2000 FORD F-150 Complaints

I BEGAN HEARING A SQUEAL COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND ON STOPPING I COULD HEAR THE COOLING FAN HITTING THE FAN COWLING. I THOUGHT THE SQUEAL WAS FROM ONE OF THE IDLER PULLEYS ON THE SERPENTINE BELT, AND THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THE FAN COWLING HAD LOOSENED. ON MY WAY TO THE REPAIR STATION, I LOST THE BELT, IT CAME COMPLETELY OFF. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WAS THE RADIATOR SUPPORT HAD COMPLETELY RUSTED AND DISINTEGRATED CAUSING THE FRONT PORTION OF THE ENGINE COMPONENTS TO FALL FORWARD. I HAD TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A BODY SHOP WHERE THEY HAD TO REMOVE THE BUMPER, FRONT END, BOTH FENDERS, AND THE HOOD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR SUPPORT. THE OWNER OF THE SHOP KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM WHEN I BROUGHT THE TRUCK IN AND STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK AND THAT HE HAS DONE APPROXIMATELY 20 OF THEM IN THE PAST YEAR. $1400.00 DOLLARS LATER MY TRUCK RIDES MUCH BETTER AND NOISE FREE. I THOUGHT THAT I HAD SOMETHING GOING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRUCK, FOR IT WOULD BOUNCE TERRIBLY OVER BUMPS. I THOUGHT MAYBE A BAD SHOCK. TURNS OUT AFTER THIS REPAIR, THE PROBLEM IS GONE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WAS DRIVING 20 MPH AND MERGING INTO TRAFFIC WHEN THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A LOUD, ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS PARTIALLY DETACHED AND HANGING FROM THE VEHICLE, CAUSING FUEL TO SPILL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED AS A CORRODED FUEL STRAP. THE FUEL TANK AND BOTH STRAPS WERE REPLACED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS DISPATCHED TO CLEAN THE FUEL SPILL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,301 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 195,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F150 PICKUP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR STRAP THAT HELD THE FUEL TANK WAS RUSTED AND CORRODED, CAUSING THE FUEL TANK TO DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE AND FALL TO THE GROUND. THE FRONT STRAP WAS ALSO RUSTED AND CORRODED BUT HAD NOT YET FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000.

BACK STRAP OF GASOLINE TANK ON OUR FORD 150 BROKE AND TANK GOT DISCONNECTED FROM FILLER HOSE. UPDATED 08/08/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED HE NOTICED THE PROBLEM WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REFUELED THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER HEARD THE SOUND OF LIQUID SPILLING. UPON LOOKING UNDER THE VEHICLE, HE SAW THE REAR STRAP HAD BROKEN AND THE TANK WAS HANGING DOWN. CONSEQUENTLY, THE FUEL FILTER PIPE WAS DISCONNECTED. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE REAR STRAP HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND THE FRONT STRAP WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THE SAME THING. ALSO, THE TANK WAS RUSTED SO THAT WHEN THE FUEL TANK DROPPED, THE FILLER NECK TORE OUT OF THE TANK CAUSING FUEL TO SPILL ON THE GROUND WHEN REFUELING. THE TANK ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED. THUS, THE SUPPORT STRAPS WERE RUSTED OUT TO THE POINT WHERE THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 08/15/11 *TR

MY 2000 FORD F150 HAD IT'S GAS TANK FALL FROM THE TRUCK. I JUST HAD IT REPAIRED AT MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THE GAS TANK STRAP WAS TOTALLY RUSTED THRU AND BROKE. I HAVE THE STRAP AS EVIDENCE, AS WELL AS A DOCUMENTED REPAIR BY THE SHOP. *TR

EMAIL TO SECRETARY REGARDING NHTSA'S INVESTIGATION OF FORD NA TRUCK MODEL YEARS 1997-2001 FUEL TANKS FALLING OUT OF VEHICLES. *KB

EMAIL TO THE SECRETARY CONCERNING COMPLAINTS REGARDING FUEL TANKS FALLING OFF OF MOVING VEHICLES. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS REVERSING FROM A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE GROUND. HE INSPECTED AND SAW THAT BOTH FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE RUSTED AND BROKEN. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE STRAPS HIMSELF. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 69,930.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, HE HEARD A SNAP AND BEGAN TO HEAR A RATTLING NOISE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE CONTACT NOTICED BOTH STRAPS WHICH HELD THE FUEL TANK IN PLACE DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THE STRAPS WERE SEVERELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 170,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON A SMOOTH PAVED ROAD THE STRAPS WHICH ATTACH THE FUEL TANK TO THE VEHICLE FAILED, CAUSING THE TANK TO FALL TO THE ROAD. THE TANK WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE BY THE FUEL INLET LINE, CAUSING THE TANK TO BE DRUG FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 FT BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. *TR