Ford F-150 Complaints (2004)

2,029 consumer complaints on file.

#10259609February 22, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
I AM ON THE THIRD WINDOW REGULATOR IN MY 2004 FORD F150. ALL OF THESE ARE ON DIFFERENT WINDOWS AND HAVE COST ME $351 DOLLARS EACH TIME TO REPLACE. MY COMPLAINT IS WHY HAS THIS PRODUCT NOT BEEN RECALLED WITH SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10259453February 20, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
2004 F150 SUPERCREW PROBLEM: WINDOWS ROLLING DOWN BY THEMSELVES BOTH REAR WINDOW(RL & RR). CAUSE: PROBLEM WAS TRACED TO THE WINDOW REGULATOR, OR FAULT OF. THE WHITE PLASTIC CLIP HOLDING THE END OF THE STEEL CABLES (NEXT TO THE PULLEYS) BROKE OFF. ONE END BROKE OFF CAUSING THE WINDOW TO SLIDE DOWN BY GRAVITY AND FRICTION WHEN IN MOTION (SOMETIMES STILL - I.E. OVERNIGHT). IF UNAWARE OF THE SITUATION, LIKE I WAS WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED TO THE RL WINDOW, I USED THE ELECTRONIC SWITCH ON THE DRIVER DOOR TO PULL THE RLWINDOW UP BUT COULD HEAR THE MOTOR (ON THE REGULATOR) EATING AWAY AT SOMETHING. AFTER OPENING UP THE DOOR, I NOTICED THAT THE CABLE WAS BEING MANGLED BY THE MOTOR. TWO WEEKS LATER, THE RR WINDOW HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM, THE WHITE PLASTIC CLIP HOLDING THE END OF THE CABLE BROKE OFF FROM ONE END. OTHER END ALREADY CRACKED AND BARELY HOLDING ON. IT TURNS OUT THAT THE PARTS USED ARE BAD AND NEED TO BE REPLACED, ACTUALLY NEED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE REGULATOR. THIS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BEFORE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS (SOMEONE CAN VANDALIZE MY CAR, OR... WHAT IF I GET INTO A BAD ACCIDENT AND MY 4 AND 2 YEAR OLDS ARE IN THE TRUCK WITH ME. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THEN? I DON'T WANT TO FIND OUT.) I WANT THEM TO BE ALL REGULATORS REPLACED BECAUSE THERE IS NO RECALL AND I BELIEVE THEY WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK OFF. TWO ALREADY DID. THEY ARE A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10259174February 18, 2009
VISIBILITY
WE RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2004 FORD F150 SUPERCAB. TWO OF THE WINDOWS DID NOT ROLL DOWN PROPERLY FROM THAT DOOR, BUT DID SO FROM THE DRIVER'S SWITCH AT THE TIME, SO I FIGURED IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE INDIVIDUAL SWITCHES. THEN LATER THE NEXT WEEK, THE DRIVER'S WINDOW AND SWITCH BEGAN TO FAIL. THE WINDOW MAY ROLL DOWN, BUT MAY NOT ROLL BACK UP WHEN THE SWITCH IS PRESSED. EACH DOOR IS SPORADIC WITH THESE SYMPTOMS. I READ ON-LINE AT THE VOLUME OF FAILURES WITH THE FORD WINDOWS MOTORS & REGULATOR WITH THIS MODEL, AND WANTED TO SUBMIT MY COMPLAINT AS WELL. THE WINDOWS HAVE NOT COMPLETELY QUIT WORKING, BUT FROM WHAT I READ, IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10259278February 18, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
BACK WINDOW ON DRIVERS SIDE DOOR SPRING OR SOMETHING BROKE IN DOOR AND WINDOW STARTED TO COME DOWN BY ITSELF MY DOG ALMOST JUMPED OUT AND WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY A CAR. NO REASON THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10258855February 16, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WELL ITS A WINDOW REGULATOR PROBLEM OR THE PULLEY SYSTEM THAT ROLLS THE WINDOW UP AND DOWN. I'VE HAD MY TRUCK FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW AND IM HAVING TO REPLACE 2 WINDOW REGULATORS SO FAR. I HARDLY USE MY WINDOWS AND I HAVE NOTICED A LOT OF OTHERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WHERE THERE WINDOW FALLS DOWN INTO THE DOOR MAKING A LOUD BANG. LUCKILY BOTH TIMES I WAS THERE TO SEE IT BUT IF I WASN'T I COULD OF HAD TOOLS INSIDE STOLEN OR THE TRUCK STOLEN. IT WOULD ALSO HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING AT THE TIME THE WINDOW SLAMMED DOWN INTO THE DOOR BOTH TIMES IT HAS HAPPENED AFTER I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WINDOW SLAMS DOWN. I SEE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET THAT ARE TRYING TO FIND A RECALL AND THERE IS NO RECALL. THE PART BY ITSELF IS 200 OR MORE DOLLARS THAT'S IF U FIX IT YOURSELF. IF U GET FORD TO FIX IT THEN ITS ANOTHER 300 OR MORE. THE PULLEY SYSTEM IS CHEAP AND PLASTIC THE CABLES ARE ALWAYS IN A BIG KNOT AND CHIPS OUT OF THE WHEELS FOR THE CABLES. THE NEW ONE I GOT LOOKED EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE FIRST ONE MAKING IT SEEM TO ME THEY AREN'T TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF A RECALL IS GOING TO HAPPEN IT SEEMS LIKE IT WILL BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10258246February 10, 2009
VISIBILITY
2004 FORD F-150 DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW FELL DOWN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I TOOK IT APART AND THE CABLE PULLEY IS BROKE OFF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10258281February 10, 2009
VISIBILITY
DRIVING DOWN ROAD AT 70MPH, WENT TO OPEN DRIVERS WINDOW FOR VENTILATION AND WITHOUT WARNING THE WINDOW JUST FELL DOWN INTO THE DOOR LIKE A GUILLOTINE. I THEN PROCEEDED TO DRIVE 12 MILES IN 20 DEGREE WEATHER WITH THE WINDOW DOWN TO A REPAIR SHOP. WAS INFORMED THE 2004 FORD F150 POWER WINDOW FAILURE IS VERY COMMON AND THAT IT WOULD COST $400 TO REPAIR A BROKEN PLASTIC PART BECAUSE THE ENTIRE UNIT MUST BE REPLACED. I GOOGLED THIS ISSUE AND THE INTERNET IS SWAMPED WITH FRUSTRATED OWNERS WITH HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THIS PARTICULAR FAILURE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT FORD IS NOT WILLING TO ADDRESS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10257829February 8, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 2004 FORD F-150 FOUR DOOR EXTENDED CAB PICK UP. I HAVE USED IT AS A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND IT ONLY HAS 58,914 MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS BROKEN. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WAS NO REASON THE TRUCKS TRANSMISSION SHOULD HAVE THIS ISSUE. HE STATED THAT UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS BEEN HIS EXPERIENCE THAT THIS PARTICULAR YEAR FORD F150 HAS A HISTORY OF POOR TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE DUE TO ITS VERY THIN TRANSMISSION GEARS. HE STATED THE TRUCK WAS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, I HAD PROOF OF MY MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10257783February 7, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
MY WIFE WAS GIVING AND HEARD A LOAD NOISE LIKE SHE JUST GOT HIT OR HIT SOMETHING. SHE PULLED OVER AND NOTICE THE WINDOW ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF OUR F150 SUPERCREW HAD FALLEN INTO THE DOOR. NOTHING YET TO FIX IT THE PART IS 200.00 DOLLARS ALONE WITHOUT THE COST OF LABOR. AND NO OLD OR USED PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10257809February 7, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WENT TO HAVE SPARK PLUGS CHANGED AT 100,000 MILES IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUFACTURER'S FACTORY MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. SPARK PLUGS ARE STUCK DUE TO FACTORY NOT SEATING PLUGS CORRECTLY AND NOT USING ANTI-SEIZE COMPOUND DURING FACTORY INSTALLATION. IT REQUIRES A $10,000 MACHINE TO NEGATIVELY POLARIZE THE ENGINE SO THAT THE PLUG THREADS CAN BE DECARBONIZED AND HOPEFULLY REMOVED. THIS IS AN UNACCEPTABLE FACTORY DEFECT AND FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE IMMEDIATELY AND RE-IMBURSED THE UNREASONABLE COSTS AND BURDEN PLACED ON THE CONSUMER. NO WHERE IN THE LITERATURE PROVIDED BY FORD WAS THIS ISSUE DISCUSSED HAD IT BEEN OPENLY DISCUSSED OR PRESENTED IN THE LITERATURE I WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THIS IS FRAUD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10257597February 5, 2009
VISIBILITY
FORD REALLY NEEDS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR WINDOW REGULATORS...NOT ONLY IS THIS THE FOURTH REGULATOR I'VE REPLACED IN MY 2004 F150.....I'VE ALSO REPLACED 1 WINDOW MOTOR ON THE REAR SLIDING WINDOW. OTHER FRIENDS ALSO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND IT SEEMS FORDS WINDOW REGULATOR PROBLEMS ARE NOT "CAR SPECIFIC" BUT ARE "CHEAPLY BUILT" AND EXPENSIVE TO PURCHASE FOR CONSUMERS. MY NEXT CAR WILL BE A TOYOTA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10257640February 5, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE OVERDRIVE SWITCH WAS ACTIVATED AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED BETWEEN GEARS. WHEN THE OVERDRIVE WAS DEACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 112,800.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10257369February 3, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, PARKING BRAKE
PARKING BRAKE ACTIVATES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. IT CAUSES VEHICLE TO SHUDDER. LOCAL DEALERSHIP, SAYS THIS HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10257374February 3, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WHEN DRIVING ON THE EXPRESS WAY AT 60MPH, WITH CHILDREN ON THE BACK SEAT, THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR, THE WINDOW FALL DOWN INSIDE THE DOOR. WE WERE BELOW 50 DEGREES. CHILD START TO CRY AND SCARED ME. THIS MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I PULLED OVER AND CHANGE HER TO THE OTHER SEAT. COULD NOT CLOSE THE WINDOW. THE WINDOW REGULATOR NOT FUNCTIONING. DEALER CHARGES $150.00 TO REPAIR IT. THEY SAY THAT IT IS A DESIGN FAILURE ON THAT PART. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10257159February 2, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
2 WINDOW REGULATORS HAVE BROKEN CAUSING THE WINDOW TO DROP INTO THE DOOR AND NOT ROLL UP IN MY 2004 FORD F150 PICKUP TRUCK. FIRST TIME HAPPENED IN JULY 2008 (DRIVER'S SIDE), AND THE SECOND TIME (FRONT PASSENGER SIDE) JUST HAPPENED ON JANUARY 3, 2009. BOTH TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HWY WHILE THE WINDOWS WERE IN THE FULL UP (CLOSED) POSITION. BOTH TIMES I HEARD A LOUD BOOM OR POP AND THEN THE WINDOW PROCEEDED TO SLIDE DOWN INTO THE DOOR. A MECHANIC AT THE DEALER HAS UNOFFICIALLY ADMITTED TO ME THAT THIS IS EXTREMELY COMMON WITH MY MAKE/MODEL AND YEAR AND THAT IT WAS HIS OPINION THIS WAS A DEFECT. I WAS ABLE TO HAVE A FRIEND REPAIR THE DRIVER'S WINDOW IN JULY, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FINANCIALLY AFFORD TO REPAIR THE PASSENGER SIDE YET. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10257193February 2, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
LOUD POPPING NOISE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW JUST FELL DOWN IN THE DOOR WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD TO MY HOUSE. I THOUGHT I WAS SHOT AT OR SOMETHING IF I HAD BEEN IN TRAFFIC I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY HIT SOMEONE IT SCARED ME SO BAD. IT WAS THE FAILURE OF THE WINDOW REGULATOR. IT SEEMS FORD KNOWS THEY HAVE A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT ON THESE REGULATORS BUT HAS NOT RECALLED THEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10256848January 29, 2009
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE SET SPRING OF THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE REPAIR, THE FAILURE RESURFACED. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE PART AGAIN AT HER EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AGAIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,000. UPDATED 3/16/09 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED AT LOW SPEEDS AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE. UPDATED 03/18/09.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10256568January 28, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WHILE DRIVING IN 100 DEGREE WEATHER, LOUD POP WAS HEARD AS IF SOMETHING HAD BEEN SHOT AT THE TRUCK. WIFE SWERVED AND WHEN SHE PULLED OVER FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH EXTERIOR OF TRUCK. WHEN SHE TRIED TO ROLL DOWN THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW THE WINDOW JUST FELL INSIDE THE DOOR AND WOULD NOT ROLL UP. FORCED TO DRIVE AROUND IN 100+ DEGREE WEATHER. PLASTIC PART ON WINDOW REGULATOR SNAPPED AND BECAUSE WE COMPLAINED ABOUT PASSENGER SIDE MAKING NOISE BOTH WERE REPLACED. HAVE TWO MORE IN THE TRUCK AND FORD DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE THEM UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY BREAK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10255987January 22, 2009
VISIBILITY
IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS THERE HAS BEEN TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS WHERE THE POWER WINDOW MECHANISM HAS BROKEN AND CAUSED THE WINDOW TO BE INOPERABLE. THIS HOWEVER IS THE FOURTH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. EVERY WINDOW POWER WINDOW MECHANISM "REGULATOR" ON MY 2004 FORD F150 HAS BROKEN ALL WITHIN A SPAN OF TWO YEARS. IT ALL STARTED WITH THE DRIVER SIDE REAR, THEN THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT, THEN THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AND NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR. YESTERDAY 01-21-2009 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. THE REGULATOR GAVE OUT AND THE WINDOW CAME SLIDING ALL THE WAY DOWN, IN THE F150 THE WINDOWS GO ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE DOOR SO THE GLASS IS ALL THE WAY INTO THE DOOR POCKET, THERE WAS NOT A WAY FOR ME TO MANUALLY PULL THE WINDOW UP AND SECURE IT WITHOUT REMOVING THE DOOR PANEL. I WAS UNABLE TO ROLL IT UP AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT CAUSING WATER DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE, PERSONAL PROPERTY AND MY SON. MY SON WAS IN A CAR SEAT IN THE REAR TILL WE WERE ABLE TO GET HOME TWO HOURS LATER IN THE COLD & RAIN. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE AND FORD WILL TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE FAULTY PARTS. FOUR WINDOW MECHANISMS IN TWO YEARS ON THE SAME VEHICLE IS NOT JUST COINCIDENCE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10255713January 20, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
I OWN A 2004 FORD F150 AND I JUST HAD THE SECOND WINDOW REGULATOR FAIL AS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK. WHILE DRIVING I HEARD A LOUD POP AND ALL THE SUDDEN THE WINDOW JUST FELL INTO THE DOOR FRAME. THE FIRST WINDOW REGULATOR WENT OUT APPROX. 6 MONTHS AGO AND COST APPROX. $350 TO FIX THROUGH A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. I AM SCHEDULED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE TOMORROW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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