2000 FORD E-150 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD E-150. AT 80,000 MILES, A TUNE-UP WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE AND ALL OF THE SPARK PLUGS WERE REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY 10,000 MILES LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE COIL AND THE NUMBER SIX SPARK PLUG AGAIN. AT 140,000 MILES, THE NUMBER SIX SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM THE HEAD AND HAD TO BE REPLACED A THIRD TIME. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE NUMBER SIX SPARK PLUG EJECTED AGAIN AND DAMAGED THE HEAD, WHICH RESTS ON TOP OF THE CYLINDER OF THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE NUMBER SIX SPARK PLUG EJECTS FROM TIME TO TIME. APPROXIMATELY 700 MILES LATER, THE NUMBER SEVEN SPARK PLUG EJECTED. THE DEALER HAD THE INSERT PLACED IN THE HEAD AND REPLACED THE NUMBER 7 SPARK PLUG AND THE COIL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 145,500 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD E-150. HE STATED THAT HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID #07V336000) IN AUGUST OF 2007. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE HOWEVER; THEY PROVIDED AN INVOICE STATING THAT THEY REPAIRED THE PART. AS OF APRIL 15, 2008, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 113,800 AND THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. UPDATED 05/05/08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE RECALL WAS COMPLETED. UPDATED 05/05/08 *JB

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND OFF, THE SWITCH MOUNTED IN THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER CAUGHT FIRE. THE SWITCH AND CONNECTOR WERE DESTROYED. I WAS NEARBY WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AND WAS ABLE TO DOUSE THE FLAMES, THEREBY PREVENTING FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD E-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS WERE TEARING. THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE AND THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT HAS BEEN REPAIRED THREE TIMES. FORD COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD E-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V336000). THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAS DISSATISFIED WITH THE REMEDY AND STATED THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL DISCONNECTED. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

REAR LEFT LEAF SPRING CRACKS, CONSIDERED A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD BY FORD SERVICE TECHS. THIS FAILURE WAS ON A 2000 FORD E-150 VAN. IT WAS PURCHASED NEW IN JAN. 2001 AND ONLY HAS 26,000 MILES. I AM A DISABLED DRIVER AND DO NOT DRIVE FAST OR ANY TYPE OF OFF RODE, ALL CITY DRIVING. IN DEC. 2006 I HAD FORD PERFORM A THOROUGH SAFETY INSPECTION PRIOR TO MY 6 YEAR WARRANTY END. THIS INSPECTION INCLUDED THE SUSPENSION AND IT CHECKED OUT FINE. 9 MONTHS AND ONLY 2,000 MILES LATER 3 OF THE STEEL BARS ARE CRACKED ON THE LEFT REAR LEAF SPRING. I WAS UNAWARE OF THE CRACKS UNTIL IT WAS CAUGHT DURING A ROUTINE MAITAINANCE VISIT AT FORD. I HAD NO ACCIDENTS PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE, OR HIT ANY POTHOLES, BUMPS ETC. IN FACT, I HAD THE FORD SERVICE TECH AND TWO INDEPENDANT TECHS TELL ME THAT CRACKED LEAF SPRINGS NOT RESULTING FROM AN ACCIDENT ARE ALMOST UNHEARD OF. ALL THE MECHANICS SAID IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN QUITE A JOLT TO HAVE CRACKED THE LEAF SPRING. I WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED AN EXTREMELY HARD JOLT AS I DRIVE FROM A WHELCHAIR AND WITH HAND CONTROLS, BELIEVE ME, YOU ARE VERY AWARE OF EVEN THE SLIGHTEST BUMPS. THERE IS NO BENT AXLE, TIRE, SHOCK, OR WHEEL RIM DAMAGE, AND EACH MECHANIC WAS LEFT SCRATCHIN THEIR HEAD AS TO HOW THE LEAF SPRING COULD HAVE CRACKED. THE TWO NON FORD MECHANICS SUGGESTED THE POSSIBILITY OF POOR QUALITY STEEL. FORD REPLACED IT, UNFORTUNATELY 7 MONTHS AFTER THE WARRANTY ENDED. I ASKED THE FORD DEALER IF THEY WOULD SEND THE PART BACK TO THE FORD ENGINEERS TO SEE IF IT WAS DEFECTIVE, THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO IF IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. SINCE IT IS 7 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY WOULD LOOK INTO SENDDING IT BACK. ANYWAY, ITS FIXED, BUT I SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IF IT WASN'T CAUGHT AND CRACKED COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING. ESPECIALLY USING FULL HAND CONTROLS.

MY 2000 FORD VAN E150 IS INVOLVED IN THE RECALL CAMPAIGN DUE TO A DEFECTIVE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH (RECALL 05S28). I FOLLOWED THE STEPS CONTAINED IN THE RECALL LETTER, AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY FORD DEALER (WORLD FORD IN PEMBROKE PINES, FL) TO HAVE THE REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. ON THE DATE OF THE APPOINTMENT, I ARRIVED TO BE TOLD, RATHER RUDELY AT THAT, THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO ACCOMPLISH THE REPAIR, AND DID NOT KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD RECEIVE ANY. NO EFFORT WAS MADE TO DISENGAGE THE DEFECTIVE PART TO PROTECT AGAINST FIRE, AND NO PROMISE OF ANY FUTURE WORK ON A DATE SPECIFIC WAS MADE. APPARENTLY, FORD IS NOT TAKING THIS RECALL AS SERIOUSLY AS IT SHOULD. YOUR ASSISTANCE IN NEEDED IN MAKING CERTAIN THAT FORD FOLLOWS THROUGH ON THIS RECALL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD E150. ON JULY 13, 2007, WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE STEERING COLUMN BEGAN SMOKING. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 83,000. UPDATED 08/13/07 *TR

2000 FORD E150 CONVERSION VAN WITH WHEEL CHAIR LIFT THAT CAUGHT FIRE**CC THE CONSUMER STATED THE VAN WAS ON THE LIST OF A RECALL REGARDING THE DEACTIVATION SWITCH. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE BATTERY THAT CAUSED THE FIRE. THE CONSUMER HOUSE AND HER DAUGHTERS CAR WAS ALSO DESTROYED BY THE FIRE. *JB

MY FORD F150 PICKUP HAS ELECTRONIC ODOMETER. WHEN I DRIVE MORE THAN 5 OR 6 MILES THE NUMBERS GO BLANK. *NM