Ford F-150 Complaints

39,812 consumer complaints on file.

#893204July 30, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT AND THE CONSUMER NOTICED LEFT REAR TIRE WAS FLAT IN THE MORNING, ONE YEAR PRIOR THE CONSUMER WAS LEAVING DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED LEFT FRONT TIRE SHIMMY AT ABOUT 8 MPH, UPON INSPECTION OF THAT TIRE CONSUMER NOTICED TREAD SEPARATION, BOTH TIRES WER GENERAL AMERI 550 AS SIZE 235/70R16, DOTA3084431147, THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893209July 30, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
CONSUMER NOTICED A CRACK ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR, AND ANOTHER DOOR WAS PUT ON. CURRENTLY, IT WAS HAPPENING TO NEW DOOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749366July 28, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE TRUCK FAILED AT 36K MILES. THEY CAUSED AN EXTREMELY BAD VIBRATION PROBLEM AT ALL SPEEDS. MY MECHANIC DIAGNOSED IT AS THE START OF A TREAD SEPARATION PROBLEM. I REPLACED ALL 4 ORIGINAL TIRES IN JUNE OF 2000, WITH NEW TIRES OF THE EXACT SAME TYPE AND BRAND. (ONLY ONE OTHER MANUFACTURER MADE A TIRE IN THIS SIZE AND TYPE, AT THAT TIME). THE VEHICLE IS USED VERY SPARINGLY FOR SHORT WEEKEND TRIPS. WITH 2000 MILES ON THE REPLACEMENT TIRES, THE VIBRATION PROBLEM IS STARTING AGAIN, NOT YET AS BAD AS BEFORE, BUT WITH FIRESTONE'S PRESENT TRACK RECORD I AM VERY CONCERNED. I WORRY ABOUT THE CATASTROPHIC FAILURES THAT OTHER FIRESTONE TIRES HAVE EXPERIENCED. I AM CONCERNED THAT DUE TO THE VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF THIS SIZE AND TYPE OF TIRE, WE WILL HAVE FALLEN INTO A CRACK IN THE GOVERNMENT'S INVESTIGATION! *AK (TIRESIZE: P27560HR17)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749376July 28, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE TIRES HAVEN'T FAILED. CONCERN ON CRACKING AROUND TREAD ON ALL 4. ALL HAVE TREAD LIFE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749318July 27, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
REAR FUEL PUMP OVERFILLS THE FRONT FUEL TANK. MY MECHANIC INSTALLED AFTERMARKET FUEL PUMP AND PROBLEM REOCCURRED. HE THEN INSTALLED BOTH FRONT AND REAR FUEL PUMPS BOUGHT FROM FORD DEALERSHIP FOR MORE MONEY THEN I CARE TO ADMIT, SYSTEM WORKED GOOD FOR TWO MONTHES THE OVERFILLED FRONT TANK AGAIN. MY MECHANIC STATED THAT FORD HAD RECALLED THE FUEL TRANFER VALVE . HOWEVER THE DEALER SAYS THEY HAVE NOT ??? AT THIS TIME I DON'T DARE DRIVE THE TRUCK WIH ANY GAS IN THE FRONT TANK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749344July 27, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIRE BLOWOUT WITH VISIBLE TREAD SEPARATION. BLOWOUT OCCURRED AT 30 MPH WHILE TRAVELLING WITHIN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. ALL FOUR TIRES KEPT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. *AK (DOT NUMBER: A308443526 TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749350July 27, 2001
TIRES
TRUCK WAS GIVING A BUMPY RIDE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. WENT TO MY MECHANIC WHO EXAMINED THE TIRES UPON MY COMPLAINT. HE POINTED OUT ON BOTH FRONT TIRES WHERE THE TREAD WAS STARTING TO SEPARATE FROM THE SIDEWALL. TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AT ALL DUE TO IMPENDING DANGER. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD, THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES. CALLED FIRESTONE, THEY WOULD REPLACE WITH THE SAME TIRES THAT I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH. CALLED FORD CO.IN DETROIT, CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD ME THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE, FIRESTONE PROBLEM. I GOT THE RUN AROUND. REPLACED TIRES ON MY OWN AND HAVE SAVED THE FIRESTONE TIRES SHOULD THEY BE RECALLED FOR TREAD SEPARATION. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W208 TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749231July 26, 2001
TIRES
NO SUMMARY FOR ABOE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P255170R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749214July 26, 2001
TIRES
LEFT REAR TIRE FAILURE AT A SPEED OF 65MPH. VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC ON ROAD. THE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE LEFT REAR TIRE. TRUCK VEERED INTO THE LEFT LANE OF A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. TIRE DID NOT BLOW. TRUCK WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL AND LEFT REAR TIRE WAS CHANGED. UNABLE TO PUT FUEL IN TRUCK DUE TO FUEL LINE BEING TORN OUT OF PLACE AND DANGLING FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. DAMAGE WAS $1400.00 TO LEFT REAR SECTION OF TRUCK. ALL TIRES WERE REPLACED AT A COST OF $630.00. CONTINENTAL TIRE WAS NOTIFIED AND A CLAIM FILED FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. CLAIM NO. C-11107. *AK (DOT NUMBER: A308443387 TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749219July 26, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO FRONT END BEGAN EXPERIENCING STEERING PROBLEMS WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO MOVE FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND THE FRONT END TO BOUNCE. WHEN IT FIRST STARTED, I CHECKED THE TIRES AND COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG. AFTER ABOUT 4 DAYS OF THIS AND REPEATED VISUAL TIRE CHECKS, TIRES FINALLY SHOWED VISIBLE SIGNS OF TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. WE HAD THE TWO FRONT TIRES REPLACED WITH NEW GENERAL 550 AS TIRES. ABOUT THREE DAYS AGO (24 JUL) I NOTICED THAT THE REAR END OF THE TRUCK WAS BOUNCING AND THAT SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT. A VISIBLE CHECK OF THE REMAINING TWO ORIGINAL GENERAL AS 550 TIRES DID NOT REVEAL A PROBLEM, BUT I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. AFTER DRIVING MY SON TO DRIVER'S ED THIS MORNING, I STOPPED FOR GAS AND NOTICED TIRE TREAD SEPARATION IN THE BACK TIRES. I KNOW YOU ARE LOOKING INTO TIRE TREAD SEPARATION ON THE AM GEN 550 AS TIRES AND I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT ALL FOUR OF OUR TIRES HAD SEPARATED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. I DO A LOT OF EXPRESSWAY/HIGHWAY DRIVING; THANKFULLY NOTHING CATASTROPHIC HAPPENED DUE TO THIS INCIDENT. I LEARNED FROM IT TOO...TIRE TREAD SEPARATION DOES NOT SHOW UP IMMEDIATELY AND WHEN IT'S DISCOVERED, IT COULD VERY EASILY BE TOO LATE.*AK (TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749108July 25, 2001
TIRES
HEADING IN TO WORK ON TUESDAY, JULY 17TH, I EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT ON THE LEFT-REAR TIRE OF MY FORD F-150 PICKUP TRUCK. I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE VEHICLE AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME. I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF THIS EVENT UNTIL I HEARD THE NEWS TODAY ABOUT THESE TIRES BEING INVESTIGATED BY NHTSA. FROM MY OBSERVATION, THIS OCCURRENCE WAS DUE TO A VERTICAL RIP IN THE SIDE WALL AND NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TREAD SEPARATION. I'M LOOKING TO PURCHASE A REPLACEMENT SET TIRES THIS COMING WEEKEND FOR THE VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE TO BE UPDATED ON THE LATEST INVESTIGATION STATUS OF THIS MODEL TIRE AND IF I SHOULD PRECEED WITH MY CURRENT PURCHASE. A TIMELY RESPONSE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANK YOU! *AK (TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749130July 25, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CORD RIPPED UNDER TREAD CAUSING BUBBLE AND SEPARATION OF TREAD -- NO RESULTING ACCIDENT OCCURRED. *AK (TIRESIZE: P235/70/16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749154July 25, 2001
TIRES
IT WAS ABOUT 8:00 AM AND I HAD DRIVEN LESS THAN 10 MILES ON A PAVED 2-LANE ROAD. THE TIRE DIDN'T SEEM TO BLOW OUT, IT JUST DISENTIGRATED. I DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING IN THA BACK OF THE TRUCK AND THE TIRES WERE INFLATED AT 35PSI. I HAVEN'T TRUSTED THEM SINCE. *AK (TIRESIZE: 235/70R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749156July 25, 2001
TIRES
SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT-JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHIMMY THEN SHOOK VIOLENTLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE UNCONTROLLABLE ON I37. THE VEHICLE LEFT THE HIGHWAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND SLAMMED THRU BRUSH SMALL TREES, CAREENED OFF A LARGE OAK TREE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ROLLED THREE TIME COMING TO A REST UPSIDE DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED AND INVESTIGATION BY THE STATE POLICE REVEALED THE RIGHT REAR TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE CARCASS OF THE TIRE CAUSING A BLOWOUT PLUS A BLOWOUT ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE DUE TO THE VIOLENT MANUVERS PRIOR TO LEAVING THE HIGHWAY. THANKS TO GOD, SEATBELTS AND AIRBAGES MY WIFE AND I WERE NOT KILLED BUT BRUISED PRETTY GOOD. WE STILL SUFFER NECK PAINS AND SHOULDER PAINS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.*AK (TIRESIZE: 235/70RX16)
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#749159July 25, 2001
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
REAR WINDOW FRAME LEAKS. THREE MODEL YEARS IT HAS BEEN GOING ON. FORD IS AWARE AS WELL AS ENGINEER DEPT. EMPLOYEES OF FORD AVOID THIS SLIDING WINDOW TYPE BECAUSE THEY'RE AWARE OF OVERSIZED WINDOWS THAT MUST BE HAMMERED INTO FRAME TO GET THEM INSTALLED IN THE ASSEMBLY PROCESS. UPON MY ARRIVAL BACK HOME AFTER VACATION IN FLA. FORD SAYS "OUT OF WARRANTY" IT LEAKS VERY HEAVY DURING RAIN.I RECOGNIZED THE LEAKS AT 59,000, AND DROVE HOME WITH JUST OVER 60,000. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749165July 25, 2001
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
THE STEERING BOX AND COLOMN BECAME DICONECTED, RENDERING VEHICLE UNSTABLE. THIS WAS AN ASSEMBLY PROBLEM NOT A PRODUCT DEFECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749172July 25, 2001
TIRES
TWO OF THE GENERAL TIRES SUPPLIED AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON THIS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TREAD DELAMINATION AND FORMED LARGE BULGES IN THE TREAD AREA--ABOUT 12" IN LENGTH X THE TREAD WIDTH AT APPROXIMATELY 25,000 MILES--WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF ONE ANOTHER--IN MID 1995. BOTH BULGES OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS--65-70 MPH. BOTH OCCURRED ON REAR TIRES. THE TRUCK INCLUDED NO CARGO EXCEPT FOR 2 TO 3 OCCUPANTS. THE TREAD WEAR AT THE TIME OF FAILURE WAS ABOUT 60-70 PERCENT, AND AT THE TIME I DID NOT BELIEVE SUCH A DEFECT WAS PURSUEABLE AS A WARRANTY ITEM WITH THE MANUFACTURER. BEING SOMEWHAT CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THESE ORIGINAL TIRES, I THEN REPLACED ALL FOUR OF THE TIRES WITH MICHELINS, AND HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THESE REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE ORIGINAL TIRES WERE CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED AT OR NEAR RECOMMENDED TIRE PRESSURES. GIVEN THE RECALLS OF FIRESTONE TIRES SINCE THEN, I NOW SUSPECT A MANUFACTURING DEFECT EXISTED.*AK (TIRESIZE: L235/75R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749202July 25, 2001
TIRES
I WAS TRAVELING AT POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 65 MPH ON SOUTH-BOUND FREEWAY NEAR ASHLAN AVENUE IN FRESNO WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED. INITIALLY, I THOUGHT I HAD HIT SOMETHING IN ROAD AND IT GOT CAUGHT IN THE UNDERCARRIAGE. THERE WAS A VIOLENT VIBRATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET. I IMMEDIATELY SLOWED AND GOT IN THE CENTER LANE MAKING MY WAY OFF THE FREEWAY AND 3-MILES TO MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK, CHECKED FOR DAMAGE AND FOUND THERE WAS NO TREAD ON THE TIRE AND MY LEFT REAR FENDER WAS THRASHED. I CAN PROVIDE DIGITAL PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE COMPLETE SEPARATION OF THE TREAD FROM THE TIRE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: A308443367 TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893141July 24, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ORIGINAL MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT ON A 1997, FORD, F150, TIRE SIZE P23570R16 WITH 28,000 MILES ON THEM. TWO OF FOUR TIRES DEVELOPED SPLITS BETWEEN THE TREAD. ALSO ONE OF THE TWO TIRES REPLACED DEVELOPED SPLITS. *AK GENERAL 550 AMERI AS BW TIRES, DOT NUMBER A308443088 AND A308443286, CONSUMER ALSO HAD TWO FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES ON THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE, ISZE P235/70R16, CONSUMER STATES THESE TIRES HAD AN AGRESSIVE TREAD, THESE TIRES WERE PURCHASED 19-OCT-1998. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749040July 24, 2001
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
SAFETY ISSUE WITH SEATS IN SUPERCREW HAVING NO HEADRESTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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