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.
Steady tapping noise in 5th gear, when accelerator pressed (no variation with speed increase). Worse in cool weather. Moving the 4wheel drive shifter side to side modulates noise. Has gotten coarser and louder, and spread to 3rd and 4th gears over the course of last 14K miles. Academy Ford led me to believe a fix was in progress during repeated service visits since Oct 99, but admitted Dec 2000 that Ford did not want to invest resources in pursuing investigation of the problem or its cause since not too many people drive 5speeds and have reported same. Stick shift also seems mushy at times and don't know if this is related.
Truck jumped out of park when backing trailer with boat into a lake resulting in the left front wheel of the truck running over consumer, consumer sustained an open book pelvic fracture, urologic injury and trauma to left ankle. Nlm
Consumer cannot shift into park gear, cause unknown. The consumer indicated that there was a defect recall notice for automatic transmission of vehicle's similar to that of the consumer. The consumer wants reimbursement for the expenses from the manufacturer.
Consumer noticed a 1/2 inch crack on the outside door of the driver & passenger side. Metal was shearing. Delear said that it was out of warranty & they had to have permission from Ford. Also the transmission failed.
Transmission control indicator light (tcil) started blinking at 39940 miles. I was advised not to drive thr truck. The truck was taken to the dealer. A check of vehicle revealed internal transmission problem.
Manufacturer's recall 97S86 and NHTSA recall # 97V171000/auto transmission cable assembly: Transmission selector shows vehicle is in park, but, in reality, it is in reverse. Dealer notified, and informed consumer that recall repairs were already done, and reoccurring repairs would be at consumer's cost.
1st, transmission, when at the speeds of 40 and 45, hesitates and wants to upshift and downshift, the behaivor is not normal at all, and I am making an appt. To get it fixed. 2nd, the high beam/ low beam switch must be faulty, at times the lights will totally shut off. 3rd when refeuling, usually on a quarter tank and less when taking off the gas cap there is alot of pressure built up in the tank. 4th the interior lights will sometimes come on when either door is opened, I have to shut the door and reopen it.
With transmission in "D" traveling at a constant speed, shifts back and forth between gears, then disengages. Also, with transmission in "D" when accelerating gently in 1st gear, the shift into 2nd happens after 2500 RPM.
Transmission started slipping and then the transmission shifted into neutral while driving. The transmission would not change into passing gear. It kept slipping back to neutral. Had to have transmission replaced.
While driving down the road vehicle was pulling to the right side of the road, and upon trying to catch the steering wheel, consumer accidently hit the shift lever and vehicle went into reverse. Also, when starting up the vehicle the overdrive light would come on and stay on.
I called Ford customer service and they didn't even ask what part failed. They were just concerned that the vehicle was out of warranty!!! while driving up my driveway, the truck suddenly slammed into 4X4 low range. This caused the engine RPM's to increase significantly and brought the truck to an almost sudden stop. This was a sudden failure and could have caused an accident if it had occurred on the highway.
I have experienced the 3 defects listed.....first, the powertrain, when four-wheel drive is engaged at a stop and an engagement time of at least 30sec. To 1min. Is given, when I release my brake to proceed the powertrain makes a loud thump, this happens about 75% of the time....second the washer sprayers on the hood do not spray the windsheild. One sprays way off and the other sprays nothing. And third the high beam low beam switch is defected. When engaged in high beam and driving a short accures and the lights will flicker from high to low and completely off with no head lights at all......if you have any questions about any of these defects please contact shane E. mass at my home number ((712)-322-5233).... thank you.
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- South Bend, IN, USA