Ford F-150 Complaints (2004)

2,029 consumer complaints on file.

#10326306April 19, 2010
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ROLLED WINDOWS DOWN TO AIR OUT CAR. GOT HOME WHICH IS A 1 MILE AWAY, LH REAR WINDOW WOULD NOT RAISE. LH FRONT HAPPENED ABOUT 1 YEAR PRIOR. CAN'T DRIVE VEHICLE DUE TO THE SECURITY ISSUE. WINDOW REGULATOR IS BEING REPLACED. I HAVE OLD PARTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10326396April 19, 2010
STEERING
STEERING BECAME VERY HARD INTERMITTENTLY. I THOUGHT THAT I HAD A POWER STEERING PROBLEM. STEERING WOULD NOT RETURN TO CENTER WHEN COMPLETING TURNS AND FROZE UP ON TURNS AT LOW SPEED. TOOK TO DEALER AND ADVISED THAT UNIVERSALS IN STEERING SHAFT WERE RUSTED FROZEN. TRUCK HAD 98,000 MILES. A FRIEND WITH A 2007 F-150 WITH 50,000 MILES HAD SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, SINCE IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE IN TURNS. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10326526April 19, 2010
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WHEN TRUCK WAS STARTED, LEFT REAR WINDOW OF 2004 F150 CREW CAB SLOWLY WENT DOWN ALL BY ITSELF, NO BUTTON WAS PUSHED. WOULDN'T RETURN TO UP POSITION. TRUCK WAS BOUGHT USED IN JANUARY 2010 AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, SO FAR, TO HAPPEN. ORDERING REPLACEMENT PART TO FIX. WILL KEEP OLD PART. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
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0
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0
#10326259April 18, 2010
VISIBILITY
2004 FORD F150 POWER WINDOW FAILURES, WINDOWS DROP DOWN INTO THE DOOR. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10326051April 16, 2010
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
I HAVE A 2004 FORD F-150 SUPERCREW 2WD TRUCK. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE OTHER DAY AND TRIED TO PUT MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW DOWN. WHEN I PRESSED THE POWER BUTTON THE WINDOW MADE A LOUD GRINDING SOUND THEN THE WINDOW ITSELF FELL DOWN INTO THE DOOR. I WAS UNABLE TO GET IT BACK UP AND HAD TO LEAVE IT DOWN FOR 4 DAYS BEFORE I HAD TIME TO TAKE THE SIDE PANEL OFF AND SEE THAT THE FACTORY POWER WINDOW REGULATOR CABLES HAD BECOME TANGLED INSIDE ITS PULLEY. I DID A SEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND THAT IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. AFTER SEEING WELL OVER 1000 COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME PROBLEM I DECIDED TO FILE MY OWN COMPLAINT, HOPING THAT FORD DOES A RECALL SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE. *TR
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No
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No
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0
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0
#10326067April 16, 2010
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
2004 F-150 POWER WINDOW REGULATOR FAILURE. *TR
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10326081April 16, 2010
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
I PUSHED THE BUTTON TO LOWER MY DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW ON MY 2004 FORD F150 SUPERCREW XLT YESTERDAY AND AFTER HEARING A LOUD "POP" MY DOOR GLASS QUICKLY FEEL DOWN INSIDE THE DOOR. THE WINDOW REGULATOR MOTOR STILL WORKED, BUT IT JUST MADE A GRINDING NOISE AND WOULDN'T MOVE THE GLASS. THE SUDDEN FAILURE OF THE WINDOW STARTLED ME AND I RAN OFF THE ROADWAY AND ALMOST CRASHED MY TRUCK. I TOOK THE DOOR APART AND INSPECTED THE REGULATOR AND THE ENTIRE CABLE MECHANISM HAD SEPARATED IN 3 PLACES. THE CONNECTION TO THE MOTOR ALONG WITH TWO OTHER CONNECTIONS. THE ONLY FIX IS WINDOW REGULATOR REPLACEMENT. I ORDERED A REPLACEMENT REGULATOR FROM A LOCAL AUTO PARTS STORE. WHEN I COMPARED THE NEW ONE TO THE ORIGINAL I OBSERVED A MAJOR DIFFERENCE. THE NEW ONE HAD COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF LUBRICANT ON THE GUIDES, CABLES AND PULLEYS. THE ORIGINAL REGULATOR MECHANISM WAS COMPLETELY DRY WITH NO EVIDENCE OF ANY TYPE OF LUBRICATION. WAS THE LACK OF LUBRICATION A FACTOR IN THE FAILURE? I AM NOT SURE. BUT, I DID FIND EVIDENCE OF METAL ON METAL. I PLAN ON REPAIRING THE PROBLEM MYSELF WITH AN AFTERMARKET OEM PART. THIS IS DUE TO THE NUMEROUS REPEATED FAILURES OF FORD WINDOW REGULATORS THAT HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED ONLINE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE! WHEN I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW THE SLIDING BACK GLASS DID NOT WORK BEFORE I DROVE IT OFF THE DEALERSHIP LOT. THE DEALER REPLACED THE MOTOR, SWITCH, CABLE MECHANISM AND EVENTUALLY REPLACED THE ENTIRE REAR WINDOW BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED. AFTER CONDUCTING RESEARCH ONLINE I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF FORD F150 TRUCK OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED POWER WINDOW REGULATOR FAILURES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10325764April 14, 2010
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2004 FORD F150 SUPERCREW 4 DOOR - WINDOW MOTOR/CABLE FAILURE. I STARTED TO "ROLL" THE PASSENGER DOOR FRONT WINDOW DOWN AND IMMEDIATELY THE WINDOW JUST DROPPED ALL THE WAY INSIDE THE DOOR LEAVING NO WINDOW AVAILABLE ON THAT DOOR. NO WINDOW, NO PROTECTION FROM THE WEATHER, NO SECURITY, ETC. THE WINDOW WOULD NOT COME UP AND REMAINED DOWN INSIDE THE DOOR. I'VE READ ABOUT THIS AS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT LOOKS LIKE A REAL OBVIOUS RECALL SITUATION. PLEASE MAKE FORD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS FAILURE AS IT APPARENTLY CAN HAPPEN OVER AND OVER BECAUSE OF INFERIOR PARTS. THIS IS MY FIRST OCCURENCE IN MY 23 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP - THANK GOODNESS. THERE ARE SO MANY SIMILAR REPORTS AND I ASK THAT YOU BE FAIR TO THE CONSUMERS AND FORCE FORD TO RECALL THESE PARTS WITH A SUITABLE REPLACEMENT PART. PLEASE TREAT THEM EQUAL WITH TOYOTA AND ANY OTHER MANUFACTURER. FORD HAS A BAD DOOR CABLE OR MECHANISM AND THEY SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10325327April 13, 2010
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THE POWER WINDOW REGULATOR ON MY 2004 F-150 TRUCK FAILED WHILE DRIVING. VERY DISHEARTENING TO FIND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE, AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND YET NEITHER FORD OR THE NHTSA HAS DONE ANYTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10325415April 13, 2010
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
I'M THE OWNER OF A 2004 F-150. I'VE PAID $1,000.00 FOR TWO WINDOW REPAIRS THAT FELL OUT OF NO WHERE AT 54000 MILES AND THEN AGAIN AT 54250. I NEVER REPORTED THIS PROBLEM UNTIL NOW BECAUSE I'VE GOT A 3RD FALLEN WINDOW AND FELT IT SHOULD BE REPORTED AND FOUND THIS WEBSITE. NOT TO MENTION THAT THE WINDOWS DO NOT GO UP OR DOWN!! THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE DRIVERS WINDOW FELL AND SCARED THE HECK OUT OF HER. GOT IT FIXED FOR $500.00. WELL GUESS WHAT? TWO WEEKS LATER SHE CALLED SCREAMING WITH FEAR THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMEONE HAD SHOT OUT THE PASSENGER WINDOW ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE THE PASSENGERS WINDOW FELL, ANOTHER $500.00. NOW, SUNDAY APRIL 11, 2010, THE BACK PASSENGER WINDOW FELL AND IS BEING HELD UP WITH DUCT TAPE, I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER $500.00 FOR THE REPAIR. HOW CAN THIS BE O.K.?? *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324957April 11, 2010
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE WINDOW TO THE FORD F-150 WAS DOWN ABOUT HALF WAY. I PRESSED THE BUTTON TO PULL IT BACK UP BUT INSTEAD THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE AND IT FELL DOWN COMPLETELY. I PRESSED TO BRING IT BACK UP BUT IT WAS USELESS BECAUSE IT DIDN'T FUNCTION CORRECTLY ANYMORE. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURED 3 TIMES: THE TWO BACK SEAT WINDOWS AND THE DRIVER'S WINDOW. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPEND I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP TO GET IT FIXED AND WAS CHARGED 400 DOLLARS. THIS MALFUNCTION COULD CAUSE SAFTEY HAZARDS. *TR
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10324886April 10, 2010
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
I OWN A FORD F-150 2004 4X4 FOUR DOOR LARIAT MODEL TRUCK. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THREE OF THE FOUR WINDOW REGULATORS AT A COST IN EXCESS OF $300 EACH. WHEN I INQUIRED FORD ABOUT THE PROBLEM TN THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM ON ALL F-150 MODELS MANUFACTURED FROM THE MID 1990'S ON. THEY ALSO WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE PART COULDN'T BE WARRANTED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND THAT THE REPLACEMENT HAD NOT BETTER CHANCE OF LONG LIFE THEN DID THE OTHERS. THIS IS NO DOUBT A DESIGN/MANUFACTURING DEFECT WHICH SHOULD BE CORRECTED BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT OR KILLED. I KNOW FORD, LIKE MANY OTHER AMERICAN FIRMS, IS HAVING A ROUGH TIME WITH THIS ECONOMY BUT THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS FLAGRANT DISREGARD OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO FORD CUSTOMERS. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324768April 9, 2010
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
NO EVENTS LEADING TO FAILURE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR WENT OUT, CAUSING THE ENTIRE WINDOW TO DROP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR. VEHICLE UNSAFE, CHILD MAY FALL OUT OF WINDOW, ECT. WINDOW REGULATOR MUST BE REPLACED. OCCURS OFTEN. *TR
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
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0
#10324393April 7, 2010
VISIBILITY
PROBLEM POWER WINDOWS, WITHIN ONE WEEK THE DRIVERS WINDOW FELL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR, AND NEXT ON THE FREEWAY THE PASSENGER WINDOW SLAMMED DOWN, APPARENTLY THE CABLES ARE INFERIOR. SO HOW COME NO RECALL FOR THIS JUNK. FORD WANTS 700 TO REPLACE WITH THE SAME INFERIOR PARTS. FORD F150. AND NO I DON'T LIVE ON A DIRT ROAD AND IT'S NOT A 4 WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324368April 7, 2010
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
ON APRIL 6,2010 DRIVING AND WENT TO OPEN DRIVER SIDE WINDOW HEARD A LOUD POP WINDOW DROPPED DOWN. TOOK TO REPAIR SHOP WHERE MECHANIC FOUND MECHANISM WAS FAULTY IE CABLE BROKE. REPLACED THE MECHANISM FOR $292.00. ON APRIL 7, 2010 AT 3PM MY DAUGHTER WENT TO ROLL HER DOWN AGAIN A POP AND THE WINDOW DROPPED. I AM TAKING TRUCK TO MECHANIC TOMORROW TO HAVE FIXED. I ASSUME IT WILL BE ANOTHER $292.00. I ONLY HAVE 48,000 MILES ON MY TRUCK AND WILL KEEP FAULTY PARTS. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324370April 7, 2010
VISIBILITY
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HEARD A LOUD POP. WINDOW FALLS DOWN. THE NEW PART IS 170.00. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10324014April 6, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
FORD F-150 WITH TRITON V-8 SPARK PLUG BLOWOUT. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324094April 6, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY 2004 F-150 (A $34,00 VEHICLE)FORD PICKUP TRUCK (58,000 MILES) BLEW A SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE HEAD IN AUGUST OF 2009. A FORD DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM BY PUTTING IN A HELICOIL INTO THE PLUG TO REPAIR THE ISSUE. ($580) THIS PAST FEBRUARY IT BLEW A PLUG AGAIN, THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE ONLY RELIABLE FIX WAS TO PUT IN A NEW ENGINE HEAD. THE COST FOR THIS WAS $3,000 DOLLARS. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS WEB SITE YOU WILL SEE THE THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS THAT HAVE FACE THIS DEFECT. IT IS APPARENT THAT FORD IS TURNING THEIR BACK AND IGNORING THE ISSUE THAT THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED. IF THEY WILL NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE I AM SURE THAT YOUR AGENCY SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/FORD/TR7HFU0VD0N2U9KPD THOUSANDS OF EXAMPLES OF THIS RECALLABLE FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10323799April 5, 2010
STEERING
2004 FORD F-150 VIN#[XXX]. I WAS HAVING A PROBLEM STEERING THE VEHICLE AND THOUGHT IT WAS THE STEERING FLUID/PUMP. PUMP AND FLUID WERE FIND BUT, THEY PROBLEM CONTINUED AND I WAS HAVING CONSIDERABLE ISSUES TRYING TO STEER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. ALL TIRE ON STATEN ISLAND NEW YORK. PHONE# 718 447-3400. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED. THE LOWER STEERING ASSMEBLY WAS BROKEN. THIS SHAFT IS PART #8L3Z3B676B. I WAS INFORMED BY ONE OF THE SHOP MANAGERS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT HE WAS REPAIRING A SECOND FORD A FORD EXCURSION WITH THE SAME SHAFT. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE HAS REPAIRED SEVERAL IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10323867April 5, 2010
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I HEARD A NOISE LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE ONE WINDOW DOWN BUT I WAS DRIVING ALONE AND SO I KNOW I DIDN'T ROLL DOWN A WINDOW AND WHEN I LOOKED BACK, THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDOW WAS FALLING DOWN INTO THE DOOR. I TRIED PUSHING THE POWER WINDOW BUTTON TO TRY TO GET IT TO CLOSE BUT HAD NO LUCK, JUST A RUMBLING NOISE. I WAS VERY UPSET BECAUSE THIS IS THE 2ND TIME IN LESS THAN A YEAR THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY 2004 FORD F-150 TRUCK. IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR AND I THINK FORD SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL SINCE I KNOW AT LEAST 2 OTHER PEOPLE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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