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.
Ford truck losses throttle control. The vehicle goes into idle and throttle is not responsive. I had to coast to the side of the road in traffic to prevent an accident.
2006 supercrew 4X4 F150 that began missing and shaking badly along with rich smell of gasoline this morning. Was taken into shop where it later hydrolocked and was now unable to start. Assessment by Ford technician found the engine to have a faulty injector on cylinder 6 that was stuck in the open position allowing fuel to dump directly into cylinder until full and the piston was unable to move anymore apparently resulting in some bent rods according to technician. Was advised that engine was blown and needed $9500 for replacement engine since vehicle was just out of warranty at 56,000 miles. Found out that many of the 2005 models of this vehicle had recalls on the same injectors making this type of repair covered, but my VIN does not show this recall since it a 2006 model. This bothers me because my truck was actually shown to be manufactured in Sept 2005 and possibly had the same batch of faulty injectors installed in it.
Upon starting of the vehicle there was a loud pop followed by smoke entering the cab through vents and then complete loss of brakes, dealer said it was a problem with the intake manifold.
Spark plug broke inside of engine while replacing. After further investigation I found that this is a well known problem that Ford has refused to recall even though they have changed mechanical procedures for replacing plugs at the dealership. I am now stuck with a big bill because faulty manufacturing.
The contact owns a 2006 Ford F-150. While driving 40 mph, the contact heard a rattling noise underneath the vehicle. The dealer stated that the A/C compressor was separating. The dealer made the replacement, however, the noise continued. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer, but they were unable to determine the cause of failure. In addition, the vehicle failed to start. As of September 24, 2007, the dealer had not repaired the vehicle. The failure mileage was 495 and current mileage was 23,900.
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- Niceville, FL, USA