This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the rear driver's side and rear passenger's side doors failed to open from inside or outside the vehicle. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously serviced due to the failure. The failure mileage was 70,000.
I own a 2001 Ford F150 lariet truck, which I bought new, and have only apx. 75000 miles on it. I wash it regularly and even spray up under truck to remove salts every time I wash it. Luckily, or better, blessedly, while poisoning my truck in my car-port the cable holding the spare tire(full size..about 100 pounds) snapped and the tire, tire bracket, and cable (crimped) knuckle fell onto the car port. This cable sheared exactly at the knuckle and it did so with-out any provocation. By the grace of god, it did not stop while I was doing 70 miles an hour going down the highway. If it had I'm sure there would have been so much destruction to the rear of my truck that I would not be able to write this. Let me go on to say, I really like this truck, it is very solid, very reliable, and one of the best rides I've ever owned in my 53 years of life. I am either extremely lucky or blessed that this happened in my drive. In fact, only 5 days before, my wife, son and I had returned from a trip to West Virginia. This was a trip of 700 miles and we had taken her Tahoe because it has 4 wheel drive and my Ford does not!!!
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
- Leesville, LA, USA