARE OF BY FORD, HOWEVER NOTHING WAS DONE TO GUARD THE FUEL RAIL.

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. A WIRE WAS BURNED AT THE ALTERNATOR. DEALER STATED VOLTAGE REGULATOR OVERLOADED ALTERNATOR.*AK *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROX. 60 MPH, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND THE DASHBOARD GAUGES AND ODOMETER WENT BLANK. I WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED FROM THE TRAVEL LANE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE FORD DEALER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO, STEVENS FORD IN MILFORD, CT CLAIMS THAT THERE IS A OPEN WIRE IN THE DASHBOARD WIRING.