2004 Ford F-150 complaints

DRIVER'S WINDSHIELD WIPER LEAVES 6" BLIND SPOT UNCLEARED/UNWIPED IN LINE OF SIGHT ALONG DRIVER'S WINDSHIELD PILLAR. ALMOST HIT PEDESTRIAN AS A RESULT OF NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE. ALSO PULLED OUT AT INTERSECTION IN FRONT OF ANOTHER CAR BECAUSE UNABLE TO SEE. DEALER CAN NOT FIX BECAUSE THE WIPER IS "KEYED" TO THAT POSITION ONLY. FORD HAS BEEN UNWILLING TO RESOLVE ISSUE. OTHER OWNERS COMPLAINING OF SAFETY HAZARD TOO. *AK

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 45-60 MPH THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION. DEALERSHIP SERVICED VEHICLE 4 TIMES, BUT COULD NOT LOCATE THE CAUSE OF THE VIBRATION. *AK *LA

I HAVE A 2004 F-150 SUPERCREW AND HAVE NOTICED A VIBRATION/SHUDDER IN THE REAR END BETWEEN SPEEDS OF 25-45 MPH SINCE INCEPTION. ONCE OVER 50 MPH IT SEEMS TO DISIPATE. ALSO EXPERIENCING THE OCCASSIONAL NIBBLE AT THE STEERING WHEEL. I WAS PLANNING ON TAKING IT IN BUT I DON'T THINK I'LL WASTE MY TIME SINCE FORD HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO MAKE AN EXACT DETERMINATION OF ITS CAUSE ACCORDING TO THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I'VE READ ON YOUR SITE. LOVE THE TRUCK-HATE THE SHUDDER/VIBRATION!!!

STOPPED AT A "RED" TRAFFIC LIGHT WITH VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME, THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. I INSTINCTIVELY PRESSED FARTHER ON THE ACCELERATOR, AND THEN THE ENGINE REVVED TOO HIGH WHICH CAUSED ME TO HAVE TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES BEFORE HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE THROTTLE DELAY IN "DRIVE BY WIRE" SYSTEM IS TOO PRONOUNCED AND COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT, EITHER IN THE MANNER THAT HAPPENED TO ME, OR IF I WERE TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC THINKING I HAD ENOUGH TIME BUT REALLY DIDN'T BECAUSE OF THE THROTTLE DELAY. THE DELAY IS USUALLY AROUND ONE SECOND FROM THE TIME I HIT THE GAS TO THE TIME THE ENGINE RPM CHANGES. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY RE-FLASHED THE PCM TO THE LATEST VERSION THEY HAD, BUT IT DID NOT SEEM TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THROTTLE RESPONSE. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO TSB FOR THIS SYMPTOM.

STEERING WHEEL NIBBLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 65-75. STEERING WHEEL SHAKES BACK AND FORTH AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

AN EXCRUCIATING HIGH PITCH NOISE IS PRODUCED FROM THE DASHBOARD AREA OF MY 2004 F150 HERITAGE AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 20-40MPH. THE NOISE PRODUCES AN EARACHE EQUAL TO A SMALL MIGRAINE AFTER 30 MINUTES. THE DEALER HAS OVERHAULED THE TRANSFER CASE AND TAKEN THE TRANSMISSION OUT TO REPLACE BEARINGS BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. DEALER HAS STATED THAT THEY HEAR THE NOISE BUT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM. MY TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 1000 MILES ON IT CURRENTLY.

I HAVE A 2004 F-150 (EXTENDED CAB). WHILE TAKING OFF, TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT- YOU WILL FEEL A VIBRATION IN THE REAR. THIS DEVELOPED APPROX. 1 MONTH AFTER RECEIVING THE NEW TRUCK. I HAVE RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO MY SERVICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE SERVICE MANAGER FELT THE VIBRATION AS WELL. HE ORDERED A WHOLE NEW REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY, AND THIS WAS REPLACED. HE EXPLAINED THIS PROBLEM WAS DUE TO WHEN TURNING- ONE WHEEL IS MOVING FASTER THAN THE OTHER, WHICH SOMETIMES CAUSES THIS VIBRATION IF IT WAS NOT PROPERLY LUBRICATED. I FELT THE VIBRATION MORE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS COLD, AND THE AXLE WAS NOT WARM. AFTER THE FIRST REPAIR, THE NEW AXLE WORKED FINE- BUT THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED- APPROX. 1 MONTH LATER. I ONLY HAVE 6500 MILES ON THE TRUCK, AND THIS WILL BE IT'S 3RD REAR AXLE. IF ANY ONE ELSE IS EXPERIENCING THIS, MY VEHICLE'S REAR END WAS REPLACED, AND WILL NEED TO BE REPAIRED AGAIN. *JB

VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL ABOVE 55 MILES HOUR,LESS CONTROL OF TRUCK. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH IN A PARKING LOT THE SUN TEMPORARILY IMPAIRED THE DRIVER'S VISION. THIS CONDITION CAUSED THE DRIVER TO HIT A FENCE HEAD ON. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD AND NECK INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO A BODY SHOP WHERE BOTH MECHANICS DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO AIR BAG FAILURE. THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. *AK THE CLOCK SPRING BUSTED AND FAILED TO RELEASE THE AIR BAGS. THE AIR BAG SENSORS IN THE FRONT FAILED TO DEPLOY THE AIR BAGS. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND AS A RESULT HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH A GUARDRAIL. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT NEITHER OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM *MR

MY STEERING WHEEL IS SHAKING BACK AND FORTH AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE BALANCE JOB, TRIP TO THE DEALER, AND NEW RIMS AND TIRES HAVE NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. *JB

A VIBRATION IS LEFT IN THE STEERING AS WELL AS THE FLOORBOARD OF THE VEHICLE FROM 30 TO 65 MPH. THE VIBRATION IS WORST AROUND 38 AND 58 MPH. VIBRATION IS MOST PROMINENT BUT NOT LIMITED TO ACCELERATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED. THE TIRES WERE ROTATED AND ALIGNED, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FIXED. *AK

I HAVE A SUPER CREW 4X4 W/ 3.73 LTD SLIP REAR. IM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS MANY OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION "NIBBLE" AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND THE REAR END SHUDDERS FROM A STANDSTILL UPON ACCELERATION OR WHILE MAKING TURNS. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK IN THIS WEEK AND THE SERVICE WRITER HAD THE SERVICE MANAGER TAKE A TEST DRIVE WITH ME SO I COULD SHOW HIM WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. HE FELT THE EXACT SAME THINGS I DID, ACKNOWLEDGED THE VIBRATION AND THE SLIPPING "SHUDDERING" REAR END FEELING. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN TRYING DIFFERENT SETS OF WHEELS AND TIRES ON MY TRUCK BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. AS FOR THE REAR END PROBLEMS, THEY HAVE YET TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO FIX THE PROBLEM; NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO TRY TO FIX IT. I AM NOT ALONE WITH THESE PROBLEMS. *AK

SHOULDER HARNESS ON SEAT BELTS CAUSING PROBLEMS, EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON SHOULDER. SEAT BELT IS ATTACHED TO THE BACK OF THE SEAT AND COMES FROM APPROXIMATELY 4" BELOW THE SHOULDER FROM THE REAR AND OVER. CONTACTED FORD ABOUT PROBLEM. THEY SEEM NOT TO HAVE HAD ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT BELTS IN THE 2004 F-150 SUPERCABS.*AK

VERY NOTICEABLE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION AT 65 MPH & VERY BAD STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY WHEN BUMPS ARE ENCOUNTERED DURING EVERY DAY DRIVING. THE TIRES FEEL LIKE THEY LOSE CONTACT WITH THE ROAD & FEEL VERY UNSTABLE. *AK

AT SPEEDS OF 52, 54 MPH THE REAR END MAKES A "WINING NOISE" LIKE THE PINION GEAR IS BAD. TOOK TRUCK IN FOR SERIVCE TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID FORD SAYS THE NOISE IS NORMAL ENGNIEERING. I DON'T AGREE AND AM VERY ANNOID WITH THE DEALER AND FORD.

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT STEERING PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 76 MPH VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY CHANGED LANES. DRIVER TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO ROLL OVER. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND TRADED IT AFTER ONLY 10 DAYS OF OWNERSHIP. *AK

WHILE LOADING THE VEHICLE TAILGATE FELL OFF. *AK

DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE TIRES WERE IMPROPERLY MADE FROM THE FACTORY WHICH DID NOT ALLOW THEM TO BE BALANCED, AND THEY SHIMMIED WHILE DRIVING.*AK

"NEW 2004" F-150 WITH 4X4 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE IN DRIVE POSITION POINTED UPHILL ON GRADES GREATER THAN 20 DEGREE WILL ROLL BACKWARDS ( AS IF IN NEUTRAL) . TRANSMISSION WILL NOT HOLD VEHICLE IN PLACE! SAME RESULTS IN D2,D1, AND REVERSE. SEEN BY DEALER AND CONFIRMED TO BE "NORMAL" CONDITION. BUT NO WHERE IN THE OWNERS MANUAL IS THIS CONDITION STATED. TESTED 4 OTHER VEHICLES, SAME CONDITION RESULTED. IF THIS IS IN FACT "NORMAL" IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE OWNERS MANUAL TO WARN CONSUMERS! *CB

I JUST BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2004 F150 4.6 L 4X4 SUPER CAB ON JANUARY 31, 2004. UPON ACCELERATION THERE IS A NOTICEABLE JINGLING/RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT 4 TIMES AND HAVE TALKED TO FORDS CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT NUMEROUS TIMES. THEY CLAIM THIS IS NORMAL VACUUM RESONANCE COMING FROM THE INTAKE. IN MY OPINION A BRAND NEW TRUCK THAT RATTLES OR JINGLES UPON ACCELERATION HAS A DESIGN DEFECT OR THERE IS A DEFECT WITH MY TRUCK. IN EITHER CASE FORD OUGHT TO FIX IT. FORDS POSITION IS THAT THIS IS MY PROBLEM NOT THEIR PROBLEM. *CB

THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER INSTALLED A THIN METAL COOLING COIL ON THE FRONT FRAME MEMBER, WHICH WAS 13 INCHES FROM THE GROUND. THIS COIL COULD BE DAMAGED IF THE TRUCK GOES THROW A PUDDLE,WHICH WOULD RESULT IN STEERING FAILURE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE REAR WINDOW OPEN, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. THE DRIVER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. *PH EXTREME VIBRATION OF THE CAB WAS ENCOUNTERED UPON LEAVING EITHER OR BOTH REAR DOOR WINDOWS BELOW 30%WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 35 MPH. THE VIBRATION INCREASED WHEN THE SPEED INCREASED AND WAS MOST PREVALENT ABOVE 50 MPH. THE VIBRATION SEEMD TO BE CAUSED BY AIR PRESSURE ENTERING THE VEHICLE. *CB *JB

I PURCHASED A 2004 FORD 150 4 WHEEL DRIVE CREWCAB. LIVING IN OREGON WE HAVE SNOW DURING THE WINTER. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PURCHASE CHAINS FOR THIS VEHICLE I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT FIT. WHEN I CONTACTED FORDS CUSTOMER RELATIONS I WAS TOLD I SHOULD HAVE READ PAGE 276 OF THE OWNERS MANUEL PRIOR TO PURCHASE SO I KNOW OWN A $41,000 4 WHEEL VEHICLE THAT CAN NOT BE DRIVEN IN THE SNOW. FORDS ATTITUDE WAS SO WHAT! *AK

2004 - FORD 150 - SUPERCAB WHEN THE REAR DOORS ARE CLOSED, UNLESS THEY ARE CLOSED VERY FIRMLY, ONLY THE LOWER LATCH WILL ENGAGE. THE DOORS APPEAR TO BE CLOSED AND ONLY IF YOU PULL ON THE UPPER PORTION WILL YOU SEE A SMALL GAP OPEN BY THE ROOF LINE.*AK WHEN THE FRONT DOORS ARE THEN CLOSED THEY ALSO APPEAR TO BE SECURE AND THE "DOOR AJAR" INDICATOR DOES NOT COMES ON. BECAUSE THE FRONT DOOR ARE SECURED BY THE BACK DOORS, ONLY THE LOWER LATCH IS NOW HOLDING BOTH DOORS WHICH I BELIEVE MAY BE AN UNSAFE DESIGN.

WE RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2004 FORD F-150 SUPER CREW, MY 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS GETTING INTO THE BACK SEAT OF THE VEHICLE, AND SHE PUT HER HAND INTO THE DOOR JAM AREA WHERE THERE IS WHAT LOOKS LIKE A "SCISSOR" HINGE. IF THE DOOR IS NOT ALL THE WAY OPEN AND A FINGER GETS CAUGHT IN THERE THE DOOR IF PUSHED OPEN CLOSES THE HINGE. MY DAUGHTERS TOP LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY SEVERED OFF. SHE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE SHE RECEIVED STICHES AND WAS REFERRED TO A HAND SURGEON. THIS HINGE SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AND POSSIBLY REDESIGNED, THE ONLY WAY TO REMOVE HER FINGER FROM THE HINGE WAS TO CLOSE THE DOOR SLIGHTLY. *LA

CONSUMER NOTICED THE HAD ADJUSTABLE PEDAL MOVED UP, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO DEPRESS THE FUEL PEDAL WHILE STOPPING. THIS RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE RUNNING INTO A POST. *AK THE REAR TIRES SPUN AND SMOKED AND SMOKE ENTERED THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE.*TS *JB

WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC SOMETIMES TRANSMISSION SLIPS. THIS CAUSES VEHICLE TO LOOSE POWER, AND COULD RESULT IN A REAR END OR FRONTAL COLLISION. *AK