1999 Ford F-150 Structure

THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS CRACKED. *NLM SCC

MY 1999 FORD F-150 HAS A CRACK IN THE ON THE SHEET METAL DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. CRACK IS LOCATED LOWER RIGHT SIDE. SINCE I NOTICED MY DOOR CRACKED I'VE BEN ON THE LOOK OUT FOR OTHER CRACKED DOORS. TO DATE AND AT RANDOM I HAVE FOUND 11 OUT OF 14 F-150'S WITH ONE OR BOTH DOORS CRACKED.SO FAR I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TELL 4 OUT OF THE 11 THAT THEIR DOOR WAS CRACKED AND NOT A ONE HAD A CLUE THEIR DOOD WAS CRACKED UNTIL I TOLD THEM. ON THE INTERNET I HAVE SEEN 100'S OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. FROM WHAT I CAN TELL FORD HAD THIS PROBLEM IN 1997, 1998, 1999, AND 2000. WHAT DOES A PERSON HAVE TO DO TO HAVE SOME ONE REALIZE THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM.FORD HAS A BIG PROBLEM AND SEEMS TO WANT TO DO NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

THERE WAS A HORIZONTAL CRACK IN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ABOUT 1.5 INCHES ABOVE THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW OPENING. THE CRACK WAS PROGRESSING HORIZONTALLY TOWARD THE BACK OF THE DOOR. *TT

CONSUMER STATES' WHEN DOOR IS SHUT, COMPUTER REGISTERS THAT DOOR IS OPEN. CONSUMER STATES AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT ILLUMINATES FOR NO REASON. THE REFLECTION OF LIGHT ON WINDSHIELD EFFECTS CONSUMERS VISION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ON MY TRUCK HAS CRACKED FOR THE SECOND TIME. I KNOW OF OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND FORD SAID THEY WONT REPLACE IT AND I DONT FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE A DOOR FOR THE SEND TIME IN 3 YEARS WHEN I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD BY THE BODY SHOP MANAGER THE FIRST TIME I HAD THE DOOR REPLACED THAT IN ALL LIKELYHOOD THE DOOR THEY JUST PUT ON WILL BREAK AGAIN. I WANT HELP BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES IT DECREASE THE VALUE OF MY TRUCK THAT IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD BUT THE SAFTY OF IT BECAUSE I WAS TOLD AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT IF NOT FIXED THE WELD WILL COMPLETLY BREAK. IF YOU NEED OTHER INSTANCES OF THE SAME THING HAPPING TO OTHERS GO TO F150.COM THERE ARE POST THERE OF THE SAME COMPLAINT. AND THERE ARE MORE OUT THERE NO EVEN AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THERE WERE 4 PEOPLE I WORK WITH THAT HAD BROKEN DOORS THAT THEY DIDNT KNOW ABOUT TILL I SHOWED THEM. SO PLEASE HELP ME IF YOU CAN. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS SPLITTING ON OUTSIDE AT METAL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DOOR IS ON BACKORDER . DEALER INDICATED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH DOORS.*AK

PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HAS A CRACK IN THE METAL NEAR THE WINDOW. TS

THE LEFT DRIVERS DOOR EXHIBITS A (STRESS?) CRACK APPROX. 1/4 IN. LONG LOCATED AT THE EXTERIOR RADIUS WHERE THE DOOR PANEL MEETS THE GLASS OF THE SIDE WINDOW AT AN AREA CLOSEST TO THE DRIVERS DOOR HANDLE. SUBJECT CRACK RUNS HORIZONTALLY FOR APPROX. 1/4 INCH. DEALER STATES THIS CRACK CAN CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE IF NOT REPAIRED. VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY SAYS THEY WILL NOT PAY TO REPAIR UNLESS IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I BELIEVE IF THE CRACK IS ALLOWED TO PROPAGATE AT SOME POINT THIS BECOMES A SAFETY ISSUE AS DOOR STRUCTURE WILL LOSE ITS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY. APPARENTLY THIS PROBLEM HAS SURFACED OFTEN ENOUGH THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS DEVELOPED A REPAIR PROCEDURE/KIT TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I BELIEVE VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE REPAIRED BY FORD AT NO COST TO THE CUSTOMER. THANK YOU. FORD MOTOR CO. HAS DEVELOPED

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS CRACKING ON OUTSIDE THROUGH METAL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NOTHING COULD BE DONE. DOOR WAS UNDER SHEET METAL. *AK *YH

CRACK IS STARTING AT METAL PART OF WINDOW.ALSO, CRACKING IS SHOWING ALL AROUND DOOR STRUCTURE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

I AM CONCERNED THAT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY HAS BEEN COMPROMISED BY THIS FACTORY DESIGN DEFECT. I AM CONCERNED THAT IN A CRASH THIS DOOR WILL FAIL TO PROTECT ME, SINCE IT HAS ALREADY CRACKED. I AM STILL AWAITING THE PASS. SIDE TO CRACK AS WELL. ALMOST ALL OF THIS MODEL YEAR AS WELL AS 1997, 1998, AND 2000 ARE CRACKED IN SAME AREA.*AK

DRIVERS DOOR HAS A CRACK IN THE SHEET METAL ABOUT THREE OR FOUR INCHCES ABOVE THE BELT MOULDING AT THE REAR CORNER OF THE GLASS. THE DEALER SO FAR HAS REF SED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM AND AT FIRST COMPLETELY DENIED THAT THERE WAS EVEN A PROBLEM. CLEARLY THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT AS THERE IS A TECNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN DATING 11/98. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAS A 1999 F-150 WITH BOTH DOORS CRACKED IN EXACTLY THE SAME PLACE. OBVIOUSLY MY DRIVERS DOOR IS THE ONLY ONE CRACKED ON MY TRUCK BECAUSE IT GETS THE MAJORITY OF USE. I FIND IT DESPICABLE THAT FORD WOULD CONTINUE TO MANUFACTURE THE SAME DEFECTIVE PRODUCT SINCE 1997 AND REFUSE TO FIX IT AS WELL AS DENIE KNOWLEDGE OF ANY PROBLEM. I HAVE SPOKEN TO NUMEROUS AUOTBODY PROFESSIONALS WHO ALL HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM. WHATS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?*AK

CONSUMER STATES BOTH DOORS ON VEHICLE IS CRACKED. CONTACT DEALER, AND DEALER KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH DOOR, A SPLIT WAS OUTSIDE OF GLASS.*JB

CRACKS IN DOOR ON F150, BOTH DOORS. ----DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/01 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS--------769337. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED A CRACK ON BOTH DOORS AT POST WHERE IT CURBED. CRACK HAD DEVELOPED ABOUT AN INCH LONG. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY SOLUTION TO PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE LOOKING VEHICLE OVER, CONSUMER NOTICED CRACKS ON TOP OF DOOR FRAME BY WINDOW. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER WANTS $300 FOR REPAIR, THEY HAVE SPECIAL KIT FOR THIS REPAIR BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY HAVE FAULTY DOORS. *YD

CONSUMER WANTS INFORMATION ON WHAT THE MANUFACTURER IS DOING ABOUT THE WINDOW FRAME DOOR CRACKS. HIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. *JG *NM

THE CRACK IN THE DOOR IS COMING OUT FROM BEHIND THE WEATHER STRIPPING AROUND THE WINDOW. TO MY UNDERSTANDING IT IS DUE TO A FLEX IN THE SHEET MEDAL BEING TO THIN. DT

DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT DOORS ARE CRACKING AROUND WINDOW, BODY OF VEHICLE IS FRAGILE. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED, ESPECIALLY IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT, DOORS MAY NOT HOLD. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK *ET

CRACK IN THE DOOR SHEET METAL AT THE LOWER REAR OF THE WINDOW OPENING NEAR THE BELT MOLDING. *AK

THERE IS A CRACK IN THE SHEET METAL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WHICH HAS STARTED TO RUST THE FORD MOTOR CO. DENIES ANY PROBLEM AND REFUSED TO COVER COST OF REPAIR, BECAUSE IT HAS 53,000 MILES AND I DID NOT PURCHASE THE TRUCK NEW.

I GOT IN A ACCIDENT WITH A DEER AND WAS TALKING WITH REPAIR PERSONAL. WHEN ONE ASKED IF I WAS HAVING ANY TROUBLE WITH MY DOOR. I SAID IT SHAKES WHEN HITTING BUMPS. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE DOOR FLYING OPEN WHEN ROLL OVER OCCUR. HE SAID THEY HAVE SEEN ALOT OF THEM CRACKING RIGHT AT THE WINDOW BASE THEN WE LOOKED AT MINE AND IT WAS CRACKED ALSO. HE SAID THAT THE DEALER WAS FIXING THE CRACK FOR FREE BUT WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER THEY SAID NO THEY WERE NOT FIXING THE DOORS. THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT AND MIGHT BE THE CAUSE OF DEATH BECAUSE OF IMPROPER FIT. INTHE CASE OF A ROLL OVER THE DOOR MAY COME OPEN MORE FREELY.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED A CRACK ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR, AND ANOTHER DOOR WAS PUT ON. CURRENTLY, IT WAS HAPPENING TO NEW DOOR.*AK

DRIVER SIDE DOOR HAS CRACKED NOW FOR THE 2ND TIME IN THE SAME PLACE. THE TRUCK WAS REPAIRED AT BOB TOWNSEND FORD IN CINCINNATI, OH AND WHEN I RETURNED TO SHOW THE DEALER THAT THE DOOR WAS CRACKED AGAIN I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MGR THAT SOMETIMES STUFF LIKE THAT HAPPENS. I HAVE NOTICED THE SAME CRACK IN THE SAME SPOT ON OTHER FORDS INCLUDING THE 97 MODEL. I WANT MY DOOR REPAIRED BY FORD! I WAS TOLD BY BOB TOWNSEND FORD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIR OUT OF MY POCKET. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT IS UNWILLING TO HONOR ITS SO CALLED QUALITY CARE PROGRAM TO ITS CUSTOMERS.*AK

DEALER REFUSES TO FIX THIS INHERENT PROBLEM.*AK