Ford F-150 Complaints (2006)

585 consumer complaints on file.

#11395983February 12, 2021
STRUCTURE:BODY
I BROUGHT MY 2006 F150 IN FOR SERVICE THE OTHER DAY, AND MY MECHANIC POINTED OUT A RUST HOLE ON MY FRAME THAT SHOWED UP. AFTER I SCRAPED SOME OF THE SURFACE RUST OFF, I FOUND THAT A LARGE PORTION OF MY DRIVERS SIDE FRAME RAIL HAD SIGNIFICANT ROT SPREADING. MY TRUCK HAD JUST BARELY ABOVE 90,000 MILES ON IT, WITH NO OTHER RUST ON ANY OF THE BODY PANELS. I DRIVE A COMPANY VEHICLE DURING THE WEEK, AND MY TRUCK BARELY GETS DRIVEN ALL YEAR. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE FRAMES ON THESE MID 2000'S F150'S ARE VERY PRONE TO ROT DUE TO THE LACK OF WEEP HOLES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME. CORROSIVE ELEMENTS GET INSIDE, THEN HAVE NO WAY OUT OF THE FRAMES INTERIOR. WITH THIS POORLY DESIGNED DETAIL ON THE FRAME, CONSUMERS ARE LEFT WITH NEXT TO NO CHOICE BUT ANXIOUSLY WAIT FOR THE PREMATURE DECAY OF THE MOST CRUTIAL ELEMENT OF THEIR VEHICLE. AT THIS RATE, JUNK YARDS ARE GOING TO FILLED WITH LOW MILAGE FORD TRUCKS THAT RUSTED OUT BEFORE THEIR PRIME. FORD SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR POOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING. CONSUMERS BUY A FORD TRUCK FOR THEIR "FORD TOUGH" REPUTATION, NOT FOR THE INADEQUATELY BUILT TRUCKS THAT THEY SOLD UNDER THAT "FORD TOUGH" GUISE AND NOW REFUSE TO STAND BEHIND. I BELIEVE A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED DUE TO THE SHEER NUMBER OF INCIDENTS I'VE READ ABOUT, ALL OF WHICH ARE CENTRAL TO THE MID 2000'S F150. HOW CAN A PROBLEM THIS PUBLIC GO UNADDRESSED? HOW MANY UNSUSPECTING PEOPLE ARE DRIVING A RUSTED DEATHTRAP AT THIS MOMENT, BUT WOULD NEVER SUSPECT A THING DUE TO LOW MILES AND A GREAT BODY? FORD SHOULD MAKE THIS RIGHT TO THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORTED THEM FOR YEARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11387300January 9, 2021
SERVICE BRAKES, SUSPENSION, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
IT WAS HARD TO STOP
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11384906December 25, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
COMPUTER KEEPS THROWING CODE FOR INTERMITTENT CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR CIRCUIT A BANK 1. CAUSE TRUCK TO RUN ON ONLY HALF POWER. POOR MPG. NO HORSEPOWER. HESITATION IN SHIFTING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11383851December 16, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY
WE BOUGHT OUR 2006 F150 IN 2015, THINKING WE'D HAVE IT FOR YEARS TO COME. BY 2017, TWO SEPARATE MECHANICS HAD TOLD US THAT THERE WAS 'CATASTROPHIC CORROSION' TO THE FRAME. BOTH RECOMMENDED THAT WE HAVE A NEW FRAME FABRICATED. ONE OF THEM FOUND OUT THAT EARLIER F150S WERE RECALLED BECAUSE OF A BAD FRAME COATING THAT CAUSED IRREPARABLE RUST. HE BELIEVES THE '06 SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS WELL. THIS CAR WAS ALWAYS GARAGE KEPT TILL WE GOT IT, AND HAD NEVER BEEN FLOODED. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, BUT FORD REFUSES TO ACT. WE ENDED UP WITH A $12000 YARD ORNAMENT, AND CAN'T EVEN SELL IT BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE WANTS TO DEAL WITH REFABRICATING THE FRAME. WE WERE TOLD NOT TO DRIVE THE TRUCK, AS THE FRAME COULD BASICALLY BUCKLE AT ANY TIME. RIDICULOUS THAT THIS HASN'T BEEN INVESTIGATED. I FEAR THE MORE TIME THAT PASSES, THE LESS LIKELY IT WILL BE THAT AN INVESTIGATION TAKES PLACE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11377460December 2, 2020
POWER TRAIN
MY 2006 FORD F 150 HAS 125,000 MILES. I WENT TO PUT MY TRUCK IN REVERSE TO BACK UP OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND IT MADE A NOISE. APPARENTLY REVERS BAND IN THE TRANSMISSION WENT. I NO LONGER CAN PUT MY VEHICLE IN REVERSE TO BACK UP. VERY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND IT BROKE FOR NO REASON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11374196November 11, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY 2006 F150 FORD LARIAT. IT STARTED WITH THE FRONT MAP LIGHT ARE SOME LIGHT NOT SURE WHAT IT'S CALLED. IT WOULD COME ON BY ITSELF JUST SITTING STILL WITH ENGINE OFF. AND NO ONE IN THE TRUCK. IT WOULD DO THIS ALL HOURS OF DAY AND NIGHT. THEN THE DOOR JAR LIGHT CAME ON GOING DOWN THE HWY. AND WOULD NOT GO OFF. WE STOP TO CHECK ALL DOES AND THEY ALL WAS SHUT. IT STAYS ON AND WANT GO OFF. THEN WITH ALL THAT GOING ON ALL MY POWER WINDOWS STOP WORKING. THEY WAS WORKING FINE BUT WHEN THE DIME LIGHT PROBLEM. AND THE DOOR A JAR LIGHT ON WHEN YOU GET IN THE TRUCK AND TURN KEY ON. I HAVE TALK TO PEOPLE THAT OWN A FORD AND MOST ALL FORD'S HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO HAVE GOOGLED THESE PROBLEMS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. BUT IT HASN'T BEEN ANY RECALL ON THESE PROBLEMS. IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE A RECALL FOR THESE PROBLEMS ON FORD'S. IT'S A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11373062November 4, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PURCHASED THIS 78,400 MILE VEHICLE FROM AN INTERNET SALE IN SEPT/OCT. 2019, WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF DELIVERY, WHILE TAKING IT AROUND FOR MAINTENANCE APPRAISALS (BRAKES, ETC.), ONE OF THE SHOPS WARNED ME OF MAJOR FRAME RUST. A VISUAL INSPECTION SHORTLY THEREAFTER SHOWED THE MAIN FRAME MEMBERS WERE RUSTED THROUGH AND PARTIALLY COLLAPSED FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE TRUCK WHILE BEING LIFTED ON A RACK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11353874September 8, 2020
STEERING
THE STEERING LOWER SHAFT GETS FAULTY IN THIS YEARS TRUCK DO TO BEING CHEAP MADE AND GETS CORRODED WIN SALT FROM THE ROADS BARELY TOUCHES IT WHEN DRIVING YOU HAVE TO TURN EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE IT STEER AND IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH FOR IT TO BRAKE WHEN GOING DOWN A HIGHWAY ONE OF THE MOST IN SAFE DESIGNS I HAVE EVER SEEN IN A NEWER TRUCK THAN 2000 THERE WAS A RECALL ON THEM THE EXACT SAME DESIGN IN THE CROWN VICS FROM 2004 TO 2008 MINE BROKE WHEN GOING DOWN THE CITY ROAD GOING ABOUT 45MPH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11348776August 12, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY
FORDF150 TRUCK. BACK DOORS WILL NOT OPEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311757February 26, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE REAR OF THE FRAME HAS NEARLY COMPLETELY BROKEN THROUGH BOTH SIDES OF THE FRAME CAUSING THE BED OF THE VEHICLE TO CONTACT THE REAR CAB OF THE VEHICLE. BOTH SIDES ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING A SAFETY CONCERN AS THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE COULD COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE FRONT END. I STARTED NOTICING A TAPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE BACK END OF THE VEHICLE ON FEB 5, 2020, WHICH WAS ABOUT A WEEK AGO. AFTER RESEARCHING THE NOISE I NOTICED THAT THE TOP OF THE BED WAS TOUCHING THE CAB WHILE THE BOTTOM OF THE BED WAS ABOUT 4-5 INCHES FROM THE CAB. AFTER INSPECTING THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK AT THE REAR, I SAW THAT THE FRAME WAS NEARLY COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11309256February 14, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE FRAME IS RUSTED THROUGH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11306998February 4, 2020
SERVICE BRAKES
ABS BRAKE SYSTEM NOT WORKING PROPERLY PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301388January 23, 2020
AIR BAGS
HAD IMPACT WITH OTHER VEHICLE AIRBAG DETONATED TO LATE BROKE COLLAR BONE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE . DRIVING BONE INTO HEART VALVE AND RIGHT LUNG CAUSING P.E. UNDERWENT SURGERY TO REMOVE BONE FROM HEART AND LUNG. ACCIDENT IN ARLINGTON TEXAS 10/6/2016 . ROTTED TO NHTSA IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018. YOU HAD REQUESTED TO FORWARD INFO TO FORD MOTOR CO.. ANY FEEDBACK WOULD BE APPRECIATED IF YOU COULD PLEASE Y ME ANY INFORMATION . THANK YOU SO MUCH. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11288417December 11, 2019
WHEELS
THE WAY THAT THE WHEEL IS MADE IT ALLOWS FOR WATER TO SEAT IN THE INTER GROOVE WHICH THEN RUST HOLE INTO THE WHEEL CAUSEING AIR TO LEAK OUT OF TIRE AND POSSIBLE DRIVER LOOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHICH ALMOST HAPPENED TO ME AT 60 MPH ON AN INTERSTATE HWY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER IN TIME
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11267168October 8, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MAIN FRAME RAILS RUSTED THROUGHOUT. MY STATE DOESN'T CHECK FRAMES FOR THIS DURING NORMAL STATE INSPECTIONS. THIS TRUCK PASSED INSPECTION. ONLY 78,000 MILES. WHY ISN'T A RECALL ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254970September 12, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
BRAKE LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY ON DUE TO FAULT IN CLUSTER PANEL. SAFETY ISSUE IN NOT KNOWING WHEN THERE ARE BRAKING PROBLEMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254581September 10, 2019
ENGINE
MY F150 2006 IS GETTING A LOW OIL PRESSURE MESSAGE. I TOOK IT TO SEVERAL MECHANICS AND THEY ALL SAID THAT I NEED A NEW ENGINE. ONE CHANGED THE FAVORS CRANKSHAFT AND OIL PUMP. IT RAN FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS. AFTER THAT I BEGIN TO HAVE THE SAME ERROR MESSAGE, LOW OIL PRESSURE. WHAT CAN I DO?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11242969August 10, 2019
WHEELS
PURCHASED NEW TIRES IN JAN 2019 ALL 4 TIRES OVER $1000.(DUE TO SLOW LEAKS ON 2 TIRES ) ONLY TO HAVE FLAT TIRE EVERY MORNING HAD TO AIR UP TIRE .FINALLY YOU COULD HEAR AIR COMING OUT TOOK BACK TO AMERICA TIRES TO CK AND WAS INFORMED THAT STEEL FORD RIM IS CRACKED ON INSIDE THEY COULD NOT LEGALLY PUT TIRE AND RIM BACK ON MY TRUCK DUE TO SAFETY THEY SAID I NEED TO HAVE 3 OTHERS ALSO CKD FOR DEFECT ON FORD STEEL RIMS WELD SEPERATEING AND COUKD CAUSE SEVERE INJURY SO I SIT WITH NEW TIRES ON 3 RIM THAT I CANT CK XAUSE HAVE NO REPLACEMENT RIM S
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11240738July 30, 2019
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY TRUCK IS MAKING A CHAIN SLAPPING NOISE ONLY WHEN I FIRST START IT AFTER IT SITS FOR SEVERAL HRS. IT SOUNDS LIKE THEIR IS SLACK IN THE TIMING CHAIN. I KNOW THAT THE CHAIN TENSIONERS FAIL ON THIS MODEL. PLEASE HELP AS I LOVE MY TRUCK AND I DON'T WANNA LOOSE IT. BECAUSE IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN I START THE VEHICLE AND THEN IMMEDIATELY GOES AWAY, IT WAS STATIONARY WHEN IT STARTED THE NOISE. I'M JUST AFRAID THAT IF IT KEEPS ON SLAPPING, IT WILL DAMAGE THE PLASTIC RUNNERS AND POSSIBLY HAVE A CHAIN COME OFF WHILE IT'S IN MOTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11234030July 23, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY
DOORS WILL NOT OPEN. THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE CORD THAT OPERATES THE DOOR OPENING AND CLOSING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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