2000 FORD F-150 Complaints

2000 FORD F-150 VIN# [XXX]. 1) FUSES 15 AND 27 HAVE BLOWN. 2) THE INTERIOR HEATER FAN CONTINUES ON AFTER VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. 3) RADIO POWER COMES AND GOES. 4) BATTERY DRAINS OVERNIGHT.*AK FUSE 15 HANDLES SPEED CONTROL. IS THIS PROBLEM RELATED TO NHTSA # PE04078. PROBLEM HAS NOT YET BEEN UNCOVERED. UPDATED 07/24/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR SHEET METAL HAS DEVELOPED A CRACK. THE DOOR WILL NO LONGER CLOSE PROPERLY. AFTER READING SEVERAL ARTICLE'S THIS SEEMS TO BE A FORD FACTORY DEFECT. AFTER TALKING TO FORD SERVICE THEY WILL NOT REPAIR. THEY SAID IT WAS NOT RUSTING! *JB

ARRIVED HOME 1500 PARKED 2000 FORD F150 IN FRONT OF HOME. TRUCK HAD NO MODIFICATIONS NO LEAKS NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CRUISE CONTROL WHICH QUIT WORKING IN SEPT OR OCT AT 1800 THE TRUCK BURST INTO FLAMES ON LH FRONT FROM UNDER HOOD TRUCK WAS PARKED 3 HOURS TOTALLY COLD TRUCK WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. *JB

CONSUMER DROVE TO DAUGHTER'S RESIDENCE, AND WAS THERE 35 TO 45 MINUTES WHEN HIS GRANDSON NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN THEY APPROACHED THE VEHICLE THEY FOUND SMOKE AND FIRE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL WELL.*AK

2000 F150 PICK UP, PARKED IN DRIVEWAY FOR 20 MINUTES NOT RUNNING. CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, LEFT SIDE BY THE CRUSE CONTROL UNIT.*AK

1) 2000 F 150 PARKED IN CLOSED GARAGE AND THE VEHICLE WAS LOCKED FOR AT LEAST 10 HOURS. JUST AS I WAS GOING TO BED, HEARD A LOUD BOOM, WENT OUTSIDE TO SEE, CAME BACK IN NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE SIDE DOOR OF GARAGE THAT LEADS INTO THE HOUSE. I OPENED SIDE ENTRY DOOR TO GARAGE, SAW FLAMES SHOOTING OUT OT THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE OF THE F150. HOME IS UNINHABITABLE IN ITS CURRENT STATE, TRUCK IS TOTALLY DESTROYED, BURNED TO THE GROUND. NOTHING CAN BE DONE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE, IT IS A TOTAL LOSS. NATIONWIDE, VEHICLE SAFETY IS A CONCERN FOR CONSUMERS. I AM AWARE THROUGH MY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND POLITICAL BACKGROUND THAT THIS AGENCY IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN HELP ME WITH A PROBLEM A DANGEROUS AS THIS, OF ENGINE FIRES IN THE F-150 AND APPEARS THAT IT MAY NOT BE LIMITED TO THE F 150'S.*AK

VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY CAUGHT ON FIRE WHEN IT WAS PARKED. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD A SHORT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE. CONSUMER WILL NOTIFY MANUFACTURER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH BURNED THE BRAKE RESERVOIR AND THE BRAKES FAILED. ALL THE FLUID LEAKED OUT, AND THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. *AK

RECENTLY MY CRUISE CONTROL QUIT WORKING ON MY 2000, F150, FORD TRUCK, (WITHIN THE LAST MONTH) AND TODAY MY WIFE DROVE MY TRUCK HOME, PARKED IT IN OUR DRIVEWAY, WENT INTO THE HOUSE AND WITHIN APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR AND A HALF THE TRUCK ENGINE COMPARTMENT BURST INTO FLAMES AND BURNT UP THE TRUCK, NEARLY CATCHING FIRE TO THE HOUSE. THE TRUCK WAS NOT RUNNING AT THE TIME. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME OUT AND PUT OUT THE FIRE, BUT THE TRUCK WAS A COMPLETE LOSS. THE FIRE CHIEF SAID THAT IT APPEARED TO BE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT ORIGINATED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY, ALFA, HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND WE WILL NOTIFY THEM OF THE INFORMATION WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE INTERNET ABOUT NUMEROUS FIRES WITH THIS MODEL TRUCK.*AK

I HAVE A 2000 F150 FORD P/U WITH GOOD YEAR WRANGLER RT/S TIRES. THE SIDEWALLS HAVE 2-3 SLITS/CRACKS ON EACH TIRE. THESE SLITS ARE ABOUT 3/4-1 INCH LONG. THESE TIRES CAME STOCKED ON THE TRUCK. THEY WERE MADE THE 12TH MONTH OF 2000. I SAY THEY ARE DEFECTIVE AND A HUGH SAFTY PROBLEM. TIRE TREAD IS ABOUT ONLY HALF WORN.*AK