1999 FORD F-150 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE RIM FRACTURED DUE TO RUST. THE CONTACT STATED HE TRIED TO CLEAN THE RIMS, AS THE SALT FROM THE ROADS CAUSED THE RUST. LATER THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS ALSO COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE CONTACT REPLACED ALL OF THE RIMS AND TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

UNDERFRAME IS ROTTEN AND RUSTED OUT. WAS HANGING ON BY A TWO INCH PIECE OF METAL. VEHICLE IS 1999 WITH ONLY 94,200 ORIGINAL MILES. SHOULD NOT HAVE RUSTED OUT. FORD WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY FAULT OR REPAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN SHE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. SHE OPENED THE HOOD AND DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER STATED THE SPARK PLUGS STARTED THE FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT THEN INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE SPARK PLUG WAS SPEWED FROM THE ENGINE . THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SPARK PLUG NEEDED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

1999 FORD F-150. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL REPAIRS NOT BEING COMPLETED *TGW THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT ONE OF THE TWO STRAPS WAS COMPLETELY ROTTED AND JUST HANGING THERE AND NOT SUPPORTING ANYTHING. THEREFORE, THE GAS TANK WAS BEING HELD IN PLACE BY ONLY ONE STRAP. THE DEALER STATED THEY COULD NOT MAKE THE REPAIRS DUE TO THE CORROSION, AS IT HAD AFFECTED THE FRAME WHERE THE GAS TANK ATTACHED TOO. THE CONSUMER STATED EVER SINCE HE WENT TO THE DEALER, THERE IS AN ODOR OF GAS EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. *JB

BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT. FIRST WAS THE PASSENGER SLIDE FRONT, THEN THE IN 2008 THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER SIDE RUSTED OUT. NOW THE FRONT DRIVER SLIDE BRAKE LINE RUSTED OUT. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK IN OHIO AUGUST 1999. I MOVED TO NORTH CAROLINE IN JUNE OF 2000. WITH THE OCCASIONAL TRIP TO OHIO THE TRUCK HAS BEEN HOUSED IN NORTH CAROLINA FROM 6/1/2000 TO PRESENT DAY. I WOULD EXPECT THIS IF HAD REMAINED IN OHIO BUT NOT FROM A SOUTHERN TRUCK. I QUESTION THE QUALITY OF THE STEEL BRAKE LINES. ARE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME TROUBLE??? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS RUST AND CORROSION ON THE FUEL TANK. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD STARTED BREAKING AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE BOLTS HOLDING THE MANIFOLD IN PLACE HAD RUSTED AND BROKEN OFF. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 291,000.

THREE BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT AND LEAKING IN LAST 2 YEARS INCIDENT DATE IS AN ESTIMATE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL DROPPED TO THE FLOOR BOARD ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE BRAKE LINES AS A RESULT OF CORROSION OF THE BRAKE LINES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 157,000. UPDATED 05/08/12*LJ