Engine Knocking Noise problems of the 2005 Ford F-150

I am the second owner of my 2005 Ford F-150 XLT 5. 4l 3v 4x4 crew cab (VIN# available on request) and there is a loud knocking noise coming from the engine. I can hear the noise while idling in drive, idling in reverse, idling in neutral, idling in park and traveling under low throttle and/or power in any gear(it is especially loud when the echoes bounce off of a hard-sided building, such as a drive-through restaurant). The events leading to my breakdown on a busy acceleration ramp are as follows: my vehicle lost almost all power on an acceleration ramp, slowing me down to a crawl. It also caused massive oil leaking from the engine compartment, which resulted in road spillage, causing unsafe driving conditions for me and the people around me. I've done some independent research and have personally had this issue fixed once. I've had it fixed at a mechanic, the resulting repair costs ended up being ~$3500. Full diagnostic and repair receipt is available upon request, but the main issues were the cam phaser, and timing chain. I have seen multiple upon multiple complaints about this issue, and I am formally requesting the nhsta to investigate and hold the Ford motor company (hereafter referred to as "Ford") responsible for this poor design choice. I would like to see a recall for every Ford F-150 reported with this issue, as well as reimbursement for any documented repairs conducted by mechanics from Ford. This may be an outlandish request that may not even be in the nhsta's cumulative power, but, as a taxpayer, a working man, and most importantly, a husband, I would like to see action taken by the people I put my faith in, to rectify this situation. Thank you for your time, and good day.

5. 4 3v triton. When the truck is at idle at a normal operating temp, it has a horrible knocking noise on the passenger side of the engine. From what I am reading this engine has major problems with the cam phasers and timing components. It sounds like the timing chain is about to fly out of the engine. I hope my truck doesn't give out on me because this is my only transportation to work and cannot afford to have it fixed. I bought a Ford for reliability, but until this is fixed I feel it's unreliable. I have used a full syn oil and the right motorcraft 820s filter. This is a major problem and Ford needs to pay for this and everyone else who has had this problem over and over! recall this Ford!.

Truck began ticking very loudly, then began a knocking noise, and now the engine shakes the truck when idling. Cam phasers broke apart causing damage to the timing chain. Sudden loss of power to the engine as well as inability to maintain speed while ascending an incline is frequent. The loss of speed and power has caused us several close-call accidents. Truck will simply not accelerate while pressing the gas pedal. Additionally, it also feels like the truck cannot catch gears while in motion.

I had just changed the oil and checked the fluids and had to run some errands up town about a mile and a half up the road the engine started making a knocking noise, I was close enough to the garage I use so I pulled in there to see what was going on the oil pan was on fire oil and what looked like anti freeze was coming out of a hole from what use to be the oil pan or what was left of the pan, the fellow that ran the station told me it had hydro locked and bent a rod and pushed it thru the oil pan, he went on to say he had seen several of the 4. 2 do this and it looked like Ford wold have done something when they were aware of the problems with the 4. 2,I talked to Ford about it and got the run around from them, just couldn't believe it I had never pulled or hauled any heavy objects or mistreated it in any way, don't understand when the powers that be were aware of the problem with this engine the consumer was left holding the bag to a tune of thousands of dollars in repairs, now got to do with out to try and save the money to get it fixed, mostly used the truck to get my wife back and forth to the dr. She has m/s and a heart condition, the poor always catch it if there was anything to Ford they would make it good and the same goes for the NHTSA they know the problem is there just look at the Ford forms, but god always makes a way just have to wait and see what his plan are, alot of folks like us have no family so we take care of or trucks, it sure wasn't abuse that cause the problem.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while idling at a light, he heard a knocking noise from the engine. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they stated that the cam phasers and lifters needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 90,000. The VIN was unavailable.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-150. The stated while driving, there was an abnormal knocking noise coming from the engine. The contact stated he drove the vehicle to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the cam phaser, the bearing and the timing chain needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact mentioned that the vehicle was backfiring. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 118,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, there was a loud knocking sound coming from the motor. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 215,000. Updated 1/14/cn.