Ford F-150 Complaints (2004)

2,029 consumer complaints on file.

#10126328June 23, 2005
POWER TRAIN
WHEN USING PASSING GEAR AT 45-65 MPH YOU GET A VERY STRONG VIBRATION UNTIL YOU GO INTO OVERDRIVE. WHEN YOU USE THE OD SHUT OFF BUTTON AT 65 - 50 MPH YOU GET THE SAME VIBRATION. (1) FORD SENT LETTER IN JANURARY FROM 1ST COMPLAINT IN OCT 04 SAYING IT WAS THE TIRES AND WOULD ONLY WARRANTY THEM FOR 3 YEAR NOT REPLACE THEM NOW. (2) MAY BOTH FRONT STEEL RIMS. NOW AT THIS POINT VIBRATION IS ONLY BETWEEN 50 - 65. (3) TRUCK WAS IN SHOP FROM 31 MAY TO 10 JUN 05. REPLACED (A INSULATOR ASY - ENGINE SUPPORT), (DRIVE SHAT ASSEMBY -REAR) REMOVED AND INSTALLED. (INSULATOR - POWERTRAIN REAR SUPPORT) REPLACED. I DO NOT HAVE OLD PARTS, DEALER KEPT THEM. VIBRATION IS STILL THERE. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THIS PROBLEM IS ONLY IN 373 REAR ENDS. MY BROTHER IN TX (SAN ANGELO, WAS HELPING ME, HIS BEST FRIEND IS THE SERVICE MGR AT THE FORD DEALER THERE AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM). A FRIEND TOLD ME HER FATHER IN AL HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND FORD CAN NOT FIX IT. MY SERVICE MGR BRYAN AND I DROVE A 2005 IDENTICILE TO MY TRUCK AND THE VIBRATION WAS WORSE THEN MINE. MY CONCERN IS WHAT IN THE LON TERM WILL IT HAVE ON US WHO WILL BE TOWING CAMPERS AND GOING UP AND DOWN MOUNTAING AND USING THE LOWER GEAR FOR POWER AND BRAKING. WHAT WILL THAT VIBRATION DO TO THE DRIVE TRAIN? WHO LIVES WILL BE PUT IN AT RISK BECAUSE OF THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126406June 23, 2005
POWER TRAIN, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
VEHICLE HAS DRIVE TRAIN VIBRATION & REAR END HOWL SENSE I TEST DROVE IT AUG 2004. I POINTED OUT THE DRIVE TRAIN VIBRATION TO MY SALESMAN AND HE SAID IT " PROBABLY LOST A WHEEL BALANCE WEIGHT". A FRIEND WENT INTO THE SAME DEALERSHIP ( LINDQUIST FORD) AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING AFTER THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THERE ARE TSBS ON THIS PROBLEM AND AFTER MY TRUCK WAS IN & OUT OF THEIR SHOP NUMEROUS TIMES. SO FAR THE TIRES AND WHEELS HAVE BEEN FORCED BALANCE, DRIVE SHAFT REPLACED, CAB MOUNTS REPLACED, TRANSMISSION TAIL SHAFT END PLAY CHECKED & REAR END REPLACED. NONE HAVE RESOLVED THE ISSUES. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME FORD HAS IDENTIFIED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AS THE PROBLEM. WE PRECEEDED TO ARRANGE REPLACEMENT AND I INSISTED ON A NEW NOT A REBUILT ONE. HE GOT BACK WITH ME AND SAID THE NEW FORD REP HE WAS DEALING WITH DOESNT REPLACE TRANSMISSIONS ! MINE SUDDENLY.......... YOU GUESSED IT.. ITS WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS !! THE DEALERSHIP MANAGEMENT WONT RETURN MY CALLS. FORD WONT BE SHAMED INTO FIXING THESE PROBLEMS UNLESS/ UNTIL THE MEDIA GETS INVOLVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125921June 20, 2005
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, EQUIPMENT
HUSBAND DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE ANS SEES FLAMES COMMING UP BEHIND HIM BETWEEN THE CAB ABD THE BED. PULLED OVER AND HAD FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT FLAMES. FOR DEALER STATED THAT "SOMETHING CLOGGED THE BREATHER TUBE WHICH IGNITED THE FIRE" TWIN TODDLERS WERE STRAPPED INTO THE CARSEATS IN THE BACK OF THE CAB..
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10123741June 20, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SUSPENSION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:FOG LIGHTS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DT: HAD TO PUT 4 SETS OF BRAKES ON VEHICLE SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR. THE ROTORS WERE GETTING GROOVED SO BADLY THAT VEHICLE PULLS OFF THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER TALKED TO FORD, AND THEY IGNORED HIM. HE TRAVELED AND SAW THIS PROBLEM WITH SEVERAL OTHER FORD CARS. FORD TOLD HIM IT WAS COSMETIC. *AK WHILE ON THE FIRST TRIP WITH THIS VEHICLE, THE REAR END HAD GONE OUT, THE CLUTCH PACK WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, THE FOG LAMPS WERE HOLDING MOISTURE AND WERE REPLACED, THE BRAKES WOULD PULSATE AND PULL FROM ONE SIDE, THE SHIFTING WAS HARSH WHEN CHANGING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR, A LOUD CLUNK WOULD BE PRESENT AT TIMES WHEN STARTING FROM STOP THEN DECELERATING AND THE VEHICLE WOULD CRANK BUT WOULD NOT START AT TIMES. SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125453June 16, 2005
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
BEEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES WITH COMPLAINTS OF VIBRATION. REPLACED TIRES, DRIVE SHAFT, ROTORS & CLUTHES IN REAR END. STILL HAD VIBRATION & RETURNED TO DEALER ONY TO HEAR "WE CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM". THE VIBRATION OCCURS ABOUT EVERY 500-1000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125458June 16, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
BRAKES WARPING... ABS COMES ON,BRAKES START PUMPING......TURN THE BRAKE DISC ABOUT THREE TIMES, REPLACED BRAKE DISC FOUR TIMES IN TWENTY THOUSAND MILES ON F 150 FORD PICKUP TRUCK........
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125227June 14, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT: ENGINE FAILURE. FAIL SAFE MODE LIGHT COMES ON, AND THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER. HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET IT FIXED FOR A YEAR. DEALER SAID THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, BUT CANNOT FIND CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER WILL NOT CONTACT CALLER BACK A,ND WILL NOT OFFER ANY HELP. COMPUTER PARTS AND ELECTRICAL PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND NOTHING HAS HELPED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125077June 13, 2005
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE, STEERING
2004 F150 XLT SEVERE DRIVELINE VIBRATION BETWEEN 40-60 MPH. THIS VIBRATION IS MORE PRONOUNCED WHEN TOWING OR HAULING A HEAVY LOAD. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO BACK TO THE DEALER 9 TIMES IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS FOR THIS CONDITION. THREE SETS OF TIRES AND TWO SETS OF WHEELS HAVE BEEN ON THIS TRUCK, ROAD FORCE TIRE BALANCING HAS BEEN TRIED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO APPARENT CORRECTION FOR THIS CONDITION IN SIGHT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124125June 3, 2005
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DT: PROBLEM OCCURED ON 5/27/05 WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. AFTER OPENING AND SHUTTING THE DOOR, THE BACK GLASS SHATTERED. NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, WHO REPORTED THAT THE GLASS WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. LA WEST IS THE MANUFACTURER AND WERE SUPPOSED TO SEND A GLASS BUT HAS NOT DONE SO YET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119953June 2, 2005
TRAILER HITCHES, EQUIPMENT
WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT THE VEHICLE'S FORD HITCH BROKE ON BOTH SIDES. *NM THE TRAILER WAS TAKEN TO A WELDING SHOP WERE THEY SAID THERE WASN'T ANY PENETRATION ON THE WELD, WHICH WAS WELDED PART WAY AND TO TAKE THE OLD RECEIVER TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE CONSUMER THEN TOOK THE RECEIVER TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY CLAIMED THE TRAILER WHICH WEIGHT IS 2500 LBS WAS TOO BIG, HAD CAUSED THE FAILURE. 2500 LBS, IS LESS THEN WHAT FORD GUARANTEE THERE TRUCKS WILL PULL. JEANNETTE GOMES OF HARTFORD INS. IS CURRENTLY IN POSSESSION OF THE RECEIVER THAT FAILED.*NM *SB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122573May 31, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
DT: WITHOUT WARNING, CARBON MONOXIDE SMELLED IN VEHICLE AND WATER LEEKING FROM EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE SMELL HAPPENED MOST OF THE TIME WHEN THE WINDOWS WERE CLOSED AND WHEN IT WAS RAINING . BUT IT SMELLEDALSO WHEN IT WAS DRY. DEALER STATED THEY COULDN'T HELP HELP BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REDESIGN THE SYSTEM. MANUFACTURER STATED THEY COULDN'T HELP CALLER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122585May 31, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F150. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS INSIDE HIS PARENTS HOME THE ALARM WENT OFF. WHEN HE LOOKED OUTSIDE TRUCK WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10123710May 31, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I OWN A 2004 FORD F150 SUPER CAB TRUCK.WHILE EXITING THE EXPRESSWAY IWAS COASTING DOWN THE RAMP AND WHEN I APPROACHED THE TRAFFIC LIGHT I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE STARTED ACCELLERATING WHEN I FIGURED OUT WHAT I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND SLID INTO THE INTERSECTION.THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMAL AFTER I GOT IT STOPPED.THE FOLLOWING DAY I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP.THEY SAID THERE WHERE NO FAULTS STORED IN THE COMPUTER AND IT TEST DROVE NORMAL COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. IT HAS THE 5.4 V/8 ENGINE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122113May 25, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT: WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR DIES WHILE DRIVING. AT A STOP LIGHT IT DIED, AND CONSUMER COULD NOT GET IT STARTED. PUSHED IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND AFTER 15 MINUTES IT STARTED. THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, AND IT HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER REPLACED THE STARTER, AND DID SOMETHING ON THE COMPUTER. MANUFACTURER DID NOT OFFER ANY HELP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120854May 13, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD
POOR PAINT FROM FACTORY, RUNS IN CLEAR COAT. THEY ONLY WANTED TO REPAINT IT AND THE SHOP THEY WANTD TO USE WAS NOT EVEN A FORD SHOP. 2004 F-150. JOPLIN FORD LINCOLN MERCURY WAS THE DEALER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120729May 12, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
I PURCHASED A NEW 2004 F-150 VIN [XXX] IN AUG 2004. THE SAFETY ISSUE I HAVE IS THAT WE BEGAN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE STALLING WHILE IT WAS BEING DRIVEN AND FOR SOME REASON WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNING LEFT. IT WAS NOT A CONSTANT THING WHEN WE WERE DRIVING THE TRUCK. HOWEVER AFTER A FEW OCCASIONS OVER A COUPLE MONTHS WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER.WE TOOK IN ON FEB.1 2005. THE VEHICLE HAD 2600 MILES ON IT AT THIS TIME.THE DEALER CONCURRED WITH THE PROBLEM AND THE DEALER CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY FOR ASSISTANCE ON HOW TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.THE DEALER DID AS THEY WERE INSTRUCTED BY FORD AND DID CHECKS AND INSPECTIONS OF SEVERAL SYSTEMS. THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD IT RESOLVED.BUT A MONTH TO SIX WEEKS LATER IT BEGAN STALLING AGAIN.ONLY A COUPLE OF TIMES AT LOW SPEED.THEN SOME TIME PASTED IT DID IT AGAIN THEN A WEEK LATER IT SHUTTERED WHILE ENTERING TRAFFIC. THEN 3 DAYS LATER IT STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF A THREE LANE EXPRESSWAY BLOCKING TRAFFIC FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR.IN THE PAST EVERYTIME IT STALLED IT WOULD RESTART. THIS TIME IT WOULD NOT CRANK OVER BUT IT HAD A HOT BATTERY.IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A BAD MIRCOPROCESSOR I BELIEVE. THIS WAS REPLACED ,IT DID NOT CURE THE PROBLEM.THE CURRENT MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE IS 4700 MILES. MY SAFETY CONCERN IS THAT AS MANY TIMES AS THIS VEHICLE HAS STALLED I HAVE NOT BEEN HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. BUT MY LUCK MAY RUN OUT. HAVE OTHERS HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS,HAVE THERE BEEN RECALLS IN THIS PROBLEM OR SERVICE BULLETINS. I EMAILED FORD AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THEY RECEIVED MY EMAIL BUT THEY DID NOT RESPOND FOR THE SECOND TIME.THE DEALER IS VERY UNDERSTANDING BUY IF FORD HAS DATA THAT WILL HELP THEY NEED TO CONVEY IT TO THE DEALER.I NEED A RESOLUTION AND AN ASSURANCE THAT THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED.ITS NO DIFFERENT FROM DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT THE STEERING MAY BREAK AT ANY TIME.WHEN IT STALLS I LOSES POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING PLUS THE DANGER OF APPROACHING TRAFFIC. *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117721May 6, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THREE INSTANCES OF SPONTANEOUS ACCELERATION. ONE TIME IT HAPPENED WHILE CONSUMER WAS BACKING THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE GARAGE. CONSUMER TURNED THE KEY OFF.*AK VEHICLE HAD A 4TH ACCELERATION EPISODE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE CONSUMER SAW THE ACCELERATION ON THE TACHOMETER. *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119477May 3, 2005
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
REAR END DIFFERENTIALS MAKE A LOUD NOISE WHEN DRIVING AT 50+ MPH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119562May 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
CONTACT STATES: REAR END SHOOK WHILE GOING ABOUT 25-30 MPH. WHEN DRIVING ACROSS SMALL POT HOLES THE VEHICLE MADE NOISE. BRAKES SQUEALED AT ABOUT 18,000 MILES. WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES THERE WAS A LOT OF POWDER FROM THE BRAKES ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER CHECKED BRAKE PADS AND THEY WERE MORE THAN HALF WORN OUT AT ABOUT 18, 000 MILES. ALSO , THERE WAS VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118631April 28, 2005
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
MY 2004 FORD F150 VIBRATES. THE DEALER HAS MAD E FOUR ATTEMPTS AT REPAIRS WITH NO SUCCESS. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY START TO VIBRATE SEVERELY AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, AND THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE VIBRATIONS IS TO SLOW DOWN TO 20 TO 25 MPH. SLOWING DOWN THIS MUCH ON THE FREEWAY IS UNSAFE IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. WHEN THIS SEVERE VIBRATION STARTS, IT'S AS IF SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO FAIL IN THE DRIVELINE. AS IT IS NOW, I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THIS VEHICLE, AND AM RELUCTANT TO DRIVE IT. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW ON 7-10-04, AND NOW HAS 6770 MILES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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