1999 FORD F-150 Complaints

SPARK PLUG / CYLINDER HEAD FAILURE (VERY COMMON PROBLEM) 1999 FORD F150 WITH THE TRITON 5.4L V8, COST TO REPAIR WAS NEARLY $1000.00. *TR

CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. CRUISE LIGHT ON PANEL WOULD LIGHT UP AND TURN IMMEDIATELY OFF AND CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT COME ON. NOTICED SMOKEY SMELL ONCE OR TWICE, BUT NEVER REALLY BAD. WENT OUT TO LUNCH AND LEFT TRUCK IT WAS FINE CAME BACK LATER TO THE SMELL OF SMOKE. DROVE 4 MILES TO DEPT. STORE SMELL GOT STRONGER. THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OK WITH TRUCK SHUT OFF, CAME BACK OUT TO LEAVE AND SMOKE SMELL WAS GREATER THAN EVER. OPEN HOOD AND TOUCHED AROUND MASTER CYLINDER AND DEFECTIVE SWITCH SMOKE BEGAN AGAIN BUT ALOT WORSE. UNPLUGGED SWITCH FROM MASTER CYLINDER AND SMOKE STOPPED. *TR

IN A 45 MILE AN HOUR ROLL OVER IN A FORD F150 MY SON AS A PASSENGER WEARING HIS SEAT BELT WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING GREAT BODILY HARM. THE SEAT ASSEMBLY BROKE LOOSE FROM THE FLOOR FRAME, SEAT BELT BROKE AND HE WAS ALONG WITH THE DRIVER EJECTED THROUGH THE PASSENGER DOOR WHICH OPENED DURING THE ROLL OVER. AFTER EJECTION OF THE PASSENGERS THE TRUCK TRAVELED OVER A SMALL BANK INTO A STREAM BED AND EXPLODED INTO FIRE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH AND IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE DEALER INFORMED HER THAT THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN DECEMBER OF 2007. THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH WAS DISCONNECTED AT THAT TIME. SHE CALLED BACK IN DECEMBER AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS WOULD BE UNAVAILABLE UNTIL MARCH OF 2008. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. THE THYREADS IN THE CYLINDER HEAD WERE SHEARED OFF. THIS VEHICLE (1999 FORD F-150, 4.6L ENGINE) HAS NOT BEEN FIXED DUE TO EXCESSIVE COSTS OF REPAIR. *TR

THE #4 SPARK PLUG WAS BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD. I WAS TOLD MY MECHANIC THAT IT WAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH MY 5.4L V8 TRITON MOTOR BUT FORD WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED TWO MONTHS AGO AND WAS NEVER INFORM AT TIME OF THE PROBLEM. I WOULD NEVER HAVE MADE THE DEAL IF I WOULD HAVE KNOW ABOUT THIS . *TR

FRONT ANTILOCK SENSOR DEFECTIVE AND CAUSES AN ADDITIONAL 15 FOOT ROLL BEFORE STOPPING. IT NEARLY CAUSED ME MY LIFE. AND IF I WAS HIT BY THAT DUMPTRUCK IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE I JUST MADE A MISTAKE. I GOT THE NEW SENSOR INSTALLED AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN UPGRADE AND NEEDED BOTH SENSORS INSTALLED TO AVOID THIS. I'M VERY HAPPY I DIDN'T GO TO A LOCAL GARAGE. THEY WOULD HAVE REPLACED THE BAD ONE AND I WOULD HAVE ANOTHER SHOT OF HITTING THAT DUMPTRUCK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE STRAPS THAT HELD THE FUEL TANK DISINTEGRATED. THE MECHANIC FELT THAT THE STRAPS WERE NOT ADEQUATE FOR THE FUEL TANK AND HE MADE THE REPLACEMENT. THERE HAD BEEN NO FURTHER OCCURRENCES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,800 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,396. UPDATED 1/02/08. *4200 THE CONSUMER STATED BOTH STRAPS WERE BROKEN AND THE TANK WAS ONLY ATTACHED BY THE HOSE. THE CONSUMER ATTACHED A COPY OF AN ARTICLE WITH THE SAME DEFECT. UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR AN IMPACT. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE REARVIEW MIRROR SHATTERED AND CUT THE DRIVER'S HAND. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 172,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 175,759. THE CONSUMER STATED HAS INCLUDED THE CHEAPEST ESTIMATE FOR REPAIRS AND MULTIPLE PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 11/14/07 *TR

1999 FORD F-150 CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO A CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO THIS DEFECT. SHE STATED THAT IT COST HER AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 DOLLARS DUE TO IT CATCHING FIRE IN THE DRIVEWAY IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE. *KB