1999 FORD F-150 Complaints

MY HUSBAND WENT TO THE STORE AND WHEN HE CAME OUT, OUR TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPT. SAID IT WAS ELECTRICAL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED SORENESS AND THE PASSENGER HAD TO HAVE A STAPLE PLACED IN HIS HEAD AS A RESULT OF NOT BEING PROTECTED BY THE SEAT BELT. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN AFTER THE CRASH. THE DEALER DID NOT OFFER ASSISTANCE AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 120,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE WARNING LIGHT REMAINED LIT UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE ABS MODULE. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PART DUE TO THE MANUFACTURER DISCONTINUING THE COMPONENT. THE TECHNICIAN ATTEMPTED TO SEARCH THE SALVAGE YARD FOR A USED PART, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY INOPERATIVE AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 86,000. UPDATED 11/12/08 *CN UPDATED 11/18/08. *JB

1999 FORD F150 . FORD PUT ALUMINUM HEADS IN THESE VEHICLES. THEY FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE SHOOTING OUT THE SPARK PLUGS. THEY HAVE NEVER RECALLED THIS. IN THE PAST 4MOS, WE HAVE HAD 4 SPARK PLUGS SHOOT OUT. EACH TIME THIS HAPPENED, IT COST 300.00 TO REPAIR AND 200.00 FOR TOWING. NOT INCLUDING THE MONEY LOST IN WAGES, RENTING A VEHICLE ETC. I CONTACTED FORD AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THEY SAID THEY WOULD DOCUMENT THIS AND THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE END OF THIS. THE DEALER SHIP WE TOOK THIS TO, SAID THEY SEE A LOT OF THESE. IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE ALUMINUM HEADS AND FORD RECOGNIZES THIS NOW AND CHANGED IT. WELL, THEY DID NOT CHANGE IT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO STILL HAVE THESE TRUCKS. THIS SITUATION IF VERY FRUSTRATING TO ME AS A CONSUMER. THIS COULD POSSIBLY BLOW THE ENTIRE ENGINE. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT EVEN 10YRS OLD. THERE ARE 4 MORE SPARK PLUGS THAT COULD GO YET. WE DO NOT HAVE THE EXTRA MONEY TO KEEP STICKING INTO THIS TRUCK AND WE ARE IN NO FINANCIAL SITUATION TO BUY ANOTHER ONE AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE TO GET BY WITH WHAT WE HAVE, BUT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE DEALING WITH THIS MESS. IN MY OPINION AND OTHERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT, FORD SHOULD RECALL THIS. THEY NEED TO MAKE THIS RIGHT TO THEIR CONSUMERS. THANK YOU, WILLIAM KRUMHUS *TR

I WAS ON A TRIP IN ALABAMA TRAVELING SOUTH ON I-85 ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2008. I STOPPED FOR A BREAK JUST NORTH OF MONTGOMERY. WHEN I GOT ON THE ON RAMP TO I-85, MY LEFT FRONT TIRE SUDDENLY WENT FLAT. I REPLACED THE WHEEL WITH THE SPARE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE WHEEL HAD BEEN RIPPED OPEN. I DROVE TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER IN MONTGOMERY WHERE THEY DISCOVERED THAT A BRAKE CALIPER BOLT HAD COME OUT AND CAUSED THE BRAKE CALIPER TO RIP THE WHEEL APART. I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN ON THE ON RAMP RATHER THAN TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THE SAME CALIPER BOLT HAS COME OUT. THE LAST TIME WAS IN ONEONTA ALA AND WAS REPLACED BY THE LOCAL FORD DEALER IN ONEONTA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SAFETY PROBLEM THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE DEATH OF TWO PEOPLE. *TR

HAD JUST PULLED OUT FROM INTERSECTION ONTO MAIN ROAD WHEN TRUCK DEVELOPED A SEVERE MISFIRE. I PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AND UPON INSPECTION FOUND THE THIRD SPARK PLUG ON THE RIGHT SIDE HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE HOLE. WE TOOK IT TO A GARAGE LESS THAN A BLOCK AWAY AND THEY WERE ABLE TO INSTALL A NEW PLUG AND COIL PACK BUT SOME OF THE THREADS IN THE HEAD HAD BEEN DAMAGED. WE WERE TOLD THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WOULD HOLD. OLD PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A PROBLEM ON THE FORD TRITON ENGINES AND THINK A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED .THANK YOU *TR

FORD 1999 F-150 SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT & POSSIBLE ENGINE DAMAGE 91,132 MILES. TRUCK NOT FIXED YET, I AM IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING ESTIMATES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD WHILE PARKED. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER INVESTIGATED THE FAILURE AND CONCLUDED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL SENSOR. THE MANUFACTURER WILL REPLACE THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 112,000. UPDATED 09/04/08 *BF UPDATED 09/09/08. *JB

WHILE MY TRUCK WAS IDLING IT CAUGHT FIRE THE FIRE MARSHALL SAID IT WAS A RESULT OF THE FUEL ARM BROKE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED ON THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES. IN 2000, WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL. HE NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HE WOULD BE LIABLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE V8 ENGINE, ONLY THE V6 ENGINE MODEL. IN 2008, THE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED ONCE AGAIN. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000.