Ford E-150 Complaints

1,063 consumer complaints on file.

#10025769July 9, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
BRAKES FAILURE,BURNED OUT CAUSED BY LACK OF LUBRICATION AT CRITICAL CONTACT POINTS OF METAL PARTS. WAS NOT LUBED AT FACTORY CAUSED BRAKE PADS TO STICK AGAINST ROTORS AND HIGH TEMPATURES, PREMATURE FAILURE. REQUIRED EXTRA BRAKE PETAL FORCE TO STOP VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025660July 8, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, STEERING:LINKAGES:DRAG:LINK:CONNECTION, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
WITH ONLY 43,000 MILES, AND 21 MONTHS OLD, I HAD TO REPLACE OUTER TIE ROD, DRAG LINK, AND BALL JOINTS ON OUR 2001 FORD E-150 VAN. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY BEEN USED AS A PRIVATE VEHICLE. MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN PER FORD SCHEDULE, AND PERFORMED BY THE SAME FORD DEALERSHIP WHICH DID THE STATE INSPECTION WHICH LEAD TO THE PART REPLACEMENTS. WHILE FORD DID CONTRIBUTE ABOUT 40% TOWARDS THE WORK, IT SEEMS SUSPENSION AND STEERING PARTS WEARING OUT SO PREMATURELY IS A DEFECT WHICH SHOULD BE CONCIDERED FOR RECALL. PURSUING FURTHER WITH FORD ONLY RESULTED IN PHONE CALL CLAIMING THAT THE WEAR RATE WAS NOT UNUSUAL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025225July 1, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2002 FORD ECONOLINE W/5.4 V8. FROM BRAND NEW UNTIL NOW THE ENGINE SURGES OFF IDLE. IN PARKING LOTS THIS HAS BEEN QUITE A PROBLEM AS THE VAN JUMPS 3 TO 4 FEET AS I TRY TO SLOWLY BACK OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE. HAVE SCACRED MYSELF AND A FEW PEDESTRIANS. THIS IS NOT A SAFE SITUATION AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY ANSWERS FORM FORD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025248July 1, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
LOST 2 CYLINDERS ON 4.6L, 0 COMPRESSION WET OR DRY. NO OVERHEAT ISSUES. MECHANIC DIDNT LOOK FOR LEAKY HEAD GASKET, WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE. MECHANIC SAID DRIVE HOME, I DROVE HOME MORE DAMAGE INSUED. ENGINE REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK PURCHASED AT TIME OF PURCHASE REJECTED COVERAGE. FORD NO HELP, DEALER NO HELP. IM OUT $6,200
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023587June 23, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL
REAR MAIN SEAL REPLACED AT 110K, STARTED TO LEAK AGAIN AT 130K. DEALER WILL NOT WARRANTY. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023589June 23, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
OIL PAN RUSTED THROUGH, SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR 1996 FORD E150 ECONOLINES. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024069June 16, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE WILL STALL, AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR CONSUMER TO CONTROL VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024082June 16, 2003
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH TIE RODS BROKE AND CAME LOOSE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024151June 16, 2003
SEATS
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT GOES UP AND DOWN INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE IS CONVERSION VAN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020668May 28, 2003
STEERING:LINKAGES
THE STEERING LINKAGE FELL OFF MY 1999 FORD E150 VAN NEARLY CAUSING A SEVERE ACCIDENT. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VAN. MY FOUR CHILDREN WITH HER. SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VAN AFTER THE LINKAGE FELL OFF. SHE BARELY HAD TIME TO STOP BEFORE GOING THROUGH A FENCE. I AM AN ENGINEER. IT WOULD SEEM THAT STEERING LINKAGE WOULD BE COMPRISED OF COMPONENTS WITH AN INSIGNIFICANT RISK OF FAILURE. WE DO NOT TRUST THE VAN ANYMORE. IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED TO MY FAMILY IF THEY WERE ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THE LINKAGE FELL OFF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020292May 21, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE BRAKE PAD WEAR. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020193May 20, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
THE HEAD LIGHTS FAILED WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS A FAULTY WIRING HARNESS UNDER THE DASH. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020194May 20, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:SHACKLE
THE REAR LEAF SPRING FAILED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016837May 1, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
1993 FORD E-150 VAN LEAKS FUEL FROM TANK (NOT FILLER NECK) DURING FILLUP. UNABLE TO COMPLETELY FILL TANK BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014438April 16, 2003
AIR BAGS
AS THE RESULT OF A HEAD-ON COLLISION, THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE COLLISION WAS SLIGHTLY OFF-CENTER TO THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. SUBJECT VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 30-35 M.P.H., OTHER VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT LEAST THE SAME SPEED IF NOT MORE. SEAT BELT DID LOCK-UP CAUSING A POSSIBLE TEAR OF THE THE SUBJECT VEHICLE DRIVER'S SPINAL CORD AT THE FOURTH CERVICAL VERTEBRAE (NECK) LEVEL. *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10014393April 15, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
SEVERE GASOLINE LEAK WHEN FILLING TANK ON FORD 1999 E150 FORD VAN. WHEN FILLING TANK APPROXIMATELY 1 GALLON OF GAS WOULD LEAK ONTO TOP OF TANK AND ONTO THE GROUND UNDER THE VEHICLE. BOTH A SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE, THIS IS DIFFICULT TO DETECT AS ONE TYPICALLY DOES NOT LOOK UNDER THE VEHICLE WHEN FILLING THE TANK. FURTHERMORE, SOME LEAKAGE OCCURS WHEN GOING OVER LARGE HILLS AS THE GAS SLOSHES AROUND THE TOP OF THE TANK. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE FILL TUBE WITHOUT REMOVING THE TANK, THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE LEAK WAS NOT OBVIOUS. HOWEVER, PROBLEM APPEARED TO BE CAUSED BY A MISALIGNMENT OF THE TANK FILL HOLE AND THE BOTTOM OF THE FILL HOSE ASSEMBLY. THIS SEEMS LIKELY GIVEN THE SMALL CONNECTORS THAT ARE USED TO HOLD THE TANK AND FILL TUBE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY TOGETHER. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE FILL TUBE ASSEMBLY, IT APPEARS RUSTY, BUT IT IS INTACT. FURTHERMORE, THE HOSE AT THE TOP OF THE ASSEMBLY WAS DRY WHEN FILLING EVEN THOUGH THE TANK WAS LEAKING PROFUSELY. I DISCOVERED THIS LEAKAGE ON A FAMILY TRIP (WITH MY FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE) HAVING JUST DEPARTED FROM A HIGHWAY. BY THE TIME I DETECTED THE LEAK, A PUDDLE APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTERS OF THE SIZE OF THE VEHICLE HAD FORMED UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE LEAK WAS ABSOLUTELY REPRODUCIBLE. FORD'S NATIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SEVERITY OF THE SAFETY ISSUE, AND SIMPLY STATED THEY RECOMMEND THAT I HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. AT THE DEALER I REQUESTED TO SPEAK TO A REGIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. HOWEVER, I WAS TOLD THE REGIONAL SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES ARE RESOURCES FOR USE BY THE DEALERS, AND NOT AVAILABLE TO THE CUSTOMERS. I HAD THE DEALER REPLACE THE FILL TANK HOSE ASSEMBLY AT MY EXPENSE. UNFORTUNATELY, I AM AFRAID THAT THIS MAY BE A PROBLEM THAT IS ENDEMIC TO THE FORD ECONOLINE VEHICLE FLEET, AS THIS PARTICULAR VAN IS RELATIVELY NEW AND HAS EXPERIENCED A VERY MILD SERVICE HISTORY AS A FAMILY VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10015646April 10, 2003
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE
THE PARKING CABLE WAS DESIGNED TOO SHORT, AND WAS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10015135April 3, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE OIL PAN RUSTED, WHICH CAUSED OIL TO LEAK. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10013864April 2, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
STARTER HAS FAILED SIX TIMES SINCE PURCHASE. DIFFERENT BRANDS USED, INCLUDING OEM, AND ALL HAVE FAILED. PROFESSIONALLY REPAIRED AND INSPECTED EACH TIME. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014636March 28, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
THE FUEL TANK HAD STRESS CRACKS CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK. *JB *TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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