Ford F-150 Complaints

39,812 consumer complaints on file.

#740444February 5, 2001
STEERING:LINKAGES, VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
PITTMAN ARM REFERENCED EIGHT (8) TIMES IN TSB'S. REAR WINDOW ALSO REFERENCED IN TSB'S. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740367February 3, 2001
STEERING:LINKAGES
BY CHANCE I HEARD MY WIFE BACK RUCK OUT OF GARAGE AND NOTICED A LOUD SQUEAK FROM FRONT END AS SHE STEERED. WITH WINDOWS UP AND HEATER ON WE HAD NOT HEARD THE SOUND DURING THIS WINTER AND DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT HAD BEEN MAKING NOISE. WE MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. AS WE PULLED IN THE SHOP WITH IT SQUEAKING AT EACH TURN OF THE STEERING WHEEL A MECHANIC WALKED OVER AND SAID THAT MUST BE A 1997. I SAID YES AND HE SAID THE PITMAN ARM IS SUPPOSED TO BE LUBED FOR LIFE SO THERE IS NO GREASE FITTING, AND THEY ARE KNOWN TO FAIL ON THE 1997'S. WE GET OUR TRUCK OIL CHANGED AND LUBED EVERY 3000 MILES OR CLOSE TO IT. HE SAID IF WE HADN'T NOTICE THE NOISE IT WOULD HAVE SEIZED UP AND BROKE. AS I UNDERSTAND IT THE PITMAN ARM CONNECTS THE STEERING BOX SHAFT TO THE STEERING LINKAGE AND A FAILURE WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING. WE GOT IT FIXED IMMEDIATELY BY REPLACING THE PITMAN ARM AT A COST OF CLOSE TO $300. HOW LONG WILL THE NEW ARM LAST WITHOUT GREASE? I REPORTED IT TO FORD, AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD TRACK THE VEHICLES AND NOTIFY ME IF THERE IS A RECALL. THEN I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THERE ARE AT LEAST A COUPLE SERVICE BULLETINS DATING BACK TO 97 AND 98 THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM IN EARLY PRODUCTION. YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD NOTIFY US OF THE PROBLEM WHILE THE WARRANTY WOULD COVER THE REPAIR AND AT LEAST TO ASSURE OUR STEERING WOULD NOT FAIL. THE BULLETIN NUMBERS I FOUND ARE #9810569 IN 1998 AND BC2360970501 IN 1997 BOTH ABOUT THE PITMAN ARM REPLACEMENT. THE REPAIR WAS DONE AT METRO FORD OF GRAND LEDGE MICHIGAN (517-627-3293). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740390February 3, 2001
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
FORD'S REDESIGN OF THE BACKSEATS TO NOW INCLUDE HEADRESTS SEEMS TO POINT OUT THE LACK OF ADEQUATE SAFETY TO REAR PASSENGERS I EARLIER SUPERCREW PICKUPS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879696February 2, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR
TORSION BAR FAILED CAUSING LOWER LEFT SIDE TO PULL TO THE GUARDRAIL, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME AND HAD HEARD A LOUD NOISE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879708February 2, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK
WOULD HAVE A FULL TANK WHEN REAR TANK WOULD LEAK. BOTH FUEL TANKS ARE FULL. FRONT SOMETIMES LEAKS, BUT REAR TANK LEAKS REGARDLESS. TOOK TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS ORDERING A NEW REPLACEMENT REAR TANK. *AK THE GAS LEAK STARTED A YEAR AGO AT 35,000 MILES AND STILL NOT FIXED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740336February 2, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
1/4 INCH CRACK ON DRIVERS SIDE DOOR IN SHEET METAL JUST ABOVE CURVED BELT MOLDING. OBVIOUS MANUFACTURES DEFECT. FOR NEEDS TO HONOR FIX COSTS IN FULL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740337February 2, 2001
SUSPENSION:REAR
CLUNKING NOISE IN RIGHT REAR OF VEHICLE...MANUFACTURER DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740345February 2, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I WAS DRIVING 25 MPH AND TRIED TO STOP. I PUSHED MY BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT CLEAR TO THE FLOOR AND DID NOTHING, I PUSHED THEM A SECOND TIME AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THE THIRD TIME I PUSHED THE BRAKES THEY WORKED. BUT IT WAS TO LATE. I RAN RIGHT INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. I HAD MY BREAKS LOOKED AT THREE TIMES AND EACH TIME THEY SAID THAT THEY CHECKED OUT OKAY. IF IT WAS REALLY OKAY HOW COME MY BRAKES DIDN'T WORK?*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879679February 2, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK
FUEL GOES FROM FRONT TANK TO BACK TANK, AND IF IT IS FULL IT WILL START TO LEAK OUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740269February 1, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
DOOR SKIN IS CRACKED AT BELTLINE ON PASSENGER DOOR. DEALER RESPONSE: "WE'LL LOOK INTO IT" THIS SEEMS TO BE A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM WIRH THE 97 AND UP F150S.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879605February 1, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK:SELECTOR DEVICES
GAS IS POURING OUT OF ONE OF TANKS. WHENEVER PUTTING GAS IN ONE TANK, IT PUMPS INTO THE OTHER AND OVER FLOWS. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559326January 31, 2001
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOST ALL STEERING CONTROL DUE TO SHEARING OF THE SECTOR SHAFT, THIS RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH A TREE, BOTH THE CONSUMER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER). *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#740211January 31, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR
TORSION BAR ON THIS VEHICLE SNAPPED WHILE PARKED IN THE GARAGE. HAD THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. FORD ACCEPTS PARTIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS FAILURE, AND HAS AGREED TO SPLIT THE TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS 50/50. I DISAGREE WITH THIS AND DON'T FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE CHARGED FOR THEIR NEGLEGABLE SAFETY DEFECT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879506January 31, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR
FRONT END ROD SNAPPED WHILE DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING FOR CONSUMER . *AK IT WAS THE TORSION BAR THAT HAD SNAPPED AND THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879519January 31, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR
LEFT FRONT TORSION BAR BROKE WHILE PARKED IN GARAGE. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER AND REPAIRED AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559247January 30, 2001
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
A GOLF CART BUMPED THE VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS PARKED, THE VEHICLE ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET AND CAME TO A REST AGAINST A FENCE, THE DEALER STATED THIS WAS IMPOSSIBLE, HOWEVER IT DID HAPPEN, THE DEALERSHIP WAS SUPPOSED TO GET BACK WITH THE CONSUMER BUT HAVE NOT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740122January 30, 2001
TIRES
TIRES FAILED AT 16,000 MILES THEN AGAIN AT 26,000 COMPLAINT SENT TO FIRESTONE BUT THEY SENT LETTER THAT THEY WILL NOT COVER THE REPLACEMENT BECAUSE THE TIRES WERE BOUGHT BEFORE THE RECALL. PLEASE HELP. THE TIRES DIDN'T WAIT FOR THE RECALL TO SPLIT AND PUT ME AND MY FAMILY'S LIFE AT RISK. *AK (TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740123January 30, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED 2 TIMES IN 6 MONTHS. AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE THE FLY WHEEL NOW MAKES NOISE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. I DONT BELIEVE THEY DID SO. BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE TRUCK RUNS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740172January 30, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
FORD WANTS $150 TO MAKE THE REPAIR SINCE THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED / I AM NOT AT FAULT FOR THE MANUFACTURED DEFECT. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740140January 30, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TIMING COVER GASKET IS LEAKING. I HAVE SEEN DOZENS OF POSTS ON THE INTERNET THAT FORD FIXED THIS FOR FREE AS A RECALL, BUT FORD DENIES ANY RECALL. THIS IS A PREMATURE FAILURE THAT IS HAPPENING OFTEN ENOUGH FOR A FULL RECALL OF ALL 97 F150 WITH THE 4.2LITER ENGINE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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