Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 05/04/2012 | |||
| Ford recall 99b29. front cover gask unable to hold coolant. | |||
| 04/10/2011 | 165000 | ||
| Just driving my 1997 ford f-150 and have had 2 spark plugs fly out the truck. motor then runs rough and continues to operate for some time before you get any engine light. affraid to let wife use truck cause it could catch fire. | |||
| 01/16/2011 | 212000 | ||
| I parked my vehicle in the garage and left and when i returned it was on fire and the fire department had ripped the garage door open and draged it out the garage.. i have been told by several people that there is a recall for the brake switch. i find that interesting seeing how o had call ford last summer around july2010 for i had just moved to this address i am at now. and i was told there is no open recalls... hmmm... so, i do still have the truck at this point but do plan to have it towed out at end of this week.. would be great if there is any recourse to this. i am out a vehicle and no money to replace it... | |||
| 09/24/2010 | 79000 | ||
| A 1997 ford f 150 parked in a parking lot for several hours caught on fire on it's own in the engine compartment and was completly destroyed. the fire department stated that there was no external cause. | |||
| 09/03/2010 | 100000 | ||
| I saw the notice on the f-150's. i just called ford last week re: this same thing. they told me due to age and miles on vehicle they could do nothing. it became loose and hanging while pouring gas all over the expressway on sept 3rd. i was very dissatisfied with their response, as i don't feel this should be an issue anyone needs to worry about. my case number with them is 0543102510 | |||
| 04/14/2010 | 168112 | ||
| Driving at 40 mph in 1997 ford f-150 pickup on 4 lane highway. heard noise toards rear of vehicle. no collision spare tire exited bottom of bed . bounced on roadway across traffic on other side of 4 lane on coming traffic behind then and in fromt of vehicles. somehow no one collied with the rolling spare tire as it exited the roadway to the should of roadway. tire now in bed of truck not undernearth until i can repair due to broken cable that supported tire. | |||
| 06/27/2008 | 174892 | 1 | |
| The 97 f-150 had been parked outside not started for 2 days. sunday morning we went to go to the lake and the truck started but would not go out of park,an issue i have had before,but this time the abs light was flashing. i have been in the automotive repair business for 15 years, so i had a good idea were to start looking. the first place i looked was the brake safety switch located on the top of the brake pedal itsel. every thing checked out fine. that is were i have had the problem before so i thought it was another broken wire but that was not the case. so i decided to check brake fluid level,and noticed that the electrical plug located at the front of the master brake cylinder had caught fire and melted the entire plastic plug and wires. now i don't know when this happened but i feel very lucky it went out by itself!i live in the colorado mountains and could not imagine the damage it could of caused if it would have gotten out of control, as it was parked by trees ,shed, jet skis,etc. at this time i am going to try to replace the plug and or wiring harness and the electrical component on front of master cylinder that i believe was the cause of the small fire. i will call ford dealer ship in morning to see if they have any info on problem. i have all old parts and have documented the issue with pictures. i have also noticed that the cruise control switch box is located about 3 inches from the electrical brake switch that caught fire. i do know about the cruise control recall and it makes me wonder if all of these tragic ford fires reported really did start from the cruise control switch? *tr | |||