1995 Ford F Series Owner Complaints

MY VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED SINCE 7.30 AM IN MY PARENTS DRIVEWAY UNTIL 4.15 WHEN IT JUST CAUGHT ON FIRE AND COMPLETELY BURNT. DESTROYING A MAJOR PORTION OF MY PARENTS DRIVEWAY PAVEMENT. IT APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED AT THE FIREWALL OF THE TRUCK AS I SAID IT WAS PARKED AND THE IGNITION WAS OFF. I HAVE MY TRUCK KEYS WITH ME SO I CAN SHOW PROOF POSITIVE THE VEHICLE IGNITION WAS OFF. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE IN JAN. 2005 I DID NOT THEN NOR HAVE I EVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD OR ANYONE. MY CONCERN IS WHO IS GOING TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE TO MY PARENTS DRIVE WAY AND SINCE IT IS A RECALL ISSUE DO I NOT DESERVE TO HAVE MY VEHICLE REPLACED WITH VEHICLE OF MY CHOICE? *TR

NHTSA ID

10715244

Incident

Apr 28, 2015

Mileage

29,000 mi

WAS APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY RADIO WENT OUT, MY GAUGES STARTED TO GO CRAZY, THEN MY TRUCK HAD SHUT OFF AND TURNED BACK ON. AFTER THAT I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD WENT TO PRESS MY BRAKES, I HAD NO BRAKES. SO I TURNED INTO A PARKING LOT, WHERE NOW MY GAUGES HAD PEGGED ALL TO ONE SIDE, MORE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, AND NOW I STILL DIDN'T HAVE NO BRAKES OR POWER STEERING. SO I SLAMMED THE TRUCK INTO PARK, THEN SHUT IT OFF. I POPPED THE HOOD AND NOTICED A SMALL FIRE UNDER THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE BRAKE LINES GOING TO THE MASTER CYLINDER WHERE FIRE ENGINE RED. TRIED PUTTING OUT THE FIRE BUT HAD A DEFECTIVE FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE FIRE SPREAD AND HAS SEVERELY DAMAGED THE TRUCK, IT IS AT THE POINT OF NO RETURN. *TR

NHTSA ID

10534705

Incident

Aug 7, 2013

Mileage

215,000 mi

THE CURRENT RECALL DIDN'T GO BACK FAR ENOUGH, SINCE MY F150 GAS STRAPS ALSO BROKE OFF. *TT

NHTSA ID

10427892

Incident

Oct 1, 2009

1995 F150 BURNT TO GROUND AT 930PM AFTER SITTING IN DRIVEWAY ALL DAY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10207329

Incident

Oct 10, 2007

Mileage

284,000 mi

IN JUNE 2003 MY 1995 F150,VIN 1FTEX14NSKA48833 BURNT SITTING IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. I HAD THE KEY IN THE HOUSE, COLD FOR 3 DAYS. I HAVE PICTURES BEFORE AND AFTER THE BURN. FOR ISSUED THE RECALL ON MY TRUCK JUST LAST MONTH. THE LOCAL SERVICE MANAGER SENT IN BY EMAIL COPIES OF THE PICTURES. THEY REFUSE CULPABILITY. *NM

NHTSA ID

10140635

Incident

Jun 10, 2003

Mileage

130,000 mi

1. LOST USE OF AUTO HORN 2. CRUISE CONTROL MODULE WAS BURNED UP, LOSE OF HORN 3. DISCONNECTED MODULE, GROUNDED HORN WIRE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10134274

Incident

Jun 25, 2000

Mileage

75,000 mi

TRUCK = 1995 FORD F-150 WITH 302 CU. IN. CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING ON TRUCK BRAKE LIGHT FUSE BLEW REPLACED 15 AMP FUSE WITH 20 AMP FUSE, WITHIN SECONDS CRUISE-CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH STARTED TO SMOKE AND MELT FROM WITHIN. REMOVED FUSE IMMEDIATELY. *NM

NHTSA ID

10132756

Incident

Aug 14, 2005

THE FIRE STSRTED IN THE FORD F150 AFTER WE HAD GONE TO BED AND ABOUT 3 HOURS AFTER PARKING THE TRUCK, IN THE DRIVE IN FRONT OF A GARAGE DOOR. THE FIRE TOTALED MY "BABY". AFTER SEEING THE NBC STORY ON FORDS I TRIED TO CONTACT FORD MOTOR CO. VAI E MAIL. O DATE NO RESPONSE.

NHTSA ID

10129665

Incident

Jul 16, 2005

Mileage

100,000 mi

I OWN A 1995 FORD F-150 4X4. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN DECEMBER OF 1998, AND IT HAD APPROXIMATELY 87,000 MILES ON IT. I STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK, BUT I ALSO HAD TROUBLE WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. I THOUGHT THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS CAUSED BY THE SPEEDOMETER PROBLEM. I ALSO HAD TROUBLE WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, WHICH I CONTRIBUTED TO THE SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATION. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD THE REAREND REBUILT, AND HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. I STILL EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL. I HAVE NEVER HAD A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, BUT I AM WONDERING IF THE RECENT INFORMATION ABOUT A SHORT IN THE CRUISE CONTROL COULD BE CAUSING THE TROUBLE. ALL WORK HAS BEEN DONE BY A REPUTABLE FORD GARAGE, AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE REASON FOR THE CONTINUED PROBLEMS.

NHTSA ID

10116046

Incident

Mar 15, 2004

Mileage

120,000 mi

A MALFUNCTIONING CHECK VALVE WITHIN THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY CAUSES A PORTION OF THE UNUSED FUEL FROM ONE TANK TO BE RETURNED TO THE SECOND TANK. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE CAPACITY OF THE SECOND TANK CAN BE EXCEEDED, CAUSING FUEL SPILLAGE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10110017

Incident

Jan 15, 2005

Mileage

110,080 mi

I CAME HOME FROM WORK AND PARKED MY 95 FORD F-150 XLT SUPER CAB TRUCK AT 5:45 P.M. FRIDAY EVENING . I DIDN;T DRIVE MY TRUCK THE REST OF THE WEEKEND I WAS AWAKENED SUNDAY MORNING AT AROUND 9:00 A.M.BY THE POSTAL WORKER DROPPING OFF MAIL FOR THE NEXT DAY. MY ENTIRE TRUCK WAS BURNT BY ELECTRICAL SHORT AS BY DESCRIBED BY FIRE MASHALL. *AK

NHTSA ID

10108083

Incident

Oct 17, 2004

Mileage

78,251 mi

MY F150 PICKUP HAS VIRTUALLY NO RUST BUT 2 DAYS AGO I WAS UNDERNEATH AND SAW RUST SPOTS ON THE ENGINE OIL PAN AND BIG BUBBLES UNDER THE PAINT SO I THOUGHT I WOULD SCRAPE THEM OFF AND RUSTPROOF BUT AS SOON AS I SCRAPED THE OIL POURED OUT AND WHEN I PUT PRESSURE ON THE RUST SPOTS (ABOUT 6 SQUARE INCHES)THEY WERE SOFT. IF THE OIL PAN WOULD HAVE FAILED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS I THINK IT WOULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I AM HAVING THE PAN REPLACED OCT 11 AND WILL KEEP IT. *NM

NHTSA ID

10093890

Incident

Oct 8, 2004

Mileage

96,675 mi

1995 FORD F-150 REAR LEAF SPRING SHACKLE BRACKET. THE BRACKET BOLTED TO THE TRUCK FRAME WHICH CONNECTS TO THE REAR OF THE LEAF SPRING RUSTED THIN THE BROKE FREE LEAVING THE REAR OF THE LEAF SPRING UNCONNECTED TO THE VEHICLE . *AK

NHTSA ID

10066519

Incident

Apr 19, 2004

Mileage

89,470 mi

I HAVE A DUAL FUEL TANK SYSTEM. THE REAR TANK IS PUMPING GAS INTO THE FORWARD TANK. THE FORWARD TANK IS OVERFLOWING PAST THE FILLER CAP AND SPILLING TO THE GROUND. THESE SYMPTOMS ARE INDENTICAL TO THE 1993 F-SERIES FUEL SYSTEMS PROBLEMS NHTSA ID # 00V-424, MFG CAMPAIGN # 00S57. I JUST WENT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER. THEY LOOKED UP MY VIN AND SAID THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT LISTED UNDER THIS RECALL. THE DEALER IS MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP. I WAS TOLD THAT THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN WOULD FIRST HAVE TO TROUBLESHOOT THE CAUSE AND FIND OUT IF THE FAILURE IS DUE TO THE SAME PART BEING DEFECTIVE AS THE RECALL ITEMS. THEN I WOULD HAVE TO BATTLE FORD TO PAY FOR THE FIX. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY SOMETIMES HAVE TROUBLE GETTING FORD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS IF THE VEHICLE IS NOT LISTED ON THE RECALL, EVEN IF IT IS THE SAME PART MALFUNCTIONING. I AM GOING TO BEGIN REPAIRING THE VEHICLE SOON AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME. HAVING SEEN THAT THESE SAME SYMPTOMS HAVE APPEARED ON EARLIER MODELS I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND SUSPECT THAT OTHER SAME YEAR VEHICLES AS MY MAY DEVELOP THIS PROBLEM.

NHTSA ID

10070464

Incident

Jun 15, 2003

Mileage

184,000 mi

FORD-F150 WITH 2 FUEL TANKS. REAR FUEL TANK LEAKS GAS FROM BOTTOM OF TANK ABOVE SPARE TIRE. THIS TRUCK IS ONLY 8 YEARS OLD AND IS ALWAYS IN USE/TANKS ARE ALWAYS ROTATED.*JB

NHTSA ID

10014399

Incident

Apr 14, 2003

Mileage

200,440 mi

TRUCK HAS DUAL FUEL TANKS. FUEL TANK WOULD LEAK. ALSO, WHILE PERFORMING AN OIL CHANGE NOTICED THAT ENGINE OIL PAN HAD CORRODED. *AK

NHTSA ID

863148

Incident

Jan 7, 2000