Ford F-150 Complaints (2004)

2,029 consumer complaints on file.

#10267124April 28, 2009
VISIBILITY
I HAVE A 2004 F-150. THE WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE AND THE WINDOW WILL NOT GO UP. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME MY TRUCK WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT NOT BEING USED WHILE I WAS IN AFGHANISTAN. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL LOUISIANA FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY SAID IT HAPPENED ALL THE TIME. I WAS CHARGED AROUND $400 FOR THE REPAIR. ABOUT 4 MONTHS LATER THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED WHILE MY PARENTS WERE DRIVING WITH MY 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE TRUCK. I ONCE AGAIN CONTACTED THE LOCAL OHIO FORD DEALERSHIP AND THE REPAIR COST IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE SAME AS LAST TIME. I TALKED WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER WHO GAVE ME THE FORD CUSTOMER CARE NUMBER. FORD DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS HAPPENING. THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO OTHER THAN DOCUMENT MY CONCERN. I WAS GIVEN THIS WEBSITE TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT, AND AM AMAZED AT HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACTED THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THEM AS WELL AS NOTIFYING MY STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL. A ONETIME PROBLEM IS UNDERSTANDABLE BUT FOR THIS TO HAPPEN TWICE TO MY TRUCK AND SEEING HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM IS PATHETIC. I HOPE THE NHTSA INSPECTORS SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND FORCE FORD TO CORRECT IT. PLEASE HAVE FORD RECALL THIS PART BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT, OR A TRUCK BEING STOLEN OVER A FAULTY PIECE OF PLASTIC. THANKS *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10266837April 27, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
I PURCHASED MY TRUCK USED FROM THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WHEN IT WAS THREE YEARS OLD, IT WAS A CERTIFIED USED VEHICLE. ROUGHLY ONE YEAR LATER THE DRIVER WINDOW FELL INTO THE DOOR AND WHEN I PRESSED THE SWITCH TO PUT IT BACK UP, I HEARD A GRINDING NOISE COME FROM THE ELECTRIC MOTOR AND THE WINDOW DID NOT BUDGE. IT COST ME ROUGHLY 400.00 DOLLARS FROM FORD TO REPLACE IT. THIS PAST WEEKEND I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW DID THE SAME. I HAD MY DOG IN THE BACK SEAT OF MY TRUCK AND WHEN THE WINDOW FELL MY DOG WENT STRAIGHT FOR THE WINDOW. LUCKILY I GRABBED HIM BEFORE HE GOT ANY CLOSER TO IT. THANK GOODNESS IT WAS NOT A SMALL CHILD. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY FACTOR AND FORD SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT BETTER AND RECALL THESE PROBLEMS BECAUSE APPARENTLY THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM. IF A CHILD GETS HURT BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM THE LAW SUIT WILL COST MUCH MORE THAN IF FORD JUST RECALLS ALL THE PROBLEM. THANKS. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10266726April 26, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WE HAVE A 2004 F150 WITH 30,000 MILES ON IT. OUR FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW FELL DOWN WHILE WE HAD IT PARKED AT THE AIRPORT FOR 3 DAYS SO NO ONE WAS TOUCHING IT AND IT WAS CLOSED. WE COULD NOT PICK IT UP SO WHEN WE GOT HOME WE GOT THE WINDOW UP. WE CAN NOT ROLL THIS WINDOW DOWN AND HAVE IT UP WITH TAPE. WE WERE TOLD THAT IT IS NOT COVERED AND HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED BUT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE AUTOBEEF.COM. WE HAVE NOT FIXED THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO COST US $400 AND WE DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF $ TO FIX SOMETHING FORD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10266708April 25, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
APRIL 23 2009 DRIVER WINDOW WENT DOWN WITH OUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING MY 2004 FORD F150 SUPER CAB WITH 8? BED WITH 40000 MILES ON IT. THE WINDOW REGULATORS PLASTIC CABLE RETAINER BROKE RELEASING THE CABLE AND THE WINDOW. WHILE SEARCHING THE INTERNET I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT FORD HAS CHANGED THE PART AND PART NUMBER 3 TIMES TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS WAS A GREAT DISTRACTION WHILE DRIVING AND COULD HAVE BEEN A SAFETY ISSUE HAD PETS BEEN ON BOARD OR IF ITEMS HAD BLOWN OUT THE WINDOW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10266498April 23, 2009
VISIBILITY
PASSENGER WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME, WINDOW SLAMMED AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING. DRIVERS ONE REPLACED 5 MONTHS AGO. NOW BEING TOLD THAT THE REAR TWO ARE "GOING OUT" AS WELL AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. DEALERSHIP RECOGNIZES THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE REGULATORS, CALLED FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP CENTER AND ALL THEY WOULD DO WAS OFFER ME A $750 GIFT CARD IF I AGREE TO BUY A NEW FORD TRUCK IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. ARE THEY KIDDING!!! I HAVE ALWAYS OWNED FORD TRUCKS, BUT AM GOING TO LOOK AT THE NEW TUNDRA NOW AS I CAN SEE THAT FORD DOES NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS, SO MUCH FOR BEING BUILT FORD TOUGH..... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10266341April 22, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
I HAVE A 2004 FORD F150 AND I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOWS. I HAVE HAD 3 OF MY WINDOW REGULATORS GO OUT ON THIS TRUCK AND ITS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD. I FEEL THIS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS SINCE I KNOW I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. FIRST I HEAR A LOUD BANG IN THE DOOR (EVEN WHEN I'M NOT OPERATING THE WINDOW) AND THEN THE WINDOW DROPS. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN SINCE I HAVE CHILDREN, AND FOR SAFETY OF THE TRUCK ITSELF. I'M AFRAID THAT IF IM AT WORK OR SCHOOL THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN AND THE TRUCK WILL BE VANDALIZED OR STOLEN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10266234April 21, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, WHEELS
SEVERE VIBRATION WHILE BRAKING FROM ABOVE 40M/HR. DEALER HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT ROTORS AND MACHINED BOTH REAR ROTORS FOR WARPING. ROTOR WORE OFF BEFORE THE ORIGINAL BRAEK PADS. DEALER SAYS ITS TYPICAL BUT I SUSPECT POOR QUALITY AS I AM A CAREFUL DRIVER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10266285April 21, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE WINDOW REGULATOR ON MY TRUCK. ITS A MAJOR PAIN WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN, AND IT NEVER FAILS TO HAPPEN AT THE WORSE TIMES. ALL FOUR TIMES (ONCE FOR EACH OF THE FOUR WINDOWS) IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE I AM JUST DRIVING ALONG AND THE WINDOW JUST FALLS INTO THE DOOR. IT IS REALLY EXPENSIVE TO FIX AT THE DEALER ($400). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10266333April 21, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
FORD LARIAT F150 WHILE VISITING A FRIEND ON APRIL 20TH, 2009 , MY TRUCK WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, WINDOWS ALL UP & DOORS LOCKED. WHEN I GOT READY TO LEAVE, DRIVER WINDOW WAS DOWN AND IT WOULD NOT GO BACK UP. FORD DEALERS ALREADY CLOSED , I DROVE HOME. HAVE SEARCHED SEVERAL SITES TO SEE IF THERE WERE OTHERS WITH THIS PROBLEM OR COMPLAINTS OF THIS. I WAS SHOCKED THERE WERE SO MANY 136 COMPLAINTS HERE SITE #1: HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/F-150/2004/WINDOWS_WINDSHIELD/WINDOW_DOES_NOT_ROLL_UP.SHTML SITE #2 : :HTTP://WWW.FORDF150.NET/FORUMS/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?T=47037 SITE # 3 : HTTP://WWW.MYCARSTATS.COM/SAFETYSTATION.ASP?CARS=1338942 WHY SO MANY COMPLAINTS BUT YET FORD DOESN'T RECOGNIZED IT. WE HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME FORD OWNER ,BUT THIS PROBLEM MAKES ME THINK I DON'T WANT ANOTHER FORD. HAD OTHER WINDOW PROBLEM WITH REAR SLIDING WINDOW NOT WORKING,BUT ALWAYS WORKED WHEN TOOK IN TO DEALER WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. DOESN'T WORK AT ALL NOW. WINDOWS SEEM TO BE A BIG PROBLEM FOR FORD ON THEIR TRUCKS. WHAT WILL IT TAKE A WINDOW DROPPING DOWN AND SHATTERING AND SOMEONE GETTING HURT FROM IT OR CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT .ALSO DEFEATS YOUR PURPOSE OF LOCKING IT UP, IF THE WINDOWS ARE GOING KEEP FALLING DOWN. I WILL BE SURPRISED IF I GET ANY KIND OF RESPONSE TO THIS . I FIGURE, LIKE MOST , IT WILL BE LOOKED AT THEN THROWN OUT. WILL HAVE TO TAKE TO THE DEALER IN THE MORNING. I FEEL FORD SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ,SINCE IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITH THIS YEAR OF TRUCK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10265992April 19, 2009
VISIBILITY
DRIVER SIDE WINDOW MADE A POP WHILE GOING DOWN, THE WINDOW STOPPED ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN AND THEN WOULD NOT GO UP OR DOWN, THE WINDOW MOTOR STILL OPERATES, AND THE WINDOW IS IN THE TRACK. THE OPERATION CABLE THE MOVES THE WINDOW UP AND DOWN BROKE OFF AT ITS CONNECTOR, RESULTING IN THE UNIT NEEDING TO BE REPLACE. THIS IS A FREQUENT COMPLAINT ON THESE VEHICLES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10266019April 19, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW FELL INTO DOOR AFTER A LOUD POP AND CRACKING SOUND. WINDOW WILL NO LONGER ENGAGE WITH POWER SWITCH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10265912April 17, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
LOUD POP NOISE FROM DRIVER WINDOW. WINDOW NOT WANTING TO ROLL BACK DOWN. TOOK DOOR PANEL OFF CAN SEE THAT THE CABLE IN THERE IS BROKEN MOTOR STILL SPINS AND GLASS IS ATTACHED TO THE TRACK SYSTEM NEEDS REPLACEMENT CABLES IF POSSIBLE OR NEW REGULATOR SOMEWHERE AROUND THE $300 PRICE RANGE TO FIX. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10265625April 16, 2009
VISIBILITY
MY 2004 FORD F-150 WITH ~15000 MILES HAD THE PASSENGER WINDOW "POP" AND FALL INSIDE THE DOOR. WHILE FIXING I FOUND SEVERAL FORUMS COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW COMMON THIS PROBLEM IS AND INSISTING THAT IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. I AGREE, SO I AM ADDING MY VOICE TO THE LIST OF PEOPLE UNHAPPY WITH THE DEFECT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10265176April 13, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
ALL FOUR WINDOWS ON OUR TRUCK HAVE HAD A MOTOR PROBLEM, WINDOWS GO DOWN AND DON'T COME DOWN, THE FIRST TWO WERE UNDER WARRANTY AND THE LAST ONE WAS NOT AND IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE AND NOW AS OD 4/13/09 WE HAVE HAD THE FOURTH ONE GO DOWN AND GET STUCK. NOW WE HAVE TO TAKE THE TRUCK IN YET AGAIN AND IT'S NOT UNDER WARRANTY BUT WE ONLY HAVE 45,000 MILES ON IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10265177April 13, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, POWER TRAIN
I OWN A 2004 FORD F-150 4 DOOR. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR POWER WINDOW REGULATORS. TWO WERE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND THE OTHER TWO CAME OUT OF MY POCKET. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO HELP THE CUSTOMER. ALSO, THE TRANSMISSION HAS A KICKING PROBLEM AT CERTAIN SPEEDS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10264882April 10, 2009
VISIBILITY
2004 FORD F150, 40K MILES. DRIVING DOWN ROAD, HEAR LOUD POP, THEN THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW FELL INTO THE DOOR. LUCKILY GLASS DID NOT SHATTER. DETERMINED THAT WINDOW REGULATOR HAD FAILED CAUSING THE PROBLEM (LOUD POP THEN WINDOW FALLING INTO DOOR). SUBSEQUENT SEARCH OF THIS FAILURE INDICATED IT IS QUITE COMMON. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD REQUIRE FORD TO ISSUE A RECALL TO PROACTIVELY REPLACE THESE DEFECTIVE PARTS. COULD CAUSE DRIVER TO SUDDENLY LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10264797April 9, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
I BELIEVE THAT THE FORD REGULATOR IS A VERY BIG SAFETY ISSUE. A WINDOW THAT CAN JUST FALL DOWN INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR WITH NO WARNING. HERE IS WHY I FIND IT A SAFETY ISSUE. I LIVE IN NEBRASKA AND I DEAL WITH SOME PRETTY NASTY WEATHER . MY WIFE AND I ARE EXPECTING OUR FIST CHILD AND IF WE GO SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER AND THE WINDOW FALLS DOWN IN A SNOW STORM THIS COULD CAUSE A THREAT TO MY NEW BORN. I BELIEVE FORD MOTOR COMPANY NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND GET THIS RESOLVED. I AM IN THE MILITARY AND HAVE SERVER OVER SEAS, I AM NOT A BIG FAN OF PUTTING MY FAMILY IN DANGER. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED IT COULD BUT MY FAMILY AT RISK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10264826April 9, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
FORD F150 SPARK PLUGS BREAKING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10264854April 9, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
REPEATED FAILURE OF WINDOW REGULATOR IN LATE MODEL F-150 (2004). I HAVE HEARD MANY OTHER WITH SAME PROBLEM. MY WINDOW FELL DOWN INSIDE THE DOOR WHILE DRIVING, WHICH STARTLED ME ALMOST CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10264321April 7, 2009
VISIBILITY
I WAS DRIVING AND WENT TO ROLL DOWN MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK AND THE WHOLE WINDOW JUST DROPPED INTO MY DOOR NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN. TO MY LUCK, IT BEGAN TO RAIN.....BADLY. AS IF GETTING WET WASN'T ENOUGH, EVERY TIME A VEHICLE WOULD PASS ME GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION AT AN INTERSECTION I WOULD GET SPLASHED WITH NASTY ROAD WATER IN MY FACE!!! IT SPRAYED ME SO BAD ONCE WHEN A VEHICLE PASSED ME THAT I HIT THE CURB AND COULD HAVE EASILY HAD A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT OR WORSE, KILLED SOMEONE ON A CURB!!! THIS COST ME OVER $300 TO HAVE THE WHOLE MOTOR ASSEMBLY REPLACED IN THE DOOR AND SOUNDS LIKE IT IS ALL TOO COMMON DUE TO A POORLY DESIGNED PLASTIC TAB THAT BREAKS. WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR A RECALL ON THIS? SOME POOR PERSONS' CHILD GETTING HIT AT A BUS STOP DURING A RAIN STORM? CAN'T WAIT FOR IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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