Ford F-150 Change Vehicle

"Sudden complete failure with no prior symptoms"

"Reverse belt went out. Rebuilt entire tranny"

"The transmission had been completely serviced by a ford dealer 2 years ago, the unit started shifting very rough and finally quit working, No warranty and $4600.00 and 10 days later I received a ford reconditioned unit with a 3 yr warranty"

"No reverse"

"2nd and 3rd gears were slipping, pump went out"

"no problem with rebuild"

"Slipping gears at various speeds"

"Reverse cable broke and needed to be replaced"

"TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR THE 2ND TIME SINCE PURCHASE"

"We bought the Ford F-150 in June 2016 from a private seller, but shortly after we had to totally replace transmission with a new one. It had run great for previous owner, a relative, and just went bad for us. Now the new transmission works great"

"Complete failure, required replacement as it is more cost effective"

"Transmission was stuck in second gear . would not shift."

"Distributor bad, Replaced Coil and ??"

"I had a coil stack fail that caused the engine to shudder. I was able to drive to the repair shop 8 miles away. This is the second of eight stacks to fail. Not bad after 211,000 miles."

"The spark plug cylinders had to be replaced"

"The plugs are prone to breaking and require frequent replacement. My regular, non-dealer garage won't replace them. Had to take it to a dealer, and paid $1,100 to replace all eight plugs."

"Due to design it is a major undertaking to change plugs not to mention unreasonable coast. Ford should really be ashamed. This is NOT the only area Fords designs, wether intention or not, greatly increases coast and limits choice of service providers. Not the Automotive stability and value that Ford once was"

"Needed new plugs"

"Ford cant get them out without breaking them and as a result part of the ceramic gets in the combustion chamber. Expensive to replace $700 plus. Truck started using oil after replacement. Suspect the rings were damaged with spark plug change"

"had to be drilled out and cost us over 2,000"

"Extremely difficult and expensive to replace sparkplugs."

"rear spark plug blew out. repair center could not retap the single cylinder."

"After 13 years the starter was turning very slowly so I replaced it"

"lifters tapping"

"First of all I have had this vehicle since new in Jan. 2004. I have religiously done the recommended maintenance through my local Ford dealership. Have complete vehicle maintenance history on dealership computer spreadsheets. Had two successive incidents of engine overheat and radiator hose blowing off the coupling and spewing coolant throughout the engine compartment. Had dealer check the radiator, water pump and thermostat and then changed to new coolant. A week later the same thing happened"

"The Triton 5.4 engine failed. We replaced it and the replacement failed. It is currently failing again. The engine is a known problem for the 2004 F-150"

"during tune up dealer broke plugs 1 and 2. A few weeks later engine failure reported lost compression on cylinders 1 and 2. $8300 to replace engine on me"

"Three broken piston rods, causing damage to entire engine. The engine had to be replaced"

"I was told by many people that the Triton 5.4 engine is not a very good engine. I bought the used truck soon after returning from my deployment in 2011. After 2 years of driving the engine went bad. The total cost for replacement was $5000."

"Engine failed while driving on highway because of faulty cam sensors causing truck to run irratically. Have to buy a new engine at $6000. installed"

"Took new valve phasers"

"Most of the problems with the truck occurred right at 250000 miles which I consider to be O.K. but had to replace the Cam Phasors and timing chain at around 190000 miles at considerable expense. This seemed excessive."

"One of the design issues in the Triton engine. Knocking noises that required rebuild of front end of engine."

"Differential cover rotted out"

"The tone ring disintegrated, rending the ABS sensor useless and unable to pass state emissions"

"Differential was replaced due to noise and leakage"

"Pi¿failure"

"This is a rear wheel drive only truck. The intermediate drive shaft bearing and support froze up and broke. This dropped the drive shaft onto the street. the truck had less than 95000 miles when this happened."

"My Ford F-150 isn't built Ford Tough. It's Ford Wimpy. Both axle seals have failed and have had to have the entire axle replaced."

"Axle had to be repaired. Some kind of seal leaked and it ruined the brake pad and rotor too. Both had to be replaced"

"Right rear axle seal leaking."

"Replaced rear drive pinion seal for the second time in three years; altthough not very expensive repair."

"Fluid leak R-Rear wheel bearing. Required replacement of worn R-Rear axel shaft and wheel bearing."

"small leak in power steering hose caused by the way it is routed in the frame"

"Hose failure, and the way it was designed it is not a back yard Mechanic replaceable item. Cost $535 from a shop to replace a 2-foot hose."

"leaking power steering pressure hose waited till warm weather to change it myself"

"This was routine work considering the age and mileage of the truck"

"Front coil springs broke"

"broken leaf in driver side rear spring"

"Driver's side coil spring was broken which houses the front strut also. It appears the passenger's side coil and strut was previously and fairly recently replaced by previous owner"

"replaced worn out front wheel bearings"

"Generally, the 2004 F150 xtra cab Heritage edition has been extremely reliable. However, it is hard on front wheel bearings. We have gone though two new sets in 99k miles"

"Wheel bearings worn out."

"Rear window *severe* leak. Window had to be removed and new sealant applied. Cost to repair was over $300."

"Window motors quit working on 3 of the 4 doors. Had to replace window assembly"

"This is a supercrew, all 4 power windows have failed. The drivers window happened while under warranty. The front passenger window cost me over $300 to fix. Both rear windows went out during the last 12 months and still do not work. This truck has only 28,000 miles on it and the rear windows have rarely been used"

"The electric windows have failed often. The cable comes loose from the pulleys and the glass falls into the door pocket. The part to replace is around $250 and labor around $175. Since I have owned the truck the drives side has failed once, front passenger side twice and the rear drives side once. Either a poor design or poorly made parts. This would make me consider a different make for my next truck"

"Regulators on two of the four windows, which control the movement of the window up and down, broke and needed to be replaced this past year"

"Passenger rear window regulator failed. This is the third window in this vehicle to fail"

"Left front-door window actuator went bad, had it replaced. (In 2013, I replaced the right front actuator. I also replaced a window in the past that simply shattered for no reason while the vehicle was parked. In the past, I have also had to repair the 4W drive.)"

"Ford seems to have problems with electronic windows as I've had 3 of the 4 windows fail in the 8 years I have owned the vehicle."

"The window mechanism failed on the drivers' side for the second time. The same problem occurred with the passengers' window."

"Recently had truck down for repairs to replace the driver's side front hub which included several other parts needing replace at the same time. The repair facility pointed out that there was an exhaust manifold leak o the passenger's side. It appears this is a complicate procedure which I don't understand why Ford would make this normally minor repair so difficult. It has not yet been fixed but I can tell it is getting louder until it warms up"

"Both manifolds needed replacing"

"Upper and lower manifold pin hole leaks"

"Cracked exhaust manifold and broken bolts. Required replacement."

"Replace broken exhaust manifold on one side and resurface exhaust manifold/replace gasket on the other side"

"The muffler rotted off and had to b e replaced."

"cannot be depended upon. sometimes works, sometimes not."

"An exhaust pipe weld was defective and broke and had to be remade"

"The pipe leading to the muffler rusted off all the way around connector."

"Truck has not been usable for over two years"

"First failed intermittent for a couple of weeks and then failed completely"

"$825 fuel pump replace to much"

"fuel pump module rusted and stopped working causing vehicle to be disabled on interstate"

"Fuel Pump interupter switch is located rear of vehicle and fell apart with rust"

"Fuel Pump Relay. Manufactured with dissimilar metals and corroded completely. Located in the rear of the truck above the spare tire. Corroded to complete failure"

"fuel pump died on trip. Had to be towed 15 miles."

"broken wire to sensor"

"cam phaser"

"Overhead cam shaft noisy"

"Cam shaft phasers"

"spark plug # 7 cracked and failed. check engine light came on. Mechanic and internet reviews said this was a common problem in 2004 Ford 150s"

"I have had an oil leak for a while cannot figure out where it is coming from but it uses about a quart of oil every two tanks of gas."

"oil leak in the transfer case"

"My engine leaked from day one. When I would take it in to get the oil changed, I would request they investigate the leak. While still under warranty, they never found the leak. After the warranty expired, the leak was found."

"this was related to the transmission failure"

"The transmission has slipped since the vehicle was new. Even the mechanics at the dealer said everything was 'within spec' (honestly, tired of hearing that phrase. Don't care what the specs are, if it's not working properly, maybe the specs are incorrect?). I can recreate the issue at will. Typically the transmission will slip if I slow down to approximately 5 mph, then accelerate. This can be better understood if you imagine coming up to a stop light, and you are almost stopped, and the light turns green. Naturally, you immediately hit the gas. Boom, slippage. I've had the transmission checked by specialists, I've had the rear end gear oil replaced with high performance oil, as there was some issue with that as well. All in all, the drivetrain seems to have some issues. If you go on to some of the Ford boards online, there are a TON of people with the same issues. Yet Ford does nothing about it. Love my Ford trucks, but come on."

"Trucks slips out of gear at 30-35 mph. Switched off overdrive and truck runs fine. Just don't have benefit of overdrive"

"At cruising speed in overdrive the truck hesitates or misses during slight load, ie, trying to maintain speed while traversing a small hill on the highway. It does not trigger the check engine light. Also, it was often not going into overdrive but would stay in 3rd. When this occurred the cruise control did not work. One year ago the dealership did a transmission computer update that fixed the issue but recently it has returned."

"Temperature sensor malfunctioned and needed to be replaced. Expensive repair for a cheap part"

"Would not lock into overdrive. Kept slipping into and out of overdrive"

"it turns out that squirrels are attracted to and chewed on the sound insulation around the transmission and also chewed through the wiring harness that controls the transmission."

"General failure of seals allowing water to migrate into the carpet areas and become moldy"

"The pickup is getting older but looks great. I guess some squeaks/rattles are to be expected."

"There is a rattle as if something is loose"

"Again, age is making this normal, but there is wind noise."

"AM portion of radio quit working"

"I have had 3 different radio's that were installed from the ford dealership, I had to be without a vehicle all 3 times. Eventually I had to install a radio myself from a different company's which cost me a lot of money."