Tl*the contact owns a 2002 ford f150. she stated that the front passenger's side door lock would not function correctly. she had to use a screwdriver to open and close the door. the necessary repairs were made to the vehicle by the dealer. later, the rear passenger side door lock would not function and the latch and locking mechanism would not operate normally. no repairs were made to date to correct the failure. the failure and current mileages were under 50,000.
I own a 2001 ford f150 lariet truck, which i bought new, and have only apx. 75000 miles on it. i wash it regularly and even spray up under truck to remove salts every time i wash it. luckily, or better, blessedly, while poisoning my truck in my car-port the cable holding the spare tire(full size..about 100 pounds) snapped and the tire, tire bracket, and cable (crimped) knuckle fell onto the car port. this cable sheared exactly at the knuckle and it did so with-out any provocation. by the grace of god, it did not stop while i was doing 70 miles an hour going down the highway. if it had i'm sure there would have been so much destruction to the rear of my truck that i would not be able to write this. let me go on to say, i really like this truck, it is very solid, very reliable, and one of the best rides i've ever owned in my 53 years of life. i am either extremely lucky or blessed that this happened in my drive. in fact, only 5 days before, my wife, son and i had returned from a trip to west virginia. this was a trip of 700 miles and we had taken her tahoe because it has 4 wheel drive and my ford does not!!! *tr
The support cables that retained the tailgate corroded. the condition caused the tailgate to drop. *jb. on june 3, 2005 tom bowman (odi) contacted the owner to review the above report. the owner advised that his complaint was intended to address the spare tire support cable rather than the tailgate support cable reported above.
Passenger door would open while vehicle was moving. *ph the consumer also stated that the vehicle vibrated while driving. the consumer mother-in-law fell while trying to get into the front passengers side door of the truck. the brakes would lock up intermittently. *nm
When using the automatic door locking mechanism the part pinched the skin of the driver's arm. *ak
Automatic door locks pinch leaves abrasions bruising on arms