Ford F-150 Complaints (2000)

1,075 consumer complaints on file.

#10106661January 3, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK ...IT WAS FINALLY CONFIRMED THAT FIRE WAS FROM CRUISE CONTROL. CALLED DEALER AGAIN WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105673January 3, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
2000 FORD F-150 VIN# [XXX]. 1) FUSES 15 AND 27 HAVE BLOWN. 2) THE INTERIOR HEATER FAN CONTINUES ON AFTER VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. 3) RADIO POWER COMES AND GOES. 4) BATTERY DRAINS OVERNIGHT.*AK FUSE 15 HANDLES SPEED CONTROL. IS THIS PROBLEM RELATED TO NHTSA # PE04078. PROBLEM HAS NOT YET BEEN UNCOVERED. UPDATED 07/24/2012 *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
#10105604January 2, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
DRIVERS SIDE DOOR SHEET METAL HAS DEVELOPED A CRACK. THE DOOR WILL NO LONGER CLOSE PROPERLY. AFTER READING SEVERAL ARTICLE'S THIS SEEMS TO BE A FORD FACTORY DEFECT. AFTER TALKING TO FORD SERVICE THEY WILL NOT REPAIR. THEY SAID IT WAS NOT RUSTING! *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104880January 1, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ARRIVED HOME 1500 PARKED 2000 FORD F150 IN FRONT OF HOME. TRUCK HAD NO MODIFICATIONS NO LEAKS NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CRUISE CONTROL WHICH QUIT WORKING IN SEPT OR OCT AT 1800 THE TRUCK BURST INTO FLAMES ON LH FRONT FROM UNDER HOOD TRUCK WAS PARKED 3 HOURS TOTALLY COLD TRUCK WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105548December 30, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
CONSUMER DROVE TO DAUGHTER'S RESIDENCE, AND WAS THERE 35 TO 45 MINUTES WHEN HIS GRANDSON NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN THEY APPROACHED THE VEHICLE THEY FOUND SMOKE AND FIRE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL WELL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104567December 27, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
2000 F150 PICK UP, PARKED IN DRIVEWAY FOR 20 MINUTES NOT RUNNING. CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, LEFT SIDE BY THE CRUSE CONTROL UNIT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104508December 26, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
1) 2000 F 150 PARKED IN CLOSED GARAGE AND THE VEHICLE WAS LOCKED FOR AT LEAST 10 HOURS. JUST AS I WAS GOING TO BED, HEARD A LOUD BOOM, WENT OUTSIDE TO SEE, CAME BACK IN NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE SIDE DOOR OF GARAGE THAT LEADS INTO THE HOUSE. I OPENED SIDE ENTRY DOOR TO GARAGE, SAW FLAMES SHOOTING OUT OT THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE OF THE F150. HOME IS UNINHABITABLE IN ITS CURRENT STATE, TRUCK IS TOTALLY DESTROYED, BURNED TO THE GROUND. NOTHING CAN BE DONE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE, IT IS A TOTAL LOSS. NATIONWIDE, VEHICLE SAFETY IS A CONCERN FOR CONSUMERS. I AM AWARE THROUGH MY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND POLITICAL BACKGROUND THAT THIS AGENCY IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN HELP ME WITH A PROBLEM A DANGEROUS AS THIS, OF ENGINE FIRES IN THE F-150 AND APPEARS THAT IT MAY NOT BE LIMITED TO THE F 150'S.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105274December 23, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH BURNED THE BRAKE RESERVOIR AND THE BRAKES FAILED. ALL THE FLUID LEAKED OUT, AND THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105275December 23, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY CAUGHT ON FIRE WHEN IT WAS PARKED. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD A SHORT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE. CONSUMER WILL NOTIFY MANUFACTURER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104284December 21, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
RECENTLY MY CRUISE CONTROL QUIT WORKING ON MY 2000, F150, FORD TRUCK, (WITHIN THE LAST MONTH) AND TODAY MY WIFE DROVE MY TRUCK HOME, PARKED IT IN OUR DRIVEWAY, WENT INTO THE HOUSE AND WITHIN APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR AND A HALF THE TRUCK ENGINE COMPARTMENT BURST INTO FLAMES AND BURNT UP THE TRUCK, NEARLY CATCHING FIRE TO THE HOUSE. THE TRUCK WAS NOT RUNNING AT THE TIME. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME OUT AND PUT OUT THE FIRE, BUT THE TRUCK WAS A COMPLETE LOSS. THE FIRE CHIEF SAID THAT IT APPEARED TO BE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT ORIGINATED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY, ALFA, HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND WE WILL NOTIFY THEM OF THE INFORMATION WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE INTERNET ABOUT NUMEROUS FIRES WITH THIS MODEL TRUCK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104283December 21, 2004
TIRES:SIDEWALL
I HAVE A 2000 F150 FORD P/U WITH GOOD YEAR WRANGLER RT/S TIRES. THE SIDEWALLS HAVE 2-3 SLITS/CRACKS ON EACH TIRE. THESE SLITS ARE ABOUT 3/4-1 INCH LONG. THESE TIRES CAME STOCKED ON THE TRUCK. THEY WERE MADE THE 12TH MONTH OF 2000. I SAY THEY ARE DEFECTIVE AND A HUGH SAFTY PROBLEM. TIRE TREAD IS ABOUT ONLY HALF WORN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104005December 17, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH ANYTHING ELECTRICAL, EVER, WITH MY 2000 F150 LARIATE. I DROVE TO TOWN, CAME HOME, PARKED MY TRUCK IN THE DRIVEWAY, 4 HOURS LATER I HEARD A LOUD BOOM AND WENT TO THE DOOR TO SEE A HUGE FIRE COMING FROM THE HOOD OF MY PICKUP TRUCK. THE FIRE MARSHAL SAID IT STARTED UNDER THE DASH. MY TRUCK WAS TOTALED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103930December 16, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE INADVERTENTLY WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. VEHICLE BURNED TO THE GROUND. CONSUMER NOTIFIED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104975December 16, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE PARKED VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DISCOVERED THAT THEIR WAS SOME TYPE OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104980December 16, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE GARAGE ATTACHED TO THE CONSUMER'S HOME. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE FIRE INVESTIGATOR CONFIRMED THAT THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AREA. *AK....CONSUMER FELT THAT IT WAS AN ENGINE FIRE CAUSED BY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. FORD WAS UNWILLING TO INVESTIGATE PROBLEM, WANTED NHTSA TO DO A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF FORD F-150 TRUCKS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057416December 13, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY AT 2:30 PM. AT 5:30 PM CONSUMER WAS AWAKENED BY A POPPING SOUND OUTSIDE. WHEN CONSUMER GOT OUTSIDE THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. CONSUMER PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND ROLLED IT BACK FROM THE HOUSE. FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, BUT THE FIRE EVENTUALLY CONSUMED THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER FELT THAT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM CAUSED THE FIRE. *AK THE CONUSMER STATED THAT THE FIRE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103363December 8, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
CONSUMER WAS NOTIFIED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. CONSUMER NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. CONSUMER TRIED TO PUT THE FIRE. OUT, BUT COULDN'T DO SO. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. VEHICLE WAS NOT TOWED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102283December 7, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
DROVE VEHILCE ALL DAY. IN TOWN-VARIOUS JOB SITES. PARKED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF OFFICE . APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES LATER HEARD LOUD POPPING. FOUND VEHICLE'S FRONT END COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID MOST LIKELY DUE TO WIRING.*AK CRUISE CONTROL HAD STOPPED WORKING MONTH PRIOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097842December 7, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ABS BRAKE PROBLEM. THE WARNING LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. ALSO, TIE ROD ENDS WERE DEFECTIVE. CONSUMER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE FORD MANUFACTURER TO HAVE THE TIE ROD ENDS CHECKED. CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR THIS SERVICE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. 42,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103126December 6, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ABS LIGHT COMMENCES TO ILLUMINATE WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH OR MORE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ABS CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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