2001 FORD LARIAT Problems & Recalls

MY 2001 FORD F-150 PICKUP TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE LAST NIGHT AT 5PM ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 10TH, 2014. WE HAD ONLY DRIVEN IT ONE MILE THAT DAY TO OUR CHURCH, HAD PARKED IT AT ABOUT 4:45PM AND WENT INTO CHURCH. BEFORE 5PM WE WERE NOTIFIED TO COME OUTSIDE. I WENT OUT TO DISCOVER THAT MY TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. A POLI...

Mileage: 119,000

TRAVELING APROX. 65 MPH ON CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE ODOMETER WENT BLANK FOLLOWED BY THE RADIO AND THE COMPASS & OA TEMP FADING TO BLACK. A FEW MINUTES LATER THE BATTERY GAUGE DROPPED TO ZERO A MINUTE AFTER THAT ALL THE OTHER GAUGES (SPEEDOMETER,TACHOMETER,WATER TEMP, OIL ) WENT TO ZERO LIKE THE IGNIT...

Mileage: 120,000

WE STARTED UP THE TRUCK, SMELLED SMOKE AND WE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. OPEN THE HOOD AND WE SAW THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER ON FIRE, WE QUICKLY PUT IT OUT WITH WATER. *TR

Mileage: 167,441

DESPITE PARTICULARLY GOOD CARE FOR MY FORD F-150 LARIAT, INCLUDING CLEANING AND WAXING BY HAND WITH NO HARSH CHEMICALS, THE ROOF ON THE CAB IS DEFECTIVE. INSTEAD OF IT BEING A FLAT, EVEN SURFACE WHERE WATER CAN ROLL OFF, THE ROOF TOP HAS SEVERAL CHANNELS THAT END UP COLLECTING WATER. OVER THE YEARS ...

Mileage: 70,000

DESPITE PARTICULARLY GOOD CARE FOR MY FORD F-150 LARIAT, INCLUDING CLEANING AND WAXING BY HAND WITH NO HARSH CHEMICALS, THE ROOF ON THE CAB IS DEFECTIVE. INSTEAD OF IT BEING A FLAT, EVEN SURFACE WHERE WATER CAN ROLL OFF, THE ROOF TOP HAS SEVERAL CHANNELS THAT END UP COLLECTING WATER. OVER THE YEARS ...

Mileage: 70,000

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F150 LARIAT. SINCE PURCHASING THE V BRAKES WERE REPLACED SIX TIMES. CURRENTLY, THE BRAKES HAVE TO BE CHANGED AGAIN. HAD LIFETIME PADS PUT ON, DRUMS TURNED,AND NEW PADS AGAIN. THE DRUMS WARPED AFTER THEY WERE REPLACED ONCE BEFORE. THE CONTACT INSISTS THAT THERE H...

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F150 LARIAT. SINCE PURCHASING THE V BRAKES WERE REPLACED SIX TIMES. CURRENTLY, THE BRAKES HAVE TO BE CHANGED AGAIN. HAD LIFETIME PADS PUT ON, DRUMS TURNED,AND NEW PADS AGAIN. THE DRUMS WARPED AFTER THEY WERE REPLACED ONCE BEFORE. THE CONTACT INSISTS THAT THERE H...

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F150 LARIAT. SINCE PURCHASING THE V BRAKES WERE REPLACED SIX TIMES. CURRENTLY, THE BRAKES HAVE TO BE CHANGED AGAIN. HAD LIFETIME PADS PUT ON, DRUMS TURNED,AND NEW PADS AGAIN. THE DRUMS WARPED AFTER THEY WERE REPLACED ONCE BEFORE. THE CONTACT INSISTS THAT THERE H...

I'VE TAKEN MY 2001 FORD F-150 LARIAT BACK TO BUZ POST TWICE FOR BRAKE NOISES. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TRIES TO CONVINCE ME THAT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. I AM TIRED OF TAKING HOURS OF WORK OFF TO BE TOLD THE SAME THING THAT IT'S NOTHING WRONG. THE NOISE IS STILL THERE. IT SOUNDS LIKE AN ...

Mileage: 53,000

A COIL IN THE DRIVER SEAT BROKE AND POKED THROUGH THE SEAT. *TT

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 TO 70 MPH REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE CAME OFF. THERE WERE SPARKS SHOOTING OUT FROM METAL AND FRICTION HIT THE GROUND. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK