1995 FORD F-150 Complaints

THE OIL PAN HAS CORRODED THROUGH, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AND UPON HITTING A BUMP WITHIN THE ROAD SURFACE, CONSUMER HEARD SHIMMYING COMING FROM FRONT END WHICH CAUSED POOR STEERING CONTROL. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD DUE TO A SHORT IN THE SPEED CONTROL CABLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE OF THE VEHICLE CAME OFF AND ROLLED DOWN THE HILL HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION CAUSING DAMAGE TO ITS FRONT END. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) YH

NOTICED WHEN DOING OIL CHANGES THATENGINE OIL PAN CORRODED WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE UNDERCOATING BUBBLES CORRODING THE STEEL UNDERNEATH, EVENTUALLY PUTTING A HOLE IN THE OIL PAN. THIS CAUSED OIL TO LEAK OUT. CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO SAID THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION(AODE) SHIFTS EXTREMELY HARSH FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR ABOUT 75% OF THE TIME. OCCASIONALLY IT WILL SHIFT SMOOTHLY, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT AMOUNT OF POWER IS APPLIED IT SHIFTS EITHER HARSH OR SMOOTH WHEN IT WANTS TO. CHANGED FLUID AND FOUND COURSE ALUMINUM SHAVINGS IN PAN, BUT ONLY EXTREMELY FINE FERROUS METAL PARTICLES ON MAGNET. AFTER INITIAL FLUID CHANGES(I HAVE DONE SEVERAL) THE TRANSMISSION OPERATES SMOOTHLY FOR ABOUT THE FIRST 20 TO 30 MILES THEN BEGINS SHIFTING HARSH AGAIN. *AK

DUAL FUEL TANKS-WHEN FULL BACK TANK OVERFLOWS TO FRONT ONE CAUSING SPILLAGE OUTSIDE OF THE TANK. *AK

I OWN A 95 FORD F150, THE FRAME OF THE DOOR IN WHICH THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE ASSEMBLY IS MOUNTED TO IS TORN. THE TEARS ARE IN THE DOOR WHERE THE ASSEMBLY HAS A TAB THAT SLIDES INTO THE DOOR AND WHERE THE ASSEMBLY BOLTS TO THE DOOR. THIS GIVES TOO MUCH AND DOES NOT ALLOW THE DRIVER TO OPEN THE VEHICLE FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THIS CAN CREATE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IN TRYING TO EVACUATE THE VEHICLE IN CASE OF FIRE OR EMINENT DANGER. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL FORD DEALER WHO WERE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD FOR $80 AND TWO WEEKS OF WAIT THEY COULD WELD THE TORN AREAS. I THEN CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THIS WAS NOT AN ITEM THAT WAS RECALLED. A SOLUTION TO THIS WOULD BE TO HAVE AN ACTUAL CROSS BRACE TO BOLT THE ASSEMBLY TO AND NOT THE THIN SHEET METAL BODY OF THE DOOR, THICKER METAL ON THE SKIN OF THE DOOR, OR A WAY TO DISTRIBUTE THE STRESS MORE EVENLY.*AK

THIS PROBLEM WAS WORKED ON TWICE IN 1996, TWICE IN 1997, ONCE IN 1998, AND ONCE IN 2000. VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY REFUSES TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. I HAVE A FAMILY AND CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY HAZARD TO THEM AND ME. WE HAVE ALREADY FOUGHT FORD UNDER THE LEMON LAW FOR ANOTHER FORD VEHICLE IN 1993. *AK

THE OIL PAN HAS SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT RUST AND HAS STARTED LEAKING MOTER OIL. THE FAILURE SEEMS PREMATURE GIVEN THAT THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 4.5 YEARS OLD. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF OIL ARE LEAKING TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK INCLUDING EXHUST AND BRAKING SYSTEMS. MOTOR OIL IS ALSO LEAKING ONTO THE RAODWAY. *AK