Ford F-150 Complaints (1997)

2,758 consumer complaints on file.

#750079August 8, 2001
SUSPENSION:REAR
LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLIES MIDDLE LEFT REAR LEAF SPRING SEPARATED AFTER PROCEDING PAST STOP SIGN. ONCE SEPARATION OCCURED, MIDDLE LEAF SPRING ROTATED INTO LEFT REAR TIRE, CAUSING DAMAGE DOWN TO METAL BELT OF TIRE. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT COVER DAMAGE OF LEAF SPRING OR TIRE, REPAIR COST: APPROX. $450.00. RECALL 98V161 WAS PERFORMED ON LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY TO PREVENT LEAF STRIKING GAS TANK, BUT DID NOT PREVENT LEAF FROM ROTATING OUT TO TIRE. MIDDLE LEAF SPRING WAS RUSTED ON BROKEN END AND HAD BEEN BROKEN FOR SOME TIME, MAYBE EVEN WHEN RECALL SERVICE WAS DON ON IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893786August 8, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, TIRES
TAIL PIPE WILL HEAT UP TO POINT WHERE REAR RIGHT TIRE SHREDDED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER.*AK WHILE DRIVING, FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT II TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND CRASH, DOT NUMBER W2031PT166, TIRE SIZE P235/70R16, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#893891August 8, 2001
TIRES
GENERAL TIRE SIZE, 235 60 R/16 TREAD CAME COMPLETELY OFF. CONSUMER SAID THATHE WAS LUCKLY THAT HE DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENTLY. BUT, TREAD DID DAMAGE THE QUARTER PANEL ON TRUCK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562415August 7, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE FRONT COVER GASKET FAILED , THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT PER RECALL 99B29. NLM *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749998August 7, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
STARTED THE MOTOR IN THE MORNING TO GO TO WORK, KNOCKING NOISE FROM EITHER BACK OF MOTOR OR FRONT OF TRANSMISSION. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT FROM. WAS TOLD BY TECHNICIAN THAT HE ALSO HEARD NKOCKING NOISE. TECHNICIAN PUT STETHOSCOPE ON MOTOR SAYS OIL PUMP MIGHT BE BAD. HIS SUGESSTION ON THE WORK ORDER WAS TO PULL THE OIL PAN AND INSPECT BEARINGS. THIS WAS NOT PERFORMED DUE TO THE FACT THAT I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF THERE RECOMENDATION. TECHNICIANS FINAL RECOMENDATION WAS FOR ME TO PURCHASE A BRAND NEW MOTOR FROM THE DEALER AND ALLOW THEM TO PUT IT IN FOR A LOW LOW PRICE OF $3000.00 OUT THE DOOR. THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE VERY DECEITFUL DUE TO THE FACT THAT NOT HARDLY ANYTHING WAS DONE TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE KNOCK BUT YET THERE FINAL DECISION IS FOR ME TO PAY $3000.00 FOR A NEW MOTOR AND INSTALLATION. WHEN THEY DO NOT EVEN KNOW IF THIS IS THE PROBLEM. COST ME $35.00 FOR THERE DECEITFUL RECOMENDATION. I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR OTHER 1997 FORD F-150 MOTOR PROBLEMS THAT INCLUDE KNOCKING NOISES AND THEY ARE EVERY WHERE ON THE WEB. ALL MOTOR PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS MINE ARE ALL LOW MILEAGE MOTORS. MINE ONLY HAS 67951 MILES ON IT. I HAVE RELIGOUSLY MAINTAINED ALL ASPECTS OF MY VEHICLE. FORD SELLS LOW QAULITY PRODUCTS AND THERE DEALERS ARE DECEITFUL!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893574August 6, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WAS DRIVING 60MPH AND PULLING AN OPEN DUAL AXLE TRAILER, LEFT REAR TIRE LOST ITS TREAD. WAS MAKING A THUMPING NOISE BEFORE IT CAME OFF. HAD HEARD A NOISE, AND NOTICED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM REAR. TIRE MAINTAINED AIR PRESSURE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS GONE. LATER, WAS TRAVELING AND RIGHT REAR TIRE LOST PART OF TREAD. 1997, FORD, F150, P235/70R16. WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON TRUCK.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT II TIRES, DOT NUMBER W208 1PT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562381August 3, 2001
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:UNIVERSAL JOINT, STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION), AIR BAGS, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
THE UNIVERSAL JOINT ON THE END OF THE STEERING COLUMN DISCONNECTED CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING ABILITY, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT, THE STEERING GEAR BOX WAS ALSO REPLACED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749630August 2, 2001
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
WE WERE BACKING OUR TRUCK INTO OUR DRIVEWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY LOST ALL OF ITS STEERING ABILITY. WE IMMEDIATELY INVESTIGATED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT THE LOWER STEERING COLUMN SHAFT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE SECTOR SHAFT ON THE ST. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749640August 2, 2001
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WANTED TO SLOW DOWN ON SNOW COVERED ROAD FOR STOPPED TRAFFIC AHEAD/PUSHED IN CLUTCH/ATTEMPTED TO DOWNSHIFT FROM 4TH GEAR/FOUND SHIFT LEVER TO BE LOCKED UP/CLUTCH WOULD NOT DISENGAGE/FOUND IT NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO BRAKE VEHICLE TO A STOP/WAS FORCED TO DRIVE VEHICLE OFF ROAD TO AVOID HITTING STOPPED VEHICLE IN REAR. STOPPED VEHICLE BY SHUTTING OFF ENGINE. FOUND THE CLUTCH CYLINDER OUT OF FLUID. REFILLED AND CLUTCH ACTION SEEMED OK. COULD NOT FIND ANY NOTICEABLE LEAKS. CALLED DEALERSHIP. TALKED TO SERVICE REP. REP FELT IT MAY OFF BEEN LOW ON FLUID DUE TO CLUCH WEAR. DROVE ABOUT 35 MILES AND AGAIN WHEN I ATTEMPED TO DOWNSHIFT TO SLOW DOWN FOR STOP LIGHT /NO CLUTCH OPERATION. NO CLUTCH FLUID. ONLY WAY ONE CAN SHIFT TO NEUTRAL IS TO SHUT ENGINE OFF. VERY DANGEROUS . DISCOVERED WHEN I TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR THAT A O-RING IN CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER LEAKED. FORD TECH SAID THIS A COMMON PROBLEM ESPECIALLY IF IT IS VERY COLD TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE. FUNNY FORD HAD A SIMILAR CLUTCH PROBLEM WITH THEIR 1987 F150 TRUCKS EXCEPT IT WAS DUE TO A WEAK FIREWALL MOUNTING FOR CLUTCH OIL RESORIVOR. AGAIN CLUTCH WOULD NOT DISENGAGE PROPERLY AND FORD HAD A FACTORY MODIFICATION TO FIX. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749644August 2, 2001
TIRES
MY TIRES HAVE BEEN WEARING DOWN FOR SOME TIME. I DO NOT DO VERY MUCH HIGHWAY DRIVING, THAT MIGHT BE WHY I DIDN'T HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH THE TIRE. I ONLY HAVE 24000 MILES ON MY TRUCK. I WAS STARTING TO THINK ABOUT GETTING NEW TIRES, THEY WERE WORN DOWN ALOT. TWO WEEKS AGO OR SO I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND FELT A BUMPPY RIDE. WHEN I GOT HOME I CHECK THE TIRES AND FOUND THAT ON THE FRONT LEFT TIRE I HAD A TORN PART OF THE TREAD. I COULD SEE THE STEEL BELT AND THE RUBBER HAD SEPARATED. I WENT AND GOT A NEW SET OF TIRES THE FOLLOWING DAY. THEN A WEEK OR MORE LATER I SAW AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER FROM YOUR AGENCY ABOUT THE TIRES I HAD ON MY TRUCK. I WISH I WOULD HAVE HAD THE ARTICLE BEFORE THE TIRE WENT BAD, THEN I COULD HAVE IT DOCUMENTED, BUT I DIDN'T. GOOD THING I WASN'T GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IT DID HAPPEN AND I HOPE THAT YOU CAN GET OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TIRE. THANK YOU. *AK (TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562307July 31, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING ON TWO OCCASIONS THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE RESULTING IN THE HANDLING OF THE VEHICLE BECOMING DIFFICULT (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT P235-70R16 1045). NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749473July 30, 2001
TIRES
ALL 4 TIRES ON VEHICLE REPLACED WITH GENERAL AMERI 550 AS P235 70R16 TIRES ON 8/6/99 AT ODOMETER 44,763 MILES AS PART OF NORMAL SERVICE. LEFT FRONT TIRE ON 7/20/01 AT ODOMETER APPROX. 68,400 MILES BEGAN TO DETERIORATE AS INDICATED BY VEHICLE VIBRATION AT 50 MPH SPEED. OVER NEXT 3-4 DAYS, VEHICLE SHAKING GOT WORSE. INSPECTED TIRES AND FOUND FRONT LEFT HAD SEPARATION OF TREAD AT SPOT BETWEEN SIDEWALL AND FLAT SURFACE APPROX. 15 IN. LONG. OTHER 3 TIRES WERE OK BASED UPON AMATEUR VISUAL INSPECTION. VEHICLE IS USED EXCLUSIVELY ON HIGHWAY AND CITY DRIVING (NO OFF-ROAD OR CONTRUCTION SITES) BY WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN AT NORMAL RATES OF SPEED. HAVE REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES WITH MICHELIN TIRES AFTER READING USA TODAY ARTICLE ON 7/25/01.*AK (TIRESIZE: P235 70R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893204July 30, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT AND THE CONSUMER NOTICED LEFT REAR TIRE WAS FLAT IN THE MORNING, ONE YEAR PRIOR THE CONSUMER WAS LEAVING DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED LEFT FRONT TIRE SHIMMY AT ABOUT 8 MPH, UPON INSPECTION OF THAT TIRE CONSUMER NOTICED TREAD SEPARATION, BOTH TIRES WER GENERAL AMERI 550 AS SIZE 235/70R16, DOTA3084431147, THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749376July 28, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE TIRES HAVEN'T FAILED. CONCERN ON CRACKING AROUND TREAD ON ALL 4. ALL HAVE TREAD LIFE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749344July 27, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIRE BLOWOUT WITH VISIBLE TREAD SEPARATION. BLOWOUT OCCURRED AT 30 MPH WHILE TRAVELLING WITHIN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. ALL FOUR TIRES KEPT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. *AK (DOT NUMBER: A308443526 TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749350July 27, 2001
TIRES
TRUCK WAS GIVING A BUMPY RIDE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. WENT TO MY MECHANIC WHO EXAMINED THE TIRES UPON MY COMPLAINT. HE POINTED OUT ON BOTH FRONT TIRES WHERE THE TREAD WAS STARTING TO SEPARATE FROM THE SIDEWALL. TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AT ALL DUE TO IMPENDING DANGER. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD, THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES. CALLED FIRESTONE, THEY WOULD REPLACE WITH THE SAME TIRES THAT I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH. CALLED FORD CO.IN DETROIT, CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD ME THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE, FIRESTONE PROBLEM. I GOT THE RUN AROUND. REPLACED TIRES ON MY OWN AND HAVE SAVED THE FIRESTONE TIRES SHOULD THEY BE RECALLED FOR TREAD SEPARATION. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W208 TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749130July 25, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CORD RIPPED UNDER TREAD CAUSING BUBBLE AND SEPARATION OF TREAD -- NO RESULTING ACCIDENT OCCURRED. *AK (TIRESIZE: P235/70/16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749156July 25, 2001
TIRES
SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT-JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHIMMY THEN SHOOK VIOLENTLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE UNCONTROLLABLE ON I37. THE VEHICLE LEFT THE HIGHWAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND SLAMMED THRU BRUSH SMALL TREES, CAREENED OFF A LARGE OAK TREE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ROLLED THREE TIME COMING TO A REST UPSIDE DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED AND INVESTIGATION BY THE STATE POLICE REVEALED THE RIGHT REAR TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE CARCASS OF THE TIRE CAUSING A BLOWOUT PLUS A BLOWOUT ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE DUE TO THE VIOLENT MANUVERS PRIOR TO LEAVING THE HIGHWAY. THANKS TO GOD, SEATBELTS AND AIRBAGES MY WIFE AND I WERE NOT KILLED BUT BRUISED PRETTY GOOD. WE STILL SUFFER NECK PAINS AND SHOULDER PAINS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.*AK (TIRESIZE: 235/70RX16)
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#749165July 25, 2001
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
THE STEERING BOX AND COLOMN BECAME DICONECTED, RENDERING VEHICLE UNSTABLE. THIS WAS AN ASSEMBLY PROBLEM NOT A PRODUCT DEFECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893141July 24, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ORIGINAL MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT ON A 1997, FORD, F150, TIRE SIZE P23570R16 WITH 28,000 MILES ON THEM. TWO OF FOUR TIRES DEVELOPED SPLITS BETWEEN THE TREAD. ALSO ONE OF THE TWO TIRES REPLACED DEVELOPED SPLITS. *AK GENERAL 550 AMERI AS BW TIRES, DOT NUMBER A308443088 AND A308443286, CONSUMER ALSO HAD TWO FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES ON THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE, ISZE P235/70R16, CONSUMER STATES THESE TIRES HAD AN AGRESSIVE TREAD, THESE TIRES WERE PURCHASED 19-OCT-1998. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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