2000 FORD F-150 Complaints

WHEN REVERSING INNER TIE ROD FAILED, CAUSING FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL TO LOCK UP. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT WHILE DRIVING TURN SIGNALS DIDN'T WORK. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, AND THEY INDICATED Y VEHICLE WAS WITHOUT GUARANTY. *AK IN ADDITION TO THE SIGNAL LIGHTS NOT WORKING THE HAZARD, AND BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT WORK. THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT LOCKING THE STEERING WHEEL IN THE UPPER MOST POSITION RESTORED OPERATION OF THE SIGNAL LIGHTS TEMORARILY. ONE MONTH LATER TOTAL LOSS OF SIGNAL LIGHTS OCCURED. THE CONSUMER REMOVED THE STEERING COLUMN SCHROUDS TO REVEIL THAT BOTH RETAINING CLIPS ON THE WIRING HARNESSS PLUG ASSEMBLY WERE BROKEN ALLOWING THE PLUG ASSEMBLY TO MOVE PARTLY IN AND OUT OF ITS COUNTERPART EACH TIME THAT THE TILT STEERING WHEEL WAS MOVED UP OR DOWN. *TC

WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP FROM DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE COMMENCED TO VIBRATE OUT OF CONTROL. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONSUMER'S HOUSE. TOW TRUCK DRIVER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A BROKEN TIE ROD. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED.*AK CONSUMER CALLED FORD TO MAKE A COMPLAINT. TIE ROD BROKE AS THE VEHICLE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT A STOP LIGHT. VEHICLE REPAIRED AT CONSUMERS EXPENSE. *TC

I OWN A 2000 FORD F-150, WHILE TURNIG RIGHT TO GO IN THE GARAGE THE RIGHT HAND TIE ROD END SEPERATED FROM THE SOCKET. THE COST OF THE REPAIR 248.00 BECAUSE THE OPPOSIT END OF THE ASSEMBLEY WAS DAMAGE WHEN THE TRUCK HIT THE BLACKTOP. IN AUGUST I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD TELLING ME TO HAVE THE TIE ROD ENDS INSPECTED OR HOW TO INSPECT THEM EVERY 15,000 MILES. THIS LETTER INDICATES THAT FORD KNOWS THERE'S A PROBLEM BUT CHOOSE NOT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL SOMEONE GETS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT (WHICH COULD BE ME.) WHEN THE LEFT TIE ROD END DECIDES TO FAIL OR THE RIGNT ONE GOES AGAIN. *AK

THE TIE RODS FAILED ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. WHEN THE CONSUMER GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND LOOKED AT IT FROM THE FRONT, THE TIRES WERE POINTED INWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AFTER MARKET MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TIE RODS WERE BAD AND NEEDED REPLACED. ALSO THE OWNER WAS INFORMED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE TIE RODS NEEDS TO BE INSPECTED EVERY 15,000MI. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

FIRE OCCURRED IN LR QUADRANT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND NOT RUNNING. ORIGIN IS AT MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER. OWNER RELATES THAT 30-45 DAYS PRIOR TO FIRE THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD FAILED INTERMITTANTLY SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN BECAME INOPERATIVE. HAS TWO COMPLAINTS ON DIFF VEH. SEE ODI #10090873

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN FRONT END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED,BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE INTERIOR LIGHTS GAVE NO PRIOR INDICATION THAT THE COMPONENTS WERE FAULTY. THE FUSES, RELAYS, AND BATTERY WERE INACCESSIBLE DURING DISMANTLING AND ONCE AGAIN, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *SC

FIRE ORIGINATED IN VEHICLE WHILE PARKED AND RUNNING. OWNER HAD PARKED VEHICLE AND EXITED IT TO OPEN A GATE. SMELLED SMOKE AND OBSERVED SMOKE ISSUING FROM UNDER LR HOOD. OBSERVED A SMALL FIRE AT THE LOCATION OF THE CRUISE CONTROL DE-ACTIVATION SWITCH. FIRE PROPOGATED RAPIDLY AND ULTIMATELY CAUSED HEAVY DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.*AK

2000 FORD F150 PICKUP TRUCK WITH APPROX. 126,000 MILES, CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AFTER BEING PARKED ABOUT 5 HOURS. FIRE LOCATION WAS AT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS BELIVED TO BE THE SCDS (SPEED CONTROL DISENGAGEMENT SWITCH). FIRE DAMAGED TRUCK AND EDGE OF CARPORT. *AK

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE ON DRIVER'S SIDE AFTER SITTING 2 TO 3 HOURS. FIRE SEEMED TO BE AT THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. POSSIBLE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. FIRE PUT OUT VERY SHORTLY AFTER IT STARTED. INSURANCE COMPANY NATIONWIDE, 888-593-2432 EXT 13, GEORGE ALEXANDER. PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN. *AK