2001 FORD F-150 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL TANK STRAP CORRODED AND FRACTURED WHEN THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH. APPROXIMATELY TEN GALLONS OF FUEL LEAKED AS A RESULT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. A MECHANIC STATED THE FUEL TANK STRAPS AND FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 156,000.

SPARK PLUGS KEEP POPPING OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD. HAS HAPPENED FIVE TIMES SO FAR. I KNOW OF SEVEN OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM! *TR

APPROACHING THE EXIT RAMP OFF THE FREEWAY I HEARD A DRAGGING SOUND, THOUGHT IT WAS MY MUFFLER. I PULLED OVER AND GOT OUT AND SMELLED GAS, (JUST FILLED THE TANK AT 4.19 GAL DAY BEFORE) AND SAW THE FRONT OF THE GAS TANK WAS DROPPED AND GAS WAS ALL OVER. HAD TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PUT OIL DRY OR SOMETHING ON THE RAMP. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT IT DIDN'T SPARK AND THE TRUCK BLEW UP. A FEW DAYS PRIOR WE JUST GOT BACK FROM A TRIP TO SEE THE GRANDKIDS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. WE DROVE AROUND NY WITH THESE CHILDREN IN THE TRUCK. IT GIVES ME SHIVERS TO THINK IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AND A SPARK WE COULD HAVE LOST OUR LIVES AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND I GUESS FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS AND WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. WE HAD TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED AND A NEW FUEL TANK, VENT VALVE, FUEL PUMP MODULE, PRESSURE SENSOR AND NEW FUEL TANK STRAPS. THE RUSTING OUT OF THE FUEL TANK STRAPS IS WHAT CAUSED THE GAS TANK TO DROP. OUR TOTAL FOR THIS REPAIR WAS 1,674.97. I WOULD THINK THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE STRAPS TO A GAS TANK RUSTING OUT. FORD DOES NOT HAVE A RECALL ON THIS AND I THINK THEY SHOULD.

WHILE DRIVING AT RESIDENTIAL SPEED THE GAS TANK DROPPED DOWN AND BEGAN DRAGGING ON THE GROUND SPILLING ALL THE GASOLINE CONTENTS. THERE WAS NO WARNING, I JUST HEARD A THUNK AND A DRAGGING SOUND WHICH I ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHIN A BLOCK, THIS WAS A ONETIME FAILURE. THE LOCAL VEHICLE SERVICE REPAIR SHOP ORDERED A NEW GAS TANK AND NEW TANK HOLDING STRAPS AND REPLACED THE FAILED ONES WHICH WERE RUSTED THROUGH AND HAD LET GO. *TR

FRONT GAS TANK STRAP RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKE IN HALF. REAR STRAP HAS RUSTED BUT NOT THROUGH YET.

F150 2001 FORD LIGHTNING 5.4 TRITION ENGINE. SPARKPLUG SHOOT OUT OF ENGINE. DEFECT IN ALUMINUM HEADS. I HAD A HELICOIL PUT IN AND IT BROKE DOWN 7 MONTHS LATER, AND NOW I HAVE TO BUY A RE-MUF. ENGINE ITS BEEN A NIGHTMARE FOR ME. COSTING ME LOTS OF MONEY FOR REPAIRS. FORD HAS A DEFECT IN THERE TRITON ENGINE HEADS AND THERE NOT DOING NOTHING ABOUT ITS COSTING CUSTOMER THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, AND FORD DOESN'T CARE. FRUSTRATED CUSTOMER. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

YESTERDAY, WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 35 MPH I HEAR A LOUD NOISE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE. I PULL OVER TO REALIZE THAT THE ENTIRE GAS TANK HAD COMPLETELY FALLEN OFF OF THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUCK, HAD PUNCTURED, AND WAS SPILLING OVER 20 GALLONS OF FUEL INTO THE ROAD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND SPENT TWO HOURS CONTAINING THE SPILLED FUEL AND ASSISTING THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER TO READY THE TRUCK SO THAT IT COULD BE SAFELY TOWED. THE METAL GAS TANK STRAPS HAD COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKE LEAVING THE TANK HANGING ON BY ONLY A COUPLE OF SCREWS. THE TANK HAD TO BE FULLY REMOVED FROM THE TRUCK BEFORE THAT TOW TRUCK DRIVER COULD SAFELY TOW THE TRUCK TO BE REPAIRED. THIS TRUCK IS ONLY A 2001 MODEL AND ONLY HAS 75,000 MILES ON IT. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF FUEL THAT SPILLED AND THAT IT OCCURRED ON A BUSY INTERSECTION. THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO SPARK FROM THE TANK WHEN IT HIT THE GROUND! I THINK GIVEN THE SERIOUS NATURE OF THIS MALFUNCTION FORD REALLY NEEDS TO CONSIDER TAKING A LOOK AT THEIR TRUCKS BUILT IN THIS MODEL YEAR. ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS OCCURRED WITH SUCH A LOW MILEAGE VEHICLE GIVEN IT'S AGE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, DID NOT HIT ANY BUMPS AND HEARD A DRAGGING NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. PULLED OFF OF THE FREEWAY AND LOOKED UNDER MY 2001 F150 TRUCK AND SAW THE FRONT OF GAS TANK SITTING ON THE ROAD. THE STRAPS ON THE GAS TANK HAD BROKEN. WAS LUCKY THAT I STOPPED OR ACCORDING TO MECHANIC, COULD HAVE WORN A HOLE IN THE GAS TANK AND CAUGHT FIRE OR EXPLODED UPDATED 08/04/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED BOTH GAS TANK STRAPS BROKE IN THE MIDDLE AND THERE WAS SOME RUST AND CORROSION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRAPS AND LESS AS THEY GO TOWARD THE BOLTS. UPDATED 08/11/11. *JB *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND SHUT OFF WHEN A FIRE BEGAN ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVED FROM THE LOCATION AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 209,000.

DROVE APPROXIMATELY 27 MILES, THEN HEARD A LOUD POP UNDER THE ENGINE. SMELLED GAS WHILE INSIDE CAB WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLED UP. LOUD KNOCKING NOISE FOLLOWED. FOUND THAT THE NUMBER 3 SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD. LUCKILY NO FIRE. *TR