2007 FORD F-150 Complaints

WINDSHIELD FAILURE-WHILE DRIVING IN 18 DEGREE WEATHER, WINDSHIELD CRACKED 18 INCHES ALONG BASE, APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES FROM SEAL RUNNING FROM CENTER OF WINDSHIELD TO DRIVER'S SIDE, LEFT OF STEERING COLUMN. WINDSHIELD WAS FREE OF SNOW OR ICE, AND NO WIPERS RUNNING, HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR 10 MINUTES, DEFROST SETTING ON MEDIUM. CROSSROADS FORD OF CARY SERVICE BLAMES "CHIP" IN WINDSHIELD, INVISIBLE TO OWNER. UNWILLING TO REPAIR DEFECT UNDER WARRANTY. OWNER MIGHT ACCEPT THIS EXPLANATION IF "CHIP" COULD BE SEEN BY NAKED EYE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD F150. WHILE MAKING A U-TURN AT 5 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL FELL OFF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER EVER SINCE. THE DEALERS IN ONE STATE DO NOT WANT TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AND ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH WHOM SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000.

ON 12-31-08 HAD LOW TIRE LIGHT IN TRUCK. WENT TO TIRE KINGDOM AND WAS INFORMED THAT I HAD A BAD STEM ON DRIVERS REAR TIRE. ITEM WAS REPLACED. ON 1-2-08 LOW TIRE LIGHT AGAIN AND RETURNED TO TIRE KINGDOM. THIS TIME IT WAS THE TWO FRONT TIRES LEAKING AIR FROM THE STEMS. ON 1-4-08 I RESPONDED BACK TO TIRE KINGDOM AFTER READING THAT THE FORD F-150 WAS ONE OF THE TYPES OF VEHICLES THAT MIGHT HAVE FAULTY STEMS. I CONTACTED YOUR OFFICE AND WAS TOLD TO MAKE SURE I GET THE OLD STEMS REPLACED ON MY LAST TWO TIRES FOR SAFETY REASONS. I HAVE THE TWO STEMS NOW. THE ONE THAT WAS ON MY PASSENGER REAR HAS A CRACK STARTING ON IT. THE SPARE SEEMS FINE BUT WAS CHANGED ANYWAY. THE NUMBERS ON BOTH OF THE STEMS IS "TR 414" THIS IS ONE OF THE NUMBERS LISTED BY THE DILL COMPANY AS BEING DEFECTED. *TR

I HAD FILED A COMPLAINT #10229285 AND NOTHING HAS BE RESOLVED TO DATE I READ OTHERS HAVE HAD SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND ALL RELATED TO FORD. *TR

2007 FORD F150 WAS LEASED FROM ENTERPRISE LEASING ON MARCH 31, 2008 AT GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPMS) SHOWED LOW TIRE PRESSURE AT TIME OF LEASE DELIVERY. AGENT FOR ENTERPRISE HAD TIRES INFLATED AT TIME OF LEASE DELIVERY. WAS INFORMED BY ENTERPRISE THAT TIRES AND AIR PRESSURE WERE FINE. ON APRIL 6, 2008 (6 DAYS LATER), THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED GOING 55 MPH IN 55 MPH ZONE ON STRAIGHT, LEVEL ROADWAY AND CRASHED ALMOST KILLING COMPLAINANT AND WIFE. DISCOVERED UNEVEN TREAD ON TIRES AND DEFECTIVE TIRE VALVE STEM ON FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. *TR

FRONT LEFT TIRE DEFLATED RAPIDLY WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE. BEFORE I COULD GET SAFELY OFF THE HIGHWAY THE TIRE CAME APART. UPON EXAMINATION THE ONLY REASON FOR THE LOSS OF AIR APPEARS TO BE A CRACKED VALVE STEM. I CHECKED THE OTHER 3 WHEELS AND FOUND THE VALVE STEMS ALL CRACKED. I COULD HAVE HAD MULTIPLE TIRE FAILURES! I PURCHASED A NEW TIRE AND AM HAVING ALL 5 VALVE STEMS REPLACED. THIS COULD VERY EASILY HAVE BEEN A DEADLY ACCIDENT. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A DEFECT, THEY SAY IT FALLS UNDER THE 12 MONTH TIRE WARRANTY, MY VEHICLE IS 17 MONTHS OLD. *TR

TWO FLAT TIRES ON MY 2007 F-150 BECAUSE OF FAULTY VALVE STEMS. I CALLED THE TOLL FREE NUMBER FOR FORD ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO CHANGE THE TIRES BOTH TIMES. COLONY TIRE OF ELIZABETH CITY REPAIRED BOTH TIRES FOR ME. *TR

I HAD 3-FLAT TIRES WITHIN 2-MONTHS AND AFTER CAREFULLY EXAMINING THE TIRES MYSELF, I FOUND OUT THE VALVE STEMS ARE CRACKING. THE DEALER ACTUALLY ADMITTED THEY HAVE "SEEN A FEW OF THESE", AND AFTER I SHOWED THEM MINE THEY ADMITTED THEY WERE CRACKED. I HAD TO SPEND 5-HOURS ARGUING WITH THEM BEFORE THEY AGREED TO REPLACE THE FAULTY VALVE STEMS FOR FREE. IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS I HAVE HAD 3-FLAT TIRES. I JUST HAD ONE ON NOV. 11TH, AND THE REASON WAS A CRACKED VALVE STEM ALLOWING AIR TO RELEASE FROM THE TIRE. FORTUNATELY I NOTICED THIS BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. *TR

2007 F150 4X4 SUPERCREW: AFTER 12000 MILES FRONT BRAKE ROTOR WEAR WAS NOTED AS ABNORMAL BY TECHNICIAN. DEEP GROVES HAVE CONTINUED TO FORM IN BOTH FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. VEHICLE MILEAGE IS CURRENTLY AT 26,000 AND GROVES IN BOTH FRONT ROTORS CONTINUE TO GET DEEPER. TECHNICIANS AT DEALERSHIP CONTINUE TO SAY, QUOTE, "THE BRAKE PADS ARE REALLY HARD ON THE ROTORS BUT THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS TURN THE ROTORS, BUT IT WILL JUST GET WORSE UNLESS I REPLACE THE PADS. EVERY 2007 F150 OWNER I HAVE TALKED WITH AND LOOKED AT THEIR ROTORS HAVE THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM AND THE DEALERSHIPS ARE UNWILLING TO CORRECT. *TR

VALVE STEM FAILURE. THERE WERE ACTUALLY 2 FAILURES IN TWO WEEKS, THE FIRST ONE BEING ON OCT. 20TH, 2008. CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE AND THE TIRE WAS FLAT. THERE WAS NO SENSOR LIGHT ON PREVIOUS TO THE FLAT TIRE. ON INSPECTION AT THE TIRE DEALER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A FAULTY VALVE STEM, WHICH WAS THEN REPLACED AND THAT TIRE WAS FINE. SECOND INCIDENT ON DATE RECORDED BELOW I WAS EXITING THE FREEWAY, THE TIRE WENT TOTALLY FLAT AND THE SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY. BY THE TIME I COULD PULL OVER ONTO A SIDE ROAD THE TIRE WAS DESTROYED AND THE VALVE STEM WAS MISSING. TOOK TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY FOUND ANOTHER VALVE STEM READY TO FAIL. *TR