2004 FORD F-150 Complaints

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE FUEL PUMP DRIVER MODULE FAILED DUE TO CORROSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE PARTS NECESSARY TO REMEDY THE FAILURE WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES PRIOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 150,000. SM.

AFTER STARTING THE TRUCK, AND HAVING SEEMINGLY NORMAL OPERATION. IT STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND HAD A MARKED LOSS OF POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT INITIALLY ILLUMINATE, GIVING NO INDICATION OF A SERIOUS PROBLEM. THINKING THIS WAS A TEMPORARY PROBLEM, WE CONTINUED HOME. THE NEXT DAY MY WIFE TOOK THE TRUCK ON HER NORMAL DAILY ROUTINE. SHE NOTIFIED ME LATER THAT THE TRUCK HAD GOTTEN WORSE AND THAT IT WAS VERY ROUGH AND LOW ON POWER, TO THE POINT OF MAKING MERGING VERY DICEY. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THEY FOUND A WIRING HARNESS HAD CHAFED THROUGH DUE TO A RIDING CONDITION ON AN AIR CONDITIONING LINE. THIS AFFECTED COIL NUMBER 4. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE CHAFED WIRE AND RETURNED THE CAR TO SERVICE. THE IRONIC THING(OR DISAPPOINTING, DEPENDING ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE) WAS THAT WE HAD THE CAR IN FOR A RECALL CAMPAIGN FOR A CHAFING WIRE IN THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. *TR

THE PARKING BRAKE ON OUR 2004 F-150 FROZE IN THE 'ON' POSITION. THIS WASN'T OBVIOUS UNTIL THE CAR GOT TO ABOUT 45 MPH, WHEN IT WOULD VIBRATE QUITE VIOLENTLY. THE ONLY FIX WAS TO PULL OVER AND WORK THE BRAKE SEVERAL TIMES. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF YOU ARE ACCELERATING TO JOIN TRAFFIC ON A BUSY HIGHWAY! THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHICH WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE IT DURING THEIR TESTING. IT TURNS OUT THAT THE PARKING BRAKE EXPANDERS (ACTUATORS) WERE CORRODED TO THE POINT OF ONE OF THEM (DRIVER SIDE) BEING FROZEN. AFTER FINALLY HAVING THE DEALER FIGURE IT OUT, I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON THE VARIOUS F-150 BULLETIN BOARDS AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I ALSO FOUND THAT FORD HAS ISSUED UPDATED PARTS TO CORRECT THE CORROSION PROBLEM. IN OUR CASE, THE DEALER REPLACED THE AFFECTED PARTS WITH THE UPDATED PARTS. *TR

THE FRONT COLLISION SENSOR ON THE 2004-2005 FORD F150'S ARE NOT WORKING. I WAS AT A DEALERSHIP IN VERMILION OHIO AND THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL TRUCKS COME IN WHERE THE FRONT COLLISION SENSORS HAVE GONE BAD, PROBABLY FROM WATER GETTING INTO THE SENSORS AND FREEZING WHICH IN TURN HAS CRACKED THE SENSOR. NOW MY AIRBAG SWITCH STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VARIABLE TIME CAM PHASER TENSIONER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,428.

DOOR WINDOWS DO NOT OPERATE UP OR DOWN WHEN PRESSING ROCKER SWITCH - 2ND TIME FOR REPAIR OF PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY DRIVERSIDE WINDOW CAME CRASHING DOWN CAUSING ME TO FISHTAIL INTO THE RIGHT LANE CAUSING OTHER CARS TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT. WHEN I CALLED FORD AND SOME OTHER MECHANICS THEY SAID ALLOT OF PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND ITS PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN TO THE OTHER WINDOW. BUT THERE'S NO RECALL BECAUSE ITS NOT A EMISSION OR SAFETY PROBLEM. ??? WINDOWS FALLING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HWY NOT A SAFETY CONCERN. WELL IM JUST GONNA HAVE TO KEEP PAYING $400 FOR WINDOW REGULATORS TO KEEP MY FAMILY SAFE.... *TR

SECOND POWER WINDOW REGULATOR HAS FAILED NOW IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. IN BOTH CASES, THE WINDOW SUDDENLY DROPPED COMPLETELY WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE TRIED TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH SEVERAL DEALERS AFTER RECEIVING A RECALL NOTICE IN REGARDS TO CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 11V107000(AIR BAGS FRONTAL, DRIVER SIDE INFLATOR MODULE). THE DEALERS ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT BECAUSE THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000.

2004 FORD F150 SUPERCREW STARTS SHAKING HORRIBLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN PULLING A TRAVEL TRAILER. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU SLOW DOWN, SPEED UP, OR TAKE OUT OF GEAR THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT QUIT IS TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES TO ME SO FAR AND IT FEELS AS IF ALL THE WHEELS ARE ABOUT TO FALL OFF. I CALLED MY DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVEN'T HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT IF YOU DO A SEARCH ON IT THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE CONCERNED OF THIS DANGEROUS ISSUE. LUCKILY I HAVEN'T BEEN ON AN INTERSTATE WITH MY TRAVEL TRAILER BECAUSE I WOULD BELIEVE THAT THIS COULD CAUSE ME TO POSSIBLY LOSE CONTROL AT THOSE KIND OF SPEEDS. *TR