2006 FORD F-150 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WOULD FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO APPLY ABRUPT PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL IN ORDER FOR THE BRAKES TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE POWER ASSIST VACUUM FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO LOCATE A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 08V208000 -SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: POWER ASSIST: VACUUM: HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS) BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER THAT HIV VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED TAKING THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000.

2006 FORD F-150 SUPER CREW 5.4L V8 WITH APPROXIMATELY 28000 MILES BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH WHEN I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR. UPON RESTART, THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING HEAVILY AND VERY ROUGH TO IDLE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT THAT POINT. VEHICLE WAS SLUGGISH, HAD HARDLY ANY POWER. TOOK TO LOCAL FORD DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT FUEL INJECTORS FOR CYLINDERS 7 AND 8 FAILED, FLOODED THE CYLINDERS AND CAUSED A HYDROLOCK. INITIALLY I WAS ADVISED THAT THIS WAS A $400 REPAIR TO SWITCH OUT THE INJECTORS. UPON SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT SIGNIFICANT ENGINE DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED FROM A THROWN ROD. DEALER NOW ADVISING THAT A NEW MOTOR WILL BE REQUIRED. VEHICLE HAS MANUFACTURE DATE AS 1/2006 (DRIVERS DOOR STICKER). FORD ADVISES THAT WHILE 2005 ENGINES HAD THIS SAME ISSUE, MY ENGINE WAS NOT AFFECTED AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO RECALL. *TR

LOUD SCREECHING NOISES FROM THE FRONT END. IT HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND I TOOK IT TO AN OUT OF TOWN DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I WAS OVER 125 MILES FROM HOME. IT SEEMS A 4 YEAR OLD TRUCK WITH 69K MILES HAD TO HAVE BOTH HUB ASSEMBLIES REPLACED, BOTH ACTUATORS AND BOTH VALVE ASSEMBLIES. MECHANIC STATED THAT HE'S HAD TO REPLACE OVER 25 FORD F-150 TRUCKS FOR THE SAME DEFECT (HIS WORDS). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LED DISPLAY FOR THE ODOMETER MALFUNCTIONED INTERMITTENTLY. FORD STATED THAT WOULD REPAIR THE VEHICLE FOR $500. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000.

I HAD AN INJECTOR STICK OPEN ON MY 2006 F150 AND IT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO HYDROLOCK AND SEIZED UP THE ENGINE. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE 2005 F150 HAD AN EXTENSION ON THE WARRANTY DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I HEARD THAT SOME OF THE EARLY 2006'S (WHICH WERE MADE IT 2005) HAS ALSO HAD THESES PROBLEMS BUT FORD DID NOT EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THE 2006. *TR

I OWN A 2006 FORD F150 PICKUP TRUCK. ON 07/15/2010 I NOTICED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL DASHBOARD INDICATOR LAMP CAME ON SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT ME ENGAGING THE CONTROL. LATER I DURING THE EVENING I NOTICED NOT ONLY THE CRUISE CONTROL DASHBOARD INDICATOR LAMP TURNING ON AND OFF, BUT ALSO THE RIGHT SIDE STEERING WHEEL CRUISE CONTROL BUTTONS WERE NOT LIGHTING UP THOUGH THE HEADLAMPS WERE ON. I ATTEMPTED TO GET THE ISSUED REPAIRED AT THE LOCAL DEALER, BUT CLOSEST APPOINTMENT WAS AT THE END OF FOLLOWING WEEK. TWO DAYS LATER, ON 07/17/2010 I WAS OPERATING THE TRUCK, I EXPERIENCED THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGING AS I ACCELERATED. THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE EVEN THOUGH I HAD NOT ENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL, NOR WAS MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND PUTTING THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO NEAREST FORD DEALER FOR REPAIR. WHILE TRAVELING THE APPROXIMATELY 5 MILE RIDE, THE CRUISE CONTROL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE ON ITS OWN. THE FORD DEALER WAS ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, CITING A DEFECTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND NOW THE VEHICLE APPEARS TO OPERATING PROPERLY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A FORD DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE WAS UNSUCCESSFULLY DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER TWICE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED FOR FOUR YEARS AND HAD BECOME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER TIME. THE FORD MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 82,000.

MY VEHICLE IS SHOWING EXTREME HESITATION IN ACCELERATION WHEN ENTERING A HIGHWAY OR PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE. DURING THESE PROCESSES, MY VEHICLE WILL START BACKFIRING AND MISSING. THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT COMES ON AT THIS TIME. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT STATE LICENSED MECHANICS, AND CHAPMAN FORD DEALERSHIP IN PHILADELPHIA. ALL THREE TOLD ME THE PLUGS SHOULD HAVE LASTED 100,000 MILES OR BETTER AND THAT THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE DESIGN OF THE ENGINE AND THESE PLUGS ARE VERY COMPLICATED TO REPLACE. SPECIAL TOOLS WOULD BE NEEDED TO REPLACE THEM. THEY ALSO SAID IT IS VERY COMMON THESE PLUGS WOULD BREAK OFF WHEN BEING REMOVED. THE COST TO REPLACE THE PLUGS WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $400 TO $550, WITH AN ADDITIONAL COST IF ANY PLUGS BREAK. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THERE IS NO RECALL WHEN THERE SHOULD BE. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OWNER, AS WELL AS A SAFETY ISSUE. I REALIZE SPARK PLUGS ARE NOT UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THE COST TO REPLACE THEM IS RIDICULOUS BECAUSE AS THE MECHANICS STATED, IT WAS A FLAW IN THE DESIGN OF THE PLUGS AND THEY CORRODE TO THE ENGINE BLOCK. FORD REALIZED THIS AND CHANGED THE PLUGS IN NEWER VEHICLES TO A NON-CORROSIVE PLUG. I FEEL THE CUSTOMER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR A POOR DESIGN FROM FORD. I AM SCHEDULED TO HAVE THIS WORK COMPLETED ON JULY 21, 2010 AT CHAPMAN FORD IN PHILADELPHIA BECAUSE MY VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO CONTINUE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND IS USING AN ACCESS AMOUNT OF GASOLINE. *TR

THIS PROBLEM FIRST SURFACED ON THE MORNING OF 6/25/2010. I, ALONG WITH A FRONT SEAT PASSENGER, WERE RETURNING FROM RUNNING AN ERRAND WHEN I NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS FLASHING INTERMITTENTLY AND THAT THE 'PASSENGER AIR BAG DISABLED' INDICATOR WAS LIT. THE LATER EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO ITS NORMAL STATE, OFF, BUT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR REMAINED ON INTERMITTENTLY. I DROVE THE VEHICLE AGAIN ON 6/27/2010 WITH THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS: THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT AND AT THE SAME TIME THE AN WARNING CHIME, AT 1 SECOND INTERVALS, WAS HEARD. THE 'PASSENGER AIR BAG DISABLED' INDICATOR REMAINED LIT WITHOUT A FRONT SEAT PASSENGER. THE VEHICLE WAS AGAIN DRIVEN ON 7/5/2010 WITH THE SAME INDICATIONS. AS A RESULT, I AM HESITANT TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE UNTIL I DO MORE RESEARCH OR SPEAK TO A CERTIFIED SERVICE FACILITY. I TRULY FEEL THAT I'D BE AT RISK OF AN INADVERTENT AIR BAG DEPLOYEMENT WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE , POSSIBLY CAUSING INJURIES TO MYSELF, PASSENGERS, AND OTHER VEHICLES, AND THUS I'M REQUESTING HELP AND ADVICE FROM YOUR ORGANIZATION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUE DRIVING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE ASSEMBLY CAUSED THE FAILURE TO OCCUR AND IT WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62928 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63000.