general problems of the 2000 Ford F-150 - part 2

2000 Ford f150 shut down in the middle of a turn. ** answer required***. The vehicle has been taken to the dealer three times. Each time the repair/replace a component but the problem recurs. The last time the vehicle was at the dealer they rewired certain electrical components.

2000 Ford f150 digital odometer light was not working properly. The consumer was informed by the dealer that the entire instrument cluster needed to be replaced to correct the problem.

2000 Ford f150 caught on fire while parked.

Contact states Ford f150 caught on fire on 06-17-2005. Truck has been at dealer for two weeks. The damage was $7,514. 00, and more work may be needed. Consumer works for a delivery company and this truck was his work truck. Currently, he has been out of work for 1 week and 2 days. He asked for a rental vehicle and they refused. To giv ehim one.

2000 Ford f150 caught on fire in the engine compartment. The vehicle was parked for 15 min when it caught on fire. The fire appeared to have originated in the engine compartment on the driver's side. The cruise control was not operable at the time of the fire.

Our Ford F-150 year 2000 started fire under the hood, while we were sleeping. The truck was parked in the diveway at about 12:00 the night before and the fire started at about 6:30-7:00 the next mourning. The truck was burnt to the ground, it totaled my vehicle that was next to it and it damaged our home. If someone hadn't noticed the fire on their way to work and woken us up we would have lost our home and maybe even our lives. The investigator that was sen't to our house to investigate the vehicle is confident that this is related to the cruise control switch. The truck was standing still unoccupied turned off for atleast 6 hours before it wen't up in flames. When we came out of the house the whole hood was on fire, by the time the firemen came the whole truck was burned and it started on the house. The firemen at the seen told us that nothing looked criminal and they believe the fire started under the hood. Their is no doubt in my mind that this fire occured because of the cruise vcontrol recall.

The vehicle was parked approximately four hours, when the consumer was notified that the vehicle was on fire. The fire department was called to put the fire out, however, the vehicle was destroyed.

When starting up the vehicle spark plug blew out of the cylinder. Owner contacted the manufacturer, who was of no assistance to the owner. The owner manual stated that these plugs are not to be changed until 100,000 miles, consumer truck only had 44,000 miles.

Vehicle was parked inside the carport. Eight hours later,the vehicle caught on fire. Vehicle was towed, and totaled by the insurance company.

Vehicle was on the road when all of a sudden the spark plug blew out, causing vehicle to stall. Consumer will take vehicle to dealer for repairs for the second time.

Ea 05-005/engine compartment fires: after the vehicle was parked in front of the consumer's home for approximately 30-45 minutes, the vehicle caught on fire under the hood. The local fire department arrived to extinguish the fire. The insurance investigator determined that the fire was due to an electrical short. The dealer was notified. Cruise control issue.

My Ford f150 year 2000 caught on fire while parked at my work place. And it was a total loss.

Spark plug blew out of head on 4. 6 liter 2000 f150 4x4, also broke the coil pack above it from the explosion of the plug blowing out.

The consumer parked the vehicle at 10:30 am, around 11:00 the consumer was told that there was a fire. Fire was coming from the engine compartment. No problems with the vehicle. The vehicle had cruise control and it was used one time when the vehicle was first bought 9 months ago. No structure damage. Will send photos to bruce york. Vehicle was insured by claredon insurance. 305-260-5700.

My super cab Ford F-150, 2000. V8 with cruise control automatic transmission, caught on fire and blew up while I was at work. I understand there is already an investigation going on , I just would like participate in it if possible. Daytime number is 817-637-0172 the car was parked for 3 hours before it began to catch fire.

Ford f -150 lariat 2000 goes up in flames at 1:00am after standing still for 4 hours. The fire started in the engine compartment. Apparently there is a recall citing a defective cruise control component.

2000 Ford f150 caught on fire while parked. Consumer heard loud explosion coming from front yard, opened the front door and saw truck engulfed in flames. Consumer called 911 and extiguished fire. Fire marshals report noted the fire was caused by an electrical problem. Consumers truck was parked for about 2 to 3 hours before fire. Consumer have heard several reports on tv about the recall for the truck, which consumer truck falls under.

While being parked vehicle caught on fire.

While vehicle was parked a fire started under the hood. Vehicle was totaled. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.

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. . . . . Akso, cruise control was melted.

Parked vehicle at around 8:00pm at around 11:00pm heard a loud boom. Looked out and saw truck on fire. The fire was coming from the engine compartment. The tire on the drivers side was burned worse than the passenger side. Prior to fire no problems with the vehicle. Vehicle had cruise control but have never used it not even once. Have photos of truck will send to bruce york.

There are no events that indicate anything is wrong until the engine has no power and runs rough. A coil pack failure on # 8 cylinder on 11/14/05. A coil pack failure on # 6 cylinder on 12/05/05. A coil pack failure on # 1 cylinder on 12/15/05. All incidents show a misfire on a particular cylinder. Correction to the problem is to have a coil pack installed along with a spark plug. Dealer suggests replacement of all coil packs.

My client detected blinking in the cruise control of his Ford 150 truck in August 2004 and informed the dealer. Later that month the fuse burned out. In October 2004 his vehicle burned totally while parked at his home after midnight. The fire department and the state police were called. Ford credit demanded vehicle be paid in full even though hey knew by November of the recall. My clients names are carlos andujar and mario sierra of manatã�, puerto rico.

Fire occurred in lr quadrant of engine compartment while vehicle was parked and not running. Origin is at master brake cylinder. Owner relates that 30-45 days prior to fire the cruise control had failed intermittantly several times and then became inoperative. Has two complaints on diff veh. See odi #10090873.

Pe 04 078/speed control deactivation switch fire: while parked in the garage, a fire started under the hood. The consumer extinguished the fire and the local fire department arrived to ensure that the fire was completely extinguished. The fire marshal and the insurance adjuster believed the fire was started by an electrical source. The dealer was notified, but the manufacturer representative have not arrived at this time.

Fire originated in vehicle while parked and running. Owner had parked vehicle and exited it to open a gate. Smelled smoke and observed smoke issuing from under lr hood. Observed a small fire at the location of the cruise control DE-activation switch. Fire propogated rapidly and ultimately caused heavy damage to vehicle.

The consumer stated he had driven his truck for approx. One hour, he then parked the vehicle, then about 2 pm, the truck suddenly began to burn. The consumer stated that the truck completely burned. The fire marshall stated that it could have been an electrical short that ignited. He stated he had no warning that anything was wrong with the vehicle.

Electrical problems. Most significantly the truck shut off while I was driving down a road at about 50mph. Zero electrical and the power stearing was out and I had to muscle the truck to the side of the road, my wife would not have been able to do this. I waited about 15 minutes and it started. Had I been in a turn I may not have been able to turn the truck fast enough and hit oncomming cars. I took it in to john elway Ford dealership and they said they couldnt find anything wrong with it and said they could do nothing. They said there was no error code logged in the computer so nothing was done. Today, Aug 13, 2004 the truck started but the odometer was not lit but then lit when I backed out of my parking space. My wife later took the truck to the store then to a playground where it failed to start again. This is the third occurance of this and the Ford dealership said they could not find anything wrong. When I called Ford they agreed that they could not do anything if they could not recreate the problem. I also have an occasional grinding from 2nd to 3rd gear that I have taken it in for several times only to be told sorry we cant recreate the problem. My main concern is losing electrical power while driving. If this happens to my pregnante wife I am very concerned that she could get into a bad accident.

I was traveling in neutral, downhill, at about 40mph through a shallow turn as I was exiting a highway. When I put the truck in 4th gear to accelerate, I had no power. The tachometer was at zero and I tried to turn on the hazard lights and begin braking, both failed to work. I had no lights or any other electrical power (it was daylight) I downshifted and turned to ease off the road, I had no power steering, then the steering wheel locked. I halted the truck with the e brake once I was slow enough and on the edge of the road. I tried to restart it several times but nothing would happen. The truck had zero electrical power. After about 15 minutes it started back up as if nothing was wrong. When I got it to john elway Ford in denver CO, the mechanics said the computer didn't log any errors and there was nothing they could do. I contacted Ford and they refused to do anything. I contacted the bbb and they just reiterated Fords policy. The problem has never been fixed since no one can find the reason for it. It has happened one other time to me in 2007 (I think).

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.

Vehicle experienced a fire while consumer's son was filling the fuel tank at a gas station. Local fire department arrived and extinguished the fire. Fire department informed consumer that static electricity may have been the cause of the fire. Insurance notified.

As consumer slows down to a stop, the lights dim to where they can barely be seen, as soon as the vehicle accerlates, the problem goes away, but as soon as it stops again, the lights continue to dim, the fan motor also loses speed when consumer is braking.