2000 FORD F-150 Complaints

A STRAP WHICH HOLDS ON THE GAS TANK ON MY 2000 FORD F150 BROKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND DRAGGED APPX. 300 YARDS, CAUSING ABOUT 10 GALLONS TO LEAK OUT ON ROAD. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPT. HAD TO BE DISPATCHED, AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TANK AND STRAP SYSTEM AT A COST OF OVER $800.00. THE LOCAL FORD DEALER THAT DID THE REPAIR DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT A KNOWN PROBLEM. UPDATED 08/04/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE STRAP FURTHEST TO THE FRONT WAS THE ONLY STRAP THAT BROKE AND CAUSED THE FORWARD PART OF THE TANK TO DRAG. THE BREAK APPEARED TO BE IN THE CENTER OF THE STRAP ON THE BOTTOM FACING THE ROAD. THE ENTIRE METAL PART OF THE STRAP WAS EXTREMELY CORRODED. THE REAR WAS SIMILAR, BUT SEEMED TO HAVE ADDED SUPPORT FROM THE FILL NOZZLE AND CAP ASSEMBLY. ALSO TWO YEARS PRIOR, THE LOWERING SPARE TIRE CABLE WAS CORRODED AND BROKE WHILE DRIVING, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO DROP TO THE GROUND. UPDATED 08/15/11 *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY FORD F150 WHEN SUDDENLY I HEARD A SOUND THAT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING WAS CAUGHT UNDER THE TRUCK. SLOWLY PULLED OVER AND FOUND THE GAS TANK WAS ON THE GROUND, HELD UP ON ONE END BY A HOSE. GOOD THING I WAS NOT GOING FAST OR ON A BUMPY ROAD. IF THE TANK HAD HIT A BUMP IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CRUSHES AND POSSIBLY EXPLODED. HAD ABOUT A HALF TANK OF GAS. REPAIRS ARE ESTIMATED AT $270 SO FAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A RESIDENTIAL GARAGE WHEN THE VEHICLE ERUPTED IN FLAMES FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE AND A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTIAL GARAGE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 69,200.

2000 FORD F-150 CAUGHT ON FIRE AT ABOUT 2:30 AM, LOCATION IS HOUSTON, TX , VEHICLE WAS PARKED, HOUSTON FIRE DPT ENGINE #26 INVESTIGATED AN DETERMINED NO ARSON WAS INVOLVED, REPORT # [XXX] RECORDS #[XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

VEHICLE IS A 2000 FORD F 150. DAUGHTER FILLED THE TANK ON 4/8/2011. TANK FELL OFF THE VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AT SPEED. BOTH SUPPORT STRAPS FAILED BY BREAKING IN HALF. TRUCK WAS SAFELY PULLED TO SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT ENTIRE CONTENTS OF FUEL TANK SPILLED ONTO THE HIGHWAY BERM. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO SERVICE STATION FOR REPAIR. *TR

S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING-LETTER TO SECRETARY FROM CONCERNS REGARDING GAS TANK SAFETY. *KB 200 FORD F150. THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL LEAK WAS A RESULT OF A TANK STRAP THAT RUSTED. ALSO, THE OTHER STRAP IS SEVERELY CORRODED. UPDATED 01/28/11 UPDATED 03/08/11 UPDATED 04/08/11

2000 FORD F150 CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND COMPLETELY BURNED ENGINE AND PART OF INTERIOR CAB. NO PRE EXISTING PROBLEMS. HAD DRIVEN VEHICLE ABOUT 1 AND A HALF HOURS EARLIER. FIRE DEPARTMENT THOUGHT FIRE STARTED ABOVE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER AREA. *TR

THE GAS TANK FELL OFF OUR TRUCK NO EVENTS LEADING TO THE FAILURE WE REPAIRED THE DAMAGE TO THE TANK AND BOUGHT NEW STRAPS AND PUT THE TANK BACK ON THE TRUCK GAS SPILLED WHEN THIS HAPPENED.. AND MY HUSBAND HD TO GET 6 STITCHES IN HIS FINGER ALSO THE OXYGEN SENSORS KEEP READING BAD CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND WE HAVE CHANGED ALL AIR INTAKE THINGS. *TR

I HAVE HAD 2 SPARK PLUGS BLOW OUT OF CYLINDERS, ONCE WHILE DRIVING AND ONCE WHILE IT WAS IDLING IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE SPARK PLUGS WERE TORQUED IN USING A TORQUE WRENCH, BUT WORK LOOSE WITH TIME. I HAVE TO CHECK THE TIGHTNESS OF THE PLUGS EVERY SIX MONTHS OR THEY WILL LOOSEN UP AND BLOW OUT. I HAVE HELICOILS PUT IN FOR THE THREADS, BUT IT IS $400 EACH TIME IT HAPPENS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET AND HEAR A LOUD METAL SCRAPING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER MY TRUCK. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND STOPPED. WHEN I LOOKED UNDER MY TRUCK MY GAS TANK WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND. THE FRONT METAL BRACKET HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKEN. THERE WAS GAS LEAKING FROM THE TANK AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED. THERE WAS NO FIRE. TO SAY THE LEAST THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS AND TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE FOR ANY CAR OR TRUCK. I HAVE SEEN MANY OTHER REPORTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK. WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL? I WAS LUCKY THERE WASN'T A FIRE. SOMEONE WILL EVENTUALLY BE KILLED BY THIS DEFAULT. *TR