Subject: 
ford sucks


Sat, 14 Aug 2004 17:06:53 -0400
Date:    





It's a long story,   First as to the complaint dated 7/10/04 MS Morgan, 
you are not the only one that has happened to. It just happened to me. I 
was completely stop at a red light with my foot on the brake, the truck 
revved up as if i had my foot on the gas peddle. It felt as if someone 
had hit me from behind because the truck rear seamed to raise up. If i 
did not had my foot on the brake i would have been in the crossing 
traffic. Thank God no one was hurt.

I own the new redesigned ford F-150 XLT Super cab. They are having lots 
of problems. My truck almost has all of them. First i have shaking in my 
steering wheel at speeds between 65-70. i have a vibration between 50-60 
. I have a noise rumble sound from front to back hard to pinpoint sounds 
like a shuddering or running over rumble strips on taking off turning  
left or right. I have warped brake rotors. I have a knocking noise when 
hitting small bumps in the road. My tires are wearing unevenly, cupping 
and rounding edges. I have been to the dealer 4 times and have another 
appointment for more band aid fix ups.  The only problem corrected was 
the knocking noise when hitting small bumps. That was sway bar links on 
both sides. The noise from front to back rumble strip sound. Ford has a 
Bulletin out which says to drop the drive shaft re grease the yoke with 
a special # grease and re install. That did not work and it makes the 
noise all day not just in the morning. I took it back for them to see it 
again. Only thing they can do is re grease it. If that does not work, 
then they will put shims in the rear. As for the shaking wheel i am told 
that they will re balance my front tires again, that will be twice from 
a private garage and twice  from the dealer all in 15,000 miles. They 
will look to see if i have any more front end parts bad. The bad part is 
that i brought the truck in just over 12,000 miles and had to pay for 
the alignment and tire balance. After the new alignment my truck tires 
chirp going around normal turns.  Ford tells me that at least my seat 
does not shake that is some complaints. what they do to correct this as 
per a ford bulletin, place a 80 lb weight under the bed with a ball that 
hangs from it to take the shaking away.  Any way i I just traded the 
ford in to get the New Nissan Titan. Picking it up on August 16, 04   
Lost money on the deal but time is also money.    Ford stands for     \
"F'ed on raw deal"