Ford F-150 Complaints (1999)

1,044 consumer complaints on file.

#559955February 28, 2001
TIRES
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881640February 27, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881648February 27, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, SUSPENSION:FRONT
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881220February 23, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881229February 23, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
SEAT BELTS DO NOT LOCK UP WHEN CONSUER MAKES A SUDDEN STOP. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WILL LOOK INTO IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881115February 22, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 45 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#881026February 21, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880614February 15, 2001
TIRES:SIDEWALL
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740670February 9, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BACK BRAKES LOCK UP FIRST FEW TIMES AFTER STARTUP WHEN IT IS COLD OR WET OR HUMID OUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740598February 7, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, AIR BAGS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#878986January 24, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878646January 22, 2001
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, SUSPENSION:FRONT
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 ALIGNMENT. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559020January 16, 2001
TIRES
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739038January 9, 2001
TIRES
THREE TIRES SEPERATED IN ONE WEEK SEPERATED IN SAME PLACE STEEL THROUGH CENTER. *AK (TIRESIZE: P23570R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23570R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#877819January 9, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE ENGINE BLEW. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#877627January 8, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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 NO INDICATION WHEN HE WOULD GET HIS VEHICLE BACK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#877563January 5, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, WHEELS, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
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 SECURE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#877376January 4, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#877271January 2, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738404December 28, 2000
WHEELS
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. NOTHING APPEARS BROKEN AND THE THREADS ARE NOT DAMAGED (SHAFT). THE WHEEL IS STILL INFLATED, LUG NUTS AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY STILL ATTACHED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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