2001 FORD F-150 Complaints

DRIVER SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT OR EXTEND BELT CANNOT BE BUCKLED. SOMETIMES IF I SPEED UP TO AROUND 30 MPH BELT WILL RELEASE BUT HARD TO BUCKLE WHILE DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS BECAME UNLATCHED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 162,000.

WHILE DRIVING INTO TOWN AT 65 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY I APPLIED MY BRAKE AND IT RESUMED TO 65 FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS THEN ACCELERATED AGAIN. I TRIED THE BRAKES AGAIN AND THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR. IN ORDER TO STOP I PUSHED THE GEAR SHIFT INTO PARK FORCIBLY. THE TRUCK WENT INTO A SPIN AND CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE BARRIER..

WHILE DRIVING AT LESS THAN 25 MPH AND BRAKING THE TRUCK ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. ENGINE RPM ACCELERATED TO MAX AND TRUCK STRUCK A PARKED VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MPH. FULL BRAKE APPLICATION WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV AT MAX RPM AND WAS TURNED OFF WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. THIS PREVIOUSLY HAD HAPPENED WHEN MERGING INTO HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC OR PASSING WITH ACCELERATOR PUSHED TO NEAR FULL DOWN POSITION. THIS TIME THE DRIVER HAD HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE SEAT BELT LOOSENED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 01V227001 (SEAT BELTS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 255,506.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE GEAR FAILED TO REMAIN IN DRIVE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRIC DIAL IN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

FORD F150 2001 TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS TOTALED. TRUCK WAS PARKED OUTSIDE OF HOUSE.

2 OUT OF 3 OF MY SEAT BELTS WILL NOT LATCH. I CONTACTED FORD AND ADVISED THEM O FOUND A RECALL ONLINE ABOUT THIS. FORD STATED RECALLS ARE VIN SPECIFIC. I ADVISED FORD THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THIS SAME ISSUE ONLINE AND FOUND A RECALL. FORD REFUSES TO FIX IT FROM FORD DEALERSHIP LEVEL TO CUSTOMER RELATIONS LEVEL. IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE UNKNOWN HOW LONG AGO IT STARTED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ADDED BRAKE FLUID TO THE VEHICLE. AFTER DRIVING TEN MILES, THE BRAKE FLUID LEAKED OUT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

THERE HAS BEEN NO INCIDENT AS YET BUT THE FRAME OF THIS VEHICLE HAS SUCH EXTREME CORROSION THAT CERTIFIED MECHANICS ARE RELUCTANT TO WORK ON THIS VEHICLE SINCE THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT A FAILURE OCCURRING AT CONNECTION POINT WHERE THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION CONNECTS TO THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. THEIR CONCERN IS A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IF ANY OF THE STEERING OR SUSPENSION CONNECTION POINTS FAIL DUE TO THE SEVERELY CORRODED FRAME. THIS IS NOT SURFACE CORROSION, THE METAL IS FLAKED AND SEPARATED AND IT IS THE ENTIRE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. I HAD JUST SPENT $4,000 TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE EXHAUST SYSTEM FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BACK TO THE TAIL PIPE AND THE MECHANIC IS WARNING ME ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE SUSPENSION AND STEERING COMPONENTS BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME CORROSION. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 77, 000 ORIGINAL MILES AND HAS NEVER BEEN IN SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS.