2000 Ford F-150 Structure

DOOR METAL ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE EXHIBITS 1/2" CRACK WITH RUST. DEALER NOT RESPONSIVE TO REPAIR. *JB

CRACK IN THE METAL IN THE DRIVER DOOR AT THE REAR OF THE WINDOW ON MY 2000 F-150. FORD HAS A TSB BUT BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY, FORD WILL NOT REPAIR THE DOOR. *NM

I HAVE A 2000 FORD F-150 4WD SUIPERCAB PICKUP. ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR, THERE IS A CRACK STARTING IN THE SHEET METAL. IT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED TO THE RIGHT OF THE WINDOW, UNDER THE WEATHER STRIPPING AND IS STARTING TO PROCEED OUT. CURRENTLY IT IS ABOUT 3/8" TO 1/4" LONG. THERE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT APPEARS TO BE STARTING ABOUT AN INCH ABOVE IT. I'M CONCERNED THAT THE CRACK WILL PROGRESS ACROSS THE DOOR AND THE DOOR WILL FAIL. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. A WEBSITE CALLED WWW.F150ONLINE.COM. THERE IS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS (22 PAGES WORTH) THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. I WENT TO A LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT IT IS OFF WARRANTY AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THEY HAVE NO WAY OF FIXING IT. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AND HELP US FIX THIS PROBLEM. IT WILL EVENTUALLY ROT OUT. THANK YOU.*AK

I HAVE A 2000 F150 AND I TOO HAVE THE FAMOUS CRACK ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR. I TALKED TO MY SELLING DEALER, THEY JUST WANTED TO PUT A NEW DOOR ON MY TRUCK AT FULL COST TO ME. I THOUGHT THIS WAS REAL BAD AS THIS TRUCK HAS VERY LOW MILES. I TALKED TO FORD CUSTOMER SUPPORT AND THEY DENIED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH DOOR CRACKS EVEN THOUGH I PROVIDED THE TSB LETTER TO THE FORD CUSTOMER SUPPORT REP. I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE MANUFACTOR'S OR EXTENDED WARRANTY I PURCHASED. FURTHERMORE, I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL CHARGES.

CORROSION IS APPERAING FROM HOOD SEAM. FORD BODY SHOP STATES THEY ARE SEEING SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES ON THESE VEHICLES WITH THE SAME SILVER PAINT. SERVICE MANAGER STATES THAT FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL IT RUSTS THROUGH. WHICH IT NEVER WILL DUE TO THE HOOD BEING ALUMINIUM.*AK

A STRESS CRACK DEVELOPED FROM THE WINDOW TO THE EDGE OF THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE CRACK, BUT THE CRACK RECURRED WITHIN 25,000 MILES. A TSB WAS ISSUED ON THIS ISSUE.*AK

I HAVE A CRACK IN THE DOOR SKIN OF MY DRIVERS DOOR I THINK FORD NEEDS TO BE MADE TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND FIX THIS PROBLEM. *AK

MY 2000 FORD F150 SUPER-CAB DOOR IS STARTING TO CRACK, APPROXIMATELY 3" ABOVE THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW. MY RESEARCH ON-LINE SHOWS THAT MANY OTHER FORD F150 FROM 1997-2000 ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE, WHO STATE THERE ARE NO KNOWN PROBLEMS OF THIS TYPE. *LA

METAL FATIGUE ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR AT WINDOW BEND BY MOULDING. METAL IS CRACKED OPEN LARGE ENOUGH SO WATER CAN ENTER. *AK

I NOTICED A 1/2" CRACK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR, NEXT TO THE POWER WINDOW. I ALSO NOTICED ALOT OF OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME CRACK. I TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY TRUCK AND SEE NO REASON FOR A STRESS CRACK LIKE THIS. I FEEL THAT SINCE THERE ARE ALOT OF OTHER COMPLAINTS, FORD SHOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM AS A RECALL, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE MAKING A KIT TO FIX THIS. I HAVE BEEN BUYING AND DRIVING FORD PRODUCTS FOR OVER 20 YRS. THIS WAS MY FIRST NEW F150 AND I WASN'T EXPECTING A PROBLEM SUCH AS THIS ONE!!*AK

I HAVE A 2000 FORD 150 EXT.CAB TRUCK A FREIND OF MINE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE DOORS ARE CRACKING. HE HAS A 1998 EXT CAB F-150 THAT DID THE SAME THING. HE GOT HIS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. I CALLED FORD MOTOR CO. THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF A PROBLEM TO TAKE IT TO MY LOCAL DEALER WHO TOLD ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL DO TO REPAIR THIS. THEY WOULD NOT EVEN COME OUT AND LOOK AT IT. THEY DID TELL ME THERE IS A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY DON?T HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS. I WENT TO SEVERAL LOCAL DEALERS AND CHECKED 1997 TO 2000 FORD TRUCKS AND FOUND 8 OUT OF 8 HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED FORD. AGAIN THEY GAVE ME THE SAME STORY. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN CHECKING OTHER TRUCKS IN PARKING LOTS AND THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE GOT TO TALK TO WERE NOT AWARE THEIR DOORS WERE CRACKING. I REALLY THINK FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THESE DOORS AFTER PAYING 25,000.00 FOR AN AUTOMOBILE AND HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN TO IT. THEY KNOW THERE?S A FIX FOR IT BUT WON?T PAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM

MY F150 HAS A DOOR CRACK ON THE DRIVERS DOOR. 80 TO 90% OF 1997 THROUGH 2000 F150/250 PICKUP WILL DEVELOP THIS PROBLEM ON ONE OF BOTH OF THE FRONT DOORS. AS I DIDN'T NOTICE THIS UNTIL TWO WEEKS AFTER MY WARR. RAN OUT, FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. I HAVE FOUND TWO INTERNET SITES WITH PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS ON THOUSANDS OF TRUCKS INVOLVED. THERE ARE SEVERAL TSBS FROM FORD ON THIS PROBLEM.

I HAVE A STRUCTURAL CRACK IN THE METAL ON THE LOWER REAR CORNER OF THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. IT IS CURRENTLY ONE HALF INCH IN LENGTH AND GROWING. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH AND SOME INVESTIGATION ON SIMILAR FORD F150'S I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM, BUT RATHER A FAIRLY COMMON ONE. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT THIS IS VERY ISSUE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE NTSB. I CALLED FORD TODAY, AND RECEIVED THE UNSATISFACTORY ANSWER THAT, SINCE MY WARRANTY IS EXPIRED A REPAIR IS NOT COVERED. I HOPE THAT THE NTSB IS LOOKING AT THIS MATTER CLOSELY AND WILL ISSUE A DECISION ON IT SOON. I AM WORRIED THAT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF MY VEHICLE IS COMPROMISED, AND THAT THE MANUFACTURER FORD HAS NOT TAKEN THE PROPER STEPS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT FORD AND THE NTSB WILL BE TO BLAME IF I OR A MEMBER OF MY FAMILY IS INJURED BECAUSE OF A DOCUMENTED DOOR FAILURE. *AK

I OWN A 2000 F150 SUPERCAB AND THE DOORS ARE HAVING THE POPULAR CRACK NEXT TO THE WINDOW ABOVE THE DOOR HANDLE. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO OWNS A '97 AND BOTH OF HIS DOORS ARE DOING THE SAME THING. IF THESE CRACKS CONTINUE ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE DOOR FRAME THE DOOR WILL FALL APART AND WILL PROVIDE NO PROTECTION IN AN ACCIDENT. THE LOCAL BODY SHOP OWNER HAS FIXED SEVERAL OF THE '97 TO '02 F150 SUPERCABS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A FLAW IN THE DESIGN AND/OR ENGINEERING.*AK

MY DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ON MY 2000 F150 IS CRACKING JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE WINDOW. *LA

CONSUMER STATES THAT DRIVERS SIDE DOOR IS CRACKING BY THE UPPER DOOR NEAR WINDOW. *AK

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR CRACK AT BOTTOM OF WINDOW STARTING AT MOLDING.*AK

I HAVE THE SAME CRACK IN MY DOOR EVERYONE ELSE HAS. WENT THROUGH A FORD LOT LAST NIGHT AND HALF THE USED 150'S HAD SAME CRACK! TALKED TO DEALER AND THEY SAID I HAD TO PAY HALF TO GET DOOR FIXED. FORD KNOW'S ABOUT THIS AND IF THEY WANT ME TO KEEP BUYING THEIR PRODUCTS THEY NEED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.*AK

MY 2000 F-150 FRONT CROSS MEMBER THAT SUPPORTS RADIATOR AND THE CAB HAS RUSTED OUT. MY TRUCK HAS 48,000 MILES. MY FORD DEALER HAS AGREED TO REPLACED FRONT CROSS MEMBER FREE OF CHARGE. EST $1,600

THE DRIVERS DOOR CRACKED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM

ALL 5 DOORS ARE RUSTED THROUGH ON A 2.5 YEAR OLD TRUCK. THE DOOR STRUCTURE IS SO WEAK THAT THEY MAY FALL OFF SOON. *JB

DOOR CRACK IN DRIVER SIDE DOOR, NEAR THE WINDOW, NEAR PLASTIC MOLDING.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HAS A CRACK IN THE METAL AND WE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND HE ADVISED ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO RECALL FORD HAS ENGINEERED A "DOOR REPAIR KIT" AND THEY ARE WILLING TO FIX THIS DEFECT FOR A COST OF $675.63. IF THIS IS NOT A DEFECT THEN JUST WHY WOULD FORD MAKE THIS DOOR REPAIR KIT? THIS IS A SEPARATION OF METAL AND THE CONCERN WE HAVE IS IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT WHAT WILL KEEP THIS DOOR FROM POSSIBLY CAUSING A DEATH. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE AND FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE TURNS A DEAF EAR. HOW DO WE GET THIS PROBLEM TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A DEFECT BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY? I KNOW IF YOU PUT THE QUESTION TO THE PUBLIC IN REGARDS TO HOW MANY FORD FULL SIZE TRUCKS HAVE THIS PROBLEM YOU WILL HAVE A MAJOR RESPONSE. DT

1/2" CRACK IN BOTH DRIVER & PASSENGER DOOR BEHIND LOWER REAR WINDOW MOULDING. DT

DOOR CRACK DEVELOPED IN DOOR ABOUT THREE INCHES UP POST ON BACK SIDE OF GLASS AREA. MOST F-150'S 1997 - 2000 I HAVE LOOKED AT HAVE THE SAME CRACK. FORD CLAIMS NORMAL WEAR BUT HAVE A REPAIR KIT. I CAN'T SEE HOW THIS IS NORMAL SINCE THEY HAVE A REPAIR KIT AND REPLACEMENT DOOR. THIS SHOULD REQUIRE A RECALL, PLEASE INVESTIGATE. DT