general problems of the 2001 Ford F-150

The contact owns a 2001 Ford F-150. The contact stated that upon entering her vehicle one day she noticed a distinct smell of fuel from outside of the vehicle, the contacts husband proceeded to inspect the underneath of her vehicle for any leaks and upon doing so found that the gas tank had fallen off completely. The contact also stated that prior to becoming aware of this failure, her vehicle low fuel light would illuminate on occasion. The vehicle was not taken to a local dealer. The local dealer was contacted however the contact was advised that there were no open recalls on her vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 93,000.

I was driving northbound on I-95 when the driver of an adjacent vehicle alerted me that there was fire shooting out from the area of the fuel filler door. I immediately pulled over onto the highway median and jumped out. The truck was engulfed in flames, and the cab was on fire. I burned myself on the melting steering wheel and was singed by melting plastic.

Attempting to park vehicle in parking stall with foot on brake stopping the vehicle. The vehicle, for no apparent reason, abruptly accelerated forward striknig the vehicle on the other side of the parking stall. The resulting crash caused damage to the front of the 2011 GMC sport utility vehicle and to the front of the 2001 Ford F-150. This is the second time an incident similar to this has occurred. The first time was in August 2011. The first time the vehicle demonstrated a similar phenomena occurred when the owner was parking the vehicle in a parking stall. The vehicle was stopped in the parking stall, the driver's foot on the brake and the vehicle abruptly accelerated, for no apparent reason, over a concrete parking block. The vehicle continued into the street as the driver continued to apply the brake, attempting to stop the Ford F-150. The driver was unable to avoid striking a vehicle after entering the street.

Throttle sticks after steady driving in cold/snow because of Ford's poor design, they even state it in Ford article no. 01-21-5. Has happened may times to me. I just finally got an answer to the problem. The fix is over 500. 00, and I don't have the money. It is their poor design, this just does not seem fair. I have had several close calls due to this problem, there really should be a recall on this.

Fire in engine compartment cng vehicle. The problem was due to the bi-fuel cng and gasoline vehicle in the consumers government fleet. The vehicle was parked and when the consumer returned he found smoke. The fire spread through the engine compartment and caused the vehicle to be a total loss.