1999 Ford F-150 complaints

SPEEDOMETER ASSEMBLY FAILED. NLM

UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. *AK

MASTER CYLINDER HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER GOING OUT TWICE/ABS LIGHT STAYED ON CONSTANTLY. DEALER FIXED BRAKES TWICE. ALSO, REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED, AND CONSUMER HAD NO BRAKES. HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKES. ALSO, WHEN TRUCK WAS SIX MONTHS OLD REAR AXLE BROKE. *AK

FRAME BENDING UPWARD BETWEEN THE CAB AND THE BACK BED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REFUSED TO HELP IN THIS MATTER. ENGINE AND REAR END HAD TO BE REPLACED AND BRAKES REPAIRED. *AK *ML

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 65 MPH 4- WHEEL DRIVE ENGAGED BY ITSELF, CAUSING VEHICLE TO JUMP ACROSS THE ROAD INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND ROLLOVER TWICE INTO AN UPRIGHT POSITION. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. NO INJURIES REPORTED. FELL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD GOING UP A GEAR AND WHEN SHIFTING DOWN A GEAR. *AK

NOISE IN THE ENGINE DUE TO WORN IDLER PULLEY, BELT AND ALTERNATOR. *MJS

WHILE PRESSING THE CLUTCH PEDAL, THEN MOVING THE PAWL TO NEUTRAL, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT A WARNING. CONSUMER HAD TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION KEY TO STOP VEHICLE. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED 4 TIMES WHICH CAUSED BRAKING SYSTEM TO PULSATE, AND RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE WAS ONLY 10 MONTHS OLD WHEN FIRE OCCURED. NLM

DOORS ARE CRACKING ABOVE THE DOOR LATCH. DEALER WAS CONTACTED & CONSUMER WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA HOTLINE. *AK

WHEN SLOWING DOWN HEARS A LOUD POPPING NOISE . BRAKES WILL GO TO FLOOR , AND COMPLETELY FAIL. THIS WILL OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCLERATED. BRAKES DID NOT STOP VEHICLE. COULD NOT PLACE VEHICLE IN PARK POSITION, OR COULD NOT SHUT OFF VEHICLE, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. THE FIRST TIME THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED ON APR 27, 2000, BUT IN THE REVERSE POSITION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DRIVER SIDE OUTSIDE MIRROR VIBRATES WHICH DISTORTS VIEW/ BRAKES SQEEKING AT 12K MILES/VIBRATION IN THE REAR END AT 55MPH. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO MANIFOLD AND ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ENGINE BURNED UP OIL, BUT WAS NOT LEAKING. WOULD PUT APPROXIMATELY 2 QUARTS OF ENGINE OIL IN VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED ENGINE TO SMOKE. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC WHO FAILED TO LOCATE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC CLAIMED "O" RING SEALS MAY HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE CRACK IS LOCATED IN THE SHEET METAL RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOOR LOCKS. I AM GOING TO MY FORD DEALER TOMORROW TO HAVE THIS LOOKED AT. I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT HE FIXES THIS DEFECT. THIS TRUCK COST A LOT OF MONEY. *AK

FRONT WINDSHIELD-THE WINDSHIELD WOULD RATTLE GOING DOWN THE FREEWAY EVERYTIME WE WOULD BE IN THE TRUCK. TOOK IT IN TO ADVISE THE DEALERSHIP AND ALL THEY DID WAS RESEAL IT. TOOK IT IN AGAIN THE SECOND TIME AND THEY DID THE SAME THING. AFTER THE THIRD TIME I MADE THEM PUT IN A NEW WINDSHIELD. 2 WEEKS AGO THIS CRACKED IN HALF. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. THEY REPLACED IT WITH A NEW ONE. ALSO THE REAR END WAS LEAKING. *AK

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN WET ROAD CONDITIONS, THEY CAUSED THE BACK WHEELS TO LOCK UP INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK *ML

ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE VALVE NOISE ON COLD STARTS, IT PROGRESSED OVER TIME TO VALVE NOISE ALL THE TIME WHILE BEING DRIVEN. DEALER IS HAVE ENGINE REPLACED, DUE TO A SERIVE BULLETIN. THEY SAY IT WILL BE 2 TO 3 WEEKS FOR THE ENGINE TO ARRIVE. HOWEVER, THEY STATE THAT I CAN STILL DRIVE THE VEHICLE. SEEMS KIND OF DANGEROUS TO CONTINUE DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT NEEDS A NEW MOTOR. *AK

VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 10 MPH, CAUSING BOTH AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME.*AK *YH

ABS PULSATES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. PEDAL BECOMES HARD AND DOES NOT GO DOWN, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY IN ANY GIVEN SPEED. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER'S SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK *ML

WHILE HONKING THE HORN ABRUPTLY WITH BOTH HANDS THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED FALSLY AND VIOLENTLY RESULTING IN BURN AND BRUISE ON LEFT ARM, BACK PAIN AND FEAR. NLM

VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE EVEN WITH FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I WAS STRUCK HED ON BY A VEHICLE THAT WAS TRAVELING AT 50+MPH AND NEITHER OF MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

VEHICLE PULLS A 5500LBS TRAILER: WHENEVER SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN ON AN INCLINE, SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO FIRST GEAR, VEHICLE WILL SHUTTER AND JERK VIOLENTLY.ALSO, REAR END VIRBRATES WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP. IF TRAVELING 70MPH AND ABOVE, ENTIRE VEHICLE SHAKES. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THEY CAN'T FIX IT. *AK

THE DRIVER SMELLS BURNING OIL DUE TO THE RIGHT REAR CYLINDER HEAD LEAKING. YH

INVOLVED IN FRONT END ACCIDENT, AND DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DUE TO MISSING AIRBAG SENSOR WHICH WAS INVESTIGATED BY INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR AND PRIVATE MECHANIC. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO HIGHER SPEED WHILE ON CRUISE CONTROL DUE TO DEFECTIVE SPEED CONTROL ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY. YH

CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF STATIC ELECTRICITY WHEN GOING IN OR COMING OUT OF EXTENDED CAB. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. *AK *ML

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH SEATBACK FAILING TO LOCK IN PLACE. BACK WOULD NOT STAY UP. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM IS STILL UNRESOLVED. *AK

RECALL 99VO39000/FMVSS 301. RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED, BUT DEALER WAS UNABLE TO HONOR RECALL BECAUSE OF THE TRAILER HITCHES. MANUFACTURER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY WILL NOT DO RECALL REPAIRS BECAUSE OF THE TRAILER HITCHES.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING APPROX. 50MPH A CAR CROSSED THE ROAD IN FRONT OF ME CAUSING ME TO "T" BONE HIM AND NEITHER DRIVERSIDE SIDE NOR PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED?? *AK

ONGOING/INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH BRAKES MAKING UNNECESSARY SQUEALING NOISE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM IS STILL UNRESOLVED. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING AT EARLY MORNING START UNDER NORMAL BRAKING, REAR BRAKES LOCK UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SKID . CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER REPLACED BRAKE PADS. BUT, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING AND DUE TO VIBRATION SPARE TIRE WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE METAL CASING, CAUSING THE SPARE TIRE TO WEAR. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER NOTED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBELM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

SPARE TIRE SUPPORT CABLE BROKE, SPARE TIRE FELL OFF. YH

THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 70 MPH AND WOULD NOT DECELERATE, BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK AND WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO NEUTRAL, THE RPMS INCREASED TO 3000, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED HEAVILY AND VEHICLE BEGAN TO RUN NORMALLY, ON ONE OCCASION THE CONSUMER HAD TO SHUT THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY OFF. *SLC

THE STEERING GEOMETRY AND SUSPENSION TRAVEL LEND THE VEHICLE TO EXCESSIVE OVER STEER RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. YH

CONSUMER FEELS VEHICLE SHOULD BE EQUIPT WITH RUNNING BOARD FOR SAFETY. THESE BOARD WOULD PREVENT PEOPLE FROM FALLING WHILE ENTERING OR EXITING THE VEHICLE. NLM

DURING DAMP WEATHER AND AS VEHICLE APPROACHES LOWER SPEED WHILE BRAKING THE REAR WHEELS WILL LOCK UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIDE. DEALER CANNOT CORRECT DEFECT. *AK *ML

FUEL COMSUMPTION- TRUCK WILL ONLY GET 8-10 MILES PER GALLON WITH THE 4.2 ENGINE BEEN TO DEALER TWO TIMES THEY STATE NOTHING CAN BE DONE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER COULD SMELL BURNING OIL FROM THE HEAD GASKET AT ALL TIMES. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH DRIVESHAFT BROKE IN HALF. THIS COULD HAVE LED TO A VEHICLE COLLISION. DEALER NOTIFIED, WILL NOT WARRANTY THE DRIVE SHAFT BECAUSE OF MODIFICATIONS MADE TO IT. *AK *ML

TIRE CABLE JACK BROKE TWICE, ALLOWING TIRE TO FALL OUT ONTO STREET. FORD HAS DEVICE TO KEEP DRIVER FROM OVER TIGHTNING, TO KEEP STRESS OFF CABLE. BUT IT DOES NOT WORK. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT IN COLD WEATHER. YH

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 60MPH THERE WERE TWO CARS AHEAD BEING TOWED WITH NO LIGHTS ON. CONSUMER DIDN'T SEE THEM, AND STRUCK THEM FROM BEHIND. NEITHER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONTACT DEALER FOR REPAIRS. PARKED IN FRONT OF THE TRAILER, THOUGHT THE PARK LEVER WAS UP, BUT IT WAS IN NEUTRAL WITH HAND BRAKES ON VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARDS, AND HIT THE TRAILER, CAUSE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. *AK

OIL IS LEAKING FROM THE REAR SEALS OF THE ENGINE WHICH COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO LOCK UP, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WASHER SPRAY IS TO WEAK. IT ONLY GETS THE BOTTOM 1/3 OF WINDSHIELD. THIS WON'T LET YOU CLEAN THE SECTION IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES. PROBLEM WITH CLEANING SPRAY DURING WINTER DRIVING OR LIGHT RAIN. *AK