2001 FORD F-150 Complaints

2/28/07 WHILE DRIVING ON RT 3 @ 60 MPH MY TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED & THE O.D. OFF LIGHT FLASHED ON & OFF CONTINUOUSLY. I STOPPED & LOOKED IT UP IN THE OWNERS MANUAL AND FOUND THAT MY TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE SERVICED. TOOK TO FORD DEALER AND I WAS TOLD TRANSMISSION NEEDED WORK AND THAT WARRANTY PLAN EXPIRED 2 DAYS EARLIER. BROUGHT TO TRANS SHOP WAS SHOWN TRANSMISSION PAN FULL OF METAL FROM GEARS NEEDED TO B REBUILT @ 41000 MILES AND NEVER TOWED OR PLOWED,@ A COST OF OVER $2000.00. *JB

I TOOK MY 2001 FORD F150 TO HAVE A TIRE REPAIRED, ASSUMING IT HAD A NAIL IN IT BECAUSE IT HAD A SLOW LEAK. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE (ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT) ALUMINUM WHEEL HAD A CRACK IN IT. I WAS FURTHER INFORMED THAT THIS IS CONSIDERED TO BE A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD'S ALUMINUM WHEELS OF THAT VINTAGE. *JB

MY 2001 FORD F-150 TRUCK HAD A SPARK PLUG EJECT FROM THE CYLINDER AND HIT THE FUEL RAIL WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY ON 9-1-06 (70,000 MILES ON ODOMETER). I HAD THE TRUCK HAULED TO NEAREST SERVICE CENTER WHERE THEY FIXED THE CYLINDER WITH A REPAIR KIT MADE FOR THIS PROBLEM. ON 2-26-07 AT 79 THOUSAND MILES ANOTHER PLUG EJECTED WITH THE SAME CONSEQUENCE. NOW THE ENTIRE HEAD HAS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $3600 TO ME. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING THE 2001 FORD F150. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING AT 60 MPH WHEN HE STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE. THE CONTACT LOOKED OUT OF THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND SAW SPARKS HITTING THE ROAD. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER. LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND SAW FLAMES. HE THEN LEFT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND WAS DESTROYED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE AS ELECTRICAL. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE WHETHER A POLICE OR FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AWAY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 160,000. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK FORD CLAIMED THE RECALL HAD BEEN FIXED. UPDATED 03/19/07. *JB

I WAS DRIVING FROM SANTA BARBARA TO LOMPOC ALONG HIGHWAY 1 AROUND 6:30 P.M. WHEN I FIRST SMELLED SMOKE THINKING THERE WAS A BRUSH FIRE, BUT QUICKLY IT STARTED TO SMELL LIKE ELECTRICAL BURNING. LOOKING AROUND THE TRUCK FOR THE SMELL WHILE DRIVING I LOOKED OUT THE SIDE MIRROR TO MAKE SURE NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME, ONLY TO SEE SPARKS OR SMALL EMBERS FLYING FROM MY TRUCK ONTO THE HIGHWAY. PULLING OVER TO THE SIDE I JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK AND PULLED MY TOOL BOX AWAY FROM THE BED TO SEE IF SOMETHING IN THE BACK BED WAS ON FIRE. I COULD ONLY SEE FLAMES UNDERNEATH BETWEEN THE BED AND THE CAB. FEARING EXPLOSION I RAN TO CALL 911 FROM MY CELL PHONE. WITHIN MINUTES MY TRUCK WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. NOTHING LEFT BUT A BIG PILE OF METAL. TOOLS, AND GOLF CLUBS, GONE. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD POPPING SOUND SIMILAR TO A TRUCK BACK FIRING. THE MECHANIC STATED THE SPARK PLUG AND COILS WERECAUSING THE FAILURE. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED ON 2 PREVIOUS OCCASIONS. THE RECENT FAILURE THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR BY CHANGING THE SPARK PLUGS, THE DAMAGEWAS MORE ADVANCED AND COSTLY. MOST FORD TRUCKS EXPERIENCED THIS FAILURE AT 8 YEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED, AND WAS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE 93000.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY NEAR MY HOME MY 2001 F150 BLEW A SPARK PLUG FROM THE MOTOR. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME. THE FIRST AT 37K MILES AND THE SECOND AT 48K. THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEARLY CAUSED A COLLISION. I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND IN THE PASSING LANE AT THE TIME. THIS IS A FREQUENT OCCURENCE WITH THIS FORD MOTOR FROM WHAT I CAN SEE ON THE INTERNET. WHY IS NOTHING BEING DONE TO PROTECT THE CONSUMER FROM THIS OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE FIRST?

HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/FORD_SPARK.HTML PLEASE CHECK OUT THIS LINK , IT IS IN REGARD TO A SIMILAR PROBLEM I AM HAVING PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!! *NM

I WAS DRIVING IN MY 2001 FORD F-150 TRUCK ON I-5 AND THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE V8 TRITON MOTOR AND THERE WAS A COUPLE OF FIRE BALLS THAT CAME OUT OF THE MOTOR AREA WHICH I WAS TOLD WAS THE GAS VAPOR CATCHING FIRE AFTER THE PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE MOTOR LUCKY THAT I WAS ABLE TO STOP RIGHT AWAY AND HAD WATER TO PUT IT OUT. THIS IS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE AND NOW I FIND OUT FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR A LONG TIME. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO FORD AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE THE WHOLE HEAD PIECE THAT THE SPARK PLUG GOES INTO BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT JUST PUT ANOTHER PLUG INTO THE MOTOR, THEY KNOW IT'S A PROBLEM AND THEY ARE NOT COVERING IT UNDER THE WARRANTIES. ONE OF THESE TRUCKS ARE GOING TO CATCH FIRE AND REALLY HURT SOMEONE. *NM

I OWN A 2001 FORD F-150. ON DECEMBER 16,2006 IT CAUGHT FIRE AND IS NOW CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS BY OUR INSURANCE COMPANY. IT HAS COMPLETELY BURNED TO THE GROUND. ONLY THE SHELL OF THE VEHICLE AND THE TWO FLAT REAR TIRES ARE LEFT. THE INSURANCE COMPANY AT THIS TIME HAS NOT TOLD ME THE REASON THIS HAS HAPPENED. ON DEC. 16TH MY FIANCE HAD DRIVEN IT INTO TOWN THAT MORNING AND RETURNED HOME AND PARKED IT IN THE YARD NEXT TO OUR MOBILE HOME. HE ARRIVED BACK AT HOME AT ABOUT 9:30 AM. HE TOOK ANOTHER VEHICLE DOWN TO OUR NEIGHBORS HOUSE TO DO SOME WORK ON IT AND ABOUT 2:00 PM SOMEONE ELSE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CAME TO GET HIM SAYING HIS TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID THE FIRE DID START IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE OUR SIDING ON OUR HOUSE WAS MELTED AND WE HAD A MOTOR HOME PARKED IN FRONT OF IT ALSO THAT HAD SOME DAMAGE TO IT. IF IT WAS A WINDY DAY THE FLAMES WOULD HAVE REACHED THE HOUSE AND IT WOULD HAVE BURNT TO THE GROUND. WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRUCK BEFORE THIS HAD HAPPENED. NOW THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED I HAVE HEARD OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT OTHER TRUCK FIRES AND HAVE FOUND OTHER INCIDENTS OF THIS HAPPENING WHILE DOING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET. THIS IS HOW I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS SITE AND I THOUGHT I SHOULD REPORT OUR FIRE. *JB