Ford F-150 Complaints

39,812 consumer complaints on file.

#729824September 1, 2000
TIRES
NEW FORD F-150 4X4 PICK-UP, DRIVING TO ALASKA, COOL DAY, 45 MPH. RIGHT REAR TIRE WITH 2100 MILES ON IT BLOWS OUT. THE TIRE DISINTEGRATED. TOOK TO FIRESTONE DEALER IN ANCHORAGE, AK, THEY SAID IT WAS A PUNCTURE AND I HAD TO BUY A REPLACEMENT P235/75R15 TIRE. LOOKING AT THE TIRE, THAT WAS NO PUNCTURE--I USED TO WORK IN A TIRE STORE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729858September 1, 2000
TIRES
PURCHASED THE CAR USED WITH 19000 MILES. THE ORIGINAL SPARE WAS NEW WHEN THE SECOND SET OF TIRES WERE NEEDED. WENT TO FIRESTONE AND SAID SELL ME 3 NEW ONES JUST LIKE THE SPARE. AFTER ABOUT HALF THE LIFE OF THE TIRES OR MORE, I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70MPH ON 11-14-98 AT 3:00 AM IN THE MORNING GOING GOOSE HUNTING WITH MY TWO BOYS. ALL THE TREAD COMPLETETLY PEELED OFF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE AND I FISHTAILED DOWN THE INTERSTATE. LUCKLIY NOBODY ELSE WAS ON THE ROAD. THE TIRE DID NOT BLOW OUT AND STILL HAD AIR IN IT WHEN I GOT STOPPED. I CHANGED THE SPARE IN THE DARK WITH A FLASHLIGHT AND WENT ON. THE NEXT DAY I WENT TO FIRESTONE AND HAD THE TIRE ADJUSTED. THE NEXT FOLLOWING DAY I NOTICED THE TIRE HAD BADLY DAMAGED THE FENDERWELL ABOVE THAT TIRE. WENT BACK TO FIRESTONE AND COMPLAINED WHY THEY DIDNT TELL ME AND REQUSTED THEY FIX IT.THEY FIRST TOLD ME NOTHING COULD BE DONE WITHOUT THE DAMAGED TIRE WHICH THEY SUPPOSSEDLY THREW AWAY. I CHOOSE NOT TO FIX THE DAMAGE IMMEDIATELY. ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF LATER A LARGE BUBBLE APPEARED ON THE FRONT LEFT TIRE (ONE OF THE THREE PURCHASED WITH THE SECOND SET) WHERE THE TREAD WAS STARTING TO SEPARATE. I TOOK THIS TIRE TO FIRESTONE(SAME PLACE) AND ALSO PAID TO HAVE IT ADJUSTED. AFTER THREATING TO SUE FOR PREVIOUS DAMAGE THEY REFERRED ME TO THE MANUFACTURE IN OHIO (I THINK IT COULD HAVE BEEN ILLINOIS). I TOOK THAT TIRE HOME. AFTER SEVERAL DISSCUSSIONS WITH THE MANUFACTURE I RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FORM GOT 3 ESTIMATES ON THE PREVIOUS DAMAGE AND SHIPPED THE SECOND TIRE TO THEM. IN MAY OF 99 THEY PAID AN ADJUSTED CLAIM OF ABOUT $1200.00. WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF THAT PAYMENT THE THIRD TIRE OF (3) LOST A LARGE PIECE OF ITS TREAD. LUCKILY IT BROKE OFF AND HIT UNDERNEATH THE CAR AND DIDN'T DO ANY DAMAGE. I PAID TO HAVE THIS TIRE ADJUSTED ALSO. I ALSO STILL HAVE THIS TIRE. JUST WANTED TO COMPLAIN AND ENCOURAGE THIS BRAND TO BE RECALLED. HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ADJUSTED ONES YET, BUT WORRY ABOUT THEM WITH THE RECENT RECALL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729879September 1, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIME OF INCIDENT 07:30 AM; NO HEAVY LOAD; ENTIRE TREAD CAME OFF SEVERLY DAMAGING LEFT SIDE PANEL, PIPE TO GAS TANK, AND BED. TRUCK WAS YANKED AROUND, BUT GAINED CONTROL. TIRE CONTINUED TO HOLD AIR, AND WAS STILL HOLDING AIR UNTIL NEW TIRE WAS PURCHASED. I PURCHASED A COMPLETE NEW SET OF WILDERNESS TIRES ON THE SAME DAY DUE TO MILEAGE AND NOT WANTING MISMATCHED TIRES. NOW I AM STUCK WITH ANOTHER SET THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE JUST AS DANGEROUS. THIS INCIDENT OCCURED PRIOR TO THE PUBLICITY ON FIRESTONE TIRES. OTHERWISE, I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT ANOTHER BRAND. I HAD NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH FIRESTONE TIRES BEFORE, AND THOUGHT THE PROBLEM I HAD WAS DUE TO MILEAGE OR JUST A SINGLE DEFECTIVE TIRE.( DOT NUMBER: VD60AXB506 TIRE SIZE: 31105R15 )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729918September 1, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SUFFERED THE SAME FAILURE AS BEING DESCRIBED NATIONWIDE TO OTHER TIRES OF FIRESTONE BRAND.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/75/16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729949September 1, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554277September 1, 2000
TIRES
GENERAL AMERICAN TIRES (P235/70R16 SL) HAVE FAILED SEVERAL TIMES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869360September 1, 2000
STEERING
CONSUMER HAD ONLY OWNED VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN WEEK WHEN THE STEERING ARM WAS ABOUT TO FALL DUE TO A LOOSE BOLT THAT WAS NOT TIGHTENED PROPERLY AT THE FACTORY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869374September 1, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMER HAS AN 1989 FORD F150. RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED BETWEEN THE LAYERS OF STEEL AT 65MPH. TIRES DIDN'T LOSE PRESSURE. ONLY UNDERHOOD DAMAGE. FIRESTONE SENT SOME PAPERS & WOULD LIKE THE TIRE SENT TO THEM. NO TIRE NO CLAIM. DOT# VDHL1M4069. TIRE SIZE P235/75R15. *AK *SLC THE TIRE FAILED VIOLENTLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9001606August 31, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
LEFT FRONT TIRE CAME APART. THE TREAD BELT TRAPPED BETWEEN RIM AND TRUCK THEN THE TRUCK IMMEDIATELY VEARED TO THE LEFT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554228August 31, 2000
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FRONT AND BACK RIGHT SIDE TIRE BLOWOUTS WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND VEHICLE ROLLOVER, ONE DEATH AND ONE INJURY AS A RESULT OF ACCIDENT. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
1
#554231August 31, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
FUEL FILLER NECK BROKE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729627August 31, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ABSBRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE 5 TIMES THE DEALERSHIP TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG BUT THE FRONT BRAKE DO NOT WORK STILL THIS TRUCK IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.THE TRANMISSION SOUNDS LIKE IT IF ABOUT BUST IN HALF EVERY TIME YOU SHIFT IT FROM FIRST.THEY SAID IT SHIFTS FINE.IAM A CERTIFIED DRIVE TRAIN MECHANIC IT DONT SHIFT FINE.I WILL BE CONSULTING AN ATTORNEY ABOUT PERSUEING A LEMON LAW CLAIM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729658August 31, 2000
TIRES
SIX FLATS IN ONE YEAR--THREE IN ONE WEEKEND--TRADED IN 4 OF THE TIRES, HAVE ONLY THE SPARE LEFT. FIRESTONE DEALER SAID TIRES WERE FINE..FORD SALESMAN SAID THEY WERE LOUSY.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/70RX1 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729684August 31, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. ENGINE IS GOING AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THE NOISE FROM THE VALVES AND LOWER END ON ENGINE ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THEM. THEY WILL NOT FIX AT THIS TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729697August 31, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729704August 31, 2000
TIRES
TIRE SEPERATED - LOOKED JUST LIKE RECALLED 15" TIRES( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235 75 16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729718August 31, 2000
TIRES
MY BACKGROUND INCLUDES OVER 10 YEARS IN TRANSPORTATION MAINTENANCE INCLUDING TIRE FAILURE ANALYSIS. WHILE TRAVELING 75 MPH ON I17N, I HEARD THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATE FROM THE CASING. THE TREAD WAS BEATING AGAINST THE TRUCK BODY. THE CASING DEFLATED WITHIN SECONDS. I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER. IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT THE TIRE MANUFACTURERS PRODUCE OTHER PRIVATE LABEL TIRES FOR OTHER COMPANIES. SOMEONE MAY WANT TO CHECK IF THE DECATUR PLANT WAS MAKING ANY OTHER TIRES FOR ANYONE. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.( DOT NUMBER: A30844L089 TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729733August 31, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
WHEN BOTH FUEL TANKS ARE FULL, PRESSURE BUILDS UP AND FORCES FUEL TO SPEW OUT OF ONE OF THE GAS CAPS. I HAVE HAD A COUPLD OF MOTORISTS FLAG ME DOWN TO TELL THIS AND THEN WHEN I STOP IT CONTINUES TO SPURT OUT FOR A FEW MINUTES. WHEN BOTH TANKS ARE LESS THAN FULL, THE FUEL WILL RETURN TO THE EMPTIER TANK EVERY TIME UNTIL BOTH TANKS BALANCE THE AMOUNT OF FUEL. THIS ALSO CAUSES THE PRESSURE BUILD UP AND FUEL TO SPURT OUT OF THE GAS CAP. THIS PROBLEM HAD BEEN HANDLED ON A RECALL NOTICE BY THE PRIOR OWNER OF MY TRUCK SO I AM TOLD BY FORD THAT THEIR OBLIGATION IS DONE. MY OPINION IS THAT MY VEHICLE IS STILL A SAFETY THREAT FROM FORDS PARTS (EVEN A SECOND SET OF PARTS AFTER THE RECALL). FORD INSISTS THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR THIS. I AM HAVING MY MECHANIC FIX THIS FOR ME AT A PRICE OF NEARLY $800 SO I FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE MY TRUCK THAT FORD WONT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729509August 30, 2000
TIRES
-RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPERATED; APPROX. 24 INCHES IN LENGTH BY 4 INCHES IN WIDTH; TREAD SEPERATED FROM THE INNER MOST LOAD BEARING AREA( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/70R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729514August 30, 2000
TIRES
TREAD SEPARATED FROM STEEL BELTS AND BLEW OUT CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN INTO DITCH( DOT NUMBER: W 208 TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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