1999 FORD F-150 Complaints

I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM FORD TO HAVE IDLE ARM CHECKED FOR DEFECT AT MY EXPENSE. ALSO IF FAULTY, I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COST OF REPLACEMENT. IF THIS IS A RECALL, THIS SHOULD BE AT FORD'S EXPENSE. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD TELL ME THAT A RECALL WOULD BE AT THE CONSUMERS EXPENSE. *JB

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FRAME DEVELOPED A CRACK. AS A RESULT, THE DOOR RUSTED AND LEAKED WATER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ACCELERATED. CONSUMER USED CRUISE CONTROL. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE OUT OF GEAR AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE THROTTLE CONTROL WAS DEFECTIVE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE TIE RODS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE FAILURE OF THE TIRE ROD END CAUSED LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WHEEL TURNED ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION. THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER USES ROD ENDS WITH NO GREASE FITTINGS. *NM

SPEEDOMETER WAS DEFECTIVE. CONSUMER HAD TO GUESS HOW FAST HE WAS TRAVELING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT NO CHANGES WERE PERFORMED. *AK

PURCHASED 1999 F150 LARIAT NEW WITH ELECTRONIC SIDE MIRRORS WITH BUILT IN TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS. THE MIRRORS HAVE FADED AND TURNED SPOTTY WITH DARK SPOTS. THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE OUT OF AND THE DRIVERS SIDE IS ALMOST AS BAD. WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE OUT OF EITHER SIDE MIRROR. CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID IT WASN'T A DEFECT AND I NEEDED TO BRING IT INTO A FORD DEALER TO SEE IF IT WOULD BE COVERED.

WHILE MOVING THE VEHICLE FROM THE DRIVEWAY CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. THE CONSUMER EXITED, LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND SAW THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIE ROAD FELL OFF TO THE GROUND. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *NM

I DRIVE A 1999 FORD F-150 PICKUP TRUCK AND HAVE FOUND THAT FAILURE OF EITHER OF THE FRONT WHEEL ABS SENSORS MAKES IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THE RIGHT SENSOR FAILED IN APRIL .... AND I CRASHED INTO A WALL AT OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS PARKING GARAGE ..FORTUNATELY I WAS ONLY GOING 15 MPH. ($300 DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMBER - AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY) NOW THE LEFT SENSOR HAS FAILED. SAME SAFETY ISSUE ... THE VEHICLE'S BRAKE PEDAL GETS VERY HARD AND YOU CAN NOT GET STOPPED. MY TRUCK IS NOT USED FOR DIRTY COMMERCIAL WORK, IT IS A FAMILY USE PICKUP. I PERSONALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY FORD WOULD PUT A VEHICLE ON THE ROAD THAT COULD EASILY CAUSE BRAKE-LOSS RELATED CRASHES. THE SERVICE REP AT OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP SAID THIS MORNING, " I ALWAYS THOUGHT WHEN THE ABS SENSOR FAILED, YOU JUST HAD REGULAR BRAKES." HE KNOWS NOW THIS IS NOT TRUE. THIS SAME CHASSIS AND BRAKE DESIGN IS PROBABLY USED ON CERTAIN FORD SUV'S, FURTHER EXTENDING THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, TIE ROD FAILED. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULLED OVER AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TIE ROD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK THE TIE ROD FAILURE WAS SUDDEN AND WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS SUCH AS THE FRONT SHIMMY OR ANY OTHER CONTROL PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALER FOUND THE REMAINING THREE ENDS TO BE BAD AND ADVISED THE CONSUMER TO REPLACE THEM AS WELL. *SC *JB

DESPITE DRIVING ON PRIMARILY RURAL PAVED ROADS, BRAKE PROBLEMS (GRABBING) OCCURRED FROM THE TIME OF PURCHASE. BRAKE PROBLEMS WERE NOTED TO THE DEALER AT 34,000 MILES AND 39,000 MILES, AND THE DEALER RESPONDED BY SAYING THE BRAKES WERE EITHER DIRTY OR THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE FACT THAT IT'S A "LIGHT" TRUCK. NEAR-ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS WHEN ONLY 1 BRAKE ENGAGED. AT 50,000 MILES, THE WHOLE BRAKE SYSTEM HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB