Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 07/01/2011 | |||
| Spark plugs are snapping off because of heat in the aluminum head. | |||
| 02/17/2010 | 96000 | 1 | |
| I purchased a ford f-150 in 2006. i am at my 100,000 maintenance and the spark plugs have to be changed. i spoke with a representative at the ford repair shop who told me that i would have to bring my truck in 24 hours early to soak the plugs because they will break in the motor and i will have to pay to have them removed. i followed there instructions on monday morning and took the truck to them. they called and informed me that they would have to take the head off my motor to remove the plugs at a considerable expense to me. it does not seem fair to me that if ford mechanics put ford plugs into there ford trucks and when there ford mechanics try to remove the ford plugs from the ford vehicle they break and i have to pay for the damages. *tr | |||
| 12/15/2009 | 100000 | 1 | |
| I'm an owner of a 2006 ford f-150 5.4 engine. i have had 3 engine failures with this truck the first one was an injector. second was a timing solenoid. third was a coil. i had over 100,000 kms. i had my plugs changed. the mechanic ended up breaking off 6 plugs in the engine. this is a very expensive repair, it should only be regular maintenance. i have done a great deal of research and have found it is a very widespread problem. i feel owners should be compensated. any advice i can receive would be helpful thanks in advance. *tr | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 06/30/2011 | 93000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 ford f150. the contact stated the spark plugs broke off when the mechanic attempt to remove them from the engine to replace them. the dealer stated if while they are removing the spark plugs and they break off it will be additional charge, due to the complex of removing them. the manufacturer was contacted who stated his vehicle was out of warranty and. there are no recalls. they offered no other assistance. the failure mileage was 93,000...mw | |||
| 02/01/2010 | 52000 | ||
| Tl - the contact owns a 2006 ford f150. the contact stated that while driving 70 mph the vehicle stalled. she was able to start it up again and it hesitated the first time, the second time it worked. the vehicle was taken to the dealer and they were unable to duplicated the failure. the manufacturer was not contacted. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 52,000 and current mileage was 95,429. pm | |||
| 02/19/2010 | 59339 | 1 | |
| My 2006 f-150 with the 4.6l motor ejected a spark plug from the cylinder without warning. i went to crank the vehicle on 2/19/10, and there was a horrendous knocking or tapping sound. i was on my way out of town, so i did not have time to do a thorough check of what could be wrong. i shut the vehicle off and left it sitting until i returned on 2/21/2010. upon looking, i noticed that the second cylinder in from the firewall on the passenger side had ejected the plug from the cylinder well. when i went to try to put the plug back in, it would not tighten. i jiggled the plug and ratchet extension and noticed that the threaded area to accept the plug was much larger than the stock plug. i understand that ford has used many excuses as to why this happens, but i assure you that i have purchased no new parts. this vehicle is now unusable, and is my primary transportation to and from work. there is obviously an issue with these motors and ejecting plugs, so my question is why has ford not stepped up to address this issue? *tr | |||
| 11/02/2009 | 69000 | 1 | |
| I purchased a ford f150 truck with 65,000 miles from a ford dealer. after monitoring the engine oil over the first 3 months i took it to the ford dealer 2 times for an engine oil consumption test. this truck uses 1 quart of oil per thousand miles being driven. it does not leak oil, it burns it. after contacting my local ford dealer as well as ford motor company, they stated that this is normal. this is not normal for a 2006 vehicle. in a time when the united states is concerned with global warming, this vehicle is producing emissions that are way out of the ordinary. i will be stuck with a vehicle that cannot pass emissions tests when they become mandatory in this area. if you are not the agency to contact, please refer me to said agency. *tr | |||
| 09/24/2007 | 20000 | 25 | 06/01/2006 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford f150. the contact stated that the air bag light continues to illuminate, the vehicle shuts off and has to be restarted, the fuel gauge displays incorrect readings, and the headlights illuminate and dim without warning. the current mileage was 31,112 and failure mileage was 20,000. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM | |||
| 12/16/2010 | 96000 | ||
| The crossover pipe for the exhuast system is located directly in front of a cross brace under the transmission. the brace accumulates debris easily and it packs up against the exhaust pipe resulting in a fire under the truck. | |||
| 07/10/2008 | 42000 | 1 | |
| I was driving my 06 ford truck 4.6 engine on freeway motor failed, loud noise coming from motor and loose of power. i was nearly involved in major collision trying to get truck off the freeway. i had a mech. look at truck he told me that it blew a spark plug, took truck to dealer i purchased from new. these plugs have never been replaced or worked on, factory plugs. the truck has 36,000 mile warr. and i have 42,000 miles on truck. ford will not own up to full payment on this repair. there is repair bill for 3000.00 and i know now this is a ford defect from internet research. i need some help, my truck is still in shop i do not have money to make this repair. someone please contact me, i need help from ford and from the dealership were truck is still at, can not be driven and i have no transportation. *tr | |||
| 01/03/2008 | 50000 | 1 | |
| Emissions light displays: 2006 f150 looses power, will not accelerate, stalls while driving in traffic (creating a traffic hazard), pops (backfires) while trying to accelerate. have to totally stop truck, turn off ignition, wait a few minutes, restart and proceed. sometimes have to repeat this several times while driving to destination. had truck hooked to diagnostic computer, mechanic said there was a problem, but it cleared itself....charged me for computer use. he said to come back in when truck was misbehaving again. it does it sporadically, explained this to mechanic. emissions light comes on and goes out sporadically as well. *tr | |||