2000 Ford F-150 Electrical System

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

FIRE IN 2000 FORD F-150 PICKUP TRUCK. PARKED VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY. FIVE MINUTES LATER TRUCK WAS SEEN ON FIRE. HAD 46000 MILES ON ODOMETER. FIRE ORIGIN AT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH STILL IN POSITION BUT FIRE DAMAGED. XRAYS OF PLASTIC SWITCH HEAD SHOW ONE CONTACT TOTALLY DESTROYED BY ELECTRICAL ARCING. FUSE FOR THE SCDS WAS BLOWN AFTER THE FIRE. *AK

FORD F150 XL 2000. 11/28/03 COIL #2 HAD TO BE REPLACED. 07/08/03 COIL #4 HAD TO BE REPLACED. 03/06/03 COIL #3 HAD TO BE REPLACED. ON 04/05/04 MY WIFE BESSIE WAS DRIVING AND THE TRUCK STALLED. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND SHE HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. LUCKILY, SHE DID NOT GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. SHE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK, TURNED THE IGNITION OFF, THEN TURNED THE IGNITION KEY AND THE VEHICLE STARTED UP. MY WIFE WAS VERY UPSET. I CONTACTED CHAPMAN FORD REP. BOB 609-646-2000 CONCERNING THIS MATTER. HE ASKED ME IF I HAD THE VEHICLE DETAILED LATELY. I ADVISED HIM I HAD THE VEHICLE WASHED LAST WEEK. HE ADVISED ME THAT WATER PROBABLY GOT INTO ONE OF THE COILS AND IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. I DID NOT HAVE THE ENGINE WASHED. THESE COILS ARE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE BUCKS WHEN THE COILS GO BAD AND HAS VERY LITTLE POWER. ON 07/02/03 THE SENSOR AND PROCESSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON 2 OCCASIONS. I LOST COMPLETE POWER OF THE VEHICLE. LUCKILY, THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. IT COSTS OVER $200.00 TO HAVE THE COILS REPLACED. I HAVE SPENT WELL OVER $600.00 IN COIL REPAIRS. FORD NOR CHAPMAN FORD HAVE COMPENSATED ME FOR THE DEFECTIVE COIL REPAIRS. I HAVE A TOTAL OF 8 COILS AND THEY ARE GOING BAD ONE AFTER ANOTHER. AFTER DOING EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATING GENTILLINI FORD TIM CHAMPION IN WOODBINE ADVISED ME THAT CHAPMAN FORD SHOULD HAVE FIXED THE SENSOR AND PROCESSOR FOR FREE BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. CHAPMAN FORD CHARGED ME FOR THE SENSOR AND PROCESSOR. I COMMUNICATED WITH SERVICE MGR. JIM BAILEY @ CHAPMAN FORD FOR SEVERAL MONTHS CONCERNING THIS MATTER. CHAPMAN FORD FINALLY REIMBURSED ME FOR THE SENSOR AND PROCESSOR. *NM

MY FORD FOCUS IGNITION LOCKED UP ON MY CAR AND I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO FORD WEST DEALERSHIP AND WAS CHARGED $40.00 FOR TOWING. I THEN HAD TO PAY $398.00 TO HAVE MY IGNITION REPAIRED WHICH SEEMS TO BE A COMMON DEFECT WITH FORD FOCUS. I SAW ON THE INTERNET WHERE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FORD FOCUS. I FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE REIMBURSE BECAUSE IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT THIS A DEFECT PROBLEM WITH FORD. *AK

THIS IS ERGENT!!! ON 2000-2001 FORD FOCUS MODELS HAVE A TERRIBLE FAULTY IGNITION. WHEN I INSERT MY KEY IN THE IGNITION IT DOES NOT TURN AND MY STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED..I THINK THIS IS WORTHY ENOUGH TO BE A RECALL MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION. THERE HAVE BEEN DEATHS DUE TO THIS FAULTY IGNITIONS ON FORD FOCUS CARS..CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TAKE ACTION ON THIS PROBLEM MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE OF THIS IGNITION FAILURE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING FOR 1/2 HOUR AND PARKED FOR 1 HOUR AT STORE SMELLED SMOKE. OPENED HOOD SLIGHTLY CANDLE SIZED FLAME AT SCDS ATTACHED TO MASTER CYLINDER BROKE OUT. FIRE GREW AFTER HOOD OPENED. BRAKE FLUID RESEVOIUR WAS ON FIRE. SMOTHERED FIRE WITH TOWELS. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO GAS STATION. DROVE AROUND HOME SLOWLY WITH BRAKES THAT STILL REMAINED ON. BOUGHT NEW MASTER CYLINDER FOM JUNK YARD.*AK....AKSO, CRUISE CONTROL WAS MELTED. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE THE GARAGE AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED OUT BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK

AT WORK CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE AND ONE AND A HALF HOURS LATER SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. IT LOOKED LIKE FIRE WAS COMING FROM DRIVERS SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING ABOUT 3 MONTHS BEFORE THE FIRE. VEHICLE INSURED THROUGH ALLSTATE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A CARPORT AND ABOUT ONE PM THAT NIGHT CONSUMER HEARD SOMETHING THAT SOUNDED LIKE THUNDER. WHEN THE CONSUMER LOOKED OUTSIDE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE ALONG WITH THE CARPORT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES CONSUMER SLIPPED AN SUFFERED A BACK SPRAIN. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, AND THE CARPORT HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

HEADLIGHT SWITCH: DEFECTIVE HEADLIGHT SWITCH CAUSES INTERMENTANT LOSS OF INSTRUMENT LIGHTS AND ODOMETER DISPLAY, OTHER MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS AND MARKER LAMPS. HEADLIGHTS MAY ALSO REMAIN ON EVEN WHEN THE SWITCH HAS BEEN TURNED TO THE OFF POSITION. *AK

NAR 04/10/2003 THE CONSUMER IS NOT COMPLAINING, BUT ATTEMPTING TO QUESTION THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCTS USED TO FIX THE VEHICLE. THE PRODUCT USED WAS A CABLE CLAMP HOWEVER THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THE CLAMPS SHOULD NOT BE USED TO REPLACE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT AND FOUND IT UNSAFE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT PROBLEMS WITH IT. *CB

REPEATED IGNITION COILS FAILED CREATING UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS.ALSO BROUGHT IN ON SEVERAL TIMES TO BE FIXED TO BE TOLD DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM UNTIL I WAS LEFT STRANDED SEVERAL TIMES.ON THE FIRST TIME OF TWO COILS GOING WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE HUBCAPS CAME OFFAND TIRES WENT LOOSE.

I HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY STARTER AND BATTERY CABLE ON MY F150 2000. I LOOKED ON THIS SITE AND NOTICED THERE WERE OTHER REPORTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM. COST ME $500 TO REPLACE ALL PARTS. OF CORSE JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. IF THERE ARE THAT MANY PROBLEMS LIKE THIS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AND WE THE OWNERS SHOULDNT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THANK YOU ARTHUR D.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE IGNITION WOULD JUST LOCK UP FOR NO REASON AT ALL. PH

HIT BUMPS IN ROAD AND THE LIGHTS GO OFF AND THE TRUCK ENGINES QUITS AND THE GAUGES GO CRAZY. *JB

VEHICLE'S MAIN COMPUTER IS FAILING AS A RESULT OF A LEAK, THAT CAUSES CORROSION. PH

I OWN A 2000 FORD F-150 LIGHTNING. IT BLEW SEVERAL (3) SPARK PLUGS TWO MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING IT. THE VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 16,000 MILES AND WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THE SPARK PLUGS AND THE IGNITION COIL HAD TO BE REPLACED BY THE DEALER. *NLM

DEFECTIVE HORN SWITCH IN STEERING WHEEL/AIR BAG. PH

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.*JB. THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECT IN THE WIRING, WHICH CAUSED THE ELECTRICAL FIRE. *JB

FORD TRUCK WAS PARKED FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND THEN BURST INTO FLAMES UNDER HOOD

GROUND WIRE LEADING TO ABS PUMP IS "ROTTEN". PUMP BECAME NONFUNCTIONAL. BRAKES WOULD OPERATE WITH STANDARD PERFORMACE. PLEASE DESCRIIBE DETAILS. *AK

SPARK PLUGS RUSTED/SEIZED INTO THE CYLINDER HEAD CAUSING IT TO HAVE TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER FOR THE (RUSTED/BROKEN) SPARK PLUG REMAINS TO BE REMOVED. POOR DESIGN ALLOWS STANDING WATER TO ACCUMULATE AROUND THE SPARK PLUGS CAUSING THE RUSTED CONDITION. WHEN I NOTIFIED FORD OF THIS PROBLEM, AND INCLUDED PHOTOS OF THE RUSTED AND BROKEN SPARK PLUGS, I WAS TOLD SIMPLY THAT THE TRUCK WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND NO ADJUSTMENT, OR REIMBURSEMENT WOULD BE MADE FOR THE REPAIR. ADDITIONALLY, THE FACTORY INSTALLED SPARK PLUGS WERE NOT THE CORRECT ONES FOR THE ENGINE. THEY WERE EVEN TWO DIFFERENT PART NUMBERS. (I STILL HAVE THEM) FORD HAD NO COMMENT OR EXPLANATION FOR THIS AND HAS REFUSED TO ALLOW ME TO TALK TO THEIR TECHNICAL EXPERTS/ENGINEERS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.*AK

I WAS DRIVING THROUGH TOWN AND THE TRUCK SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS GOING 35MPH THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND I HAD TO TRY TO CONTROL THE TRUCK AND GET IF OFF THE ROAD. THE DEALERSHIP WASN'T OPEN SO I HAD TO KEEP TRYING TO START IT OVER AND OVER TO EVENTUALLY GET IT INTO THE CLOSEST PARKING LOT WHICH WAS ABOUT 45 YARDS AND IT TOOK 3 TIMES OF STARTING THE TRUCK, MOVING INTO TRAFFIC AND THE TRUCK DYING TO WHERE WE EVENTUALLY PUSHED IT THE REST OF THE WAY INTO THE CLOSEST PARKING LOT. NOW THE TRUCK WONT' START AT ALL AND WE ( TODAY ) HAD THE TRUCK TRAILERED TO FORD AND THEY SAID THAT IT IS THE ANTI-THEFT DEVISE.*AK

A LIGHT WAS COMING FROM AIR CONDITIONER VENT. PULLED OVER AND NOTICED FIRE UNDER HOOD. TRIED TO PUT FIRE OUT, BUT FIRE WAS OUT OF CONTROL, AND BURNED VEHICLE TO THE GROUND. INSURANCE COMPANY WAS CALLED. TECHNICIAN STATED FUSE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AROUND 6:00 PM AND AROUND 2 :00 AM VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND FORD HAD NO INFORMATION. CONSUMER HAD TO DEAL DIRECTLY WITH DEALERSHIP.*AK