2000 FORD F-150 Complaints

LEAKING INTER COOLER FOR SUPERCHARGER. COOLANT LEAKS IN INTAKE AND COULD CAUSE ENGINE TO LOCKUP. IF ENGINE LOCKS UP FIRST THING I WILL LOOSE IS STEERING. THERE WAS A 'CUSTOMER SATISFACTION FIX # 01BB1' , FOR A SHORT WHILE FORD WAS FIXING THIS AT NO COST TO CUSTOMER. THE PART NUMBER IS SPO XL3Z 9424 AB. THERE IS A NUMBER OF OTHER PROBLEMS THAT CAN HAPPEN IF THIS DOESN'T GET FIX TOO, ASIDE FROM SOMEONE CRASHING BECAUSE THEY CANT STEER ANYMORE THEN I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK A LOT MORE BOXES BELOW YOU CAN ALOS GET ALOT OF INFO ON THIS FROM SVT WEBPAGE FORUM AND HTTP://WWW.NLOC.NET/FORUM. *JB THANKS

2000 FORD F150 SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES. EACH TIME THE REPAIR/REPLACE A COMPONENT BUT THE PROBLEM RECURS. THE LAST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER THEY REWIRED CERTAIN ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. *NM

WHILE VEHICLE PARKED (ENGINE OFF) A FIRE WAS STARTED UNDER THE HOOD ON THE DRIVERS SIDE.

AT APPROXIMATELY 10:45 PM EDT WE WERE NOTIFIED BY NEIGHBORS THAT OUR 2000 FORD F-150 WAS ON FIRE IN OUR DRIVEWAY. THE FIRE DESTROYED THE TRUCK AND CAUSED HEAT DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY. THE HOUSE DID NOT BURN. *JB

BOUGHT TRUCK IN APRIL 2005. CRUISE CONTROL QUIT NEXT DAY. SUDDENLY STARTED WORKING, SEVERAL HOURS LATER, TRUCK IGNITED AT A GAS STATION WHILE PARKED. FUEL NOT INVOLVED. TRUCK RECEIVED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, AND FRONT. NOT REPAIRABLE. *NM

FORD F-150 RECALL ON CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. RECALL RESULTED IN A FIRE AND TOTAL LOSS OF MY TRUCK. *NM

DT: CALLER SAID THAT AFTER SITTING FOR 3 HOURS VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT THE FIRE OUT. A REPORT WAS FILED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. DEALER SAID TO CALL INSURANCE COMPANY. CALLER WAS WAITING FOR MANUFACTURER TO CALL HIM BACK. CALLER SAID HIS YARD, DRIVEWAY AND A STORAGE TRAILER HAS FIRE DAMAGE.*AK

MY 2000 FORD F-150 XLT CAUGHT ON FIRE AT APPROXIMATELY 10:40 PM SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 2005. THE FIRE AND SMOKE WAS POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. *JB

DT: ON 8-6-05 WHILE PARKED VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TOLD CONSUMER THAT FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE CRUISE CONTROL. PREVIOUSLY THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD STOPPED WORKING ON 6-29-05. CONSUMER TRIED TO SET THE CRUISE CONTROL AND LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD WOULD COME ON FOR LESS THAN A SECOND BEFORE IT WOULD DISAPPEAR. AFTER THE FIRE THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY TOLD HER TO CONTACT HER INSURANCE COMPANY. THEN CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, THEY TOLD HER THE SAME THING. RECALL 05V017000 WAS ISSUED. HOWEVER, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE FIRE CAUSED SOME DAMAGE TO A FENCE AND SOME SHRUBBERY. *AK

DRIVING DOWN SMOOTH ROAD,ENGINE QUIT WITH NO WARNING BUT THE THEFT LIGHT FLASHED AND THE SPEEDOMETER FLASHED. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE WITHOUT A PROBLEM. THEN AFTER SHUTTING ENGINE OFF LATER IT WOULD CRANK BUT WOULD NOT START. AFTER TOWING TO SHOP FOR REPAIR IT STARTS OK BUT SPEEDOMETER SHOWS DASHES AFTER THE TURN ON LIGHT TEST. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHEN I HAD PULLED OUT IN TRAFFIC I WOULD BE DEAD. *NM