2004 FORD F-150 Complaints

F150 STALLS OUT RANDOMLY CAUSING A HAZARD FOR OTHER DRIVERS AND MYSELF. HAPPENS WHILE IN GEAR DRIVING, REVERSE, ETC.

THE FRAME IS ROTTED COMPLETELY. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT WHEN DISCOVERED AND SEARCHED SEEMS TO A HUGE ISSUE. I WAS ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS IT NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. I BOUGHT THIS TWO DAYS AGO.

THE DOOR LATCH OF THE REAR "SUICIDE" DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. THE LATCH ONLY MOVES BACK AND FORTH, BUT THE LATCH'S CABLE WILL NOT ENGAGE. I CHECKED AND LEARNED OTHER F-150S HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. IS THIS A "RECALL" ISSUE?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WAS BEING PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS EXTREMELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000.

DRIVERS DOOR SLUNG OPEN EVENTHOUGH IT APPEARED LATCHED WHEN I TURNED A CURVE. IT WAS 15 DEGREES OUTSIDE AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT .

IN MID NOVEMBER 2019, I WAS ENTERING MY VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE REAR CENTER GLASS WINDOW COMPLETELY SHATTERED THE MOMENT I OPEN THE TRUCK DOOR FOR NO REASON. NO INDICATION OF AN OBJECT STRIKING OR ANYTHING. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY. THE TEMPERATURE HAD DROPPED DOWN PAST 20 DEGREES THE DAY THIS HAPPENED. I REPLACED THE ENTIRE REAR WINDOW AND THEN,NOT EVEN A WEEK LATER, THE REAR RIGHT SIDE OF THE WINDOW IS COMPLETELY SHATTERING AND IS ABOUT TO BREAK....THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN! NOW, I GO OUT TODAY, 12/12/19 TO MY PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WINDOW COMPLETELY SHATTERED FOR NO APPARENT REASON! IN ALL 3 INSTANCES, THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED BELOW 35 DEGREES. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON AND IT'S DRIVING ME INSANE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THE WINDOWS ARE RANDOMLY SHATTERING WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPS. NOW I AM ABOUT TO BE OUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY TO TRY TO REPAIR MY FORD WINDOWS.

THIS VEHICLE IS OTHERWISE IN GOOD CONDITION WITH VERY LITTLE BODY RUST LIMITED TO THE BACK CORNER OF THE PASSENGER CABIN. HOWEVER THE LEFT FRAME RAIL STARTING 14 INCHES AHEAD OF THE FRONT ATTACHMENT POINT OF THE LEAF SPRING. THE RUST HOLE EXTENDS THE WIDTH OF THE FRAME RAIL FOR A DISTANCE OF 17 INCHES. ONE FINGER SIZE HOLE WAS OBSERVED. THE FRAME BOTTOM STEEL WAS EASILY STRIPPED AWAY WITH TWO FINGERS AND A THUMB TO THE LENGTH AND WIDTH DESCRIBED. THE REMAINDER OF THE FRAME HAS EXTENSIVE SURFACE RUST BUT NO HOLE AND OTHERWISE FAIR CONDITION. THE LICENSED STATE VEHICLE INSPECTION SHOP FAILED THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FRAME RUST AT THIS LOCATION. OTHERWISE, WITH SOME MINOR MECHANICAL ISSUES, THE TRUCK IS IN GOOD CONDITION AND COULD BE SAFELY USED FOR A NUMBER OF MORE YEARS. ONLINE THIS RUST PROBLEM AT THIS POINT HAS A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS IN FORD F-150 TRUCKS IN 2004 AND 2005. OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A MANUFACTURING ISSUE FRAME FORMING TO CAUSE THIS RUST THROUGH IN SO MANY TRUCKS AT THIS FRAME LOCATION AND NOT ELSEWHERE.

BOUGHT VEHICLE FROM INDIVIDUAL HE STATED MILEAGE ON ODOMETER 125K AND 2008 WENT TO GET INSURANCE AND IT'S A 2004 AND MILEAGE WAS 240K PLUS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 FORD F-150. WHILE THE CONTACT'S FIANCE WAS DRIVING 35 MPH, A DEER RAN INTO THE ROAD AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO SWERVE AND CRASH INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEFT WRIST AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD. THE DRIVER RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE CONTACT CALLED CONWAY FORD (LOCATED AT 2393 CHURCH ST, CONWAY, SC 29526, (843) 365-5596) AND INFORMED THEM OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN. *LN*JB * PM CONSUMER STATED OWNER OF THE VEHICLE WAS HER DAD'S WHICH WAS PURCHASED IN 2000. *JB

I TOOK MY TRUCK IN TO GET THE STEERING SHAFT REPLACED AND WHEN THE LIFTED UP ON THE HOIST THEY NOTICED THAT THE FRAME IN THE FRONT HAD A SPLIT IN IT UP IN THE FRONT PART OF THE FRAME ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND THAT THE FRAME WAS VERY RUSTY. I THEN TOOK IT TO ANOTHER PERSON TO HAVE IT LOOKED OVER TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY WAY TO WELD THE FRAME TO FIX THE SPLIT. UPON HIS INSPECTION, HE FOUND THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME IN THE REAR AND THE MAJORITY OF THE REST OF THE FRAME WASN'T STABLE ENOUGH TO HANDLE A WELD SINCE THE FRAME IS RUSTED SO BAD THE WELD WOULDN'T HOLD. I THEN CALLED AND TALKED TO FORD DIRECTLY AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO BRING IT INTO AN AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER TO HAVE IT INSPECTED. WHICH I DID AND THEY ALSO DEEMED THE FRAME BEYOND REPAIR. I THEN CALLED FORD BACK AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO FOR ME SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PAST 7 YEARS. SO, NOW I HAVE AN UN-USEABLE UN-SELLABLE VEHICLE. UPON SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT THAT GENERATION OF FORD VEHICLES HAS HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND VEHICLE RECALLS FOR THE SAME ISSUES FRAME DETERIORATION AND OR FAULTY FRAME OR CHASSIS IN MULTIPLE MODELS. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THAT GENERATION FORD F150'S AS WELL HOWEVER THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THAT VEHICLE. MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 128,000 ORIGINAL MILES ON IT AND THE MOTOR ITS SELF PROBABLY WOULD LAST ANOTHER 150,000 MILES OR MORE. IF I HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE FOR ANY ISSUES THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT THERE WAS A FRAME ISSUE AND IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT MY FRAME WOULD HAVE BUCKLED NO DOUBT ABOUT IT SINCE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT EVERYONE HAS TOLD ME. I HAVE A FAMILY OF 5 AND IM SURE THAT IF WE WERE IN A SERIOUS RECK IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GOOD. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR SUCH A MAJOR MANUFACTURER TO TURN THEIR CHEEK AND ON TOP OF IT MY FAMILY AND THEIR LIVES.