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1994 Ford F-150 complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1994 record →

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed May 14, 1999OH

WHILE DRIVING UP HILLS IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THE VEHICLE TO SHIFT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Air Bags
Filed May 14, 1999OH

DEFECTIVE CLOCK SPRING MALFUNCTIONED WHICH CAUSED THE AIRBAG LIGHT TO STAY ON, INDICATING THERE IS A PROBLEM WITHIN THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. IT WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. *AKTHE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE AIRBAG SHOULD BE SERVICES AT NO COST SINCE THEY ARE SAFTEY RELATED. *SB

Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner
Filed May 11, 1999PA

THE DRIVER SEATBACK BROKE OFF BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH WELDS OR HINGES WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Auxillary Tank › Selector Devices
Filed Apr 22, 1999IL

GAS IS LEAKING OUT OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE ONE OF THE DUAL FUEL TANKS WONT HOLD THE FUEL. DEALER SYAS CHECK VALVE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Webbing
Filed Apr 20, 1999WI

REAR SHOULDER RESTRAINT GOT STUCK ON THE PERSON WEARING IT. THE PERSON HAD TO CLIMB UNDER THE RSTRAINT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under DashFire
Filed Apr 19, 1999TX

WHILE THE TRUCK WAS SITTING IN A PARKING GARAGE FOR OVER 5 HOURS, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE IN WIRING, UNDER DASH AND BURNED. THE TRUCK WAS TOTALLED. THE TRUCK HAD BEEN WORKED ON 10 DAYS PRIOR TO IT BURNING, BY AUTO NATION USA. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 7, 1999TX

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Apr 6, 1999KY

CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH PASSENGER SEAT BELTS. SEAT BELT BUCKLE GETS STUCK AND IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO GET OUT OF IT. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

Electrical System › Wiring
Filed Mar 30, 1999FL

TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSES THE CLOCK SPRING WIRING TO BREAK, WHICH IN TURN CAUSES THE HORN/CRUISE CONTROL AND THE AIR BAG SYSTEM NOT TO WORK. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO FORD. THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *ML

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Mar 27, 1999ID

THE TRANSMISSION RUBBER SEALS SHRUNK & THIS ALLOWS OIL IN TRANSFER CASE. WOULD BE ON GEARS. THIS CAUSE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL OR OPERATE PROPERLY. HAVE TAKEN TO MECHANIC & HAD IT REPAIRED.

Electrical System › Ignition › SwitchFire
Filed Mar 26, 1999IL

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE WHICH STARTED IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND MADE ITS WAY TO THE BACK. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. NO ONE HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AT THIS TIME. PREVIOUSLY, OCCUPANT HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Auxillary Tank › Selector Devices
Filed Mar 24, 1999NJ

FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO A CHECK VALVE WHICH CAUSED THE FIRST FUEL TANK TO GO INTO THE SECOND FUEL TANK, RESULTING IN FUEL SPILLAGE. MAY CAUSE A FIRE IF THERE IS A SOURCE OF IGNITION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Mar 12, 1999OK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Suspension › Front
Filed Mar 12, 1999TX

THE RIGHT RADIAL ARM BUSHING DISINTEGRATED TWICE. THIS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT STEERING AND CONTROL PROBLEMS, BUT NO COLLISION. APPARENTLY, THE BUSING ON THE RIGHT WAS NOT DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND THE HEAT OF THE NEARBY EXHAUST SYSTEM.

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Mar 1, 1999ID

RETRACT SPRING OF THE SEAT BELT HAS FAILED AND THE BELT IS COMPLETLY EXTENDED, OFFERING NO PROTECTION. THE BELT IS UNUSABLE IN THIS CONDITION.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Feb 18, 1999MA

PREMATURE WEA ROF REAR ABS BRAKES. *AK

Power Train › Clutch Assembly
Filed Feb 16, 1999MD

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE CLUTCH, WHEN PUSHING THE CLUTCH IN, THE CLUTCH IS REAL HARD. A SPRING WOULD PUSH CONSUMER'S FOOT OFF THE CLUTCH, AND THE VEHICLE WILL JUMP.WHEN IN FIRST AND REVERSE GEARS, VEHICLE JUMPS ALOT, WHICH CAN CAUSE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. *AK

Suspension › Front
Filed Feb 13, 1999NY

BALL JOINT FAILURE

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Feb 11, 1999IL

NO SUMMARY

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Feb 10, 1999TX

FORD CLAIMS THAT THE ENGINE CAN LEAK 1QT/900 MILES UNDER NORMAL USE AND STILL BE WITHIN TOLLERANCES. THEY CLAIMED THIS WAS IN MY OWNERS MANUAL. IT IS NOT. IT IS IN A BOOK THEY KEEP IN THEIR OFFICE WHICH THE CONSUMER DOES NOT SEE. THIS KIND OF LEAKAGE IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!

Air Bags
Filed Feb 3, 1999IN

CONSUMER NOTICED AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS BLINKING, WHEN HE TRIED TO BLOW THE HORN THE COMMUNICATIION WAS GONE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT A CLOCK SPRING WAS BROKEN, AND IS CAUSING THE AIR BAG LIGHT TO BLINK AND THE HORN NOT TO WORK. *AK

Air Bags
Filed Feb 2, 1999KY

AIR BAG INDICATION LIGHT KEEPS FLASHING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK

Electrical System › Ignition › Switch
Filed Jan 28, 1999TX

THE KEY CAN BE TAKEN OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH WHILE THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump
Filed Jan 28, 1999MD

1. BOTH FRONT AND REAR FUEL PUMPS FAILED AT 30000 MILES AND WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. FRONT PUMP FAILED AGAIN AT 60000 MILES. FORD REFUSED ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR RESPONSIBILTY FOR DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT 60000. 2. AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT ON DASH FLASHED CODE 3-2 . DEALER REPLACED CLOCK SPRING MODULE UNDER DASH PLACED AT CUSTOMER'S EXPENSE. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Lever and Linkage › Column Shift
Filed Jan 27, 1999VA

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH THE SHAFT CASE THAT GOES INTO THE TRANSFER CASE OUT OF THE BACK OF THE TRANSMISSION WORE OUT.CONSUMER CAN HEAR NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING. *AK

Structure › Body › Door
Filed Jan 22, 1999UT

WHEN TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR THE FROM THE INSIDE IT WON'T COME OPEN. ALSO, THE HANDLE BROKE OFF. MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal
Filed Jan 11, 1999PA

WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL VEHICLE HESITATES THEN TAKES OFF SUDDENLY AT A HIGH SPEED. DEALER HAS TRIED TO SOLVE PROBLEM 3 TIMES WITH NO SOLUTION. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Dec 29, 1998CT

WHEN DRIVING AND STOPPING AT A LIGHT AND PULLING OFF FROM THE LIGHT, THE VEHICLE LOSES ALL POWER AND DIES OUT. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Dec 6, 1998MI

MY OIL PAN GASKET HAS SLID OUT OF LOCATION. NO WORK WAS DONE TO CAUSE THIS. FORD HAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS AND IS NOT ADDRESSING IT. MY TRUCK IS CURRENTLY LEAKING OIL ON THE GROUND EVERY DAY,AS PROBABLY ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER FORD TRUCK PANS. MY TRUCK IS LEAKING ABOUT 1 QUART A WEEK,THATS 52 QUARTS A YEAR , RUNNING OFF INTO OUR ENVIROMENT! I THINK IF FORD IS CONCERNED ABOUT OUR ENVIROMENT, THEY SHOULD REPAIR THESE AT NO COST TO THE CUSTOMER. ALSO FORD OIL PANS ARE RUSTING THROUGH CAUSING THE SAME IMPACT ON THE ENVIROMENT. THE DEALERSHIPS CLAIM THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, AND CONTINUES TO BE. ISO 14001 YOU TELL ME? THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPOUT OFF. I'M CURRENTLY LOOKIG AT JAPANESE AUTO TO REPLACE THIS TRUCK.

Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Dec 3, 1998MN

RIVET IN FRAME LOOSE CAUSING NOISE, INSTALLATION OF BOLT AND NUT TO SECURE.

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Switch/Wiring
Filed Nov 20, 1998MI

WHEN DRIVING AND USING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD COME ON WITHOUT PUTTING THEM ON. WHEN TOUCHING THE KNOB THEY WILL COME ON/STAY ON AND GO OFF BY THEMSELVES. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THE DEALER PUT IN A NEW MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. *AK *ML

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Nov 13, 1998MI

WINDSHIELD WIPERS DON'T WORK. WHEN DRIVING DRIVER CAN'T SEE IN THE RAIN, WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil Springs
Filed Nov 9, 1998NY

THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS ARE WEAK AND ARE LETTING THE FRONT END DOWN WHICH CAUSES THE WHEELS TO SPREAD, MAKING THE VEHICLE PULL TO THE LEFT. DEALER SAYS VEHICLE NEEDS NEW SET OF SPRINGS SINCE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Nov 3, 1998VA

WHILE TRAVELING AT 50MPH THE VEHICLE WAS IN AN HEAD-ON COLLISION, AND DURING THE COLLISION NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

Unknown or Other
Filed Oct 30, 1998MI

OIL PAN RUST. METAL 'FLAKES' OFF THINNING THE STRUCTURE OF THE PAN. HAVE HEARD OF OTHERS WITH THE FORD PICKUP

Power Train › Driveline › Universal Joint
Filed Oct 19, 1998PA

UNIVERAL JOINT FAILED ON BOTH FRONT WHEELS.

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Oct 12, 1998NC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATE SPORADICALLY, CAUSING VISIBILITY PROBLEMS DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER.

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Sep 24, 1998SC

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH HIT A TREE HEAD ON, AND AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. ONE INJURED. *AK

Suspension › Rear › Springs › Leaf Spring Assembly › Leaf
Filed Sep 15, 1998MI

WHILE DRIVING REAR LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:LEAF MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/RegulatorFire
Filed Sep 14, 1998FL

ALTERNATOR WIRING FAILURE.

Unknown or Other
Filed Sep 10, 1998VA

PAINT IS CRACKING AND CHIPPING FROM FRONT OF HOOD AND TOPS OF FRONT FENDER. RECALL CONFIRMED PLS PROVIDE PROCEDURES.

Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/Regulator
Filed Sep 10, 1998UN

SHORT IN WIRE TO ALTERNATOR BURNED ALTERNATOR & WIRES.

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Auxillary Tank
Filed Sep 4, 1998IL

WHILE PUMPING FUEL INTO THE FIRST TANK, THE FUEL GOES STRAIGHT INTO THE SECOND TANK WHICH MAKES BOTH TANKS FULL, CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGE . CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER WHO TOLD THE CONSUMER TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS, BUT REFUSED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder
Filed Aug 25, 1998MN

IN THE RAIN THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO LOCK UP AND ALMOST RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

Air Bags › Frontal › Sensor/Control Module
Filed Aug 21, 1998TX

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES, INDICATING MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Air Bags › Frontal1 injured
Filed Aug 20, 1998VA

CONSUMER WAS PARKED. WHEN HE TURNED THE IGNITION SWITCH THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR AIRBAG #93V-155 DATED 9-14-93. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Aug 19, 1998NJ

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE JUMPS OUT OF GEAR,RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. *AK

Structure › Body › Bumpers
Filed Aug 14, 1998CA

FRONT BUMPER IS SHIFTING ON THE TRUCK. THE MANUFACTURER/DEALERSHIP ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE BUMPER HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

Electrical System › Horn
Filed Jul 22, 1998CA

AIR BAG LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH AND THE HORN DOES NOT SOUND, CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATED THERE IS SOME CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HORN ASSEMBLY AND THE AIR BAG. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Wheels › Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs
Filed Jul 8, 1998PA

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 15 MPH CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT THE LUGS: NUTS WERE COMING OUT OF THE LEFT FRONT JUST LIKE IT HAD HAPPENED BEFORE ON THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE. *AK

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