1995 FORD F-150 Complaints

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE SITTING IN DRIVEWAY; HAD NOT BEEN STARTED IN 24 HOURS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND HEARD A BUMPING NOISE IN HIS VEHICLE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE GEARS ON THE REAR END FAILED. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT THIS FAILURE SHOULD NOT OCCUR BECAUSE HE TAKES GOOD CARE OF HIS VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE FOR FREE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 49,000. UPDATED 12/17/08. *LJ THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT AXLE U-JOINT. UPDATED 12/18/08. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A HILL WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S DRIVEWAY AND STRUCK THEIR VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE IS A NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 94V169001 (PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL) FOR THE 1992-1994 FORD F150, BUT NONE RELATING TO THE 1995 VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000. UPDATED 10/07/08. *LJ UPDATED 10/09/08. *JB

HUSBAND COMING HOME FROM WORK BRAKE LIGHTS AND CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT WORK. THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A FUSE OR SOMETHING. GOT HOME AND PARKED TRUCK @ 11:00 AND BY 11:30 TRUCK WAS IN FLAMES. VOLUNTEER FIRE WAS CALLED AND REPORT DONE. TRUCK WAS PD FOR OF COURSE SO WE JUST CARRIED LIABILITY ON IT. TOTAL LOSS UNLESS FORD AND OUR LAWYER CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT. *TR

1995 FORD F-150 PICKUP CAUGHT FIRE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR A FULL DAY AND A HALF AND THE ENGINE WAS COLD. THE TRUCK WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES WHEN WE FOUND IT ABOUT 6:45 PM. FIRE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE AND A SATURN SEDAN PARKED NEXT TO IT IN THE DRIVEWAY. MY HUSBAND COLLAPSED AND SUFFERED A FATAL HEART ATTACK WHILE TRYING TO PUT OUT FLAMES. MY SON IN LAW HELPED SAVE THE HOUSE FROM BURNING DOWN UNTIL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE AND EMT'S ARRIVED. *TR

1995 FORD F-150 PARKED IN MY GARAGE ERUPTED IN FLAMES CAUSING THE HOUSE TO BURN DOWN. FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOK FOR THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK HAD NOT BEEN MOVED OR STARTED FOR APPROX. 2 WEEKS. *TR

WHILE ATTACHING OUR BOAT TO OUR 1995 F-150 FORD 4-WHEEL DRIVE TRUCK, A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BURNING THE ENTIRE LEFT UNDERHOOD AREA BEFORE WE COULD PUT IT OUT. *TR

TRUCK BURNED BECAUSE OF FAULTY CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH WHICH I WAS UNAWARE OF. I AM A CAR DEALER AND PURCHASED THIS TRUCK OVER A YEAR AGO AND HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT BUT WAS UNAWARE THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS SWITCH. I NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT THIS WAS A RECALL PROBLEM. THE CRUISE CONTROL NO LONGER WORKED, THE BATTERY WOULD GO DEAD QUIT OFTEN, THE ABS LIGHT WOULD FLASH AND THE FUSE IN THE SYSTEM WOULD BLOW AND HAD TO BE REPLACED OFTEN, IT WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK ONCE THE TRUCK WAS STARTED, THE REAR BRAKE LAMPS WOULD NOT WORK. WE WENT TO VARIOUS PLACES AND ASKED PEOPLE ABOUT THIS BUT NO ONE WAS ABLE TO HELP US AND NEVER TOLD ABOUT A RECALL. MY HUSBAND AND FATHER WOULD WORK ON THE TRUCK QUIT OFTEN BUT WE COULD NEVER GET IT FIXED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER A TREE. THE FIRE CHIEF STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE NEAR THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE CONTACT COULD NOT GET UNDER THE HOOD TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL); HOWEVER, SHE DID NOT RECEIVE A NOTICE PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. FORD STATED THAT THE CONTACT DENIED RECEIVING ANY NOTICES BECAUSE THEY SENT THEM TO HER RESIDENCE. FORD STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY COVERED BY LIABILITY INSURANCE. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 147,000.

I HAD A FORD F150 AND ONE MORNING WE WERE WOKE UP TO THE HORN BLOWING. WE LOOKED OUT TO SEE THE TRUCK GO UP IN FLAMES. WE DON`T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE THE TRUCK SAT IN THE DRIVE ALL NIGHT. WE DID NOT KNOW OF ANY RECALLS THAT CAUSE FIRES. BUT WE DO NOT KNOW IF THAT WAS IT. THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT OF THE TRUCK AND THE INSURANCE CO. HAULED IT AWAY. *TR