8.0
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
$6,700.00
Average Mileage:
46,531 miles
Total Complaints:
8 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (6 reports)
- replace defective cam phaser before it blows out motor (2 reports)
engine problem
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Ford dealer.
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2009May 01
F-150 4x4
- Automatic transmission
- 74,000 miles
I had a ford ranger before this truck and it did not knock... that is why I thought I should take it in to be checked. The dealer must not want to "deal" with it. I took the truck to another shop and I was told this is not normal- maybe for a diesel truck and not this type of truck.
So I kept driving it....
2009Mar 15
F-150 XLT 4.6L V8
- Automatic transmission
- 71,458 miles
All the ford dealers in my city didn't even want to help me at all other than replace the motor... Nobody seemed to admit that it was a faulty motor. I am the type of person that is really picky over my toys, always serviced at ford dealers..So that is why I feel that it is a faulty engine...I had even called Ford Canada with know luck at all, just lots of BS. So I am now putting a new Ford engine it the truck, They tell me that I can't even buy an extended warranty starting this year!..2 years or 40000 KM. And because they won't tell me what the hell is wrong with my engine and why it sounds like somebody is playing drums under the hood.. I don't even know if the new reman motor has the problem fixed or not?.... I hope so!!! I also found out that it is only a re-built engine from ford?
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2008Oct 22
F-150
- Automatic transmission
- 40,000 miles
When I first started hearing the noise intermittently, I took it to the dealership and they said it was rocks in the exhaust, then they said it was cam phasers, then they finally said it was wrist pins. Well at that point I didn't allow them to do anything except change the oil because I didn't trust what they said. I then took it to a mechanics shop I have used and they could not make the noise happen so they returned it with no trouble found. In the meantime I took it to a different dealership for some recall work and once because the passenger window fell into the door. The noise stopped for a while but returned and this time it was easy to duplicate. It happened all the time. I took it to the mechanics shop again and they said it was the cam phasers / sensors and this time the check engine light came on. The code was the sensors - all this was changed and the light would not turn off. They changed out the computer and still the light was on. They gave it back to me and said that it would be o.k. to drive and bring it back to figure out why it doesn't turn off. We took it skiing and during the drive it lost power on hills. We took it back and they worked on it again - no charge. The light didn't turn off but it sounded real good. The next week we took the truck hunting and we ended up coasting back. The engine sounded like it was racing and was about to blow up. The knocking was back. Today we took it to a different dealership - I will post again when I get the diagnosis.
2008Apr 07
F-150 FX4 5.4V8
- Automatic transmission
- 56,000 miles
three months ago I fixed cam phaser and I heave again the same problem .suck!
2008May 02
F-150 XLT 5.4L
- Automatic transmission
- 34,797 miles
In searching the NET looking for a source of the noise my truck has been making I found this site which has been helpful in reaffirming my fears and helping me make up my mind to send this truck packing. Thanks
2007Nov 23
F-150 XLT 5.4L
- Automatic transmission
- 38,000 miles
you know you buy a newwer truck to not worry about it braking down don't buy the damn thing used buy it new warranty i have not had this truck year yet and so far it is not worth the money toooo many problems ticking in the motor window regulator breaking rotors aint worth a sh*t they warp all to hell ps i have a 89 Dakota le 4x4 with 250,000 miles and i can depend on it with my life not this damn ford oh yeah spark plugs that cost 14 dollars a piece the fuel mileage is like 14 mpgs id rather walk sometimes
2007Jul 14
F-150 5.4L V8
- Automatic transmission
- 19,993 miles
OPEN LETTER TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY
My name is [name omitted] and I have purchased at least 10 new Ford cars/trucks over my life span. The latest being a 2005 F-150. My truck was taken into a dealership for an engine problem at 19,993 miles. The service department dismantled my motor in order to make the repairs. (Replaced cam phaser) The repairs were covered under my 36,000/3Yr. warranty and took 4 days. The very day I picked it up the problem (loud ticking/knocking noise from motor i.e. defective cam phaser) was still present. I returned the vehicle to the same dealership within 24 hours and had only added 13 miles within the pick/up drop/off phase. It took the dealership 33 days and emailing pictures to a Ford Service Engineer to make a claim that my motor had �excessive oil sludge� and as such was an indicator that I had not maintained my vehicle. You see, I could only provide two oil change receipts when I needed to provide three, which DOES NOT indicate that I did not have three oil changes I just couldn�t produce ONE receipt. Ford Motor denied the claim for warranty work solely based on lack of maintenance (a violation per the warranty not to mention the unreasonable repair time which should not be more than 30days) and canceled my warranty. How their Ford Certified Mechanics missed what they now claimed to be �excessive oil sludge� on the first visit remains a mystery to date. I was left for SIX MONTHS without use of my vehicle. Did I mention it needed a new motor? Yes the dealership quoted me $6500 to put in a new motor. Although they could never give a diagnosis of what was wrong they knew it needed a new motor. Eventually an independent arbitration hearing through the BBB concluded that Ford Motor Company should have made those warranted repairs on the customers second attempt and any discoveries of �excessive oil sludge� and any warranty issues should have been addressed at the time of the first repair attempt. Ford Motor Company clearly used lies and misleading information to delay costly warranted repairs to my vehicle and was successful for SIX MONTHS. During those six months I had to continue making my payments as well as pay for alternate transportation(rental car at $1,000 a month) I had to pay for independent assessments which was money well spent as it proved that my motor DID NOT have �excessive oil sludge�. There was tow expenses incurred; I had a small landscaping business for 3 years that went under as a result of not having use of my truck for SIX MONTHS. Indeed this six month ordeal has cost me plenty. Suffice it to say that Ford Motor Company spent big bucks retaining an attorney to represent them in a small claims action I filed in Cobb County, Atlanta, Ga. against them to reimburse me out-of-pocket expenses. But, I understand, as Ford least of all wants precedent set against them in a court of law.((Read your warranties carefully folks, as long as manufacturer�s warranty is not WRITTEN in an unconscionable manner, their pretty much given a license to act unconscionable even fraudulent). What I find so reprehensible is that Ford does not stand by their product. Apparently Ford Motor Company has no issue with leaving their customers out of their new vehicle for SIX MONTHS and will lie and misrepresent facts to do so. In doing so however, in essence ,Ford Motor Company is willingly, publicly admitting that they manufacture motors that will need full replacement at less than 20,000 because the cam phasers in this make and model are defective and cause motor failure.(This was the case with my truck) I applaud Ford Motor Company for their courage to do so. I, in fact, will be contacting every media outlet in the United States of America to get word out to the public that Ford Motor Company has made this perfectly clear through their actions or lack of. I may not get the thousands of dollars of out of pocket expenses I incurred as a result of Ford�s deceitful tactics but I will have satisfaction in knowing that I made the public aware so that they may avoid the hell I went through with Ford Motor Company. I will be paying for a spot in the Atlanta Journal Constitution to run this open letter and hope that other media outlets will pick up on this story namely CNN whose offices and studio are located in the city which I reside and where the vehicle was purchased, Atlanta, Ga.
BUILT FORD Tough?? I don�t think so.
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2007Jan 01
F-150 Lariat 5.4L Tritan
After reading on the internet I have come to realize that I don't have a one of a kind piece of crap. I have a F-150 with Cam-phasers going out, tranny that shifts into 4 wheel high all by itself, power window driver's side that the switch is starting to fail, power seat driver's side/power pedals and remote mirrors that do not work, a rear end that grinds at low speed turning corners. Other than that - my vehicle works great!
lopear63
Lomira, WI, USA
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