2006 FORD F-150 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 11V107000 (AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE INFLATOR MODULE). SINCE THE NOTICE WAS RECEIVED THE CONTACT NOTIFIED AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NECESSARY TO REMEDY THE RECALL WERE UNAVAILABLE. A REASON FOR THE LACK OF PARTS WERE NOT PROVIDED TO THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000.

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 90 IN MICHIGAN TRUCK STARTED MISFIRING AND ABOUT 1000 FEET LATER THE ENGINE QUIT ALTOGETHER. REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP MODULE WHICH THE MECHANIC SAID WAS VERY COMMON IN NORTHERN STATES. CORROSION BETWEEN DISSIMILAR METALS CAUSED THE MODULE CASE TO BREAK AND ALLOW WATER INSIDE AND SHORT THE MODULE OUT. *TR

STEERING SHAFT ASSEMBLY BINDING CAUSING SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. VEHICLE HAS 37,000 MILES CURRENTLY. I PAID FORD DEALER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND THEY STATE THE STEERING SHAFT ASSEMBLY WAS "BINDING". IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PART WAS ON A "NATIONAL BACKORDER". WHEN I CONTACTED FORD THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR, ONLY MAKE A NOTE IN "MY FILE". SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND THE NEED FOR A RECALL NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. *TR

SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY 2011 I NOTICED THE STEERING IN MY 2006 FORD F-150 TO BE GETTING VERY TIGHT AND EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER. SOMETIMES IT WOULD GET BETTER OTHERS IT WAS WORSE. WHEN MAKING A TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NEVER RETURN ON ITS OWN. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER I PURCHASED VEHICLE FOR A NEW CONTROL MODULE AND EXPLAINED MY STEERING PROBLEM THEY FLUSHED THE FLUID THE VEHICLE SEEMED BETTER FOR A WEEK AND GRADUALLY GOT WORSE. ON 05/31/2011 I AGAIN TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER. A COUPLE DAYS LATER THEY SAID IT WAS THE SOMETHING TO DO WITH STEERING SHAFT BINDING AND THE PART WOULD BE IN ON FRIDAY 06/04/2011. WHEN I SPOKE WITH THEM AGAIN THEY SAID THE PART WAS NOW ON BACKORDER AND THEY ALSO HAD 3 OTHER TRUCKS AT THE DEALER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. COULD IT BE THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AND THAT IS WHY THE PARTS ARE BACKORDERED OR WORSE FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM AND IS TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT WHILE I SIT HOME WITH NO VEHICLE. SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE (11S18) FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY FOR AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT ISSUES THAT COULD CAUSE INJURY TO DRIVER. I SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT FOR THIS REPAIR AND DROPPED 2006 FORD F150 AT THE DEALER ON SCHEDULED DATE. THE TRUCK REPAIR COULDN'T BE PERFORMED BECAUSE FORD MOTOR COMPANY DID NOT SUPPLY THE PARTS. I HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER FOR THE DAY AS IT IS MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION AS I WORK 20 MILES AWAY FROM HOME. FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD HAVE SUPPLIED THIS PART PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED DATE PROVIDED TO ME. I THINK FORD MOTOR COMPANY OWES ME SOME TIME AND TRANSPORTATION NOW TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED OR TAKE THE PIECE OF YOU KNOW WHAT BACK. I HAVE NOT HAD A GOOD TO SAY THE LEAST EXPERIENCE WITH THIS FORD TRUCK AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT FEELS THE WAY I DO ABOUT FORD.AND THE PROBLEMS THEY ARE PUTTING ON THE ROAD AND TO THE CUSTOMERS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO REPAIRED FOR RECALL 11V107000 (AIR BAGS:FRONTAL DRIVER SIDE INFLATOR MODULE). AFTER RECEIVING THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED IMMEDIATELY. WHEN SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SENSOR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT NOTICED NO PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAGS UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO REFERRED HER TO A DIFFERENT DEALER THAT REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED A SECOND TIME. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 83,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. SHE DROVE ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO THE WALL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V107000 (AIR BAGS: FRONTAL, DRIVER SIDE INFLATOR MODULE), SHE RECEIVED IN THE MAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS HOME. NEITHER THE MANUFACTURER NOR DEALER WERE NOTIFIED REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000. UPDATED 06/06/11 *BF PICTURES ADDED. UPDATED 2/15/2012 *LN *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING THE TIRES CHANGED THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE REAR COVER ON THE DIFFERENTIAL WAS COVERED WITH RUST AND CAUSED A LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE REAR COVER AND OIL WAS ADDED FOR LUBRICATION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 102,000. UPDATED 07/08/11 *BF UPDATED 09/16/11

I PURCHASED A NEW 2006 FORD F150 FROM A LOCAL FORD DEALER IN HUNTSVILLE, TX. AFTER PICKING UP THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING HOME IT WAS VERY AN APPARENT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES, THE VEHICLE HAD AN EXTREME VIBRATION. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER, REPORTED THE PROBLEM AND REQUESTED THEM TO ADDRESS IT, THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE EXPLAINED THAT THE TRUCK HAD SET ON THE CAR LOT FOR SOME TIME AND THE TIRES GET FLAT SPOTS AND THIS IS THE PROBLEM, SHE TOLD ME TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND THE PROBLEM WOULD GO AWAY. THIS VEHICLE WAS JUST DRIVEN OVER 160 MILES (FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS TO HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, AS IT WAS A DEALER SWAP, IN ORDER TO GET A VEHICLE WITH THE SPECS I HAD REQUESTED), BEFORE I TOOK POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE. I HAD DRIVEN THE VEHICLE OVER 100 MILES BEFORE RETURNING TO THE DEALER TO REQUEST THIS PROBLEM BE CORRECTED, AFTER TALKING TO THEIR SERVICE PERSON, I PUT MORE MILES ON THE VEHICLE, THE VIBRATION STILL EXIST, WENT BACK TO THE HUNTSVILLE FORD DEALER SERVICE DEPT, AGAIN REQUESTED THE ROTATE AND BALANCE THE TIRES, LEFT THE VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS, MY RIDE HOME WAS NOT MUCH BETTER, STILL A VIBRATION, LATE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, THEY TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT AND IT WILL GET BETTER, SO I DROVE IT 34,000 MILES, NO CHANGE IN THE VIBRATION, HE ONLY CHANGE WAS A VERY UNEVEN WARE IN THE TIRES. WENT BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY CAME UP WITH ALL KINDS OF REASONS WHY THEY ARE NOT LIABLE. I STILL HAVE THESE TIRES IN THE SHED BEHIND MY HOME, REMOVED AND REPLACED THEM WITH BF GOODRICH TIRES; THIS RESOLVED THE PROBLEM OF VIBRATION. NOW I WOULD LIKE A NEW SET OF TIRES TO REPLACE THESE DEFECTIVE CONTINENTAL TIRES AND HAVE SOMEONE LOOK INTO THE FORD DEALERS UNSAFE PRACTICE. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR 5 MONTHS AND THE DASH BOARD AND RADIO SHORTS OUT AND SHUTS OFF ALL POWER IN DASH. *TR