2006 FORD F-150 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED FIVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE COIL PACKS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000.

WHILE APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, ABOUT TO MAKE A RIGHT AT THE LIGHT, (I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 20MPH) ON 12/24/12 (WITH MY TWO CHILDREN AND HUSBAND IN THE TRUCK) THE VEHICLE BEEPS AND IT DISPLAYS "ENGINE SAFE MODE...LOW OIL PRESSURE" THEN THE POWER STEERING CUTS OFF AND THE WHOLE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN! I AM FRANTIC AT THIS POINT BECAUSE I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT IS GOING ON! I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND HAD TO CUT THE CAR OFF AND CRANK IT UP AGAIN. LUCKILY I DIDN'T GET REAR ENDED OR IN AN ACCIDENT. THAT SAME DAY I WENT AND GOT MY OIL CHANGE BECAUSE IT WAS OVER DUE. WELL ON 1/4/13 THE SAME THING HAPPENS AS I AM TURNING INTO THE PARKING LOT OF MCDONALD'S. I GET THE SAME ERROR MESSAGE AS BEFORE, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP, AND TRUCK CUTS OFF! THIS SO EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I LOOKED THIS ISSUE UP ONLINE AND SEE THAT IT APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 2006 F-150 AND THE EXPEDITION. MY BOTHER-IN-LAW, WHO ALSO HAS A SIMILAR F-150 TO OURS, SAID THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED TO HIM TWICE. *TR

2006 F-150 FUEL CONTROL MODULE SHOULD BE A MANDATORY SAFETY RECALL FOR FORD. THE 2006 F-150 HAS A POORLY DESIGNED FUEL MODULE THAT ABSOLUTELY WILL FAIL OVER TIME IN RUST BELT STATES, PRODUCING A LOSS OF POWER, INABILITY TO START OR A COMPLETE ENGINE STALL / LOSS OF CONTROL AT ANY SPEED, INCLUDING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MY COMPLAINT STARTS AFTER THE FIRST SNOWSTORM THIS YEAR. THE TRUCK WAS SLUGGISH TO ACCELERATE ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT SEEMED TO NEED MORE GAS PEDAL JUST TO MAINTAIN SPEED. A FEW DAYS LATER I DROVE UP HEAVILY SALTED ROADS TO A SKI AREA. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE TRUCK WOULD NOT START WITHOUT THE GAS PEDAL BEING FULLY DEPRESSED. (FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER HAD TO USE THE GAS PEDAL TO START IT.) I GOT IT RUNNING FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES, THEN IT STALLED OUT WHILE STILL IN PARK. IT TOOK SEVERAL TRIES TO RESTART IT. I FINALLY GOT IT GOING AGAIN AND IT PERFORMED OK ON THE 60 MILE HOME TRIP, SOME OF THAT AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS. THE NEXT DAY THE TRUCK WOULD NOT START AT ALL. IT WOULD CRANK, BUT NOT TURN OVER. THE SHOP I TOOK IT TO DID THE DIAGNOSIS AND IT TURNED OUT THAT IT WAS NOT BAD GAS OR A CLOGGED FUEL LINE. IT WAS A FAULTY FUEL CONTROL MODULE LOCATED ABOVE THE SPARE TIRE. THIS MODULE IS FLAWED NOT ONLY IN DESIGN BUT IN PLACEMENT AS WELL. IT IS NOT WEATHERPROOF AND NOT EVEN THE RIGHT TYPE OF METAL TO BE EXPOSED TO SALT, SAND AND WATER. IT HAS DISSIMILAR METAL FROM THE TRUSS IT MOUNTS TO, DISINTEGRATED OVER TIME AND I ALSO QUESTION FORD'S SUPPOSED FIX TO THE PROBLEM (SPACERS). HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=_2E9KMF1_KG IT SHOULD BE COMPLETELY REDESIGNED WITH YEARS OF RUST BELT ELEMENT EXPOSURE IN MIND. YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE AN ENGINE STALL - EVER. (I WOULD HAVE PUT IT INSIDE THE CAB OR UNDER THE HOOD). WHY IS THIS NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN A FLAWED HEADLAMP? *TR

THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR ON MY 2006 FORD F150 HAS BROKEN THREE TIMES, I WAS ABLE TO GET TWO REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THE THIRD TIME HAPPENED THIS LAST MONTH, I AM REPLACING IT TODAY. I BELIEVE FROM MY EXPERIENCE, AND FROM THOUSANDS OF FORUM ENTRIES CITING THE SAME THING, THAT FORD SHOULD RECALL THIS PART. THIS PART IS GOING TO COST ME APPROXIMATELY $400.00 TO REPAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-150 SUPER CREW CAB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH DURING A RAIN STORM AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AND UNUSUALLY LOUND DOUBLE CLUNKING NOISE AS THE VEHICLE SKIDDED AND FLIPPED OVER. THE VEHICLE DID NOT CRASH INTO ANY OTHER OBJECT. THE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED HOWEVER, A REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED AN AMPUTATED ARM DURING THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY THE POLICE AND WAS DEEMED AS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT JUST PRIOR TO THE CRASH, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FIRESTONE FOR MAINTENANCE AND THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ROTOR AND FRONT BRAKE PAD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,912. UPDATED 2/4/13 *CN UPDATED 2/20/2013 *JS

THE BRAKES STARTED JUMPING WHEN I STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND SO I REPLACED THE BRAKES .. AND NOW EVEN WITH NEW BRAKE PADS THEY GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR. *TR

I AM 6'5" AND WEAR SIZE 16 SHOES. WITH MY SIZE AND THE DISTANCE TO THE PEDAL MY LEGS GO A LITTLE TO THE SIDE AND MY SHOE IS AT AN ANGLE TO THE PETALS LETS SAY 30 DEGREES. I WEARING TYPICAL WORK BOOT (LIKE IN FORD COMMERCIALS) WHICH THE LACES HAVE PEGS THE SHOE LACES GO AROUND. THESE PEGS ARE THE SAME AS ALL WORK BOOTS (RED WINGS - $300 BOOT). WHAT HAPPENED IS BECAUSE THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS A THICK RUBBER PAD THAT STRETCHES AROUND THE METAL BRAKE PEDAL AND LEAVES A RIDGE IN THE BACK OF THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY AROUND (SO THE RUBBER FITTING GOES OVER IT LIKE A SHOWER CAP). ALSO THE TRUCK IS AN AUTOMATIC AND THE BREAK PEDAL IS VERY LARGE. WHILE BACKING UP GIVING JUST A LITTLE GAS MY BOOT SHOE LACE PEG GOT TRAPPED BEHIND THE BRAKE PEDAL AND WAS HOLDING MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL DEPRESSING IT DOWN. BECAUSE THE RUBBER RIDGE RUNS ALL THE WAY AROUND MY PEDAL (AS DESIGNED) I COULD NOT MOVE MY FOOT TO THE SIDE OF THE BRAKE PEDAL TO RELEASE THE GAS. BECAUSE OF THE THICKNESS OF MY FOOT WHEN I PRESSED THE BREAK WITH MY OTHER FOOT, IT MOVES THE GAS PEDAL DOWN AT THE SAME RATE AS MY FOOT IS TRAPPED, SO THE MORE YOU PRESS THE BRAKE THE MORE YOU GIVE GAS AT A RATIO THAT DOES NOT LET ME STOP THE VEHICLE. (NOTE I USE ONLY ONE FOOT FOR THE GAS AND BRAKE NORMALLY BUT WITH MY RIGHT FOOT TRAPPED I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO USE MY LEFT FOOT TO BRAKE AND TRY TO GET IT THE TRUCK OUT OF GEAR . I COULD NOT DO ANYTHING IN TIME AND HIT A STATIONARY BUILDING. IF SOMEONE WAS BEHIND ME, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE ONLY OTHER WAY I COULD HAVE GOTTEN MY FOOT LOOSE IS TO DEPRESS THE GAS PEDAL WHICH IS NOT AN OPTION IN A LOT OF SITUATIONS BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE THE SPEED OF THE IMPENDING IMPACT FASTER AND HARDER. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW THAT TRAPS WORK BOOTS AND AT CERTAIN TIMES AND CAUSES LOOSE CONTROL. *TR

ACCORDING TO THE MODEL YEAR FORD F150 MAINTENANCE MANUAL, SPARK PLUGS ARE TO BE CHANGED EVERY 100,000MI. JUST PRIOR TO THIS MILEAGE FOR REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE SPARK PLUGS THE ENGINE STARTED TO DEVELOP A MISFIRE. FORD HAS RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM WITH THE SPARK PLUGS AND THE DIFFICULTY TO REMOVE THEM. THIS KNOWN MAINTENANCE ISSUE LED FORD TO PROVIDE A TSB ON THE ISSUE. THIS MISFIRE HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO STALL SEVERAL TIMES WHILE TOWING A 7,000LB BOAT. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND CREATES A SAFETY ISSUE FOR MYSELF AND THE MOTORISTS AROUND ME. I EXPRESS CONCERN THAT FORD SHOULD BE REPLACING THESE DEFECTIVE PLUGS WITH UPDATED DESIGNS BEFORE TRAGEDIES START TO HAPPEN. THIS ENGINE/SPARK PLUG DESIGN ENTERED SERVICE IN 2004 AND VEHICLES, LIKE MINE, WILL BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE SERIOUS SAFETY RELATED INCIDENTS IF IT IS NOT ADDRESSED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TOWARDS WORK WHEN ALL THE SUDDEN THE TRUCK DIED. AFTER SAFELY PULLING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE TRUCK DID NOT START AT ALL. ACCORDING TO MY FAMILY MECHANIC, IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP. I PAID 540 FOR THE FIX INCLUDING THE PART FROM THE FORD DEALERSHIP. A FEW DAYS LATER, THE TRUCK DID NOT START ON THE MORNING GOING TO WORK. MY FAMILY MECHANIC CAME AND DID A FEW TEST AND FOUND OUT IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP MODULE. HE THEN REPLACED SUCH MODULE. THE MODULE WAS RUSTED AND IT WAS FALLING APART. AFTER HE REPLACE IT WITH A NEW ONE, THE TRUCK STARTED AND IS WORKING PROPERLY. HE CHARGED ME 300 INCLUDING THE PART FROM THE DEALER. *TR