Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1997 Glaval Ford F150. 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.
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DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW MADE A POP SOUND AND SHATTERED AFTER TRUCK WAS STARTED TO WARM UP. THE TRUCK WAS NOT IN MOTION AND HAD BEEN RUNNING FOR 5 MINUTES OR LESS. APPEARS TO BE DEFECTIVE WINDOW OR REAR DEFROST MAY HAVE CAUSE THE SHATTER. PICTURES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED FOR YOUR REFERENCE.
STEERING WHEEL HARD TO TUNE WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IT HAS 267000
WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE ALL OF SUDDEN THE ENGINE STARTED YO SOUND LIKE A 2 STAGE SMALL ENGINE, AFTER CHECKING IT. FOUND THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SPARK PLUG HAS BLOWN OUT OF THE ENGINE HEAD.
I WAS DRIVING A BUMPY ROADWAY AND THE REAR CROSSMEMBER OF MY 1997 F150 LARIAT CRACKED AND FELL AND WAS DRAGGING ON THE STREET. A 1/4 OF THE CROSSMEMBER IS STILL ATTACHED THE SHOCK AND SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE MEMBER AND THE FRAME. I HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND STRAP IT TO THE FRAME. THANK GOD MY SPARE TIRE IS NOT ATTACHED OR IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT HAD IT FALLEN WITH WHAT IS LEFT OF THE CROSS MEMBER. THE REMAINING THREE CORNERS OF THE CROSSMEMBER HAVE ALMOST SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME AND ARE SEVERELY ROTTED. THE FRAME APPEAR TO HAVE A RUST HOLE IN IT IN THE DRIVER SIDE REAR ABOVE THE WHEEL AND MANY OF THE BED MOUNTS ARE RUSTED. THIS SEVERELY AFFECTS THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE TRUCK AND WILL NOT PASS STATE SAFETY INSPECTION IN CURRENT CONDITION I AM TOLD. I SPOKE TO A EQUIPMENT TECH ABOUT REPAIRING IT AND HE TOLD ME HE KNOWS THREE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAD THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM IN 1997 AND 2000 F150'S AND THEY ALL LIVE LOCALLY. I CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND LET THIS GO TO A SCRAP YARD AND I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THE FRAME REPLACED BY A PROFESSIONAL FRAME SHOP. *TR
WHEN APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, STEPPED ON BRAKE, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. INSPECTION SHOWED BRAKE LINE HAD RUPTURED FROM CORROSION AT REAR AXLE. REPLACE ONE BRAKE LINE. WHILE BLEEDING BRAKES, ANOTHER LINE RUPTURED. *TR
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.
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