2000 FORD F-150 Complaints

ON OCT. 28TH 2006 AT 3:00 AM OUR FORD F-150 IGNITED AND BURNED IN OUR DRIVEWAY THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CRUISE CONTROL FOR DOING THIS VERY THING WHEN THE DEALER WAS CALLED THEY SAID OUR TRUCK WASN'T INVOLVED. FORD SAID IT WAS AND NOW SAYS IT WAS BURNED TO BADLY FOR THEM TO TELL IF IT WAS THERE FAULT. *JB

SEVERE SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE IN CABIN OF TRUCK. "MIST" FROM THE VENTS. MUST RUN WITH WINDOWS OPEN AND STILL SMELL AND TASTE ANTIFREEZE. CERTIFIED FORD DEALERSHIP WAS ABLE TO FIND NOTHING WRONG. HAS BEEN LIKE THIS FOR 2 YEARS. *NM

I GOT OFF WORK AT 6:00 PM AND WENT STRAIGHT TO THE GYM (APPROX. 1 MI.). I LEFT THE GYM AT 7:00 PM, AND DROVE HOME (APPROX 1 MI.). I GOT HOME ABOUT 7:15 PM AND WENT INSIDE AND WATCHED TELEVISION WITH MY FAMILY UNTIL 8:30 PM, WHICH IS WHEN I WENT TO BED. MY WIFE AND I WOKE UP AT 11:30 PM FROM A BRIGHT LIGHT COMING THROUGH OUR BEDROOM WINDOW. WHEN WE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW THE LIGHT WE HAD SEEN WAS THE WHOLE FRONT END OF MY 2000 FORD F-150 ENGULFED IN FLAMES. WE CALLED 911 AND THE FIRE DEPT. RESPONDED. MY WIFE'S CAR A 2002 HYUNDAI ACCENT WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK AND HAD THE REAR BUMPER AND TAIL LIGHTS MELTED ON IT BEFORE I COULD GET IT MOVED. ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO I HAD TO HAVE THE MASS FLOW AIR SENSOR REPLACED ON THE TRUCK AND THE DEALERSHIP SUPPOSEDLY TOOK CARE OF THE CRUISE CONTROL RECALL THAT WAS PLACED ON THAT MODEL. *JB

MY UNCLE'S F-150 2000 FORD WAS SITTING OUTSIDE MY BUSINESS FOR 1-1 1/2 HOURS WHEN A KID RODE UP ON A BIKE AND TOLD THEM THERE WAS A TRUCK OUT FRONT ON FIRE. THEY TRIED TO PUT IT OUT BUT FAILED. IT WENT UP THE FRONT WALL OF MY BUILDING AND COMPLETELY BURNED MY BUSINESS DOWN. *NM

INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL FAILURES IN WET CONDITIONS. MOST SEVERE WAS WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. LESS SEVERE, RADIO WILL STOP, ODOMETER WILL TURN BLANK, ACCESSORIES WILL REMAIN ON WITH TRUCK TURNED OFF. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PARKED, THE ENGINE BAY CAUGHT ON FIRE. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNALS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED TOTALED THERE WERE TWO VEHICLES THAT WERE PARKED NEXT TO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE THAT WERE TOTALED AS WELL. NEIGHBORS NOTICED SMOKE AND SPARKS COMING FROM THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE BAY PRIOR TO THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND SUGGESTED THAT A LETTER SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO THE MANUFACTURER'S CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEFERMENT. THERE WERE TWO NHTSA RECALLS #05V388000 AND #05V017000 PERTAINING TO THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. THE CONTACT NEVER RECEIVED A NHTSA LETTER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND SUGGESTED THAT THE VEHICLE'S OWNER NEEDED TO PROVIDE A LETTER OF REPRESENTATION. PICTURES OF THE BURNED VEHICLE WERE AVAILABLE.

ON THE EVENING OF AUGUST 9 2006 WHILE WORKING IN MY GARAGE I NOTICE A BRIGHT FLICKER OF LIGHT COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE GARAGE IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF MY 2000 FORD F-150. I QUICKLY NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD AND MOLTEN PLASTIC WAS DRIPPING ALONG WITH FIRE THROUGH THE LEFT FRONT FENDER WELL. I IMMEDIATELY GRABBED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN OPERATED FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT 3 HOURS PRIOR TO THE FIRE OCCURRING. IT IS ONLY BECAUSE THAT I WAS WORKING IN MY GARAGE AND NOTICED THE BEGINNING OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH MORE SERIOUS FIRE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT A TOTAL LOSS AND MY HOME AND FAMILY WERE NOT DESTROYED OR INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS AT THE DIRECTION OF MY INSURANCE CLAIMS ADJUSTER. FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSIGNING THE INSURED'S LIABILITY, THE CLAIMS ADJUSTER DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE TO BE LEAKING BRAKE FLUID AT THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER RESULTING IN AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. THE CLAIMS ADJUSTER ALSO STATED THAT THIS WAS POSSIBLY A RECALL ITEM. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THERE WAS A SMELL OF SOMETHING ELECTRICAL BURNING, FOLLOWED BY SMOKE BILLOWING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES NEAR THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE FIRE WAS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH HAD BURNED. THERE WERE NO IMMEDIATE REPAIRS MADE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE HAD BEEN 4 RECALL NOTICES FOR NHTSA RECALL# 05V388000 SENT OUT FOR THAT VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NONE OF THOSE NOTICES HAD BEEN RECEIVED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER, ACCOMPANIED BY A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE # 2 SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD. ONE YEAR PRIOR, THE # 7 PLUG HAD ALSO BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD, AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE HEAD, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM PERSISTED.

I PURCHASED A USED 2000 FORD F150 IN FEB.- 2003 FROM A FORD DEALERSHIP IN FAYETTEVILLE, NC. ON AUGUST 8, 2005 THAT TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE AND DESTROYED OUR HOME AND HOME BASED BUSINESS,WE WERE NOT HOME AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. WE ARRIVED HOME ABOUT 15 MINUTES AFTER. THEN NOTHING BUT A FIRE BALL AND MY HOUSE BURNING! JENNIFER SAT DOWN BESIDE A FIRE TRUCK AND LAID HER HEAD ON HER KNEES FOR 3 HOURS UNABLE TO COMFORT HER TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND I WAS IN COMPLETE SHOCK AND HELD MY DAUGHTER FOR OVER 3 HOURS IN MY ARMS AND I COULD NOT EVEN SPEAK. I ONLY REMEMBER ASKING JENNIFER, "WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO US NOW." A NEIGHBOR WAS DRIVING HOME THAT DAY AND SAID HE SAW FLAMES COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF MY TRUCK WHICH WAS PARKED PARTIALLY UNDER THE CARPORT. HE SAID THE TRUCK WAS THEN WITHIN SECONDS BURNING SO FIERCELY THAT IT BLEW UP LIKE A BOMB SENDING A FIRE BOMB INTO OUR HOME. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT WHEN HE SAID THAT MY TRUCK HAD CAUGHT FIRE AND DESTROYED OUR HOME. WE LOST EVERYTHING. I RUN A ROOFING COMPANY AND JENNIFER HANDLED ALL MY PAPERWORK - THE OFFICE WAS SET UP AT HOME SO SHE COULD STAY HOME WITH OUR CHILDREN. WE LOST OUR BUSINESS, HOME AND MEMORIES SUCH AS PICTURES OF OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILY. I AM STILL TRYING TO RECOVER EMOTIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY FROM OUR LOSS DUE TO FIRE. FORD MOTOR CO. SENT A INVESTIGATOR TO INVESTIGATE THE FIRE AND OUR HOMEOWNERS INS. INVESTIGATOR ALSO WAS THERE THE DAY "FORD FINALLY SENT SOMEONE TO INVESTIGATE THE FIRE". JENNIFER'S BROTHER-IN-LAW, AN ATTORNEY IN TEXAS TOLD US ABOUT CRUISE CONTROL DEFECT ON SOME FORD VEHICLES. WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS FOUND BY MIRACLE AND SENT FOR X-RAY AND WAS FOUND TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. WHAT IF JENNIFER HAD BEEN DRIVING THAT TRUCK ON THAT DAY? WHAT IF I HAD LOST MY CHILDREN AND THEIR MOTHER? FORD MOTOR COMPANY RUINED OUR LIVES. WE NOW LIVE IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE WITH THREE CHILDREN. *JB