Battery Cable Problems of Ford F-150

While parked, with engine off, had not been running, keys out of ignition, the engine cooling fans come on at high and will not go off until battery cable disconnected. Upon reconnecting cable next day, fans come on high again. Has happened several times. Has killed the battery and fearful of electrical fire.

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Purchased truck July 2016, in Dec 15, 2018 at 39,637 mile the alternator failed. Had to have new alternator and and battery cable installed at the cost of $800. 00 not covered by warranty of by Ford. On June 11, 2020 alternator again failed and has to be replaced, Ford service quoting cost of repair to be $1000. 00 again not covered by warranty or Ford. These f150 have some type of electrical system failure that Ford is not addressing and costing consumers thousands of dollars.

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"ignition cylinder fell out while driving. While driving my vehicle the ignition cylinder (including my keys) fell out of the steering column. The vehicle kept running, power steering and brakes were still functioning and steering wheel was able to be turned. I pulled over to the side of the road and found the ignition cylinder containing my keys on the floor mat of my vehicle. I was able to drive the vehicle home - however I was not able to turn off the engine with the key after I arrived home. I pulled the negative battery cable to kill the engine. I called dorian Ford and was told this is a common failure and for $375 this could be fixed (per roxanne, service advisor @ dorian Ford). I found this incredible that a service advisor would indicate this is a common failure. This was quite scary for the first few moments when I heard the cylinder fall out and then hit my leg on its way to the floor. My first thought was this is the same scenario that occurred on gm vehicles with the ignition cylinder.

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The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-150. The contact stated that there was a burning odor under the hood of the vehicle. The contact looked and found that the cables connected to the battery were burning. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the battery caused excessive battery corrosion and ate through the positive battery cable. The vehicle's motor also failed. The motor, battery, and battery cables needed to be replaced. The manufacturer stated that the power train was covered under warranty; however, the other repairs were not. The approximate failure mileage was 82,000.

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Vehicle sputtered and stalled while slowing down on freeway. After towing to dealer, dealer could only find loose battery cable. 2 days later engine stalled again while accelerating on freeway with same symptoms. Vehicle will not start and is with dealer who initially said no issues can be found. Vehicle symptoms match description of "limp mode".

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While driving vehicle stalled. Consumer was unable to restart vehicle, and had it towed to the dealer for inspection. Mechanic determined that the battery an battery cable needed to be replaced.

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Battery meltdown and battery cable burnout.

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I had a problem with my starter and battery cable on my f150 2000. I looked on this site and noticed there were other reports of the same problem. Cost me $500 to replace all parts. Of corse just out of warranty. If there are that many problems like this there should be a recall and we the owners shouldnt have to pay for the repair. Thank you arthur d.

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Nar 04/10/2003 the consumer is not complaining, but attempting to question the quality of the products used to fix the vehicle. The product used was a cable clamp however the consumer felt that the clamps should not be used to replace original equipment and found it unsafe because it has been a consistent problems with it.

Consumer made a stop while on road. When consumer tried to restart vehicle, it hesitated and didn't start back up. Consumer was able to get vehicle to an independent mechanic. Mechanic stated that battery cable was one unit that was connected to starter. Battery cable had corroded and broken off. Although, battery cable was one unit, mechanic was able to repair just cable, saving consumer from t expensive repair.

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