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2000 Ford Lariat Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jul 25, 2005
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Jan 17, 2002

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2000 Ford Lariat. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Driver assistance
Filed Jul 25, 2005
Fire reported

DT: 2000 FORD F 150 CAUGHT FIRE WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT 30-45 MINUTES AND HAD STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND LIFTED THE HOOD, WHITE SMOKE WAS POURING FROM UNDER HOOD. THE CONSUMER PUT THE FIRE OUT. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. THE DEALER NOTED THERE WAS A RECALL,(NHTSA CAMP ID# NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME) THIS WAS ON THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH AND THE DEALER STATED THIS IS WHY VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT DEALER AWAITING REPAIRS. AFTER THE FIRE, THE VEHICLE WAS STILL DRIVEABLE AND WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER AS WELL . THERE WAS SLIGHT DAMAGE BUT DUE TO THE EXTINGUISHER RESIDUE IT WAS HARD TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED VERY QUICKLY AFTER DISCOVERY.

NHTSA ID
10129894
Incident
Jul 24, 2005
Mileage
121,000 mi
Heating & air conditioning
Filed Jan 17, 2002

WHY WOULD EVAPORATOR FAIL AT 40,000 MILES - I WANT REIMBURSEMENT AND GET NOWHERE WITH FORD. *AK

NHTSA ID
756991
Incident
Jan 10, 2002

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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