1999 Ford F-150 complaints

I HAVE A 1999 SVT FORD F150 LIGHTNING THAT RECENLTY DEVELOPED THE INFAMOUS LEAKY INTERCOOLER.THERE WAS A CUSTOMER SERVICE/SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN ISSUED BY FORD THAT EXPIRED SEPTEMBER OF '02. THIS PROBLEM CAN CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE.WHICH CAN INCREASE CHANGES OF AN ACCIDENT ALOT.ESPECIALLY LOSING POWER BRAKES.FORD WILL NOT COVER THE COST OF THIS PROBLEM THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT AND WON'T DO ANYTHING TIL A REAL RECALL IS ISSUED NOT A HALF ASS CONSUMER SATISIFICATION CAMPIGAIN FOR ONE YEAR.*AK

CONSUMER STATES REAR WINDOWS LEAK WATER WHEN IT RAINS. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

I HAVE HAD A NEW TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR,5 SPEED 4.2L V-6,PUT IN AT 55,000 MILES. NOW AT 73,000 MILES IT HAS A MISS WHEN YOU ACCELERATE OR GO UP A HILL. DEALER TOLD ME TO REPLACE THE PLUGS AND WIRES SO I DID. IT STILL DOES IT AND NOW THEY ARE TAILING ME TO REPLACE THE COIL PACK, ANY SUGGESTIONS? *NLM

3 SPARK PLUGS ON MY 99 F150 HAVE BACKED THEMSELVES OUT, CAUSING IMMEDIATE ENGINE DECOMPRESSION. THE ONLY WAY TO ADEQUATELY REPAIR IS TO COMPLETELY REMOVE THE HEAD, A MULTI-DAY, MULTI-DOLLAR TASK. VIEWING AUTO MESSAGE BOARDS SUGGEST I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS EXPERIENCE. APPARENTLY THERE IS SOME DEFECT IN THE TRITON V8 ENGINE DESIGN, ALTHOUGH MY RESEARCH SHOWS FORD HAS NOT ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE. *AK

I HEARD THE REAR END MAKE A HORRIBLE LOUD BANG ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TILL I FINALLY HAD NO ABILITY TO MAKE THE VEHICLE MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS WHILE IN GEAR. UPON INSPECTION BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC, A MAIN BOLT ON THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL UNDID ITSELF AND STRIPPED ALL OF THE TEETH ON THE MAIN GEAR. A COMPLETE REAR END HAD TO BE PUT ON. THERE WAS NEVER ANY WORK DONE TO THE AREA OF THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.*AK

THE SPARK PLUG IN THE 3RD CYLINDER BACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE CAUSING 1800 DOLLARS DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND HAS HAPPENED TO SEVERAL FORD F150 OWNERS. IT IS THE CONSENSUS OF SEVERAL MECHANICS THAT THIS FAILURE IS RELATED TO THE DESIGN OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FIRE FROM THIS CAUSED BUY THE UNBURNT FUEL LEAVING THE CYLINDER AND BEING IGNITED BY THE EXPOSED SPARK PLUG.*AK

CONSUMER STATES GEAR POSITION INDICATOR (PRNDL) BROKE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT STAYS ON. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

LOOSE LUG:NUTS, RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF A WHEEL. ALL WHEELS HAD LOOSE LUG NUTS & HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED SAME CONDITION. LUG NUTS ON REAR SEEM TO BE TOO SHORT, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A FULL NUT OF THREAD ON STUDS.*AK

THE DOOR CONTAINED A CRACKED. *JB *TS *JB

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TREAD WAS SEPARATING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

1999 FORD LIGHTNING THAT HAS A LEAKING INTERCOOLER. JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT VEHICLE USED FROM FORD DEALER IN MARCH 2003. WOULD LIKE RECALL ON INTERCOOLER TO BE RE-OPENED. I DID NOT OWN THE TRUCK AT TIME OF ORIGINAL RECALL,BUT I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE REPAIRED. THEY SOLD ME A PRE-OWNED CERTIFIED VEHICLE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSPECTED FOR THIS.*AK

TRANSMISSION BLEW A BACK SEAL. THERE WAS METAL AND BRASS SHAVINGS IN THE TRASNMISSION. THE REPAIR PERSON SAID HE BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS BEING CAUSED BY "REAR SEAL WALKING OR SPINNING OUT, PROBABLY DUE TO EXCESS DRIVESHAFT MOVING OR FLEXING. WE REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION AND A WEEK LATER WE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. EXCEPT THIS TIME THE REAR SEAL GOT SO HOT IT BLEW THE TRANSMISSION CORE ALSO. I HAVE SPENT 1700.00 SO FAR. NO END IN SITE AND NO HELP FROM FORD.*AK

I BOUGHT THE 99 F-150 USED. I'VE OWNED IT FOR 2 YEARS AND IN THOSE TWO YEARS SPENT OVER 3000 DOLLARS REPAIRING IT. I CANT HANDLE THE THOUGHT OF KEEPING A TRUCK THAT COST SO MUCH IN REPAIRS. AND NOW THE DEALER TELLS ME I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS IS ONE WEEK AFTER I SPENT OVER 500 REPLACING THE SPARK PLUGS, FUEL FILTER, AND GETTING THE FUEL INJECTORS CLEANED. I HAVE ONLY 58,000 MILES ON THE THING AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE PLUGS DON'T NEED TO BE TOUCHED FOR 100,000 MILES. WELL IT WAS MISSING AND THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. THE TRUCK SLAMS INTO GEAR BETWEEN 1 AND 2, AND NOW THE PROBLEM IS MY TRANSMISSION IS BAD. AT 58,000 MILES? AND I'VE NEVER EVEN TOWED ANYTHING. JUST REGULAR WEAR AND TEAR? I THINK THESE TRUCKS MUST BE LEMONS. AFTER I GET THE TRANSMISSION FIXED, I'LL HAVE SPENT $5,600 IN A TWO YEAR SPAN. I HAVE TO SELL IT BECAUSE THE REPAIRS ARE MORE THAN THE PAYMENT. I GUESS THAT'S WHY IT WAS SOLD TO ME WHEN IT WAS ONLY TWO YEARS. OLD. *NLM

HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TURN SIGNALS, BRAKE LIGHTS, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY 1999 FORD F-150. ON A RECENT TRIP TO INDIANA I NOTICED THAT WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TILTED DOWN SO THAT MY WIFE COULD DRIVE, THE TURN SIGNALS STOPPED WORKING. WHILE IN INDIANA A MAN WAS NICE ENOUGH TO FLAG ME DOWN TO LET ME KNOW THAT MY BREAK LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO EBY FORD SALES (JUNE 6, 2003) IN GOSHEN FOR REPAIR. THEY INDICATED THAT THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH DISCONNECTED WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TILTED DOWN. SO THEY LENGTHENED THE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WIRES AND THAT SEEMS TO HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM. ON DECEMBER 17, 2001, I TOOK MY TRUCK INTO PRINCE FORD IN DOUGLAS GEORGIA AND TOLD THEM THAT MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD JUST COME ON FOR NO REASON. THEY REPLACED THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH BUT DID NOT LENGTHEN THE WIRES.ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT EBBY FORD, THIS MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH CONTROLS SEVERAL VITAL FUNCTIONS ON THE TRUCK - BRAKE LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, WIPERS, ETC. *AK SEVERAL THINGS ARE WORTH NOTING HERE: FIRST, I CALLED AND TALKED WITH PRICE FORD IN GEORGIA AND ASKED WHY THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH WIRES WERE NOT LENGTHENED WHEN THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED BY THEM THE FIRST TIME (DECEMBER 17, 2001). THEY HAVEN'T EVEN CALLED ME BACK. SECOND, I CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND INFORMED THEM OF THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD NOTE THE PROBLEM BUT THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AT THIS TIME. FINALLY, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS CRASHES RESULT

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE STEERING BOLTS ARE LOSE AND IT IS CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO JUMP AROUND, MAKING IT HARD FOR CONSUMER TO STEER THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

FORD F-150 2WD, SUPER CAB, 8 FT BED. WATER IS LEAKING FROM THE HEAD LINER IN THE RIGHT REAR OF VEHICLE DIRECTLY ABOVE FIXED PANEL OF SLIDING REAR WINDOW ASSEMBLY. I SPOKE TO FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE ABOUT THE PROBLEM 2 MONTHS AGO AND THEY MADE IT SOUND LIKE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT IT. I TOOK THE TRUCK IN TO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THE ENTIRE REAR WINDOW ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACE, AT MY EXPENSE. SEARCH OF YOUR SERVICE BULLETIN SECTION RESULTED IN IDENTIFICATION OF BULLETIN #01111 POSTED JAN. 22, 2001 LISTED THE FOLLOWING. "SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A WATER LEAK AROUND THE REAR (SLIDING) WINDOW. *TT. HOW DO I GET FORD TO DO THE RESPONSIBLE THING AND MAKE THIS REPAIR. *JB

DRIVNG AT 65 MPH THE RIGHT PASSENGER TIRE JUST PEELED OFF ... FIRESTONE WILDERNESS P23570R16 DRIVING A FORD F150 TRUCK. *AK

THERE WAS A HORIZONTAL CRACK IN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ABOUT 1.5 INCHES ABOVE THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW OPENING. THE CRACK WAS PROGRESSING HORIZONTALLY TOWARD THE BACK OF THE DOOR. *TT

MY FAMILY AND I WERE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN OUR GAUGES ON OUR TRUCK BEGAN TO GO FROM ZERO TO ONE HUNDRED MILES PER HOUR BACK AND FORTH. OUR GAS GAUGE WOULD FROM FULL TO EMPTY. ALL GAUGES ON THE DASH WOULD GO CRAZY. OUR BATTERY LIGHT HAD COME ON A FEW MILES BEFORE THIS OCCURRED. WE LOST ALL POWER AND OUR TRUCK DECELERATED QUICKLY ON THE INTERSTATE. WE FOUND A PARTS STORE AND PUT ON A NEW ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY THINKING THAT WOULD DO THE JOB. AS WE CONTINUED OUR TRIP, THE GAUGES BEGAN TO DO THE SAME THING WITHIN TEN MILES OF CHANGING ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS A FLAW IN 1999 FORD F150'S. WE CHECKED ALL FUSES AND HAVE NO IDEA WHY THIS OCCURRED. THE TRUCK CANNOT BE DRIVEN BECAUSE IT WILL SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. *TT

THE TIE ROD FAILED, WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO STEER. *JB

AFTER A MINOR BUMP WAS HIT IN THE ROAD AT 10 MPH, THE FRONT AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. *JB

SIDE MIRRORS WITH TURN SIGNALS BUILT INTO MIRRORS HAVE TURNED BLACK AND SPOTTY. THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO ONLY EXIST ON THE MIRRORS WITH THE TURN SIGNALS BUILT INTO THE MIRROR, AND FORD NO LONGER SELLS THESE VEHICLES IN THE F150 THIS WAY. *NLM

THE SPARKS PLUG WIRES BURNED UP EVERY 30,000 MILES. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED IT WOULD COST 200.00 TO REPLACE. *JB

I OWN A 1999 FORD F-150 LARIET AND THE POWER LOCKS ARE MALFUNCTIONING ON BOTH SIDES. I HAVE A NEIGHBOR WITH A 2001 F-150 AND HE HAS THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM. THE LOCKS WORK AT TIMES AND THEN DON'T AT OTHERS. I AM ONLY AT 45000 MILES AND AM OUT OF WARRANTY BUT WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS IS A FORD RECOGNIZED FLAW. *JB

THE HEATER CORE LEAKED COOLANT. *NLM

THE VEHICLE S BRAKES LOCKED UP AND AS A RESULT THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LINING BROKE. *NLM

FOG LIGHT COVERS ARE DEFECTIVE. LAMP GETS TOO HOT AND COVERS CRACK AND BREAK OUTWARD. SOME DEALERS REFUSE TO FIX, OTHERS FIX UNDER WARRANTY. SUPPOSEDLY THERE IS A TSB ON FILE WITH FORD. *NLM

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE THEMSELVES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS IS DISTRACTING TO THE DRIVER AND COULD BE A POTENTIAL HAZARD. *JB

FORD PICKUP F150 TRUCK DOORS CRACKED AT WINDOWS ON BOTH SIDES. REPAIRED THROUGH FORD. THE DOORS CRACKED AGAIN WITHIN MONTH OF REPAIR. NOT FIXED ALTHOUGH STILL UNDER WARRANTY. FORD ISSUED BULLETIN AFTER REPAIRED, BUT WE WERE NOT INFORMED. BULLETIN TIME FRAME HAS EXPIRED. FORD REFUSES TO FIX. ALSO, FRAME UNDER BED WHERE CLASS 3 HITCH WAS INSTALLED PRIOR TO PURCHASE OF VEHICLE (NEW), BROKE. HAVE PICTURES OF SAME. FORD REFUSED TO FIX OR REPLACE FRAME. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE TOWING ON INTERSTATE, ALL COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED WHEN HITCH AND TRAILER BOUNCED OFF THE ROAD BED AND DUG INTO THE ROAD WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. FORD REFUSES TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. HAD REPAIRS DONE BY WELDING SHOP. BODY SHOP AND WELDING SHOP BOTH STATE FRAME IS SUBSTANDARD (TOO THIN FOR WEIGHT THAT FORD STATES THIS TRUCK CAN SAFELY TOW). TONGUE WEIGHT LESS THEN 250#...SEATS REPAIRED 2 TIMES WITHIN WARRANTY PERIOD (ONCE @ APPROXIMATELY 23000, 2ND @ APPROXIMATELY 48000 MILES). FORD STATES THAT THIS IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ON VEHICLE. PREVIOUS TRUCK (1987 FORD F150 6 CYL 4X4) HAD 150000+ MILEAGE WITH NO SEAT FAILURE. *JB

THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE MADE ALOT OF NOISE. A TSB WAS ISSUED FOR SIMILAR VEHCILE RELATED TO DIFFERENTIAL CHATTER. *AK

DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS FAILED TO ACTIVATE DURING A 45 TO 50 MPH FRONT END IMPACT. *NLM

THE HEAD GASKETS WITH 4.6 AND 5.4 ENGINES WERE DEFECTIVE. (FORD BULLETIN 02-22-07) THE OIL DRIPPED ONTO THE FLANGE WHICH HELD THE EXHAUST PIPE TO THE MANIFOLD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE. SCC *JB

I HAVE A 1999 F150 FORD TRUCK. LARGE OIL LEAK FROM THE RIGHT HAND HEAD GASKET AT THE REAR OF THE BLOCK ON MY ENGINE. ALSO A LEAK ON OUTSIDE RIGHT HAND FILLING INTAKE VALLEY. ESTIMATED COST FROM FORD DEALERSHIP $1600 DEPENDING ON WHAT IT TAKES TO REPAIR IT. I FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR REPAIR AND POSSIBLY THE PART WAS POORLY MACHINED. *JB

THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS CRACKED. *NLM SCC

THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ALUMINUM CYLINDER HEAD WHILE DRIVING, THE ENTIRE CYLINDER HEAD WAS REPLACED. *AK *JB

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED.*JB

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES. NO APPARENT REASON WHY. THERE ARE NO SHORTS OR LOOSE WIRES NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN. BACK WINDOW ON TRUCK IS LEAKING WENT TO HAVE FIXED. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED A MULTIPLE OF THESE WINDOWS DO TO FAULTY MANUFACTURING BUT ARE STILL MAKING ME PAY FOR IT. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY KNOW IT IS A FAULT IN THE WINDOW WHY NOT RECALL IT INSTEAD OF MAKING MONEY OFF OF IT. *JB

VEHICLE IS A 1999 FORD F-150 AND IT HAS APPROX. 54,000 MILES ON IT. THE EVENING OF MARCH 3 THE TRUCK BEGAN TO RUN WEIRD AND IT BEGAN TO NOT RUN CORRECTLY.THE MORNING AFTER I BROUGHT IT TO A REAIR GARAGE AND THE COMPUTER SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A DETINATION IN THE MOTOR. THE IGNITION COIL WAS BAD THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT HE NEEDED TO REPLACE ALL EIGHT COILS. THIS COST ME 905 DOLLARS. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE OCCURED BECAUSE IT HAS LOWER MLES. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS AN OCCURING PROBLEM WITH THE 5.4 TRITON V8. I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE MONEY THAT I HAD TO PUT INTO MY TRUCK, I BOUGHT A NEWER VEHICLE TO WAIVE SOME COST OF VEHICLE REPAIRS BUT THIS WAS A REDICULOUS AMOUNT FOR A REPAIR.

SPARK PLUGS BLOWING OUT OF ALUMINUM HEADS ON TRITON 5.4LITER MOTOR.CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO HEADS.*JB

THE HEAD GASKET LEAKED OIL, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. *JB

RIGHT REAR HEAD GASKET LEAKING OIL, AND IS ALSO STATED IN MANUFACTURERS T.S.B. NO RECALL AS OF YET. PH

HAD A SPARK PLUG STRIP ITSELF FROM THE HEAD AND DAMAGED THE THREADS ON THE HEAD WHERE THE SPARK PLUG IS SCREWED INTO THE HEAD.

THE SERVICE MANAGER INDICATED TWO OF THE BRAKE ROTORS HAD COMPLETELY RUSTED AND TWO OF THE LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JG *JB

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED. *JB OIL LEAKED AGAIN OUT OF THE RIGHT REAR CYLINDER HEAD. SCC

THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HAS A CRACK IN THE MIDDLE AND DOOR IS RUSTY. PH

WHEN PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, MY LOWER TIE ROD ON DRIVER SIDE BROKE. NO PRIOR WARNING COULD BE FELT. *JB

SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT INCIDENT THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BECAME WOBBLY AND UNSTABLE WHEN DRIVING, THE PASSENGER REPORTS THE SEAT MOVES SIDE TO SIDE. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. MY (INDEPENDENT) MECHANIC SAID THAT THE WELD GAVE WAY. I PLAN TO DISCUSS IT WITH A FORD DEALER. *JB