One problem related to alternator/generator/regulator has been reported for the 1997 Ford F-150. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I had a 1997 Ford F-150 that was setting under my grandmothers carport because the ibs light had came on and I was using here car until I could get the Ford company to come pick it up to fix it it set there from Sunday and had not been moved or started and on the following thuirsday burst into flames causeinf a house fire my grandmother lost evrything.