2001 FORD F-150 Complaints

MATCHING NHTSA RECALL ID: 01V258000 SNOW ON WINDSHIELD, ATTEMPTED TO USE WIPERS BUT IMMEDIATELY SHUT THEM OFF SINCE THEY DID NOT MOVE. WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR CAUGHT FIRE AND PRODUCED A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE WHICH FILLED THE CAB AND ALSO CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND FIRE AND SMOKE CLEARED ON ITS OWN. SNOW WAS REMOVED BY HAND FROM WINDSHIELD. VEHICLE WAS PLACED BACK IN THE ON POSITION (BUT NOT STARTED) AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT TURN OFF EVEN IN THE OFF POSITION. FUSE WAS PULLED TO TURN THEM OFF. WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WAS REPLACED BUT WAS NOT COVERED BY A RECALL PER THE DEALERSHIP. MY VEHICLE IS FROM THE KANSAS CITY PLANT - WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR PART NUMBER: F6DU-17B571-AB DATED: 06/12/0000:11:12N12V. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT, SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. FLAMES APPEARED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE BUILDING SECURITY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING OR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 198,000.

I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 5 WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY RAPID POPPING FROM THE ENGINE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A FLAT AND PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER, BUT THE NOISE CONTINUED EVEN THOUGH I WAS STOPPED. I OPENED THE HOOD AND AT FIRST (BASED ON THE SOUND) THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. I WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED TO BE A BLOWN SPARK PLUG WHICH HAD STRIPPED THE PLUG'S THREADS. THE DEALER INSERTED A HELI-COIL AND AFTER A TOW, AN OVERNIGHT STAY AT A NEARBY MOTEL, 5 HOURS OF WAITING THE NEXT DAY AND $415 IN REPAIRS I WAS BACK ON THE ROAD. I HAVE SINCE DONE SOME INTERNET SEARCHING AND HAVE COME TO FIND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THE TRITON ENGINE AND HAS BEEN SO FOR SEVERAL YEARS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT MATERIAL AND THREADS. *TR

THROTTLE STICKS AFTER STEADY DRIVING IN COLD/SNOW BECAUSE OF FORD'S POOR DESIGN, THEY EVEN STATE IT IN FORD ARTICLE NO. 01-21-5. HAS HAPPENED MAY TIMES TO ME. I JUST FINALLY GOT AN ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM. THE FIX IS OVER 500.00, AND I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. IT IS THEIR POOR DESIGN, THIS JUST DOES NOT SEEM FAIR. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM, THERE REALLY SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F150 LD. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED. SHE STATED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED NEAR THE MOTOR AND BRAKE FLUID. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE BY DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT YET BEEN NOTIFIED AND THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE IS STILL AT THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 157,889.

INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAK. PLASTIC PART CRACKED. I JUST HAD REPAIR MADE AND WAS TOLD FORD HAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF MANIFOLD. MY TRUCK IS A 2001 F150 WITH 90,000 MILES. *TR

ON 10/5/08, DRIVING NEAR HOME, SLOW SPEED, HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD, LOST POWER. DETERMINED THAT THE 4TH SPARK PLUG ON DRIVERS SIDE HAD UNTHREADED FROM ENGINE, DAMAGING COIL. ON ATTEMPT TO REPLACE WITH NEW SPARK PLUG, LEARNED THAT THE CYLINDER HEAD THREADS WERE DAMAGED (STRIPPED). 76,000 MILES, SPARK PLUG HAD NEVER BEEN REMOVED, WAS ORIGINAL FROM FORD FACTORY. *TR

I PURCHASED A USED 2001 FORD F-150 CREW CAB FEBRUARY 2006 WITH 59K MILES ON IT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE PAINT OR CLEAR COAT ON THE HOOD, QUARTER PANELS, AND DOORS STARTED TO CRACK. THE CRACKING HAS CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. BEFORE PURCHASE THE TITLE WAS CHECKED AND THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. THE PAINT FROM FORD IS DEFECTIVE AND IS WELL DOCUMENTED ON THE WEB. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. *TR

YESTERDAY I NOTICED ONE TIRE WAS FLAT - TRIED TO PUT AIR INTO IT AND IT WOULDN'T TAKE THE AIR. WHEN I CRAWLED UNDER MY TRUCK I NOTICED THE INSIDE WALL OF THE TIRE HAD DRY ROTTED. *TR

MY 2001 FORD F-150 BLEW A SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE 7 HEAD ON 09/30/2008. THE TRUCK HAS 150K ON IT. I BOUGHT IT NEW IN 2001 AND HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED IT. I WENT OUT TO GO TO WORK IN THE AM AND THE TRUCK JUST ROARED WHEN I STARTED IT, I FOUND THE SPARK PLUG ON THE DRIVEWAY THE THREADS ON THE PLUG WERE COMPLETELY IN TACT. TOOK IT FORD SERVICE AND IT WILL COST ME $2500.00 TO FIX WITH NO GUARANTEE. I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A REALLY COMMON COMPLAINT FROM OWNERS OF V8 TRITON ENGINES. FORD NEEDS TO DO A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES. MY BROTHER-IN-LAW IS AN ASI FRONT END MECHANIC FOR FORD AND HE SAYS HE HAS SEEN A LOT OF THIS PROBLEM. IF HE DIDN'T LIVE IN DENVER I WOULD HAVE HIM FIX IT. MY FAMILY HAS ALWAYS DRIVEN FORD PRODUCTS. MY FATHER WAS AN ENGINEER FOR FORD IN DETROIT. BUT, I FEEL THAT BECAUSE FORD WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THIS PROBLEM THAT MAYBE IT IS TIME TO SWITCH LOYALTIES. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP DISPLAYS A SO- WHAT ATTITUDE. I REQUESTED A FACTORY REP TO LOOK AT THE TRUCK AND THEY SAID EITHER FIX IT NOW, OR MOVE THE TRUCK OFF THEIR PREMISES. THE CONSUMER HAS NO RIGHTS ANYMORE. *TR