Extend cab with 4 doors. Where the rear seat and seat belts mount to the body it is completely rusted away. The seat and seat belt is loose and will not be secured in a crash. Very little rust on the rest of the cab and the rocker panels are intact. However the seat belts for the rear passengers on both the right and left side are not connected.

- Elyria, OH, USA

Approx. A month ago I was traveling from our shop in my work truck[aka F-150].the speed out of the city was 35 mph on the main rd.I experienced a seatbelt disconnect, I relatched immediately while driving.I traveled a little further and entered the freeway system.the belt came unlatched again.I further inspected the latch later after work, discovering that the release button stays down when fastening the belt into it.so I tried lightly lubricating the latch, drove the next day and belt still released several times when driving.if I normally push the latch into the receiver the release stays down a bit and the belt pops loose while I'm driving.at various times the latch would stay up and hold the belt as intended.most of the time though that is not the case and it frequently releases while I'm driving at all speeds.

- Columbus, OH, USA

My son was involved in an accident on 4/22/2010 while driving a 2000 Ford F-150 4X2 two door pickup truck. Side marks at the scene revealed that the F-150's anti-lock brakes did not engage causing the truck to slide resulting in a failure to stop in time to avoid the accident. The air bag did not deploy after the front-end impact and the seatbelt did not lock causing my son to be thrown forward heating his head on the sun visor and snapping his head backward rolling his face into the roof of the truck and injuring his neck. He also bruised some ribs on the steering wheel and jammed several fingers. The seatbelt did keep him from being ejected from the vehicle but by not engaging, caused unnecessary injuries. Had he been driving at a higher rate of speed at the time of the impact he injuries would have been far more serious and even life threatening. We purchased this F150 on 1/19/2010 from the city of mount juliet, tn. The vehicle was well maintained by the city according to the vehicle maintenance records. We request to have a non-partial expert examine the vehicle to determine the cause of the safety features failure to deploy on this vehicle.

- Bruceton, TN, USA

The contact owns a 2000 Ford F series. The contact stated that the steering wheel began melting due to sun exposure. He also stated that the seat belt was inoperable. The dealer stated that nothing could be done because the warranty expired. In addition, there were no open recalls on the vehicle. The failure mileage was 70,000 and current mileage was 165,000. Updated 11/24/08 updated 11/26/08.

- Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA

We hae a 2000 Ford F350 that was recently in an accident and the body shop found that it had prior damage. We were never notified by the dealership that this vehicle had prior damage. The prior damage makes the vehicle unsafe to drive as it has the wrong cab on it and the wrong cab has been welded on, as you can see the welding marks underneath the truck, and also the seat belts have been bolted in and not drilled in, but their are many drilled holes in the bottom of the truck cab. The body shop feels that the truck is unsafe to drive as you never know when the welding could collapse. We have pictures of the previous damage along with two witnesses. We have notified mid states Ford and also Ford Motor Company with a long list of things that have happened since June 9th, 2003. Mid states Ford has not contacted us since dennis contacted them on July 8th and they said they would get right back to us. Ford Motor Company has not called us back since our last note to them last week. We just want some answers before something else happens. We also would like some resolutions to this problem.

- Maxwell, IA, USA

Consumer's child got entangled in the front passenger side seat belt and almost choked to death, cause the seat belt wouldn't un latch.

- Gansevoort, NY, USA

While driving in rain vehicle hydroplaned, hitting a fence and went into a ditch. Seat belts did not tighten up. Vehicle totaled, and passenger was injured.

- Green Forest, AR, USA

Seat belt anchors failed to be bolted to floor in the center position, properly. The seat belt can be locked, but the anchor supports are not secured. Taking vehicle back to dealer for repairs.

- La Grange, KY, USA