2003 FORD F-150 Complaints

REAR AXLE WHINE NOISE AT 45 TO 50MPH & 67 TO 72 MPH. LOUD & GETTING LOUDER. FORD DEALERS ALL OVER THE AREA SAID FORD KNOWS OF NOISE BUT HAS NO FIX. SAID THEY WERE TOLD FORD WOULD NOT SPEND MONEY TO FIX BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT MAKING MUCH AS A COMPANY NOW. TWO REPARS ON REAR END & STILL NOISY, ENGINEER HAD DEALER PUT 125 WT GREASE IN REAR AXLE TO TRY & QUIET NOISE DOWN. NO GOOD> LOST FUEL ECONOMY ALSO. I NEED HELP GETTING REPAIRED OR GETTING A BUY BACK FROM FORD.

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION . THEN, IT COLLIDED WITH A UTILITY POLE AND ERUPTED INTO FLAMES. CONSUMER SUSTAINED CRACKED RIBS AND WAS HOSPITALIZED. POLICE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. *AK *LA

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN REAR END COLLISION. DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT UNFASTENED, AND THE SEAT BACK COLLAPSED. THE DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 25-40 MPH FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER TWENTY TIMES, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN MAKING SLOW TURNS IN MY 2003 FORD F-150 SUPERCREW (ONLY 42,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK), THE TRUCK HAS A VIBRATION. WENT TO A FORD SERVICE TECHNICIAN, AND THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, THEY SUGGESTED TO RE-PACK THE CLUTCH PACKS, WHICH WAS DONE. VIBRATION STILL OCCURING 1 WEEK LATER. ACCORDING TO OTHER'S WHO ALSO OWN FORD VEHICLES, THIS SEEMS TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM THAT FORD STATES IS NORMAL WEAR AND STATING ITS A PROBLEM WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH. *AK

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON THE DRIVEWAY IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. FLAMES AND SMOKE CAME UNDER THE DASHBOARD. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEM. INSIDE LIGHTS WOULD NOT GO OUT ONCE THE DOOR WAS CLOSED. ALARM SYSTEM DID NOT WORK, AND SIDE REFLECTOR LIGHTS DID NOT COME ON. THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYED ON. *AK DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYED ON FOR ABOUT 20 TO 25 MINUTES BEFORE THEY GO OFF. DOORS WON'T LOCK WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. DEALER SAID THAT THEY CAN'T LOCATE THE PROBLEM WITH INSIDE LIGHTS. HOWEVER, DEALER MADE REPAIR ON HORN AND REPLACED FUSE FOR ALARM HORN. *LA

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED. VIBRATION INCREASED RADICALLY AT 55 TO 70 MPH. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, AND TECHNICIAN DETERMINED REAR END WAS TOO LIGHT. *AK

I HAVE A 2003 F-150 SUPERCREW THAT I PURCHASED SEPTEMBER 2, 2003. IN OCTOBER 2003 WHEN THE ODOMETER WAS CHANGING FROM 999 MILES THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO HAVE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT AND THE DASH LIGHTS FLASHED FOR A COUPLE SECONDS. THEN THE ODOMETER CHANGED TO 2000 MILES SKIPPING THE 1000 MILE MARK AND BEGAN TO MISS AS IF IT WAS GOING TO STOP RUNNING BUT IT NEVER STOPPED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO MISFIRE. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED BY THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT ON SIX VISITS. THEY HAVE FOUND CYLINDER 1, 2, AND 3 MISFIRES AND REPLACED THE BOOTS AND COILS TO THOSE CYLINDERS. BUT IT STILL MISSES WHEN I COME TO A STOP WITH THE ENGINE IN DRIVE OR AT IDLE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS NEVER COME ON. THE SERVICEMAN AT THE DEALERSHIP AND I WHEN ON A TEST DRIVE WITH A MONITOR CHECKING THE FIRING OF THE SPARK PLUGS AND THE CYLINDERS WERE SHOWING AS MUCH AS A 60 % VOLTAGE DROP.THE COMPUTER HAS SHOWED SEVERAL CODES ON THE CYLINDERS AND CODES THAT ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO BE EVEN ON THIS VEHICLE. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN SERVICED BY DEALER SIX TIMES, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *JB

DATELINE NBC, DEC. 19TH, 2003, REPORTED THAT THE INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY GAVE THE FORD F150 THE LOWEST RATING FOR THE 40 MPH OFF CENTER COLLISION IN 2001 INJURY TO FRONT PASENGERS WOULD BE SERIOUS TO CRITICAL. I CANNOT FIND ANY DATA FROM NHTSA REGARDING THIS CRASH TEST. MY TRUCK IS A FORD F150 SUPER CREW 4X4. I AM VERY CONCERNED AND WISH TO OBTAIN FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS TEST.*AK