2001 Ford F-150 complaints

THE 2001 FORD SUPERCREW DOES NOT COME WITH REAR HEADRESTS. THERE HAS BEEN A FEW OCCASSIONS WHERE MY PASSENGERS HAVE BUMPED THEIR HEADS ON THE GLASS PANEL JUST BEHIND THE REAR SEATS. I AM REQUESTING THAT THE NHTSA INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE WITH FORD TO DETERMINE A SUITABLE FIX. THROUGH MY RESEARCH, I HAVE LEARNED THAT FORD HAS UPGRADED THE REAR SEATS (CURRENT PRODUCTION) HOWEVER MY UNIT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PRODUCED AND DID NOT RECEIVE THE UPDATED SEATS. PLEASE ADVISE.

I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT THE LACK OF HEADREST IN THE REAR SEATS OF MY TRUCK IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK

I BELIEVE THE NEW CHANGE TO THE MID-MODEL F-150 SUPERCREW'S REAR SEAT, BY ADDING THE HEAD RESTRAINT IS A GREAT IDEA AND SHOULD BE RETROFITTED INTO THE OLDER MODELS WHICH WERE NOT EQUIPPED WITH THOSE RESTRAINTS. SITTING AT THE HEIGHT IN WHICH THE SEATS ARE CONSTRUCTED CAN (AND DOES) RESULT IN THE HEAD STRIKING THE REAR WINDOW UPON ACCELERATION AND WHEN WHIPPED BACK IN A SUDDEN BRAKING INCIDENT. TO PREVENT ANY FORM OF LITIGATION FROM AN ACCIDENT FORD MO. CO. SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL AND AMMEND THE SITUATION. *AK

IF I'M INVOLVED IN A REAR END TYPE OF CRASH WHERE I'M HIT FROM REAR I'M CONCERNED THAT MY REAR SEATED PASSENGERS HEAD MAY HIT THE REAR WINDOW GLASS BECAUSE OF A FLAW IN DESIGN OF REAR SEATS NOT HAVING A HEAD REST. YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER IS GREATLY APPRECIATED SINCE I HAVE TWO ELEMENTARY SSCHOOL CHILDREN THAT ARE MY MAIN PASSENGERS AND SINCE THEY CANNOT SIT IN FRONT OF TRUCK BECAUSE OF AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT CONCERNS. THANK YOU.

RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT REAR PASSENGERS HAVE NO PROTECTION TO STOP THEIR HEADS FROM HITTING THE REAR WINDOW OF THE TRUCK IN THE EVENT OF A SUDDEN STOP OR COLLISION. HAD A NEED FOR A SUDDEN STOP WITH A PASSENGER IN THE REAR WITH THIS OCCURRING. NO INJURY OCCURRED THIS TIME. HAVE NOTICED FORD IS NOW EQUIPPING NEW VEHICLE WITH HEAD RESTS. IS THIS A KNOWN SAFETY HAZARD THAT NEEDS ADDRESSING? I BELIEVE SO BEFORE SOMEONE IS UNNECESSARILY INJURED DUE TO AN INHERENT DESIGN FLAW THAT FORD APPARENTLY ACKNOWLEDGES BY A NEW SEAT REDESIGN. *AK

NO HEADREST ARE VERY DANGEROUS IN A REAR END COLLISION

FORD HAS UPDATED THE REAR SEATS WITH HEAD RESTS IN LATER 2001 MODLES. THE EARLIER MODELS SHOULD BE RETROFITTED WITH THESE HEAD RESTS TOO. IT'S A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.*AK

REAR PASSENGER SEAT HEADRESTS ARE INADEQUATE. REAR PASSENGER HEADS COME IN CONTACT WITH REAR GLASS. DEFECT CORRECTED IN LATE MODEL YEAR OF VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE LACKS REAR SEAT HEAD RESTS / HEAD SUPPORT. ANY MOVEMENT OF VEHICLE CAUSES REAR SEAT OCCUPANTS TO HIT HEAD ON THE REAR WINDOW. *AK

THE REAR SEATS IN MY SUPERCREW DO NOT HAVE A HEAD REST THIS WOULD BE DANGEROUS IN AN ACCIDENT TO ANYONE SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE IS NO SUPPORT FOR THE REAR SEATS AND DURING SUDDEN STOPS REAR PASSENGERS HAVE HIT THEIR HEADS ON THE REAR WINDOW. NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE REAR SEATS NOT HAVING A HEAD REST, THE SEATS ARE TO LOW AND IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT THE PASSANGERS ON THE BACK ARE GOING TO HIT THERE HEADS ON THE REAR WINDOW, I HAVE TOO KIDS AND I DON'T WANT FOR THEM TO GET HURT IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT; IT COULD BE A SEVERE INJURY IN A REAR END COLLICION. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

LACK OF REAR SEAT HEADREST ARE A SAFETY PROBLEM FOR OCCUPANTS OF THE REAR SEAT IN CASE OF A ACCIDENT. OCCUPENTS COULD HIT THEIR HEAD ON REAR WINDOW CAUSING SIGNIFICANT INJURY. *AK

NO HEAD PROTECTION FOR REAR PASSENGERS /SMALL CHILDREN HIT HEADS ON BACK GLASS. *AK

WITHOUT REAR SEAT HEADRESTS, REAR PASSENGERS HEAD HITS REAR GLASS ON CAB. *AK

THE 'NEWER' SUPERCREWS HAVE REAR HEADRESTS, BUT THE EARLY 2001 MODELS DO NOT. I FEEL THAT ALL VERSIONS SHOULD HAVE REAR HEADRESTS. *AK

REAR SEAT HAS NO HEAD RESTS, POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH WHIPLASH OR INJURIES RESULTING FROM AN ACCIDENT. *AK

REAR SEATS NEED HEADREST. STANDARD ON TRUCKS NOW. BIG CONCERN. *AK

LACK OF A HEAD RESTRAINT FOR THE REAR SEAT PASSENGERS. ON OCCASION IT IS POSSIBLE FOR AN OCCUPANT TO HIT THEIR HEAD ON THE REAR WINDOW. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY CONCERN. FORD HAS COME OUT WITH A NEW SEAT DESIGN WHICH INCLUDES HEAD RESTRAINTS. I FEEL THEY SHOULD RETROFIT EARLIER MODELS BUILT THIS YEAR WITH THE NEWER SEATS. EVEN IF IT WERE FOR THE LABOR CHARGE TO CHANGE THE SEATS. THANK YOU. *AK

FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS NOW INSTALLING REAR SEATS WITH HEAD RESTRAINTS. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE ALACK OF REAR SEAT HEAD RESTRAINTS IS UNSAFE AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE MORE INJURIES AND POSSIBLE DEATH IN A MAJOR CRASH. I FEE THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD RECALL THE AFFECTED VEHICLES AND REPACE THE REAR SEATS WITH THE NEW MODEL SEATS CONTAINING THE HEAD RESTRAINTS. *AK

COMPLAINT ON THE LACK OF HEADRESTS ON THE EARLY 2001 MODELS. LATER MODELS HAVE THEM AND I AM CONCERNED.*AK

THE NEWER MODELS HAVE THE REAR HEAD RESTS. OBVIOUSLY, FORD RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM. ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL A FATALITY DUE TO THIS UNBELIEVABLE SAFETY OVERSIGHT. NO HEAD RESTS? IF THAT'S NOT A SUBSTANTIAL SAFETY RISK THAT POSES A REAL AND PRESENT DANGER TO THE PUBLIC AND THAT DESERVES OUR GOVERNMENT'S ATTENTION, THEN WHAT'S THE POINT OF THE NHTSA? THANK YOU. *AK

I AM CONCERNED WITH THE SAFETY FACTOR OF THE LACK OF REAR SEAT HEADRESTS. AFTER 6 MONTHS OF SALES OF THE NEW SUPERCREW MODEL, FORD ALTERED THE DESIGN AND NOW HAS HEADRESTS. I AM INTERESTED IN A RETROFIT KIT FROM FORD THAT ADDS HEADRESTS. *AK

THIS IS A NEW FOUR DOOR MODEL FORD PICKUP TRUCK WITH A FULL SIZE REAR SEAT. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE REAR SEAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY HEAD RESTS/RESTRAINTS ON THE BACK OF THE SEAT. DURING A FAST STOP OR ACCIDENT PASSENGERS IN THE BACK SEAT WILL STRIKE THERE HEAD ON THE BACK WINDOW CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY. FORD HAS JUST CHANGED THE TRUCK DESIGN TO INCLUDE HEAD RESTS/RESTRAINTS ON ITS F150 SUPERCREW BUT WILL NOT RECALL/REPLACE ALL THE REAR SEATS MADE PRIOR TO THE CHANGE. ALL F150 SUPERCREWS MADE UP TO APPROX. OCT. 2000 NEED THIS CORRECTION. CALLING FORD HAS NOT HELPED IN THE MATTER. *AK

2001 NEW VEHICLE NO REAR SEAT HEAD RESTRAINTS NEWER MODELS HAVE THEM SAME YEAR 2001. *AK

LACK OF REAR HEAD RESTS/ RESTRAINTS COULD CAUSE HEAD TO HIT REAR WINDSHIELD. *AK

THERE IS NO HEAD RESTRAINT ON BACK SEATS. IN A SUDDEN STOP OR FRONTAL COLLISION, BACK SEAT PASSENGERS HEADS WILL BE MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE BACK GLASS TO GRAPHIC, IF NOT VIOLENT DEATH. *AK

TRUCK INVOLVED IN A FRONT END CRASH AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS, THE TRUCK WAS TOTALLED. *CJ

WHEN VEHICLE REACHES AND EXCEEDS 70 MPH VEHICLE JUMPS AND SWAYS FROM SIDE TO SIDE. DEALER HAS ALIGNED VEHICLE TWICE. *AK

BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WHILE VEHICLE WAS SITTING STILL, WITH NO IMPACT TO THE VEHICLE.*AK

CONSUMER HAD ONLY OWNED VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN WEEK WHEN THE STEERING ARM WAS ABOUT TO FALL DUE TO A LOOSE BOLT THAT WAS NOT TIGHTENED PROPERLY AT THE FACTORY. *AK

VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE STEERING WHILE TURNING ONTO THE INTERSTATE INFORMED THAT PITMAN ARM DISCONNECTED FROM THE SECTION SHAFT DUE TO THE LOSS OF THE NUT AND WASHER NUT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK DRIVER DOES NOT FEEL SAFE AND SECURE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. THE DASH LIGHT FAILED AT 3000 MILES. *YH

I JUST WANTED TO INFORM YOU OF A PROBLEM THAT I HAD WITH MY 2001 FL50 SUPERCREW. MY TRUCK WAS EQUIPPED WITH A 4X4, 5.4 LITER, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, TOWING PACKAGE, AND IT WAS AN XLT LARIAT. ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES! MY REPORTED CONCERN IS THAT THE SUSPENSION IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE RATED TOWING CAPACITY. I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 60 MPH. A CAR CUT IN FRONT OF ME AND I MOVED TO THE LEFT LANE TO AVOID RUNNING INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MY TRAILER'S EMPTY WEIGHT WAS 5000 LBS AND I ESTIMATE THAT I HAD ANOTHER 1000-1500 LBS INSIDE. THE TRUCK WAS EQUIPPED WITH WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION BARS AND AN ANTI-SWAY BAR(REESE MFG.). WHEN I CHANGED LANES THE TRUCK SWAYED/LEANED HARD TO THE LEFT, THEN SWAYED HARD TO THE RIGHT. THE TRUCK THEN ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES AND LANDED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR SLIDING DOWN THE EDGE OF THE INTERSTATE. THE TRUCK AND OUR 29 FOOT CAMPER WERE TOTALED. THERE WERE FOUR PASSENGERS IN THE TRUCK: MYSELF, WIFE, AND TWO CHILDREN. EVERYONE SURVIVED WITH MINOR CUTS A

CHILD 2 1/2 YR OLD IN TRUCK. HAD HEAD OUT WINDOW & STEPPED ON BUTTON & WINDOW WAS RAISED. DRIVER TRIED TO LOWER WINDOW AS CHILD KEPT STEPPING ON BUTTON. CHILD WAS CHOKING. HAD TO BREAK WINDOW TO GET CHILD'S HEAD OUT OF WINDOW.*AK

CONSUMER'S HUSBAND WAS WASHING VEHICLE. DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE DOORS HAVE RAW MATERIAL UNDERNEATH THE BOTTOM OF THE DOORS. HER HUSBAND WAS CUT BY THE RAW MATERIAL COMING FROM THE DOOR. ALSO, BED LINER DOESN'T FIT. THERE ARE HOLES AND SPACES ON THE TOP OF THE LINER, AND A WHOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LINER. IF HAULING ANYTHING INSIDE OF THE LINER IT WOULD RUN UNDERNEATH THE BED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC INSTALLED A BLACK JELLY UNDERNEATH THE DOORS. *AK