1993 FORD F-150 Complaints

TOP OF GAS TANK IS CORRODED DUE TO ROAD SALT, CAUSING VEHICLE LEAK FUEL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED THAT VEHICLE NEEDED NEWER FUEL TANK.*AK

RECALL 93 V 125 000/FUEL TANK ASSENBLY: REPAIRS MADE BY THE DEALER :KRUSE'S STARK HICKY WEST FORD, DETROIT, MI; PHONE# 313/538-6600 WERE NOT CORRECTING THE PROBLEM, VEHICLE STILL LEAKING FROM REAR TANK. DEALER REFUSED TO ASSIST, STATING REPAIRS WERE COSTING TOO MUCH. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING, DASH LIGHT STARTED BLINKING OFF AND ON INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARING, CONSUMER NOTICED STEERING COLUMN WAS SMOKING, VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT ONE OF THE WIRES FOR THE OVERDRIVE LOCK OUT BUTTON ON THE END OF THE SHIFTER COLUMN HAD SHORTED OUT, STARTING A SMALL FIRE INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN. *SLC

THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE FRAME NEXT TO THE CONTROL ARM BRACKET HAS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKEN IN HALF RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNDRIVABLE. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER (NOT THE DEARLER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED IN 1995) FOR INSPECTION OF THE FRAME AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FRAME IS VERY THIN AND RUSTED ABOUT A FOOT ON EACH SIDE OF THE BREAK. I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FORD AND HAVE TALKED WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER AT PROGRESSIVE FORD TOM BYERS AND ALSO HIS FORD REP NANCY CROWE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRUCK WAS TOO OLD AND HAD TOO MANY MILES ON IT AND THEREFOR FORD WOULD NOT REPAIR IT. I EXPRESSED MY CONCERN THAT I FELT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT INVOLVED THE MAIN STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BROKEN AS IT HAS NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR BEEN ABUSED AND WAS TOLD BY NANCY THAT SHE DIDN'T CARE AS THE ORIGINAL FACTORY WARRENTY HAD LONG SINCE EXPIRED. I STATED THAT A TRUCK FRAME SHOULD LAST MORE THAN 9 YEARS WITHOUT DISINTEGRATING AND WAS AGAIN TOLD THERE WOULD BE NO COMPENSATION FROM FORD ON REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENT AND I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE TRUCK SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN. I BELIEVE I AM NOT THE ONLY TRUCK OWNER WITH THIS PROBLEM AS I AM BEING TOLD BY NANCY CROWE.*AK

OIL WAS LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED OIL PAN WAS RUSTED FROM INSIDE, CAUSING THE OIL PAN TO LEAK. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

FUEL TANK IS LEAKING INTO SECOND FUEL TANK. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER FOR RECALL 93-V-125-000 REPAIRS, BUT REPAIRS DID NOT WORK. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK CONSUMER STATES REAR TANK LEAKS INTO FRONT TANK WHILE FRONT TANK WAS IN USE. THE PROBLEM WAS GETTING WORSE. *YH

CONSUMER STATED HE RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL NOTICE 00V-424 TO REPLACE CARBON STEEL FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR ON JULY 11, 2001, BUT DEALER HAS YET TO PERFORM RECALL REPAIRS, WHEN CONSUMER ASKED ABOUT THE RECALL REPAIRS, DEALER STATED THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE PARTS YET. *TT

SHACKELS ON REAR LEAF SPRINGS ARE RUSTED THROUGH. VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET.*AK THE OIL PAN HAD RUST FROM OUTSIDE AND WAS LEAKING OIL. THE CONSUMER REPLACED IT AT HIS EXPENSE. *YH

CONSUMER STATED OIL WAS LEAKING OUT OF OIL PAN WHICH HAD RUSTED, THIS CAUSED OIL PAN GASKET TO BLOWOUT.*AK CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS TOWED, BUT HAS NOT BEEN FIXED.*SLC

WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT, WE WERE REAR-ENDED BY A 1984 CHEVROLET VAN. BOTH PARTIES IN THE TRUCK WERE WEARING A SEATBELT AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. BOTH FRONT 50/50 BENCH SEAT BACKS, ONLY ALLOWED TO FUNCTION LIFTING FORWARD, COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. THIS CAUSED TWO PASSENGERS TO FALL BACKWARDS TO THE EXT. CAB PORTION OF THE TRUCK, WHERE NORMALLY OUR KIDS SIT. AT ONLY 6'0" TALL, MY HUSBAND'S HEAD WENT THROUGH THE BACK WINDSHIELD OF THE TRUCK CAUSING NECK AND BACK INJURIES.