2006 FORD F-150 Complaints

IWE SOLENOID FAILS TO ENGAGE 4WD SYSTEM. 1ST FAILURE DURING ICE STORM. DEALER REPLACED IWE. 2ND FAILURE 6 MO'S LATER, DEALER REPLACED IWE ADDED "BARE BOND TAPE" TO COVER OVER SOLENOID. 3RD/4TH FAILURE HAS OCCURRED DURING RAINY CONDITIONS OR AFTER I WASHED THE TRUCK. THE 4WD WOULD NOT ENGAGE UNTIL I HAD DRIVEN THE VEHICLE OVER 5 MILES. VEHICLE BACK AT DEALER FOR SAME PROBLEM 3 TIMES IN LESS THAN 12 MONTH PERIOD. *TR

WINDOW FELL DOWN WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. LOUD NOISE AS WINDOW FELL INSIDE THE DOOR I ALMOST CRASHED. VERY CLOSE CALL. I HAVE TALKED TO MANY OWNERS OF THIS SAME MODEL , DIFFERENT YEARS, ALL REPORT THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

2006 FORD F150 80,000KM IN FOR SERVICE THE DEALER CALLED AND INDICATED WHILE REMOVING THE PLUGS 6OUT OF 8 BROKE A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 5.4 TRITON 3VALVE ENGINE. QUOTE $2000 OR POSSIBLY MORE. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK FOR OVER $50,000 AND NOW IT WILL NOT RUN AND HAS SAT FOR 2 MONTHS, THE FORD DEALER ALSO HAS THREE OTHER TRUCKS WITH THE SAME ISSUE THEY HAVE ADVISED TO TAKE THE TRUCK ELSEWHERE???? ALL SHOPS IN MY CITY ARE REFUSING THIS ENGINE TO WORK ON WHAT TO DO I'M STRANDED BY THE MANUFACTURER TO WHOM I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL CUSTOMER. AS I RESEARCH THIS ISSUE IT HAS BECOME SO WIDESPREAD I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO TASK OVER THIS VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. *TR

MY 2006 F 150 HAS SHUT OFF TWICE ON ME WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. AND AFTER BARELY AVOIDING THE SEMI BEHIND ME I MANAGED TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND TURNED THE KEY OFF , AFTER WAITING ABOUT A MINUTE I TURNED THE KEY ON AND THE CAR RAN FINE FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE FREEWAY.THE LIGHT COMES ON TO SIGNIFY THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL, BUT I CALLED AROUND A FEW PLACES AND THEY ALL SAY THE SAME THING ,THEY CANT DO ANYTHING UNLESS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. DOES SOME ONE HAVE TO DIE IN ORDER FOR FORD TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.. IS IT WORTH LOSING A LIFE OVER? *TR

I PURCHASED A FORD F150 TRUCK WITH 65,000 MILES FROM A FORD DEALER. AFTER MONITORING THE ENGINE OIL OVER THE FIRST 3 MONTHS I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER 2 TIMES FOR AN ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. THIS TRUCK USES 1 QUART OF OIL PER THOUSAND MILES BEING DRIVEN. IT DOES NOT LEAK OIL, IT BURNS IT. AFTER CONTACTING MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AS WELL AS FORD MOTOR COMPANY, THEY STATED THAT THIS IS "NORMAL." THIS IS NOT NORMAL FOR A 2006 VEHICLE. IN A TIME WHEN THE UNITED STATES IS CONCERNED WITH GLOBAL WARMING, THIS VEHICLE IS PRODUCING EMISSIONS THAT ARE WAY OUT OF THE ORDINARY. I WILL BE STUCK WITH A VEHICLE THAT CANNOT PASS EMISSIONS TESTS WHEN THEY BECOME MANDATORY IN THIS AREA. IF YOU ARE NOT THE AGENCY TO CONTACT, PLEASE REFER ME TO SAID AGENCY. *TR

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION HAS OCCURRED FOUR TIMES WITHIN A YEAR ON MY 2006 FORD F150. HAPPENS AT LOW SPEED WHEN I TOUCH THE BRAKE PEDAL. PUMPING OR JAMMING ON THE BRAKE SEEMS TO STOP IT. THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A CASE OF MY FOOT HITTING BOTH PEDALS AT ONCE. IT HASN'T CAUSED AN ACCIDENT YET BUT EASILY COULD DO SO IN THE WRONG SITUATION. I'M FILING THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT. *TR

MY 2006 F150 WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING. I WOULD SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND IT WOULD START BACK UP AND NOT GIVE ME A PROBLEM FOR ANOTHER DAY OR SO. IT ONLY STALLS WHILE I AM DRIVING AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SPEED I AM DRIVING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH HE HEARD CLANGING NOISES IN THE REAR END OF THE AXLE. HE THEN PULLED OVER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE, BUT HE COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS WHILE DRIVING, THE FAILURE RESURFACED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION HE NOTICED THAT THE CARRIER BEARING AND THE DRIVE SHAFT WERE LOOSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE THREE YEAR WARRANTY EXPIRED , THEREFORE, HE WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE A NEW DRIVE SHAFT FOR $750.00 PLUS LABOR. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE, AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 29000. UPDATED 11/12/09 *CN UPDATED 11/16/09

LAST YEAR MY BRAKES FAILED ON MY FORD F-150 2006, FORTUNATELY I WAS CLOSE BY THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM. LAST MONTH MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK AND THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP ON THE SAME TRUCK, ALMOST CAUSING HER TO GO OVER A BRIDGE, THE RAIL STOPPED HER. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF ANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME EXPERIENCE. *TR

FAILURE OF THE DRIVERS SIDE POWER WINDOW SWITCH. OVER A MATTER OF MONTHS, THE OPERATION OF THE SWITCH DETERIORATED. INITIALLY, WHEN THE DRIVERS DOOR WINDOW SWITCH WAS PRESSED TO CLOSE, THE WINDOW WOULD HESITATE. THIS HESITATION BECAME WORSE UNTIL THE WINDOW WOULD NOT CLOSE WITHOUT REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO CLOSE THE WINDOW. AT TIMES, THE WINDOW HAD TO REMAIN OPEN OVERNIGHT AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THE CLOSE BUTTON WOULD WORK AGAIN. THERE WAS NO CLEAR INDICATOR TO A CONDITION THAT WOULD INITIATE THIS PROBLEM, NOR WAS THERE ANY PROCEDURE TO RETURN THE SWITCH TO OPERATION (ASIDE FROM REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO CLOSE THE WINDOW. THE MATTER WAS BROUGHT TOP THE ATTENTION OF FORD DURING THE FULL WARRANTY PERIOD AND THE DRIVERS DOOR WINDOW SWITCH ASSEMBLY REPLACED. THIS REPAIR APPEARS TO HAVE RESOLVED THE PROBLEM (IT HAS NOT OCCURRED SINCE). THIS INCIDENT IS BEING REPORTED AFTER LEARNING OF NUMEROUS OTHERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS FAILURE. THESE CONVERSATIONS WERE WITH OTHERS OF F-150 AND OTHER FORD VEHICLES OF THE 2005-2006 ERA. A HIGH PERCENTAGE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. IF THE FAILURE OCCURRED UNDER THE 3YR/36,000 MILE WARRANTY, SWITCHES WERE NORMALLY REPLACED WITH NO COST TO THE VEHICLE OWNER. HOWEVER, M LARGE PORTION OF PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS CONDITION SHORTLY BEYOND THE WARRANTY PERIOD AND HAVE HAD TO LIVE WITH THE DEFECTIVE SWITCH OR PAY FOR REPLACEMENT. THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS FAILURE IS INDICATIVE OF A DEFECT IN THE SWITCH ASSEMBLY. *TR