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2000 Ford Lariat Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2000 Ford Lariat, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

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

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Heating & air conditioning150.0%
  • Driver assistance150.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Heating & air conditioning

Reports naming the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

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

NHTSA ID 756991 · filed Jan 17, 2002

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Driver assistance

Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Jul 25, 2005

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

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