2001 FORD SUPERCREW Complaints

THE PAINT ON MY 2001 F-150 SUPERCREW CAB TRUCK IS CRACKING (CROWS FEET) THE TRUCK IS ONLY 37 MONTH OLD. WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. FORD REFUSES TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK

DEVELOPED A SEVER OIL LEAK ON BOTH HEAD GASKETS. DEALER REPAIRED AT A COST OF 2100.00 DOLLARS. ONLY HAD 52000 MILES.*AK

THE PAINT JOB ON MY 2001 F 150 HARLEY DAVIDSON TRUCK IS CRACKING (CROWS FEET) ALL OVER THE HOOD, ROOF, FRONT FENDER PANELS & ALSO SPREADING TO THE DOORS. *JB

BALL JOINT BOOT FAILURE AFTER ONLY 3 YEARS. THE BOOT IS DETERIORATED TO THE POINT THAT IS COMPLETELY TORN THROUGH. TALKED TO SERVICE TECH AND HE SAID THAT WAS VERY COMMON. THERE IS ALSO NO PLACE TO GREASE THE BALL JOINTS AND THEY SHOW GREAT WEAR WHICH IS VERY PREMATURE FOR THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE. BALL JOINT FAILURE IS EMINENT AND WILL CAUSE INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE IF NOT CORRECTED. *LA

THE REAR SEAT HAS NO PASSENGER HEAD REST WHICH, IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION FROM THE FRONT OR THE REAR WILL ALLOW THE UNRESTRAINED HEADS OF PASSENGERS TO STRIKE THE REAR WINDOW WHICH WILL RESULT IN AN INJURY THAT MAY HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN PREVENTED IF HEADRESTS HAD BEEN INSTALLED. FORD RECOGNIZED THIS PROBLEM BUT THAT IS AFTER A NUMBER OF EARLY RELEASE MODELS WERE ALREADY IN THE MARKETPLACE. I RECOMMEND THAT A RECALL BE PUT IN PLACE TO HAVE THE SEATS RETROFITTED WITH HEADRESTS. *LA

REAR END COLLISION. MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE REAR SEAT OF A F150 FORD SUPERCREW WHEN WE WERE REARENDED. BOTH THE CHILDREN STRUCK THEIR HEADS ON THE REAR WINDOW GLASS. THEY HAD MINOR NECK SPRAINS AND DISCOMFORT. THE LACK OF REAR SEAT HEAD RESTS IN A 2001 VEHICLE CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR INJURY. THIS LACK OF PROPER SAFETY EQUIPMENT IN A NEW VEHICLE HAS BEEN FIXED IN A MIDMODEL CORRECTION BY FORD. I THINK THEY SHOULD OFFER A RETROFIT FOR OTHER VEHICLES IN THE SAME MODEL YEAR.

WHEN THE TILT STEERING IS TILTED DOWN, THE TURN SIGNALS WILL NO LONGER WORK. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WHO HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM EXCEPT HE ALSO LOST HIS DRIVING LIGHTS. WHEN HE WENT TO HAVE HIS VEHICLE REPAIRED, THE SERVICEMAN TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD JUST REPAIRED ANOTHER FORD VEHICLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM

THE VEHICLE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG CAUGHT ON FIRE. *NLM

WHEN SLOWING DOWN AT A INTERSECTION AND NOT COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP THEN GIVING THE GAS TO TAKE OFF SOMETHING MUST BE SLIPPING IN THE DRIVE TRAIN, BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE SOME ONE RAN INTO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK MAKING A NOISE. *JB

I HAVE NOTICED A SLOW AIR LEAK ON ONE OF MY TIRES INSTALLED ON MY 2001 F150 SUPERCREW. A LEAK TEST IN A TUBE OF WATER FOUND THE LEAK WAS DUE TO A SMALL HOLE IN THE SIDEWALL APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH FROM THE RIM. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ALL TIRES HAVE SPORADIC CRACKING AND MINOR BUBBLING ON THE SIDEWALL ON BOTH SIDES OF ALL TIRES. THE TIRES ARE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO BE DRY-ROTTED. ALL TIRES ARE GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S P255/70R16. TIRES WERE MANUFACTURED 3/01 WHICH COINCIDES WITH THE MFR DATE OF MY VEHICLE. THE LOCAL GOODYEAR DEALER WILL PRO-RATE THE COST OF THE REMAINING TREAD TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF A NEW SET OF TIRES. FORTUNATELY, I CHECK THE TIRES ON ALL MY VEHICLES AT LEAST WEEKLY AND HAVE PREVENTED A POSSIBLE FATALITY BEFORE IT HAS HAPPENED. THESE TIRE DEFINITELY APPEAR TO HAVE A SERIOUS MATERIAL DEFECT THAT WARRANTS FURTHER INVESTIGATION. *JB