There are 47 stored owner reports matching the body & structure leading-label group for the 2001 Ford F-150 in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY AT THE RESIDENCE, THE SPARE TIRE DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE THAT THE SPARE TIRE CABLE WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE INSPECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 173,000.
FRAME BENT DUE TO UNSEEN CORROSION. THIS HAPPEN WHEN TRUCK WAS ON A LIFT FOR REPAIRS TO THE TRANSMISSION LINES. MECHANIC HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING. VEHICLE SPENT HALF ITS LIFE IN ARIZONA WHERE NO SALT IS USED ON THE ROADS
HELLO: MY FORD 150 EXTENDED CAB REAR DOOR DO NOT OPEN. I TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THE LATCHES ARE BROKEN. I DID NOT HAVE IT FIXED DUE TO A POSSIBLE RECALL ISSUE. THANK YOU. *TR
DEAR NHTSA: RE: VIN# [XXX] MY FORD 150 EXTENDED CAB BACK DOORS LATCHES HAVE FAILED. THE TWO BACK DOORS DO NOT OPEN. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT THE RUBBER THAT RUNS ALONG SIDE THE TRIM WAS CAUGHT, BUT WHEN THE SECOND DOOR STOPPED OPENING I TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND HE SAID THERE ARE TWO LATCHES ON EACH DOOR , A BOTTOM LATCH AND A TOP LATCH. BOTH TOP LATCHES HAVE FAILED AND NOW I CANNOT OPEN THE TWO BACK DOORS TO MY FORD TRUCK. THE FIRST DOOR(DRIVER SIDE DOOR) WENT OUT IN NOVEMBER OF 2019, AND THE SECOND DOOR STOPPED OPENING LAST WEEK. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS? I AM SURE IT WILL BE EXPENSIVE TO TAKE THE DOORS OFF AND REPLACE THE LATCHES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HELP. SINCERELY, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
ON 9/4/2018 I BOUGHT 4 BRAND NEW DESTINATION LE2 P-METRIC OWL P265/75R16 TIRES WITH A 60000 WARRANTY FROM FIRESTONE IN HESPERIA CA. MY DAUGHTER JUST BOUGHT THE TRUCK AND I WANTED HER TO BE SAFE WITH NEW TIRES.ON NOVEMBER 14, 2018 ON HER WAY TO WORK AT 5:00 A.M SHE HAD A TERRIBLE ROLL OVER. SHE IS CURRENTLY IN ICU. SHE JUST HAD A CRANIOPLASTY 15 DAYS AGO. SHE HAS A SEVERE TBI. SHE HASN'T WALKED SINCE THE DAY OF ROLLOVER. SHE WAS ON LIFE SUPPORT. STILL ON TRACHEOSTOMY. SHE WILL BE DISABLED ALL IF HER LIFE. SHE IS 22 YEARS OLD. SHE WAS DRIVING APPROX. 55 MPH. SHE WAS OUT OF CONTROL WHEN ALL THREE WITNESSES SAW HER COMING AT THEM. THIS HAPPENED ON SUMMIT VALLEY RD IN HESPERIA CA. IT IS ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION. SHE WAS APPROACHING TH TOP OF A HILL. WHEN SHE GOT OVER THE HILL SHE WAS OUT OF CONTROL AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED AND SHE WAS EJECTED. SHE WAS FOUND UNDER THE TRUCK. THE TIRES HAD LESS THAN 5,000 MILES ON THEM. PLEASE DON'T BUY THESE TIRES. I AM STILL NOT SURE IF SHE WILL SURVIVE THIS. I AM SO HEARTBROKEN I CAN BARELY MOVE.
THE FRAME RAILS JUST IN FRONT OF THE REAR WHEELS RUST/ROTTED AND THE VEHICLE SNAPPED IN TWO PIECES. SIMILAR TO THE FAILURES COVERED BY TOYOTA RECALL FOR THE TUNDRA OF THE SAME MODEL YEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING RAISED ON A LIFT FOR AN OIL CHANGE. NOT A SPEC OF RUST ON THE BODY ANYWHERE.
I HAVE A 2001 FORD F-150 THAT I PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN 2001. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME IS RUSTED AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE TRUCK. IT HAS ALREADY HAD THE GAS TANK STRAP RECALL FIXED. I FOUND SEVERAL SPOTS THAT LOOK AS IF THE FRAME IS DETERIORATING FROM RUST.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PANEL RADIATOR SUPPORT WAS RUSTED AND FRACTURED. THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AND RECOMMENDED IT BE TAKEN TO A BODY SHOP. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE BODY SHOP, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 133,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE AND NOTICED THAT THE SPARE TIRE SEPARATED FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CARRIER CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 163,787.
DOOR RELEASE HANDLES ON BOTH REAR DOORS FAILED TO OPEN WITHIN A MONTH APART WHICH WOULD HAVE TRAPPED THE REAR SEAT PASSENGERS. THE CABLE AND LATCH ASSEMBLIES HAD TO BE REPLACED.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE FRAME BETWEEN THE CAB AND THE BOX BECAME RUSTED DUE TO CORROSION BUILD UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS DISCONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.
WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO A COUPLE OF LOUD "BOOMS". MY HUSBAND WENT TO CHECK IT OUT AND DISCOVERED HIS TRUCK (WHICH WE JUST PURCHASED IN MAY) WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DESTROYED THE TRUCK, MELTED THE SIDING ON OUR HOUSE AND GARAGE, AND EVEN CRACKED THREE OF OUR NEIGHBOR'S WINDOWS. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THE FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED WHEN THEY DID OR THIS FIRE WOULD'VE KEPT BURNING OUR HOUSE. THE TRUCK HADN'T MOVED SINCE LAST NIGHT...DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT WE WILL NOT BE PURCHASING A FORD AGAIN. *JS
PAINT IS PEELING OFF OF THE ROOF, THE REAR OF THE CAB, THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR, AND FROM THE FUEL DOOR.
THE CONTACT OWNS 2001 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A THUMPING NOISE WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC TO BE INSPECTED WHERE THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE METAL FRAME LOWER CORE SUPPORT FOR THE RADIATOR, WHICH WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE FRAME WAS ALSO CORRODED AND WOULD REQUIRE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE STEEL TUBES FOR THE BRAKE LINES WERE RECENTLY REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. THE RADIATOR METAL FRAME LOWER CORE SUPPORT WAS NOT REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 82,000. KMJ UPDATED 07/16/13*LJ
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING AND HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT WATER WAS ENTERING THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE A-PILLER AND WAS LEAKING ONTO THE ECM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,900. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, ATTEMPTING A TURN OR TRAVELING OVER A ROAD BUMP, THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY EMIT A METAL-TO-METAL DRAGGING NOISE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE SUPPORT FOR THE RADIATOR WAS FRACTURED, CAUSING THE RADIATOR TO SWAY WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO CONFIRMED THE DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 201,000. UPDATED 07/23/13*LJ
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ROCKER PANEL WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.
THE FRAME IS STARTING TO RUST OUT ON MY 2001 F150. WHY IS THEIR NOT A RECALL. I KNOW THAT I CAN,T BE THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. TOYOTA IS REPLACING SOME OF THEIR FRAME THAT ARE RUSTING OUT. *TR
THE TRUCK STARTED ON FIRE WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY HOURS AFTER BEING PARKED. BY THE TIME WE REALIZED IT WAS ON FIRE, IT WAS TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL AND THE TRUCK WELL BEYOND SAVING. IT BURNED SO HOT IT MELTED THE TIRES, THE SIDING OF THE HOUSE AND DESTROYED PART OF A PRIVACY FENCE. WE KEPT WATER ON THE FIRE UNTIL IT WENT OUT ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER. THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD AND THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE TRUCK IS ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE. THE OWNER ( [XXX] ) IS AN AUTO MECHANIC AND HAS BEEN FOR FORTY PLUS YEARS. WE RUN AN AUTO REPAIR BUSINESS. WE HAD HEARD VAGUE THINGS ABOUT FORDS AND FIRES BUT DID NOT LOOK INTO IT UNTIL AFTER THE INCIDENT. WE PURCHASED THE TRUCK THIS WINTER AND NEVER GOT ANY RECALL NOTICES FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH PROBLEM. THE PRIOR OWNER SAYS HE DID NOT EITHER. WE HAVE NOT YET CONTACTED FORD BECAUSE OF READING ALL THE HORROR STORIES OF HOW THEY REFUSE RESPONSIBILITY. WE HAD LIABILITY INSURANCE ONLY. THE ANGER IS LETTING UP A BIT AND THE SHOCK HAS WORN OFF AND NOW WE ARE FIGURING OUT THE NEXT STEP. REPORTING THE INCIDENT TO YOU SEEMS TO BE IT. I WILL CONTACT FORD ON MONDAY. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
AT APPROXIMATELY 50+ MPH THE FRONT OF THE CAR SHAKES. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ALMOST OVER AN YEAR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, SAID NOTHING IS WRONG. IT STARTS TO SHAKE SO BAD THAT YOU HAVE TO LET UP ON THE ACCELERATOR AND ALMOST STOP, BEFORE YOU FEEL SAFE ENOUGH TO CONTINUE ON. SHAKING IS THE WORSE FOR THE FIRST 3 MILES AT THE START OF THE DAY BUT NEVER SEEMS TO COMPLETELY GOES AWAY. *TR
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