2004 FORD F-150 Complaints

IM SURE OF THE EXACT DATE ORIGINALLY BOUGHT MY TRUCK IN 2004 BRAND NEW WITH 60 MILES ON IT I HAD IT LESS THAN A WEEK AND THEY REPLACED THE TIRES AND TOLD ME IT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE EGG SHAPED. AND THIS IS WHY IT SHOOK OR VIBRATED AT 55/70 MPH IT WENT AWAY FOR AWHILE. THEN I KEPT ROUTINE OIL AND TIRE ROTATIONS AND BALANCING ON IT BUT THE VIBRATION KEPT COMING BACK. THE REAR BRAKES WERE REPLACE ON THE TRUCK WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES COST ME A FORTUNE WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST UNTIL 150,000. THE SHOCKS, STRUTS, BRAKES, AND ROTORS AND BEARINGS WERE ALL REPLACES TWICE NOW FIRST FOR VIBRATION IN 2007/2008 SPENT THOUSANDS DIDN'T WORK REPLACED TIRES AND RIMS WENT AWAY FOR ABOUT SIX MONTH THEN CAME BACK AGAIN EVERY TIME WE ROTATE THE TIRES THE VIBRATION GOES AWAY FOR LIKE A DAY OR TWO THEN COMES BACK IN 2010 I HAD TO REPLACE THE REAR BRAKE AND EMERGENCY BRAKE AND BEARINGS AND SEALS FOR A SECOND TIME BECAUSE THEY LOCKED UP IN 2011 I HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKES, SHOCKS, ROTORS AND STRUTS, BECAUSE OF VIBRATION GUESS WHAT DIDN'T WORK NOW WERE LOOKING AT TIRES AND RIMS AGAIN AND FORD TELLS ME THAT MY REAR SEALS AND BEARINGS NEED REPLACED FOR LEAKAGE AND THE POSSIBLE SHAKING IS MY DRIVE SHAFT I BOUGHT A 30,000 TRUCK THAT I HAVE PUT 10,000 GRAND IN JUST ESTIMATING OH AND THEY JUST FIXED THE RECALL FOR THE AIRBAG HARNESS AND TELL ME THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS FLASHING BUT IT ISN'T COVERED IN THE RECALL AND IT WASN'T FLASHING WHEN I DROPPED IT OFF. I HAVE TWO FORDS I HAVE A FORD ESCAPE I BOUGHT AT THE SAME DEALER IN 2005 THAT THEY KEPT A REVOLVING DOOR FOR IN SERVICE BECAUSE OF ALL ITS PROBLEMS AND EVERYONE TELLS ME IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD AGAIN NOW I KNOW WHY PEOPLE JOKE ABOUT THE FIX OR REPAIR DAILY. *TR

SMELT FUEL EMITTING FROM THE GAS TANK AREA BUT COULD NOT FIND THE SOURCE OF THE SMELL; TURNED ON THE IGNITION KEY WITHOUT STARTING THE TRUCK. I SAW FUEL RUNNING DOWN THE SIDE OF THE FUEL TANK. I TURNED OFF THE KEY AND PROCEEDED TO REMOVED THE FUEL TANK GAS STRAPS TO LOWER THE TANK; WITH ALL HOSES STILL CONNECTED I TURNED THE KEY BACK ON; FUEL WAS SPEWING FROM THE FUEL PUMP. I COMPLETELY REMOVED THE FUEL TANK AND ALL HOSES AND FOUND A LINEAR CRACK ON THE PRESSURE SIDE OF THE FUEL PUMP HOSE CONNECTION. THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND IS THE ORIGINAL FUEL PUMP TO THIS VEHICLE. *JS

WE ALWAYS TAKE OUR TRUCK TO THE FORD DEALER FOR SERVICE. RECENTLY THEY GOT NEW MANAGEMENT AND THEY SAID OH BY THE WAY SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU EVEN THOUGH THE SPARK PLUGS ARE 100,000 MILES YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD THEM CHANGED ALREADY BECAUSE THEY GET STUCK. SO I WENT TO THE INTERNET AND READ THE NIGHTMARES ABOUT MY 5.4 ENGINE SPARK PLUGS. TOOK IT TO A 3RD PARTY MECHANIC AND ALL 8 GOT STUCK AND WERE NOT EASY TO REMOVE USING FORD'S SPECIAL TOOL THEY DEVELOPED BECAUSE THEY KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM. I APPARENTLY MADE PUT A LOT BETTER THAN MOST, MY BILL WAS ONLY A WHOPPING $700 FOR HAVING SPARK PLUGS CHANGED WITHIN 100,000 MILES THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD FOR. MECHANICS ARE RECOMMENDING GETTING THEM CHANGED AT LEAST EVERY 50,000 MILES NOW AND SOME WON'T EVEN TOUCH THE FORD 5.4 ENGINES. MANY OTHER CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD BILLS IN THE THOUSANDS FOR THIS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ALL DUE TO FORD'S BAD DESIGN. THERE HAVE EVEN BEEN MULTIPLE CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS BUT WHEN I CALLED FORD FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEM AND WHY I WASN'T NOTIFIED TO JOIN, THEY SAY THEY CAN'T PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION. I DON'T MIND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE BUT A KNOWN ISSUE LIKE THIS THAT FORD REFUSES TO ASSIST CONSUMERS WITH IS RIDICULOUS. *TR

WE ALWAYS TAKE OUR TRUCK TO THE FORD DEALER FOR SERVICE.I HAD BEEN TELLING THE SERVICE ADVISOR FOR YEARS THAT WE HEARD AN AIR BUBBLE NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING. THEY KEPT SAYING EVERYTHING IS FINE. AS SOON AS OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS OVER, THEY THEN SAID I HAD AN EXHAUST LEAK. I TOOK IT TO A 3RD PARTY MECHANIC AND IMMEDIATELY THEY WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE IT WAS BOTH EXHAUST MANIFOLDS AND IS VERY COMMON IN F150'S. THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE BOLTS BREAKING WHEN TRYING TO GET OUT, AND DUE TO FORD'S POOR DESIGN MORE THAN LIKELY WILL WARP AGAIN. THIS REPAIR COST IS OVER $1000 (FORD DEALER QUOTED $2165) AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY IF DEALER WOULD HAVE ADMITTED IT HAD LEAK WHEN WE MENTIONED THE SOUND BEFORE. THE 3RD PARTY MECHANIC SAID ANY MECHANIC SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE DISTINCT SOUND JUST BY HEARING IT FOR A FEW SECONDS. MANIFOLD LEAKS ARE APPARENTLY FAIRLY NORMAL IN TRUCKS HOWEVER ONCE AGAIN FORDS DESIGN MAKES IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN MOST OTHER TRUCK MAKES TO REPAIR, ADDING MUCH MORE ADDITIONAL COST TO THE CONSUMER. *TR

WE HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN OUR TRUCK TO THE FORD DEALER FOR REGULAR SERVICE. TOOK IT TO A 3RD PARTY MECHANIC TO HAVE BRAKES DONE AND THEY SHOWED US THAT BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN, COMPLETELY SEVERED AND HAD BEEN THAT WAY FOR QUITE A WHILE EVIDENT BY RUST AND CORROSION AT BREAKING POINT. AFTER READING THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON HERE THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON DEFECT IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL AND YEAR. I AM DOING SEPARATE COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE SPARK PLUGS AND EXHAUST MANIFOLD ISSUES. *TR

MALFUNCTIONING DIFFERENTIAL- WHEN STARTING FROM A STOPPED POSITION, (ESPECIALLY FROM A TURN) VIBRATIONS OCCUR AND POSSES A RISK OF A POTENTIAL FAILURE WHEN PULLING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *TR

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD SPONTANEOUSLY HESITATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT INDEPENDENTLY PERFORMED A TUNE UP ON HIS VEHICLE AND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO SERVICE THE SPARK PLUGS HE WAS UNABLE TO REACH THEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.

THIS IS A RECURRENCE, PAID FOR IT THE 1ST TIME. AFTER DRIVING A FEW MILES AND COMING TO A STOP THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL CHATTERS REALLY BAD UNTIL THE VEHICLE HAS FINISHED CORNERING. *TR

ON 05/16/2014 THE NUMBER 3 SPARK PLUG BLEW-OUT OF THE HEAD CAUSING FUEL TO BE SPRAYED INTO THE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE I WAS TRAVELING WITH MY FAMILY. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THIS TRUNK. THE FIRST IS LISTED ON THE APPROXIMATE INCIDENT DATE OF THIS REPORT. SPARK PLUG BLOW-OUT SEEMS TO BE A CONSISTANT PROBLEM WITH THE FORD TRUCK ENGINES AND COULD POSE A PROBLEM OF A ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, BREAK DOWNS ON BUSY INTERSTATES & HIGHWAYS, WRECKS AND FATALITIES FROM SUDDEN SLOW DOWNS BECAUSE OF ENGINE POWER LOSS WHILE TRAVELING OR BEING STRANDED ON ISOLATED ROADS. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE POSSIBILITIES THAT MAY HAPPEN (OR HAS HAPPENED TO OTHERS). FORD MOTOR MOTOR KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM BUT WON'T LISTEN TO THEIR CONSUMERS. ONLY THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION AND SAFTY ADMINISTRATION CAN MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE PROBLEM SO THAT THEY WILL FIX IT. ALSO FROM TALKING WITH FORD CORPORATE AND FORD CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT THE ONLY WAY THEY WILL ADDRESS THIS IS THROUGH A RECALL. PLEASE DO AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS COMPLAINT SO THAT THERE MAYBE A POSSIBILITY OF A FIX AND A LIFE AND/OR INJURY MAYBE SAVED, THANK-YOU. *JS

MY REAR END DIFFERENTIAL - AXLE WENT OUT AND IT'S MAKING A NOISE AND FEELS LIKE MY REAR END IS LOSE WHEN I DRIVE DOWN THE HIGHWAY ALMOST FEELS UNSAFE BUT IT IS TOO PRICEY TO FIX I FEEL I SHOULD BE SOMETHING FORD SHOULD FIX OR RECALL. *TR