Ford F-150 Complaints (1998)

1,381 consumer complaints on file.

#896511September 19, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL PULSATES, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS CHANGED PADS AND ROTORS. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#563113September 18, 2001
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO TIE ROD FAILURE, THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE MOVED FRONTWARD OR BACKWARDS BECAUSE BOT FRONT WHEELS WERE POINTED INWARD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896297September 13, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
DRIVER'S DOOR IS DEVELOPING CRACKS IN CORNER AREA. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND WAS WILLING TO SHARE THE COST OF REPAIRS. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751634September 4, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HAS DEVELOPED A CRACK IN IT. THE METAL ITSSELF IS ACTUALLY CRACKING. THE CRACK IS LOCATED NEAR THE WINDOW AND EXTENDS APPOX 1/2" FROM THW WINDOW OUT. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM AS THE VEHICLE IS OVER THE MILEAGE. FORD DID TELL ME THAT THEY KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM AND THAT THE DOORS ARE NOT CAPABLE OF BEING OPEN AND SHUT NUMEROUS TIMES. IT IS A DESIGN PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751601September 3, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
DOOR IS CRACKING APART AT A WELDED SEAM AFT OF THE WINDOW3 INCHES UP FROM WINDOW BASE THIS SO MUCH OF A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK THAT EVERY ONE I KNOW WHO OWNES ONE HAS THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751536September 2, 2001
TIRES
TIRE SEPARATED CAUSING DAMAGE.CONTIENTAL REFUSES TO PAY CLAIM. *AK (DOT NUMBER: A308443417 TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895495August 30, 2001
TIRES
FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS HT, SIZE 15, P235-70R16 W2081PT257: WHILE TRAVELING AT 70MPH AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION, TIRES HAD A BLOWOUT.*AK THE TIRE THAT BLEW WAS THE LEFT REAR TIRE AND TIRES HAD JUST BEEN ROTATED AND ALIGNED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751387August 30, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
PROCEEDED DOWN WET HIGHWAY AT 40 MPH. VEHICLE AHEAD SLOWED. APPLIED BRAKES, HAD FULL LOCKUP AND HIT CAR AHEAD AT EST 7 MPH SPEED. ANTILOCK SYSTEM DID NOT ACTIVATE AT ALL. HAD NOTICED TIS PHENOMENA AT STOP SIGNS IN WET CONDITION BEFORE, HAD CHECKED AT DEALER, NO PROBLEM FOUND BY TECHNICIAN. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM ASSOCIATED ONLY WITH WET ROAD CONDITIONS. SOFTWARE PROBLEM RATHER THAN MECHANICAL. AM AWARE OF OTHER CASES. ALTHOUGH MY DAMAGE MINOR, I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED DUE TO POTENTIAL SERIOUS NATURE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895423August 29, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
BOTH DOORS HAVE CRACKS IN THE METAL BELOW THE WINDOW ABOUT 3-4 INCHES FROM SIDE OF DOOR. CRACKS ARE ABOUT 1 INCH LONG. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751223August 27, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES FAILED AFTER CONTINOUS STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. NO ABS, NO STOPPING 35900 MILES.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894927August 22, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE WOULD STALLS ONLY DURING RAINY OR MISTY WEATHER CONDITION. VEHICLE BEEN INTO DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND THE THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE CAUSE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894946August 22, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE HAVING VEHICLE SERVICED TECHNICIAN NOTICED REAR BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY DUE TO ABS VALVE NOT WORKING. PLEASE PROVIDE FUSRTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894950August 22, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FROM ENGINE HEAD GASKETS. NOTICED ON DASHBOARD PANEL COOLANT GOING DOWN, . OVERFLOW HAD NO COOLANT. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE ON BRAKES, AND MECHANIC INDICATED THAT GASKETS WERE LEAKING DUE TO A CRACK IN ENGINE HEAD GASKETS. WARRANTY EXPIRED, BUT VEHCLE WILL BE FIXED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894865August 21, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH IN A 1998 FORD F150, VIBRATION WAS FELT COMING FROM VEHICLE. WHEN CONSUMER STOPPED AND EXAMINED VEHICLE, LEFT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT TIRE , SIZE: P235/70R16, DOT: W20B1PT397 HAD 1'6" OF TREAD SEPARATION. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 41,000 MILES ON TIRES, AND THEY WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. *AK THESE TIRES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 00T005, HOWEVER CONSUMER IS STILL REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750857August 21, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
DOOR HAS CRACK BY LOWERREAR OF THE BELT MOLDING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894609August 17, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE TRAVELING 65MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO SHIMMY. WAS MOVING TO SHOULDER TO CHECK TIRES AND HEARD A LOUD BANG. TREAD HAD UNRAVELED COMPLETELY ON RIGHT REAR TIRE, AND DAMAGED THE BOTTOM OF TRUCK. REPLACED DAMAGED TIRE WITH SPARE. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS HT, LT235/70R16, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894661August 17, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHEN TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE SHUTDOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894151August 13, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, CONSUMR DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL WITH FORCE, CAUSING WHEELS TO LOCK UP. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND RAN INTO OTHER VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750358August 13, 2001
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
DRIVERS SIDE OUTER TIE ROD CAME APART WHILE DRIVING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893768August 8, 2001
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES
THERE IS A BLIND SPOT LOCATED ON PASSENGER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE, WHICH ASSISTS OCCUPANTS TO ENTER VEHICLE, AND WHICH IS ATTACHED TO MIRROR , HAS CAUSED A BLIND SPOT, RESULTING ALMOST IN A CRASH. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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