2001 FORD F-150 Complaints

FAULTY SPARK PLUG COIL, STRIPS OUT OF MOTOR HEAD AND POPS OUT SPARK PLUG AND COILS. LEAVING FUMES AND GAS TO IGNITE IF DRIVEN, OR OWNER STRANDED. HAS HAPPENED 2X TO OUR FAMILY AND AFTER READING MANY FORUMS AND COMPLAINTS AND TALKING TO OTHER FORD TRUCK OWNERS IT IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THESE TRUCKS. FORD SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL. *TR

MY HUSBANDS' FORD F150 TRUCK CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS TOTALED. THE TRUCK HAD BEEN IDLE FOR 2 DAYS AND NOT DRIVEN MORE THEN 500 FEET OVER THE LAST 2 MONTHS. I WAS AWAKED FROM SLEEP WHEN MY HUSBAND HAPPENED TO GLANCE OUT THE WINDOW AND SEE THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS ON THE STREET. WE CALLED 911 BUT BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED THE ENTIRE KING CAB PORTION OF THE TRUCK WAS TOTALED. *TR

PROBLEM WAS INSTANT WHILE DRIVING NORTH ON RT. 18. FORD F150 V8 STARTED MISSING, SMELLING OF GAS, MAKING LOUD NOISE WHICH APPEARED TO BE EVERY TIME THE BELT WENT AROUND, UNABLE TO ACCELERATE, HAD TO KEEP ONE FOOT ON GAS AND ONE FOOT ON BRAKE AT RED LIGHT. PROBLEM WAS THAT THE SPARK PLUG OVERHEATED AND EJECTED. SAFETY ISSUE WITH FUEL VAPORS COMING OUT OF SPARK PLUG HOLE AND COULD IGNITE FROM LOOSE SPARK PLUG. FORD DENIES THIS IS A PROBLEM AND CLAIM THERE HAS ONLY BEEN THREE REPORTED CASES WHEN I HAD THE DEALER CALL THEM. AFTER TALKING ABOUT IT AT WORK, I FOUND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. SO THERE ARE TWO CASES RIGHT THERE THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT. HOW MANY CASES DO THEY REALLY KNOW ABOUT OR DENY KNOWING ABOUT? *TR

VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO STORE WHERE IT SAT FOR 15 MINUTES BEFORE RESTARTING. UPON STARTING, THE ENGINE NOISE WAS VERY LOUD, SOUNDED LIKE BACKFIRING. ENGINE WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MECHANIC. PROBLEM WAS BLOWN NUMBER 8 SPARK PLUG, THE WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WHERE THE PLUG WAS BLOWN OUT TAKING THE THREADS FROM THE HEAD WITH IT. THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO TAP THE RESULTANT HOLE, ADD A REPAIR INSERT, AND A NEW SPARK PLUG. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT WILL OPEN OCCASIONALLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60-65 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL DRAGGING COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS SEMI-FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. BOTH STRAPS WERE FRACTURED AND THE FUEL TANK WAS HANGING FROM THE VEHICLE BY THE FUEL LINE. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 191,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, I HEARD A LOUD POP FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINE RUNNING ROUGHLY AND ACCOMPANIED BY POPPING SOUNDS. WITHIN 10 SECONDS, THE SMELL OF GASOLINE WAS NOTICED. I PULLED OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT, APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS LATER, AND CAME TO A STOP. AS I CAME TO A STOP, FLAMES ERUPTED FROM THE HOOD AND THE ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. A FIRE TRUCK ARRIVED WITHIN A FEW MINUTES AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE, BUT NOT BEFORE THE FIRE HAD BURNED THROUGH THE FIREWALL INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE #8 CYLINDER SPARK PLUG HAD EJECTED FROM THE CYLINDER (THE INITIAL POP SOUND) WITH SUCH FORCE THAT IT RUPTURED THE RUBBER FUEL LINE IMMEDIATELY ABOVE IT AND AFT OF THE STAINLESS FUEL INJECTOR BAR. WITH FUEL SPRAYING FROM THE HOSE, IT WAS THEN IGNITED BY THE COIL WHICH WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE ENGINE AND EMITTING SPARKS. IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED THAT THE CYLINDER HEAD DESIGN IN THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PROBLEMS WITH EJECTING SPARK PLUGS DUE TO A LACK OF ADEQUATE THREADS IN THE SPARK PLUG HOLES. I BELIEVE THIS DEFECT CONTRIBUTED DIRECTLY TO THIS FIRE AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

I HAD JUST ARRIVED AT A CAMPSITE WITH MY FAMILY AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF IN MY 2001 FORD F150 TRUCK. I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE TRUCK'S ENGINE COMPARTMENT HAD CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED, THE ENTIRE TRUCK WAS DESTROYED AND MY FAMILY AND I NARROWLY ESCAPED WITH OUR LIVES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2001 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER, 03V280000, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL CABLES IN 2008 AND AN IDENTICAL NOTICE THAT WAS ISSUED IN 2009. SHE HAS ATTEMPTED TO GET THE VEHICLE REPAIRED THREE TIMES AND EACH TIME SHE WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE. AFTER THE REPAIR ATTEMPTS THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER IT HAD BEEN PARKED. FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 160,000.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AFTER FUELING WITH KEY OFF AND REMOVED THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE, THIS OCCURRED 45 MINUTES AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND SHUT OFF. THE FIRE WAS CAUGHT IN TIME TO NOT CAUSE SEVERE DAMAGE, THE MASTER CYLINDER WITH ATTACHED PLUGS/HARNESSES AND CLOSE PROXIMITY PARTS WERE MELTED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AND CLAIMED THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY CRUISE CONTROL PLUG ON THE MASTER CYLINDER, THAT WAS UNDER RECALL. *TR