Ford F-150 Complaints (2001)

1,236 consumer complaints on file.

#10074546May 31, 2004
TIRES:SIDEWALL
ON 05-31-04, I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 FORD F150 4WD PICKUP ON A TRIP TO SOUTH FLORIDA. ON THE WAY I STOPPED TO CHECK MY OIL/GAS AND TIRES AND OBSERVED 4 CRACKS ON MY FRONT RIGHT TIRE. THE CRACKS WERE APPROXIMATELLY 1 INCH FROM THE RIM AND APPEARED APPROXIMATELLY 1/8 DEEP. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I OBSERVED THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WAS ALSO DEVEOLPING ADDTIONAL LEEKS. THE TIRES ARE 2001 GOODYEAR WRANGLER RTS 255 70 16. ACCORDING TO RESEARCH THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WONDERING ABOUT A RECALL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073123May 25, 2004
EQUIPMENT, STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072573May 13, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS
MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING OUR 2001 FORD F150 SUPERCREW LARIAT ON 4/14/04. HE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A DODGE NEON GOING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH. MY HUSBAND WAS GOING 35 MPH. THE SAFETY BELT DID NOT LATCH NOR DID THE AIRBAG DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MY HUSBANDS BEING THROWN FORWARD AND HITTING HIS HEAD AT GREAT FORCE ON THE WINDSHIELD. THE FORCE OF THE CRASH TOTALLED MY TRUCK, CRACKING AND BENDING THE FRAME. HAD EITHER SAFETY FEATURE WORKED, MY HUSBAND WOULD NOT BE INJURED TODAY. FOUR WEEKS LATER HE SUFFERS FROM SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS, EXTREME ANGER AND MOOD SWINGS AND HAS SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE TO HIS NECK AND VERTEBRAE. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD AND AM WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. *AK RQ04011.*PCO
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10072506May 12, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072302May 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, AND CONSUMER COULD NOT RESTART IT. THE TRAFFIC WAS SO HEAVY THAT CONSUMER COULD NOT EVEN GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER FOR SAFETY. CONSUMER'S LIFE AND HER CHILDREN'S' LIFE WAS IN DANGER FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR BEFORE HELP ARRIVED. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE EGR VALVE WAS DEAD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068278May 4, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
I HAVE A 2001 FORD F-150 SUPERCREW, AND WHILE DRIVING TO WORK LAST NIGHT ON THE EXPRESSWAY, HEARD A LOUD BANG, AND FOUND OUT THAT A SPARK-PLUG HAD BLOWN RIGHT OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD ON THE ENGINE. THE NOISE WAS LOUD ENOUGH, AND THE SUDDEN VIBRATION OF THE ENGINE AT FIRST SOUNDED AND FELT LIKE A TIRE HAD BLOWN. ON DOING A QUICK SCAN OF THE INTERNET, (AT FIRST LOOKING FOR PART NUMBERS) I WAS AMAZED AT THE NUMBER OF EXACT INSTANCES, AND NUMBER OF OTHERS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE. SOME EVEN POSTING PICTURES THAT RESEMBLE WHAT THE BROKEN PARTS FROM MY TRUCK LOOKED LIKE-- EXACTLY! THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME (11:30 P.M.) DRY ROAD, ABOUT 36 DEGREES, AND VERY LIGHT TRAFFIC. I HAVE VERY LITTLE DOUBT THAT HAD THE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN SNOWY, ICY OR MAYBE EVEN JUST AS COLD AND WET, THAT THIS TYPE OF SITUATION COULD HAVE CAUSED SOME TYPE OF ACCIDENT. EITHER FROM THE VIBRATION AND SUDDEN NOISE, OR THE SIMPLE STARTLING INCIDENT HAPPENING TO A LESS EXPERIENCED DRIVER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068291May 4, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10071718April 28, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067945April 27, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
SPARK PLUGS/COILS GOING BAD AT 13,000 THEN 18,000 AND 39,000 MILES ON 2001 FORD F150 SUPERCREW 5.4L. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066375April 17, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
BOUGHT A 2001 FORD F150 LIGHTNING WITH 32,XXX MILES ON 4/16/04. I WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK BACK FROM MICHIGAN TO TAMPA,FL, AND AFTER REFUELING MY TRUCK, WENT TO START IT UP AND BLEW A SPARK BLUG STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. AFTER DOING HOURS UPON HOURS OF RESEARCH TONIGHT, THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NO RECOURSE FROM FORD. THERE IS NO RECALL OR TSB ON THE 99-02 F150 LIGHTNING CYLINDER HEAD, YET IN 03 THEY REDESIGNED THE CYLINDER HEAD WITH ADDED THREADS TO KEEP THE SPARK PLUGS INTACT. I FEEL THAT WITH SO MANY PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THIS, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066267April 15, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
NO SUMMARY LISTED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067094April 13, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
CONSUMER NOTICED THAT ALL FOUR DOORS RUSTED. DEALER WAS VERY COOPERATIVE. MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE INDICATED THAT IT WAS CONSUMER'S PROBLEM, NOT FORD COMPANY'S RESPONSIBILITY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065978April 12, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
I HAVE 2001 FORD F-150 PICKUP TRUCK. THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE TURN SIGNALS. THEY CANCEL AFTER YOU TURN THEM ON IF YOU TURN THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. IT TAKES VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT OF THE WHEEL TO CANCELL THE TURN SIGNAL. IF IT WOULD ONLY CANCELL IF YOU TURNED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE TURN IT WOULD BE OKAY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065410April 1, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050454April 1, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065153March 29, 2004
AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING IN THE DRIVEWAY DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WAS IN THE OFF POSITION. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059183March 17, 2004
AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION, PUSHING IT INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NO INJURIES REPORTED. *AK *MR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10059263March 17, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. THE CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *SC *MJJ
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057802March 17, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
INTERMITTENTLY SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE LOCKED UP. THE SEAT BELT GRADUALLY BECAME TIGHTER AND TIGHTER. THIS OCCURRED 3 TIMES IN A 15,000 MILES TRIP. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063308March 16, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE FRONT OUTBOUND SEAT BELTS AND INDICATED THAT THEY WERE FINE ALTHOUGH THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF FAILURE AS STATED IN SEAT BELT BUCKLES RECALL 01V227001. THE DEALERSHIP WANTED TO CHARGE THE CONSUMER TO HAVE THE SEAT BELTS REPLACED. *AK *NM RQ04011.*PCO
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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