Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 12/16/2012 | 54363 | ||
| When engaged, the child safety lock on the ford f150 2009 causes the door to not have the capability of being opened from the outside. the purpose of the child safety lock is to prevent the door from being opened (by children) from the inside only. the inability of the door being able to be opened from the outside presents a grave risk of danger if this vehicle is engaged in an emergency situation which would prevent emergency personnel or any other personnel from being able to properly open the door potentially causing serious injury or death. in this particular case, my ford f150 2009 pickup truck is a four door crew cab model. when i engaged the child safety lock on the rear passenger side door for the very first time during ownership (12/16/2012), the door handle immediately would not work from both the inside (as expected) as well as the outside. i currently have three children under the age of four which are situated in car seats (as required by law) in the crew cab section of my truck. in the event of an emergency, great concern exists for the safety of my children as well as the children of fellow, unknowledgeable or unsuspecting ford f150 truck owners that this safety defect exists. thank you very much for your investigation into this safety issue. | |||
| 09/18/2012 | 43740 | ||
| I was entering an on-ramp onto the interstate and accelerating at the time. as i was nearing the end of the ramp, i felt the truck was traveling faster than i had intended. i removed my foot off of the accelerator only to hear the engine reving and watched the speedometer continue to climb. i was traveling between 80-85 mph by the time i was entering the interstate appoaching a tractor trailer truck. i stood with both feet, straight legged with 130 pounds on the brake while not only trying to avoid the tractor trailer in front of me, but watching another tractor trailer approaching me from behind. my speed continued to climb as the accelerator remained stuck. after approximately half a mile of me standing on the brake, i heard a loud bang as the accelerator let go and my braking took effect. i took it to the closest ford dealership who could not duplicate the problem, the peddle must have been stuck on the floormat. as i was not satisfied, i then took it to the dealership where i had purchased it only to be told the same thing. as the person driving the vehicle, i can assure you, it wasn't stuck on the floormat. the same thing occured to my husband as he accelerated to pass a vehicle. however, the period of acceleteration did not last as long as this last episode. both dealerships were made well aware of both incidents. | |||
| 07/28/2012 | 59000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2009 ford f150. the contact stated when he turn on his vehicle he hear a loud noise coming from the vehicle. the vehicle was taken the dealer. the dealer stated they did not find on failure on the vehicle. the manufacturer was contact and if the dealer did not find nothing wrong with the vehicle there's nothing they could do. the failure and the current mileage was 59,000.jp | |||
| 06/25/2012 | 42000 | ||
| While my truck was parked in my driveway, we had a very bad tropical storm come through, when i went to get in my truck i noticed that my back seat was wet and the back of my head lining was wet and had water spots on it. so i took my truck to the dealer thinking my rear window was leaking, but they told me that it was my third brake light and the seal around it was bad. so instead of it being covered under the trucks warranty they told me i would have to pay to get it fixed plus pay for my seats to be cleaned from the water damage. because it is still raining i did not have no choice, but i think that if ford have had all these complaints about the same problems happening to other vehicles, they should have a recall and be responsible for paying for the repairs and water damage caused by their manufacturing defect. we pay to much money for these vehicles to have to put with a company that knows they have a problem and want do nothing to fix it, but makes the customer suffers and pays the price for their neglect. | |||
| 06/05/2012 | 65000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2009 ford f-150. the contact stated that he noticed wet spots on the headliner. the manufacturer was notified and informed the contact the company was aware of a bad gasket in the tail light that would cause water damage. the vehicle had not been repaired. the failure and current mileages were 65,000. kmj | |||
| 06/05/2012 | |||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2009 ford f-150. the contact stated that he noticed wet spots on the headliner. the manufacturer was notified and informed the contact the company was aware of a bad gasket in the tail light that would cause water damage. the vehicle had not been repaired. the failure and current mileages were 65,000. dt | |||
| 10/06/2009 | 50 | ||
| Vibration felt in feet seat and is noticable in items within the cab of the vehicle. vehicle has had tires replaced, driveline balanced. ford dealership says the vehcile has an inherent vibration and there is nothing they can do. i wonder if this a safety concern?? why does it vibrate and will something break? i believe the inherent vibration is a defect. | |||
| 07/19/2009 | 600 | 1 | 07/19/2009 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2009 ford f-150. during rainy conditions, the instrument panel lights fail to illuminate. the failure prevents the driver from viewing the speedometer. the contact also noticed that the instrument panel lights would only illuminate at a specific range of darkness outside. the vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated that the sensor needed to be adjusted. the current and failure mileages were 600. updated 08/28/09 *bf the consumer stated there was a sensor on top of the dash, that didn't sense enough darkness to allow the headlights to come on. updated 08/31/09.*jb | |||