2000 FORD F-150 Complaints

WHILE DRIVNG TO WORK ODMETER DIGITAL MILEAGE DISPLAY FADS OUT ALONG WITH DIGITAL DISPALY ON RADIO. POWER SIDE VIEW MIRRORS NO LONGER WORK ON BOTH SIDE. NOR DOES THE POWER DOOR LOCKS. HAVE NOT TAKE IN YET FOR REPAIRS. AWAITING RESPONSE FROM FORD DEALERSHIP.

2000 FORD F150 CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.*MR THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR 15 MIN WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE APPEARED TO HAVE ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT OPERABLE AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. *NM

CONCERNS REGARDING GETTING REPAIRS DONE TO 2000 FORD F150.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***.*MR THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER REGARDING THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH, HOWEVER WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE DEALER, HE WAS INFORMED THE PART(S) WERE NOT AVAILABLE, EVEN THOUGH THE RECALL LETTER STATED THEY WERE . RECALL#05V017000. *JB

DT: HAD PROBLEMS IN PAST WITH TIE ROD ENDS AND WAS UNABLE TO KEEP GREASE ON THEM. CONSUMER WAS AT CHURCH AND BEGAN TO LEAVE, AND THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE. AFTER TURNING THE WHEEL FOLLOWED BY A DRAGGING-THIS WAS LATER A PIECE OF TIE ROD END. THIS OCCURRED ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND BEFORE THE MILEAGE HAD ACCUMULATED TO 20,000 .THIS OCCURRED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. THIS WAS REPAIRED BY CONSUMER'S HUSBAND. THIS 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND, WAS EXITING PARKING LOT ONTO STREET AND HEARD ANOTHER POPPING NOISE. ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK BUT WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT OFF THE ROAD. CALLED HUSBAND WHO WAS A MECHANIC, HE CAME AND REPAIRED VEHICLE. THIS OCCURRED ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE PARTS FOR THE F150 TIE ROD ENDS WERE UNABLE TO PACK GREASE WHICH CAUSES THIS FAILURE. HAS CONTACTED FORD FOR THE FIRST INCIDENT. THE SECOND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS JUST OVER 50,000 MILES. *AK

DT: CONSUMER STATES ON 6-28-05 TRUCK BURNED COMPLETELY. SHE RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER ON 6-25-05 BUT NEVER TOOK THE TRUCK TO DEALER. THE FIRE ORIGINATED UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. INVESTIGATED THE FIRE WITH AN UNDETERMINED CAUSE NOTED. THE TRUCK WAS SITTING STILL. SHE TALKED TO FORD BUT NOT TO THE DEALER. SHE DID NOT CONTACT ANYONE ON 6-25-05 WHEN SHE RECEIVED THE RECALL LETTER.*AK

SUNDAY MORNING JUNE 26 1:30AM, I HEARD AN EXPLOSION. LOOKING OUT TO SEE MY 2000 FORD F150 ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE EXPLOSION WAS THE DRIVERS FRONT TIRE EXPLODING FROM THE HEAT. AFTER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT THE FIRE OUT, THE FIRE MARSHAL WAS INVESTIGATING AND TOLD ME IT WAS A FAULTY CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH THAT FORD HAS A RECALL FOR THAT WAS THE IGNITION POINT. I CALLED FORD AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME SINCE THEY HAD MY CORRECT ADDRESS AND THE RECALL NOTICES WERE SENT AND NOT RETURNED TO THEM. I TOLD FORD I DID NOT RECEIVE THE RECALL NOTICES.

OUR FORD F-150 YEAR 2000 STARTED FIRE UNDER THE HOOD, WHILE WE WERE SLEEPING. THE TRUCK WAS PARKED IN THE DIVEWAY AT ABOUT 12:00 THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THE FIRE STARTED AT ABOUT 6:30-7:00 THE NEXT MOURNING. THE TRUCK WAS BURNT TO THE GROUND, IT TOTALED MY VEHICLE THAT WAS NEXT TO IT AND IT DAMAGED OUR HOME. IF SOMEONE HADN'T NOTICED THE FIRE ON THEIR WAY TO WORK AND WOKEN US UP WE WOULD HAVE LOST OUR HOME AND MAYBE EVEN OUR LIVES. THE INVESTIGATOR THAT WAS SEN'T TO OUR HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE THE VEHICLE IS CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS RELATED TO THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. THE TRUCK WAS STANDING STILL UNOCCUPIED TURNED OFF FOR ATLEAST 6 HOURS BEFORE IT WEN'T UP IN FLAMES.WHEN WE CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE THE WHOLE HOOD WAS ON FIRE, BY THE TIME THE FIREMEN CAME THE WHOLE TRUCK WAS BURNED AND IT STARTED ON THE HOUSE. THE FIREMEN AT THE SEEN TOLD US THAT NOTHING LOOKED CRIMINAL AND THEY BELIEVE THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. THEIR IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THIS FIRE OCCURED BECAUSE OF THE CRUISE VCONTROL RECALL.

DT: CONTACT STATES FORD F150 CAUGHT ON FIRE ON 06-17-2005. TRUCK HAS BEEN AT DEALER FOR TWO WEEKS. THE DAMAGE WAS $7,514.00, AND MORE WORK MAY BE NEEDED. CONSUMER WORKS FOR A DELIVERY COMPANY AND THIS TRUCK WAS HIS WORK TRUCK. CURRENTLY, HE HAS BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR 1 WEEK AND 2 DAYS. HE ASKED FOR A RENTAL VEHICLE AND THEY REFUSED. TO GIV EHIM ONE. *AK

LAST NIGHT, I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN INTO A PARKING LOT WHEN I LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING IN MY VEHICLE. LUCKILY, THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS ABLE TO MANUVER AROUND ME, AND I JUST MISSED A UTILITY POLE. I FOUND THE INNER LEFT TIE ROD HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED. I HAVE SERARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND NUMEROUS REPORTS AND COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUE, AND EVEN A PENDING CLASS-ACTION SUIT. I WILL BE REPLAING NOT ONLY THE BROKEN TIE ROD, BUT THE OTHERS AS WELL.

MY TRUCK BURNED UP AND I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF ANY RECAL UNTIL I HEARD OF THIS FROM THE STATE FARM INSPECTOR