2007 FORD F-150 Complaints

I WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I GAVE THE TRUCK SOME GAS AND IT STARTED MAKING NOISE AND ACTED AS IF SOMETHING WAS ABOUT READY TO FLY APART AND SEVERLY VIBRATING. I HAD TO STOP AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE WITH CARS BEHIND ME SWERVING TO GET AROUND ME. I HAD TO CALL A TOW SERVICE TO GET MY TRUCK HOME, AFTER INSPECTION OF THE DRIVESHAFT I FOUND THAT THE CARRIER BEARING HAD SLIP OUT OF IT'S HOUSING AND THE DRIVESHAFT WAS BOUNCING AROUND IN THE BEARING BRACKET. I COULD NOT LOCATE A CARRIER BEARING ANYWHERE SO I CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO BUY AND REPLACE THE ENTIRE DRIVESHAFT. I DID SOME SEARCHES ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. IF YOU INSPECT THE DRIVESHAFTS NOW BEING SOLD FOR REPLACEMENTS YOU WILL FIND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN DESIGN CHANGES MADE BUT FORD WON'T ADMIT THAT THEY HAD A DESIGN FLAW WITH THE ORIGINAL DRIVESHAFT. BY THE WAY, MY 2007 F150 ONLY HAS 32000 MILES ON IT, IT'S NOT A WEAR ISSUE.

MY EXHAUST MANIFOLD STARTED LEAKING AROUND 70000 MILES. IT IS TO THE POINT NOW THAT I CAN'T EVEN DRIVE MY TRUCK. I BOUGHT IT USED AND IT STARTED ABOUT 2 YEARS AFTER I BOUGHT IT.

O/D OFF LIGHT , TRANSMISSION FAULT ON INFORMATION DISPLAY INTERMITTENT LIGHT AND TONE! TRUCK WOULD NOT START, PCM FAILURE $3500 DOLLARS IN REPAIR, AT FORD DEALER STILL NOT FIXED!

BLOWN OUT SPARK PLUG #3 CYLINDER, REPAIR LASTED LESS THAN 3 WEEKS AND FAILED ON STATE HIGHER 41 IN CALIFORNIA WITCH CAUSE MAJOR LOSS OF POWER GOING UPHILL AND STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WITH MY WIFE AND CHILD IN THE VEHICLE. THE INCIDENT LEFT US WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO WALK ACROSS HEAVY TRAFFIC TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND LEAVE THE VEHICLE IN THE ROAD WAY

I BOUGHT TRUCK ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO TOOK TO FORD TO HAVE TRANNY FLUSH ON IT ASKED THEM ABOUT THE TICKING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NORMAL ON THE 5.4 TRITON ABOUT A WEEK AGO THE TICKING GOT LOUDER AND LOOKED UP PROBLEMS AND FOUND THAT THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW IN ENGINE THAT CAUSES CAM PHASERS FAIL ND OIL PRESSURE DROPS TO ZERO FORD KNOWS ABOUT PROBLEM BUT WHN YOU CALL THEY TELL YOU THAT YOU NEED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE WELL LOOKED UP FORUMS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE REPLACED THE MOTOR HAD SAME PROBLEMS WITH IT LATER ON YESTERDAY I WAS DRIVING TAKING MY 2 DAUGHTERS TO SCHOOL WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF I LOST BRAKES AND STEERING. THE TRUCK BEHIND ME HAD TO LOCK UP ITS BRAKES TO KEEP FROM HITTING ME AND MY KIDS SO I AM WRITING YOU TO SEE IF YOU CAN LOOK INTO THIS MY KIDS WERE SO SCARED THE TRUCK SLOWED INSTANTLY WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED I HAD MY FRIEND TOW IT BACK TO MY HOUSE WHERE I CHECKED THE CAM SENSORS AND CHANGED THEM AND DID NOT START STILL DOES NOT START NOW THERE ARE 1000'S OF PEOPLE ON FORUMS TALKING ABOUT THIS IS IT GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE GETTING KILLED BEFORE FORD OWNS UP TO THERE PROBLEMS THEY ARE IGNORING AND HAVING THE CONSUMER PAY AYWHERE FROM 3500- 8000 DOLLARS TO REPAIR THIS I FIRST ASKED WHEN I BOUGHT TRUCK WITH 81,000 MILES ON IT

I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK JUNE 28 2010. ON 2-11-14 I TOOK IT TO FORD DEALER BECAUSE OF FRAME ROT AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR. I HAD IT REPAIRED AT A WELDING SHOP. THE TRUCK FRAME IS NOW SO BAD THAT IT IS UNSAFE AND WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION. IT HAS SEPARATED AT FACTORY WELD. OBVIOUS MANUFACTURING DEFECT.

WHILE UNDER WARRANTY THE ROTORS BECAME WARPED. I TOOK THE TRUCK INTO THE DEALER AND THEY GROUND THE ROTORS WHICH MADE THEM THINNER AND MORE VULNERABLE TO WARPING WHICH OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY. FORD REFUSED TO REPLACE THE ROTORS. THE PADS WERE FINE INDICATING THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT AN OPERATOR PROBLEM. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY CONCLUDED THAT THE ROTORS WERE NOT SUFFICIENT FOR THE VEHICLE. THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS WITH A MORE SUBSTANTIAL ROTOR AT A COST OF $1400 AND I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM SINCE.

STEERING BINDS SO TIGHTLY WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION THAT IT TAKES SIGNIFICANT FORCE TO TURN WHEEL. ONCE WHEEL GETS PAST AND FREE OF THE BINDING POSITION IT TRAVELS TOO FAR CREATING A NEED FOR A STEERING CORRECTION. I BELIEVE THAT THE TWO PIECE STEERING SHAFT AND THE TWO UNIVERSAL JOINTS ARE WORN AND CAUSING THE PROBLEM. IT FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE LOST POWER STEERING, HOWEVER NOT THE CASE. AS THE POWER STEERING FLUID IS AT THE PROPER LEVEL. THERE ARE NO FLUID LEAKS, FORD HAS RECALLED EXPEDITIONS AND LINCOLNS FOR THIS ISSUE, WHY NOT THE F-150 PICKUP TRUCKS?

FILED A CLAIM WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BUREAU OF AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR ON 4-3-17, COMPLAINT # OC 2017005088, AGAINST FOUR ENTITIES INCLUDING: EL CAJON, CA FORD DEALER, CERTIFIED CAR CLINIC, FORD AUTOMOTIVE INC., AND DREW/PENSKE FORD REGARDING MY 2007 5.4 TRITON FORD F-150 TRUCK PLATINUM SPARK PLUG DEFECT. I WAS TOLD BY THE BAR THAT MY COMPLAINT WOULD BE FILED WITH YOUR AGENCY. I WOULD LIKE TO VERIFY IN WRITING THAT YOUR AGENCY HAS RECEIVED THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BAR COMPLAINT.

I NEED REPLACE SPARKS PLUS NO VARY LIKE DO THEY SAID FORD F150 5.4 POSIBLE LOOS PICE INSIDE MOTOR