Sept 17th 2011. Sat. Night about 10:00pm I was driving my 2003 Ford F-150 truck East. I was going about 45-50mph on a straight country road when a loud sound went off and the airbags deployed and the truck came to a screeching stop. I was able to keep the truck on the road as it came to a complete stop. I and a passenger were wearing seatbelts and were able to get out of the truck. It was full of smoke and the horn was blaring, we opened the hood and disabled the horn put on the emergency flashers. The truck would not move. Couldn't get it in or out of gear, its a standard. I called my insurance co. And we had my truck towed from there to a friends house. Both of us were pretty shakened and had hurt necks and backs and I hurt my hand. My friend got hurt the worst and is still seeing doctors for his neck injuries. I am okay but sore and haven't gone to the doctors. My insurance won't cover the damage it caused inside the cab or have airbags re-installed. I have full coverage! the air bags just deployed on their own. Out of the blue. Gives me a whole new perspective about air bags, they may save your live or take your life! they are scary, smell bad, ruin your car and have to be replaced along with a brain before the truck will run. The truck is still disabled today. I feel it was a defect in the airbag sensors or the airbags themselves! and it should be covered by either my insurance or the Ford Motor Company. It's a safety feature and should be covered by one of the two! I had the truck for 4 years and nothing had ever happened like that before. Its never been hit in the front and I was just driving along. On a straight road and boom. The airbags deployed and the truck came to a sudden stop. It was traumatizing to say the least!

- Oregon , OR, USA

The contact owns a 2003 Ford F-150. The contact observed a defect with the tire socket wrench. The wrench was equipped within the vehicle to assist with tire repairs; however, it was too small to loosen the lug nuts that secured the spare tire. The contact was unable to remove the spare tire from the vehicle in order to check the air pressure level. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The failure and current mileages were 53,000. Updated 04/24/09.

- Lake Havasu City, AZ, USA

I purchased an 2003 F-150 stx 4X4 in July of 2003. Less than 1 year later the air conditioner had to be replaced. Stopped working with no noticable problems. In the next 12 months the gear box has been replaced twice, I called our local dealer and told them the transmission was shifting harder than usual. Took it in and they couldn't duplicate or correct the problem. It continued, and less than 6 months goes by and I am sitting at a red light downtown louisville ky and the light turns green I pushed the accelerator and the truck goes backwards! thank god no one was behind me! after 15 minutes I finally get the truck to the side of the street and call Ford roadside asstistance. That was a joke in itself. Finally 4 hours later the truck is towed to our local dealer and they call the next day and say it is the transmission. Duh! I told them that months ago. They "fix" it and it still is not right. I have even taken it to another dealer and I have contacted Ford. The second dealer could not find a problem, so far all I get is, yes, it does shift really hard but we can't get a code to see what is wrong with it! I am still paying for the truck and it is now under the "extended warranty" this is completely wrong! no one should pay $36000 for a truck and have this much go wrong with it! any help would be appreciated.

- Lexington, IN, USA

I have been having a problem with rear-seat seatbelt extenders. The extender provided by our dealer is number F58Z-16611C22-a. the problem is that the receptacle on the extender will not latch onto the seat belt unless the extender receptacle is at room temperature or above. We have been trying to get this problem resolved for several months. The parts and service folks at friendly Ford of monroe, Michigan claim that nothing can be done about it because, according to Ford Motor Company, there is no other extender available. They have reordered the extenders several times, thinking that maybe they were defective, but we still have the problem. We have to warm up the extenders in order to get them to work, and even then they will not latch 100 percent of the time. I have also contacted the Ford Motor Company and they have also told me that nothing can be done.

- Monroe, MI, USA