Subject: 
Ford F150


Thu, 1 Mar 2007 12:53:07 EST
Date:    




First of all, I congradulate you on making a website available for people  to 
list complaints about their vehicles. My story is short, and not as drastic  
as most, but I wonder if others have the same problem.
 
I first of all am NOT a Ford fan. Yes, they look good. But they carry the  
FORD name, which is a major turn off. But I had to sell my 1989 Cheverolet K1500 
 4X4 because of spontanious fires, break downs, starter failure/fires, 4 
wheel  drive not working, brakes sticking and light catching on fire, transmission 
 explosion/fire, and every thing that was connected to the cab leakes water 
with  the slightest dampness in the air. And guess what...I am a chevy girl.
 
Anyhow, we went to Sanger Ford in CA, and wanted a TRUCK, I told my Hubby I  
will not leave unless I get a truck and a deal. We left with nothing. We were  
called in later during the week and they had a "car" for us. So, we went down 
to  take a look. Yup, a "car" is what they had. A 2004 Chrystler Sebring. 
Well, we  needed something dependable and reliable so I could get the family 
around, so we  bought it. Eleven months later we returned to get a TRUCK, I 
figured  being return coustomers would help. And it did, we walked out with a 2003  
F150 Triton Super Crew 2WD, with 18,000 miles 
 
The 1st problem came up when I took it in to get the 1st oil change. It was  
covered under the delerships warranty and they tried to charge me for it. 
After  some arguing, they let me go, with my "free of charge" oil change. Big 
woopie?  No not really until I read the invoice and inspection sheet. I personally 
know  that changing oil takes some time. But not a mere 10 minutes. I 
realized I hit  them just before lunch time. I read the invoice and it stated 
oil/filter change.  And the vehicle inspection listed windshield inspection, tire  
inspection, Windshield wiper inspection, ect ect. All checked  good. Hmmmm, I 
said to myself as I looked at the pea sized crack in my  windshield, which was 
dirty. "How can they check the windshield wipers if my  window is dirty still? 
And how could they miss that crack in the window on the  drivers line of 
sight?" I pulled into a gas station and checked the air in my  tires. 5-15 lbs 
lower then they should have been. Me, being raised by my Dad and  knowing 
vehicles, I crawled underneath the truck and the filter was dirty. I  checked the oil, 
it was dark. Needless to say, I drove back to the dealership  and told them 
what had happened and I stood behind the bays and WATCHED the  mechanic chage 
the oil, and do the total inspection as they show they should do.  This was 
just lazyness and sloppyness of the mechanics. Lesson, dont go before  lunch or 
end of the day. You will NOT get the full service expected (even THEN  your 
lucky)
 
The 2nd problem arose just yesterday. I had to park my truck outside of its  
cover because we were expecting a huge storm and we have a lot of trees and I  
was worried that a tree or limb would fall on it. We went to go out to eat  
and I saw my dash board was wet, I looked at the windshield and saw water on 
the  inside of the windshield. And I looked out the door window and cussed under 
my  breath that a brandnew truck has the same problem as my old truck did. 
Then I  noticed that window was wet as well. I drove it straight to the 
dealership.  Obviously this was a Ford defect. They told me I had no warranty to cover 
that  problem and that I should park it under a shelter to prevent it from 
leaking. I  asked them "How about driving home in the rain?" I swore if that guy 
handed me a  paper towel I would knock him out. He just shrugged and walked 
away.
 
As I read threw all of the F series complaints, I found nothing about leaky  
windows, But a LOT about the Trinton engines eating sparkplugs. I am concerned 
 about this. We live in the mountains, and I have horses that we haul around. 
I  have not hooked up trailer brakes to my truck so we use our old 1985 GMC 1 
ton  dually to move the horses (no leaky windows!) I am concerned now doing 
anything  with this truck under a load. But thanks to this website, I know what 
to look  for, hear and feel. And I'm not just speaking of sparkplugs either! 
Chey