2000 Ford F-150 complaints

STRAPS HOLDING THE GAS TANK UP ON MY 2000 FORD F150 RUSTED AND ENDED UP ON THE GROUND AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. ONE STRAP WASN'T EVEN ON THE TRUCK AFTER FURTHER LOOKING AT IT. *TR

S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING - EMAIL FROM RE GAS TANKS FALLING FROM MOVING VEHICLES. *KB 2000 FORD F150. THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL LEAK WAS A RESULT OF A TANK STRAP THAT RUSTED. ALSO, ANOTHER STRAP IS SEVERELY CORRODED. *JB

2000 FORD F-150 TRUCK SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTED AT APPROXIMATELY 2AM ON MAY 12, 2011. TRUCK HAD BEEN PARKED SINCE 9AM THE PRECEDING DAY. FIRE INVESTIGATOR BELIEVES IT TO BE THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAP WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. HE PURCHASED A NEW ONE AND REPLACED IT HIMSELF. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 113,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000. UPDATED 06/13/11*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAP WAS CORRODED AND FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FUEL TANK STRUCK THE TOP PORTION OF THE FUEL TANK SHIELD AND WAS CAUSING FRICTION TO THE SHIELD. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE FUEL TANK WOULD BEAR A HOLE IN THE FUEL TANK AND CAUSE FUEL TO LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 271,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 240,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH WHEN SMOKE WAS EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT AND THE DRIVER EXITED THE VEHICLE AND THEN NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT REPORT TO THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO SHOP WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE IN THE MASTER CYLINDER THAT CAUSED THE FIRE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY STATED THAT AN INSPECTOR WOULD INVESTIGATE THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE IF THE VEHICLE COULD BE REPAIRED OR WOULD BE DEEMED AS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

2000 FORD F-150 GAS TANK STRAPS BROKE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS DISPATCHED SINCE THE TANK WAS LEAKING FUEL. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACT BUT DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 06/24/11 *BF UPDATED 1/24/2012 *LN *TR

GAS TANK FELL FROM VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, A LOUD NOISE EMITTED FROM OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DROVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE FUEL TANK STRAP FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE FUEL TANK TO COMPLETELY DETACH FALLING ON THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE BOTH FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 56,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT FUEL TANK STRAP WAS COVERED WITH RUST THE REAR STRAP HAD ALSO FAILED. THE DEALER STATED THEY WILL REPAIR THE STRAPS FOR $60.00. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THEY REINSTALLED THE DETACHED FUEL TANK AND REPLACED THE HOSE AND FILLER TUBE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ADVISED OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 175,000. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 FORD F150 PICKUP, HEARD CRASHING SOUND AND HEAVY SCRAPING. WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND FOUND THAT THE GAS TANK HAD DROPPED FROM BELOW THE VEHICLE CAUSING A GOUGE IN THE GAS TANK WHICH WAS DUMPING THE GAS ONTO THE ROAD. THIS HAPPENED APRIL 7, 2011. FORTUNATELY I WAS ALONE IN THE CAR AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. BUT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN!!! *TR

A STRAP WHICH HOLDS ON THE GAS TANK ON MY 2000 FORD F150 BROKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND DRAGGED APPX. 300 YARDS, CAUSING ABOUT 10 GALLONS TO LEAK OUT ON ROAD. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPT. HAD TO BE DISPATCHED, AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TANK AND STRAP SYSTEM AT A COST OF OVER $800.00. THE LOCAL FORD DEALER THAT DID THE REPAIR DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT A KNOWN PROBLEM. UPDATED 08/04/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE STRAP FURTHEST TO THE FRONT WAS THE ONLY STRAP THAT BROKE AND CAUSED THE FORWARD PART OF THE TANK TO DRAG. THE BREAK APPEARED TO BE IN THE CENTER OF THE STRAP ON THE BOTTOM FACING THE ROAD. THE ENTIRE METAL PART OF THE STRAP WAS EXTREMELY CORRODED. THE REAR WAS SIMILAR, BUT SEEMED TO HAVE ADDED SUPPORT FROM THE FILL NOZZLE AND CAP ASSEMBLY. ALSO TWO YEARS PRIOR, THE LOWERING SPARE TIRE CABLE WAS CORRODED AND BROKE WHILE DRIVING, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO DROP TO THE GROUND. UPDATED 08/15/11 *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REFUELING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS HANGING ABNORMALLY BECAUSE THE STRAPS WERE CORRODED AND FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 151,788. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 149,000.

I HAVE A 2000 FORD F150 AND I HEARD THAT THERE IS BEING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE GAS TANK STRAPS RUSTING THROUGH AND DROPPING THE TANK. THIS HAPPENED TO MY TRUCK CAUSING THE TANK TO DROP TO THE ROAD AND DRAG, ALSO CAUSING THE TANK TO SPRING A LEAK (NEEDING TO BE REPLACED). THE TANK, STRAPS, VENT TUBE, ETC. WERE REPLACED AT A COST OF NEAR $700.00. I WAS WONDERING WHAT STEPS IF ANY I CAN TAKE TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THIS COST. THANK YOU UPDATED 08/05/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED BOTH OF THE STRAPS WERE CORRODED. UPDATED 08/15/11 *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY FORD F150 WHEN SUDDENLY I HEARD A SOUND THAT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING WAS CAUGHT UNDER THE TRUCK. SLOWLY PULLED OVER AND FOUND THE GAS TANK WAS ON THE GROUND, HELD UP ON ONE END BY A HOSE. GOOD THING I WAS NOT GOING FAST OR ON A BUMPY ROAD. IF THE TANK HAD HIT A BUMP IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CRUSHES AND POSSIBLY EXPLODED. HAD ABOUT A HALF TANK OF GAS. REPAIRS ARE ESTIMATED AT $270 SO FAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A RESIDENTIAL GARAGE WHEN THE VEHICLE ERUPTED IN FLAMES FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE AND A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTIAL GARAGE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 69,200.

VEHICLE IS A 2000 FORD F 150. DAUGHTER FILLED THE TANK ON 4/8/2011. TANK FELL OFF THE VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AT SPEED. BOTH SUPPORT STRAPS FAILED BY BREAKING IN HALF. TRUCK WAS SAFELY PULLED TO SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT ENTIRE CONTENTS OF FUEL TANK SPILLED ONTO THE HIGHWAY BERM. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO SERVICE STATION FOR REPAIR. *TR

2000 FORD F-150 CAUGHT ON FIRE AT ABOUT 2:30 AM, LOCATION IS HOUSTON, TX , VEHICLE WAS PARKED, HOUSTON FIRE DPT ENGINE #26 INVESTIGATED AN DETERMINED NO ARSON WAS INVOLVED, REPORT # [XXX] RECORDS #[XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING-LETTER TO SECRETARY FROM CONCERNS REGARDING GAS TANK SAFETY. *KB 200 FORD F150. THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL LEAK WAS A RESULT OF A TANK STRAP THAT RUSTED. ALSO, THE OTHER STRAP IS SEVERELY CORRODED. UPDATED 01/28/11 UPDATED 03/08/11 UPDATED 04/08/11

2000 FORD F150 CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND COMPLETELY BURNED ENGINE AND PART OF INTERIOR CAB. NO PRE EXISTING PROBLEMS. HAD DRIVEN VEHICLE ABOUT 1 AND A HALF HOURS EARLIER. FIRE DEPARTMENT THOUGHT FIRE STARTED ABOVE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER AREA. *TR

THE GAS TANK FELL OFF OUR TRUCK NO EVENTS LEADING TO THE FAILURE WE REPAIRED THE DAMAGE TO THE TANK AND BOUGHT NEW STRAPS AND PUT THE TANK BACK ON THE TRUCK GAS SPILLED WHEN THIS HAPPENED.. AND MY HUSBAND HD TO GET 6 STITCHES IN HIS FINGER ALSO THE OXYGEN SENSORS KEEP READING BAD CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND WE HAVE CHANGED ALL AIR INTAKE THINGS. *TR

I HAVE HAD 2 SPARK PLUGS BLOW OUT OF CYLINDERS, ONCE WHILE DRIVING AND ONCE WHILE IT WAS IDLING IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE SPARK PLUGS WERE TORQUED IN USING A TORQUE WRENCH, BUT WORK LOOSE WITH TIME. I HAVE TO CHECK THE TIGHTNESS OF THE PLUGS EVERY SIX MONTHS OR THEY WILL LOOSEN UP AND BLOW OUT. I HAVE HELICOILS PUT IN FOR THE THREADS, BUT IT IS $400 EACH TIME IT HAPPENS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET AND HEAR A LOUD METAL SCRAPING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER MY TRUCK. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND STOPPED. WHEN I LOOKED UNDER MY TRUCK MY GAS TANK WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND. THE FRONT METAL BRACKET HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKEN. THERE WAS GAS LEAKING FROM THE TANK AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED. THERE WAS NO FIRE. TO SAY THE LEAST THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS AND TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE FOR ANY CAR OR TRUCK. I HAVE SEEN MANY OTHER REPORTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK. WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL? I WAS LUCKY THERE WASN'T A FIRE. SOMEONE WILL EVENTUALLY BE KILLED BY THIS DEFAULT. *TR

PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND A DRAGGING SOUND. I GOT OUT OF MY VEHICLE TO SEE WHAT I HAD BACKED INTO, BUT COULDN'T SEEN ANYTHING. I WENT TO GET BACK INTO MY VEHICLE AND HEARD SOMEONE SAY, "SOMETHING IS HANGING UNDER YOUR TRUCK". WHEN I GOT OUT AND LOOKED, I SAW THE GAS TANK LAYING ON THE GROUND. UPON INSPECTION, BOTH STRAPS HAD BROKEN AND THE FUEL LINES WERE THE ONLY THING HOLDING IT TO THE TRUCK. THIS OCCURRED ONLY ONCE SO FAR. THE TRUCK IS A 2000 F150 WITH 150,000 MILES ON IT. I REPLACED THE TWO STRAPS AFTER PURCHASING THEM FROM A DEALER. I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT A 24 GALLON TANK WAS HELD UP BY TWO SMALL METAL STRAPS ATTACHED TO THE FRAME BY A BOLT ON ONE SIDE, AND A TWIST LOCK (IF YOU CAN CALL IT THAT) ON THE OTHER. I HOPE FORD HAS FOUND A BETTER WAY TO ATTACH THESE ON THEIR NEWER VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY 4-WHEEL DRIVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD SOMETHING FALL FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND STOPPED. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THE FUEL TANK WAS DETACHED FROM THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE AND LAYING ON THE PAVEMENT UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE STILL ATTACHED TO THE GAS HOSE. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO RE-ATTACH THE TANK TO THE VEHICLE USING A COAT HANGER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE STRAPS WHICH HELD THE FUEL TANK WERE SEVERELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,140 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 04/25/11 *BF AN INSPECTION REVEALED THE STRAPS HOLDING THE TANK WHICH WAS MADE OUT OF VERY THIN MATERIAL HAD CORRODED AND BROKEN A PART ALLOWING THE FUEL TANK TO FALL OFF. THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 09/12/11

IN 2009 THE BRACKETS CONNECTED TO THE FRAME THAT HELD UP GAS TANK DETERIORATED AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED TO PREVENT THE TANK FROM FALLING OFF THE TRUCK. SOON AFTER THAT REPAIR WORK WAS DONE TO LEAF SPRING BRACKETS WHICH HAD RUSTED OFF THE FRAME. IN 2010,THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN IN FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION, IT COULD NOT PASS BECAUSE THE FRAME WAS TOO RUSTED AND LIKELY TO BREAK AT ANY TIME, THIS TRUCK HAS ALWAYS HAD ALL MAINTENANCE NEEDED WHEN SCHEDULED AND FROM THE EXTERIOR, IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, BUT CONSIDERED TO BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND BE ON THE ROADS.

PARKED MY FORD F150 IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE LAST EVENING ABOUT 6PM. NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY ABOUT THE WAY THE TRUCK WAS RUNNING OR OPERATING. WAS AWAKENED AT 3AM THIS MORNING TO MY NEIGHBOR BANGING ON MY DOOR,SCREAMING "YOUR TRUCK IS ON FIRE!" I WOKE MY HUSBAND, HE AND THE NEIGHBOR PUT THE FIRE OUT BEFORE FIRE DEPT SHOWED UP. ALL SAID AND DONE. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUED AFTER DAY LIGHT, TO FIND OUT THAT IT WAS THE CRUISE CONTROL RECALL PART! RECALL WAS IN 1999, I BOUGHT THE 2000 FORD IN 2003 USED. NEVER RECEIVED A LETTER ABOUT THE RECALL AND ASSUMED THAT IT HAD BEEN REPAIRED PRIOR TO ME PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. I CALLED FORD. THEY GAVE ME A CASE NUMBER AND TOLD ME THAT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WOULD SEND ME A PACKET TO FILL OUT. BUT IT WOULD TAKE 15 DAYS BEFORE I WOULD RECEIVE THE PACKET. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY FORD F150 PICK UP TRUCK AND HEARD SOMETHING LIKE I DROPPED AN EXHAUST PIPE. LUCKILY I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY ABOUT 20-25 MPH. I STOPPED AND GOT OUT TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. MY GAS TANK THAT I HAD JUST FILLED THE OTHER DAY FELL OFF. BOTH STRAPS BROKE AND I WAS DRAGGING THE TANK ON THE GROUND. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY HOUSE FOR REPAIR. AFTER NOTICING THAT THE FUEL FILL PIPE HAD RUSTED OFF NEAR THE TANK AND BOTH STRAPS HAD FAILED. I DECIDED IT WAS TO MUCH FOR MYSELF TO REPAIR. I BELIEVE I NEED A NEW GAS TANK AND NEW STRAPS. FUEL WAS THROWN UP UNDER MY TRUCK. I CONTACTED FORD BUT THEY WERE OF LITTLE HELP. PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BUY ANOTHER ONE. A TEN YEAR OLD TRUCK THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO! THERE WAS NO FIRE BUT I'M REALLY GLAD I DIDN'T HAVE MY GRANDSON IN THE TRUCK OR THAT I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE FUEL TANK FELL TO THE GROUND AND BEGAN LEAKING FUEL; FIRE SPARKS BEGAN TO ERUPT. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAPS HAD RUSTED WHICH CAUSED THE TANK TO FALL. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 195,000.

REAR FUEL TANK STRAP RUSTED THROUGH ON 2000 FORD F-150.*TR

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROX 45 MPH WHEN THE FRONT END OF THE GAS TANK FELL ON THE ROAD. WHEN TRUCK WAS PLACED ON TOW TRUCK IT WAS OBVIOUS THE STRAPS HAD BROKEN HOLDING THE GAS TANK ONTO THE TRUCK. DUE TO THE GAS TANK FALLING TO THE GROUND OTHER PARTS WERE DAMAGED AS WELL.

APPROXIMATELY (5:45 PM) ON MON.,1- 24-11. I WAS COMING HOME HAD FUELED UP MY TRUCK (THEN AT 3/4S FULL) FOR WEEK WHEN I NOTICED A SCRAPING/DRAGGING SOUND COMING FROM REAR OF THE TRUCK JUST AFTER CROSSING A DOUBLE RR-TRACK ON A PAVED TWO LANE ROAD. NOWHERE TO PULL OVER AFTER A WET SNOWFALL ON NARROW SHOULDER, I PUT ON 4-WAYS AND CREPT TO THE NEAREST DRIVEWAY AT A DRUGSTORE. I EXITED TRUCK TO CHECK OUT THE NOISE, TO MY SHOCK I SAW MY FORWARD END OF FUEL TANK WAS ON THE GROUND AND SPILLING FUEL. I CALLED 911, POLICE AND FIRE (EQUIPPED TO STABILIZE THE FUEL SPILL) AND A TOW COMPANY WERE SENT TO ASSIST. A REPORT WAS MADE BY THE LOCAL POLICE. THE TRUCK WAS THEN TAKEN BY MY REQUEST TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE IT HAD BEEN PURCHASED NEW. NEXT DAY: THE DEALERSHIP QUOTED AN ASTRONOMICAL PRICE FOR REPLACEMENT OF DAMAGED PARTS & LABOR (1600-2000). AFTER RESEARCH HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO ANOTHER FACILITY FOR THE REPAIRS WHICH WERE COMPLETED THE SAME WEEK BY THAT THU. EVENING. I DO HAVE THE DEFECTIVE PARTS IN MY POSSESSION (FUEL TANK STRAPS). THIS WAS OUT OF POCKET (EXCEPT FOR THE ORIGINAL TOW; INSURANCE REIMBURSED 50.) HAD TO BARROW AND REFUEL A VEHICLE AS WELL TO GET TO WORK. DUE TO SOME FORD MOTOR CO. CONNECTIONS THROUGH MY BUSINESS CLIENTS I HAVE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THEIR CORPORATE OFFICES FOR WHICH I HAD A 30 MIN. CONVERSATION WITH A REP. WHO NEEDED A WEEK TO RESEARCH MY VERBAL COMPLAINT. THIS PERSON DID TRY TO CALL ME BACK ON THU.2-10-11 BUT I WAS NOT AVAILABLE (DUE TO MY WORK HO

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 F150 WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES, LINE SIZE LP265/70/R17. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED AS A REPLACEMENT. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES FOR A TRAFFIC STOP, THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WENT FLAT. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A SPARE. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WAS ALSO FLAT. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE SIDE WALLS WERE WEARING, CAUSING THEM TO GO FLAT PREMATURELY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED HIM THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

MY 2000 FORD F-150 WAS IN FRONT OF MY DOCTOR'S OFFICE WHILE I WAS INSIDE FOR A DR. APPT. MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2011. WHILE WAITING, THE RECEPTIONIST TOLD ME SHE THOUGHT MY TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. SMOKE WAS BILLOWING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD, BUT NO FLAMES WERE SEEN. THE FIRE DEPT. WAS CALLED, AND ONE OF THE FIREMEN TOLD ME THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE WAS FROM THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH ON THE FRONT OF THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. HE TOLD ME HE WAS AWARE OF A FORD RECALL ON THAT PART. I WAS NEVER MAILED ANY RECALL NOTICES!! THE FIRE MELTED THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH/WIRING, MELTED THE PLASTIC BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR, AND ALSO DAMAGED THE MASTER CYLINDER. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP. THIS IS MY FAMILY'S ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, SO I ASKED FOR A LOANER OR RENTAL CAR WHILE MY TRUCK WAS BEING REPAIRED. THEY ARE REFUSING TO PAY FOR THE COST OF A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE AND ALSO, THEY ARE REFUSING TO REPAIR ANY ?RELATED DAMAGES? (BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR) AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE CAUSED BY THEIR DEFECTIVE PART. THEY SAID THEY WOULD ONLY MAKE REPAIRS ON THE RECALL PART BUT NOT REPAIRS TO RELATED DAMAGES? (BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR) CAUSED BYTHE FIRE. WHY AM I EXPECTED TO PAY FOR EXPENSES INCURRED BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE PART THAT WAS RECALLED BY FORD? THE RECALL IS A PAINFULLY OBVIOUS ADMISSION OF NEGLIGENCE THEY NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DAMAGES CAUSED TO MY TRUCK, AS WELL AS THE INCONVENIENCE AND HARDSHIP OF NOT HAVING A MODE OF TRANS

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. WHEN THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD HE NOTICED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WIRING AND THE MASTER CYLINDER WERE ON FIRE. THE CONTACT STATED A FLAME BURNED THE TOP OF HIS HOOD. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT CALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE CRUISE CONTROL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY CRUISE CONTROL . THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER; HOWEVER, IT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL OF THE VEHICLE BUT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 220,000.

AFTER I FILLED UP WITH GAS, I SMELLED GAS. AFTER THIS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES, I NOTICED GAS DRIPPING FROM THE TANK. UPON INSPECTION, I NOTICED THAT THE LEAK WAS NEAR THE FILLER NECK, BUT THE ROOT CAUSE WAS THAT ONE OF THE TANK STRAPS WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY, THE OTHER IS SEVERELY CORRODED; THE LEAK AT THE NECK IS BECAUSE THE WEIGHT OF THE TANK IS BEING SUPPORTED BY THE NECK. I SEE THAT SEVERAL DOZEN CASES HAVE OCCURRED WHERE THE TANK HAS FALLEN OUT OF THE TRUCKS GOING DOWN THE ROAD, AND THE "CRACK STAFF" AT NHTSA HAS BEEN "STUDYING" THIS SINCE SEPTEMBER TO SEE IF THIS IS A "SAFETY CONCERN", BUT THEY ARE EITHER TOO INEPT, TOO CORRUPT, OR TOO LAZY TO DO THEIR JOBS. THIS IS THE SAME LACK OF CONCERN FOR AMERICAN CONSUMERS THAT ALLOWED PEOPLE TO DIE FROM THE TOYOTA SUDDEN ACCELERATION ISSUE. TAKE YOU R TIME GUYS, YOU ARE ONLY PLAYING ROULETTE WITH HUMAN LIVES!!!!! I WILL QUOTE [XXX] "SHAME ON NHTSA FOR NOT DOING YOUR JOB." I HOPE THE NEW CHAIRS OF ENERGY AND COMMERCE AND OVERSIGHT AND REFORM HAVE MORE RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE THAN THE LAST ONES. IF SO, NHTSA MAY BE COMPELLED TO DO ITS JOB! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

GAS TANK STRAPES RUSTED, CAUSING THE GAS TANK TO FALL FROM TRUCK.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F150. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FILLER NECK WAS LEAKING GASOLINE SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06E056000 ( FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE FUEL TANK STRAP WAS ALSO CORRODED WHICH ADDED TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 210,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 202,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS SITTING IDLE WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED WHEN THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL BANGING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS WAS FRACTURED. THE SPARK PLUG WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

MY STRAPS THAT HOLD MY FUEL TANK HAS RUSTED (ROTTED OF). I HAVE NOW GOT A STRAP HOLDING MY FUEL TANK UP UNTIL I CAN GET THESE REPLACED. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE. *TR

OUR 2000 F150 PICKUP EXPLODED AFTER BEING PARKED FOR APPROXIMATELY 36 HOURS. THE RECALL ON THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD SUPPOSEDLY BEEN REPLACED AT A FORD DEALERSHIP A COUPLE OF YEARS EARLIER. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE OUT OF TOWN AT THE TIME BUT FORTUNATELY MY MOTHER WAS HOME AND HEARD THE BIG BOOM AND CALLED 911 FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SHE THEN WENT DOWN TO OUR HOUSE AND USED A GARDEN HOSE TO KEEP THE GRASS AND SURRONDING AREA WET SO THAT OUR HOME WOULD NOT CATCH ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS BUT THANKFULLY MY HUSBAND WASN'T DRIVING IT WHEN IT HAPPENED AND MY MOM WAS AT HOME TO HELP PREVENT OUR HOUSE FROM CATCHING FIRE ALSO. WE FEEL BLESSED THAT ALL WE LOST WAS THE TRUCK AND NOT OUR HOME OR LIFE. THE TRUCK WAS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE AND WELL MAINTAINED . THIS INCIDENT MAKES US WONDER IF THE FORD DEALERSHIP ACTUALLY REPLACED THE PART UNDER RECALL.

FUEL TANK STRAPS RUSTED AND FELL OFF OF THE TRUCK. THE PART WAS MOST LIKELY OF POOR QUALITY AS THE TRUCK IS 10 YEARS OLD. *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE REAR DOOR QUIT WORKING ABOUT 1 1/2 YEARS AGO, NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR WON'T OPEN EITHER. *TR

FORD F-150 HEATER BLEND DOOR MODEL YEAR 97-04 IS DEFECTIVE, CAUSING INOPERABILITY OF WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER AND ICED OVER WINDSHIELD INTERIOR RESULTING IN NEAR TOTAL LOSS OF DRIVER VISIBILITY DURING FREEZING CONDITIONS WITH SNOW. FORD IS ON NOTICE OF THIS PROBLEM. SEE THE INFORMATION BELOW, FROM AN INTERNET COMPANY MANUFACTURING AND SELLING A REPLACEMENT BLEND DOOR, ALONG WITH INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS NOT REQUIRING REMOVAL OF DASH. LOCAL DEALER (JONES WEST FORD, RENO, NV.) DENIES ANY RECALL, WILL NOT REPAIR. FORD CONSUMER COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT DENIES ANY RECALL, WILL NOT REPAIR. SEE: HTTP://WWW.HEATERTREATER.NET/FORD%20F150%2097-04.HTM. "THIS IS A KIT TO DO A COMPLETE REPAIR ON THE BLEND DOOR MALFUNCTION THAT IS COMMON TO 97-04 F150'S. EVERY F150 IN THIS RANGE EITHER HAS, OR WILL HAVE, THIS COMMON FAILURE OVER TIME." *TR

2000 F-150 FORD 5.4 LITER CONTINUES TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE #5 IGNITION COIL KEEPS MISFIRING. I'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM DX BY MY LOCAL MECHANIC OVER THREE YEARS AND HE HAS REPAIRED IT. IT COST JUST UTTER $200 EACH TIME TO FIX IT. I HAVE RECEIPTS. TODAY HE SAID TO CONTACT THE DEALER TO SEE IT THERE IS A RECALL. *TR

FOR THE THIRD TIME I AM HAVING TO TAKE MY 2000 FORD F150 IN TO HAVE THE HEATER CORE REPLACED THE FIRST TWO TIMES I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. EACH PREVIOUS TIME ENDED WITH THE HEATER CORE BEING REPLACED. EACH TIME THE ISSUE IS PRECEDED BY FLUID LEAKING ONTO THE STREET AND INTO THE CAB. AS IT DRIPS INTO THE CAB IT GIVES OFF A PUNGENT SMELL. THE FIRST TIME THE HEATER CORE WAS REPLACED I PAID 800 DOLLARS FOR THE WORK. THE SECOND TIME I TOOK IT IN, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE ISSUE WAS A COMMON ONE BUT THE WARRANTY WOULD COVER THE WORK FOR THE HEATER CORE REPLACEMENT AT THAT TIME. I WAS TOLD HOWEVER THAT IF I NEEDED ANOTHER CORE IT WOULD NOT FALL UNDER THE WARRANTIED WORK. *TR

I BOUGHT A USED F150 LARIAT 4X4 2000 MODEL AFTER HAVING THE TRUCK 3 WEEKS IT CAUGHT ON FIRE SITTING IN A PARKING LOT WHERE MY HUSBAND WORKS WE HAD NOT EVEN HAD TIME TO GET THE FULL COVERAGE INS. AND IT CHANGED OVER AT THE END OF THE MONTH . I CALLED THE FORD COMPANY AND WAS TOLD TO CONTACT OUT LOCAL DEALERS THIS WAS A JOKE THEY ALL BUT LAUGHED IN MY FACE AND GAVE ME MORE 800 NUMBERS TO CALL WITH THE SAME ANSWER EVERY TIME * SO WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO ABOUT IT ???? * WE FOUND OUT THAT WAS S A RECALL ON THE TRUCK DUE TO THE CHANCE OF FIRE AFTER SETTING AND BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING ON THE CRUISE CONTROL UNIT. WE NEVER KNEW OF THE RECALL AND DID NOT HAVE TIME TO HAVE IT FIXED IS THERE ANY THING THAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP IN THIS MATTER. *TR

FILLED UP WITH FUEL. DROVE APPROX. 2 MILES AND FUEL TANK FELL OFF DUE TO RUSTED TANK STRAPS. DEALER REPLACED STRAPS AND BROKEN FUEL VAPOR VALVE. VEHICLE HAD 62260 MILES AT THE TIME. I HAVE PARTS OF BOTH STRAPS. *TR UPDATED 08/01/11 *BF UPDATED 08/01/11