2000 FORD F-150 Complaints

THE VEHICLE'S LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. *NM THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS VEHICLE. *SC THE CONSUMER REQUESTED INFORMATION ON WHETHER OR NOT HIS PROBLEM SHOULD CONSTITUTE A RECALL. *TC *JB

PARKED VEHICLE AT AROUND 8:00PM AT AROUND 11:00PM HEARD A LOUD BOOM. LOOKED OUT AND SAW TRUCK ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE TIRE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS BURNED WORSE THAN THE PASSENGER SIDE. PRIOR TO FIRE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD CRUISE CONTROL BUT HAVE NEVER USED IT NOT EVEN ONCE. HAVE PHOTOS OF TRUCK WILL SEND TO BRUCE YORK. *JB

THE BRAKES AT 38000 MILES WERE COMPLETELY WORN DOWN TO THE ROTORS. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE BRAKES, AND ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

F-150 CAUGHT FIRE AFTER BEING PARKED FOR 1 1/2HOURS. DID DAMAGE TO OUR CAR PARKED NEXT TO IT AND OUR HOUSE. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF ANY DANGER WITH THE VEHICLE OR ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT CRUISE CONTROLS ON THE F-150'S ARE A PROBLEM, AND WHY HAVE THEY NOT BEEN RECALLED TO PREVENT DAMAGE AND INJURY? IS THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT SIMILAR PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY OTHERS?*AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNT A PART OF THE HOUSE WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE LEFT QUADRANT OF THE ENGINE. THREE FIRE INVESTIGATORS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE, BUT IT WAS INCONCLUSIVE DUE TO HOW EXCESSIVE BURNT THE ENGINE COMPONENTS WERE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THEN, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE SPEED CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

HUSBAND DROVE TO WORK 7 MILES, PARKED VEHICLE AT 7:20 AM, THEN AT 10:30 AM RECEIVED A CALL, TELLING HIM THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. SOMEONE PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH AN EXTINGUISHER. VEHICLE WAS NOT TOTALED. PRIOR TO FIRE THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. BOUGHT VEHICLE USED. TRIED TO USE CRUISE CONTROL, BUT COULD NOT GET IT TO WORK. NOT SURE IF WORKING OR NOT. VEHICLE WAS INSURED BY NATIONWIDE. ADJUSTER GEORGE ALEXANDER 888-593-2432, EXTENSION 13, POLICY NUMBER 7709P499619. NATIONWIDE MAY HAVE DONE AN INVESTIGATION. HAVE COPIES OF WORK ORDERS TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE, AND WILL FAX THEM TO BRUCE YORK.*AK *TC

HUSBAND PARKED TRUCK ABOUT 12:00 AM AND AT ABOUT 3:00 PM HE SAW WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM HOOD AREA ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THEN , VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES. THREE DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRE, CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. NO OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. WILL SEND PICTURES TO BRUCE YORK. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE HOOD WAS OPENED, THE BRAKE DEACTIVATION SWITCH WAS ON FIRE. AFTER OPENING THE HOOD THE FLAME GREW. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME AND THEN TO THE DEALER. *AK THE CYLINDER RESEVOIR MELTED AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WIRE MELTED AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE. *TC

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK ...IT WAS FINALLY CONFIRMED THAT FIRE WAS FROM CRUISE CONTROL. CALLED DEALER AGAIN WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. *AK