Ford F-150 Complaints (2001)

1,236 consumer complaints on file.

#736514November 18, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS NOW INSTALLING REAR SEATS WITH HEAD RESTRAINTS. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE ALACK OF REAR SEAT HEAD RESTRAINTS IS UNSAFE AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE MORE INJURIES AND POSSIBLE DEATH IN A MAJOR CRASH. I FEE THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD RECALL THE AFFECTED VEHICLES AND REPACE THE REAR SEATS WITH THE NEW MODEL SEATS CONTAINING THE HEAD RESTRAINTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736517November 18, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
COMPLAINT ON THE LACK OF HEADRESTS ON THE EARLY 2001 MODELS. LATER MODELS HAVE THEM AND I AM CONCERNED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736529November 18, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
THE NEWER MODELS HAVE THE REAR HEAD RESTS. OBVIOUSLY, FORD RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM. ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL A FATALITY DUE TO THIS UNBELIEVABLE SAFETY OVERSIGHT. NO HEAD RESTS? IF THAT'S NOT A SUBSTANTIAL SAFETY RISK THAT POSES A REAL AND PRESENT DANGER TO THE PUBLIC AND THAT DESERVES OUR GOVERNMENT'S ATTENTION, THEN WHAT'S THE POINT OF THE NHTSA? THANK YOU. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736531November 18, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
I AM CONCERNED WITH THE SAFETY FACTOR OF THE LACK OF REAR SEAT HEADRESTS. AFTER 6 MONTHS OF SALES OF THE NEW SUPERCREW MODEL, FORD ALTERED THE DESIGN AND NOW HAS HEADRESTS. I AM INTERESTED IN A RETROFIT KIT FROM FORD THAT ADDS HEADRESTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736474November 17, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
THIS IS A NEW FOUR DOOR MODEL FORD PICKUP TRUCK WITH A FULL SIZE REAR SEAT. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE REAR SEAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY HEAD RESTS/RESTRAINTS ON THE BACK OF THE SEAT. DURING A FAST STOP OR ACCIDENT PASSENGERS IN THE BACK SEAT WILL STRIKE THERE HEAD ON THE BACK WINDOW CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY. FORD HAS JUST CHANGED THE TRUCK DESIGN TO INCLUDE HEAD RESTS/RESTRAINTS ON ITS F150 SUPERCREW BUT WILL NOT RECALL/REPLACE ALL THE REAR SEATS MADE PRIOR TO THE CHANGE. ALL F150 SUPERCREWS MADE UP TO APPROX. OCT. 2000 NEED THIS CORRECTION. CALLING FORD HAS NOT HELPED IN THE MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736480November 17, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
2001 NEW VEHICLE NO REAR SEAT HEAD RESTRAINTS NEWER MODELS HAVE THEM SAME YEAR 2001. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736483November 17, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
LACK OF REAR HEAD RESTS/ RESTRAINTS COULD CAUSE HEAD TO HIT REAR WINDSHIELD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736487November 17, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
THERE IS NO HEAD RESTRAINT ON BACK SEATS. IN A SUDDEN STOP OR FRONTAL COLLISION, BACK SEAT PASSENGERS HEADS WILL BE MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE BACK GLASS TO GRAPHIC, IF NOT VIOLENT DEATH. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#557453November 13, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
TRUCK INVOLVED IN A FRONT END CRASH AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS, THE TRUCK WAS TOTALLED. *CJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874667November 8, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHEN VEHICLE REACHES AND EXCEEDS 70 MPH VEHICLE JUMPS AND SWAYS FROM SIDE TO SIDE. DEALER HAS ALIGNED VEHICLE TWICE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732490September 25, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WHILE VEHICLE WAS SITTING STILL, WITH NO IMPACT TO THE VEHICLE.*AK
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
#868770August 25, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES, INTERIOR LIGHTING
VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE STEERING WHILE TURNING ONTO THE INTERSTATE INFORMED THAT PITMAN ARM DISCONNECTED FROM THE SECTION SHAFT DUE TO THE LOSS OF THE NUT AND WASHER NUT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK DRIVER DOES NOT FEEL SAFE AND SECURE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. THE DASH LIGHT FAILED AT 3000 MILES. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726382August 1, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I JUST WANTED TO INFORM YOU OF A PROBLEM THAT I HAD WITH MY 2001 FL50 SUPERCREW. MY TRUCK WAS EQUIPPED WITH A 4X4, 5.4 LITER, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, TOWING PACKAGE, AND IT WAS AN XLT LARIAT. ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES! MY REPORTED CONCERN IS THAT THE SUSPENSION IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE RATED TOWING CAPACITY. I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 60 MPH. A CAR CUT IN FRONT OF ME AND I MOVED TO THE LEFT LANE TO AVOID RUNNING INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MY TRAILER'S EMPTY WEIGHT WAS 5000 LBS AND I ESTIMATE THAT I HAD ANOTHER 1000-1500 LBS INSIDE. THE TRUCK WAS EQUIPPED WITH WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION BARS AND AN ANTI-SWAY BAR(REESE MFG.). WHEN I CHANGED LANES THE TRUCK SWAYED/LEANED HARD TO THE LEFT, THEN SWAYED HARD TO THE RIGHT. THE TRUCK THEN ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES AND LANDED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR SLIDING DOWN THE EDGE OF THE INTERSTATE. THE TRUCK AND OUR 29 FOOT CAMPER WERE TOTALED. THERE WERE FOUR PASSENGERS IN THE TRUCK: MYSELF, WIFE, AND TWO CHILDREN. EVERYONE SURVIVED WITH MINOR CUTS A
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#865249July 11, 2000
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
CHILD 2 1/2 YR OLD IN TRUCK. HAD HEAD OUT WINDOW & STEPPED ON BUTTON & WINDOW WAS RAISED. DRIVER TRIED TO LOWER WINDOW AS CHILD KEPT STEPPING ON BUTTON. CHILD WAS CHOKING. HAD TO BREAK WINDOW TO GET CHILD'S HEAD OUT OF WINDOW.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#862301May 22, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
CONSUMER'S HUSBAND WAS WASHING VEHICLE. DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE DOORS HAVE RAW MATERIAL UNDERNEATH THE BOTTOM OF THE DOORS. HER HUSBAND WAS CUT BY THE RAW MATERIAL COMING FROM THE DOOR. ALSO, BED LINER DOESN'T FIT. THERE ARE HOLES AND SPACES ON THE TOP OF THE LINER, AND A WHOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LINER. IF HAULING ANYTHING INSIDE OF THE LINER IT WOULD RUN UNDERNEATH THE BED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC INSTALLED A BLACK JELLY UNDERNEATH THE DOORS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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