IllustrationENGINE MAKES A RATTLING NOISE UPON SLOWING DOWN/STOPPING/OR STOPPED AND VEHICLE STALLS. *TR
2007 Ford F-150
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
Similar to other model years
Owner complaints for the 2007 Ford F-150 do not stand out strongly from the model-year median of 676.
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Owner complaints by model year
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What owners reported most
All reported categories
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
1120–25K
7225–50K
7550–75K
6175–100K
72100–150K
39150K+
431 reports with mileage · 57 unknown
NHTSA’s mileage field refers to the reported incident, not necessarily the filing date. This shows report counts, not the likelihood of a failure.
What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Engine. Review the 105 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Power Train. Review the 57 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Vehicle Speed Control. Review the 54 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
40 crash reports13 fire reports29 injury reports
Engine And Engine Cooling complaints
41 reportsUPON STARTING VEHICLE AFTER "COLD START" VEHICLE KNOCKED AND SPUTTERED, AT TIMES VEHICLE STARTER SOUNDED TO LIKE IT WAS STICKING TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. DEALER ADVISED THE PROBLEM COULD BE CAUSED BY AFTER MARKET OIL FILTER. NEW OIL FILTER WAS PLACED ON VEHICLE. *TR
TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE AND STALL SUDDENLY. TOOK TO FORD DEALER WHO SAID THAT DUE TO 7,000 MILE GAP IN OIL CHANGE, SENSORS THAT REGULATE TIMING CHANGE GUMMED UP. NEEDED OIL CHANGE. DEALER PERFORMED. 3 DAYS LATER, VEHICLE ACTED UP AGAIN. TOOK BACK TO DEALER. DEALER TORE APART ENGINE, THEN COULDN'T START ENGINE AT ALL! THEY CALLED FO…
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TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE AND STALL SUDDENLY. TOOK TO FORD DEALER WHO SAID THAT DUE TO 7,000 MILE GAP IN OIL CHANGE, SENSORS THAT REGULATE TIMING CHANGE GUMMED UP. NEEDED OIL CHANGE. DEALER PERFORMED. 3 DAYS LATER, VEHICLE ACTED UP AGAIN. TOOK BACK TO DEALER. DEALER TORE APART ENGINE, THEN COULDN'T START ENGINE AT ALL! THEY CALLED FORD MANUFACTURER WHO INFORMED THEM THAT COMPUTER FAILED TO TELL ENGINE TO PUMP OIL. ALL SYSTEM PARTS THEN FAILED AND ENGINE BLEW! VEHICLE ONLY 6 MONTHS OLD. NEW ENGINE BEING INSTALLED. *TR
BLACK OILY SMOKE COMING FROM EXHAUST PIPE,ENGINE NOISE. *JB
THE IDLE ON THE VEHICLE IS UP TO 2000 RPM, IT IS UNSAFE WHEN THE IDLE DOES NOT RETURN TO THE FACTORY SPECIFICATION. THE DEALER WORKED ON IT AND SAID IT WOULD GET BETTER AND GAVE ME A TSB 619400 / 19508. 2007 VEHICLES- GAS ENGINE VEHICLES WITH HIGHER THAN NORMAL IDLE SPEEDS. THIS IS UNSAFE............ *JB
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD SURGE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD INSTALL A BLACK BOX TO RECORD THE ENGINE DATA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 200.
TRUCK ACCELERATED FROM 0 TO 25 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. HAD TO PUT IN NEUTRAL AND TURN OFF ENGINE BEFORE THE TRUCK WOULD STOP. EVEN WITH THE BRAKE APPLIED THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEM. *TR
NEW FORD F150 WITH 648.5 MILES. WAS TOLD IT HAS A HEAD GASKET LEAK. WAS DOWN JULY 9 & 10 AND JULY 23 UNTIL ? FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAD NO PART TO FIX IT. WAS TOLD THAT WE WOULD GET BACK ON AUGUST 11, BUT STILL NO TRUCK. WAS TOLD THAT THERE ARE 8 OTHERS THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY. IS THERE OTHER REPORTS …
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NEW FORD F150 WITH 648.5 MILES. WAS TOLD IT HAS A HEAD GASKET LEAK. WAS DOWN JULY 9 & 10 AND JULY 23 UNTIL ? FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAD NO PART TO FIX IT. WAS TOLD THAT WE WOULD GET BACK ON AUGUST 11, BUT STILL NO TRUCK. WAS TOLD THAT THERE ARE 8 OTHERS THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY. IS THERE OTHER REPORTS ON THIS? WE ARE SCARED TO DEATH TO GET IT BACK AND DRIVE IT. IT KEPT SHOOTING OIL OR SOMETHING OUT ONTO OUR GARAGE FLOOR. *JB
THE 2007 F-150 TRUCK WAS PURCHASED ON JULY 22,2007 IT HAS 4,000 MILES ON IT . WHILE DRIVING SAID TRUCK THE MOTOR QUIT AND LOST ALL STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. HAD IT TOWED TO THE CLOSEST DEALER NOT THE ONE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM. WHERE THEY SAID IT WAS THE COMPUTER. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 1,040.
Official recalls
208V523000 · Engine And Engine Cooling
Oct 8, 2008
ROUSH IS RECALLING 213 MY 2007-2008 FORD F-150 TRUCKS ALTERED TO OPERATE USING LIQUID PROPANE INJECTION. THE HYDRO-CARBON PAPER AFFIXED TO THE INSIDE OF THE AIRBOX LID WITH ADHESIVE MAY BECOME DISLODGED DURING OPERATION.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: THIS FAILURE MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF PERFORMANCE, ILLUMINATION OF THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) AND, IN EXTREME CASES, A STALLING OF THE VEHICLE DURING OPERATION WITHOUT NOTICE, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE AIRBOX LID WITH A NEW ONE THAT INCLUDES THE HYDRO-CARBON PAPER WHICH HAS BEEN AFFIXED USING AN ADHESIVE PROMOTER AND GREATER PRESSURE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 21, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT ROUSH AT 1-866-307-6788.
07V278000 · Fuel System, Gasoline:storage:tank Assembly
Jun 28, 2007
ON CERTAIN TRUCKS BUILT WITH 26 GALLON FUEL TANKS, THE FUEL TANK MAY HAVE A DEPRESSION AT THE SEAM BETWEEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM HALVES OF THE TANK (NOT VISIBLE FROM OUTSIDE THE FUEL TANK). IF A DEPRESSION IS LARGE ENOUGH, FUEL MAY PERMEATE THE FUEL TANK WALL RESULTING IN A FUEL ODOR, OR A "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" INDICATOR LIGHT.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: IF LEFT UNCORRECTED, A FUEL LEAK COULD EVENTUALLY DEVELOP. A FUEL LEAK IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FUEL TANK FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 25, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FORD AT 1-866-436-7332.
Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗
NHTSA investigations
1PE08060 · Tire Valve Cracking
Opened Oct 14, 2008 · Closed Apr 9, 2009
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Tires:valve
ON OCTOBER 14, 2008, ODI OPENED PE08-060 TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF CRACKED AND LEAKING SNAP-IN TIRE VALVES IN MODEL YEAR (MY) 2007 VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY.THE VALVES WERE SUPPLIED TO FORD BY TOPSEAL AUTO-PARTS, A SUBSIDIARY OF THE SHANGHAI BAOLONG AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION IN CHINA.VALVES MADE BY TOPSEAL FOR AFTERMARKET SALE WERE THE SUBJECT OF TWO RECENT SAFETY RECALLS BY TECH INTERNATIONAL (08T-018) AND DILL AIR CONTROLS (08T-028), THE LATTER OF WHICH WAS INVESTIGATED BY ODI IN PE08-036 AND EA08-022.THE DEFECT CONDITIONS ADDRESSED BY THE AFTERMARKET TIRE VALVE RECALLS BOTH INVOLVED INADEQUATE RESISTANCE TO OZONE CRACKING DUE TO ISSUES WITH THE SUPPLY OF ANTI-OZONANT CHEMICALS TO TOPSEAL FOR A PERIOD FROM JULY TO MID-NOVEMBER 2006.THE AFTERMARKET VALVES WERE COMPOUNDED WITH A BLEND OF EPDM AND NATURAL RUBBER, USING A RELATIVELY LOW PERCENTAGE OF EPDM (EPDM PROVIDES INHERENT RESISTANCE TO OZONE CRACKING).HENCE, THE NEED FOR ANTI-OZONANT CHEMICALS AND THE PROBLEMS WITH CRACKING WHEN THOSE CHEMICALS WERE MISSING OR OUT OF SPECIFICATION IN SOME LOTS OF VALVES.BOTH RECALL CAMPAIGNS INVOLVED INSPECTION PROGRAMS TO IDENTIFY AND REPLACE VALVES WITH VISIBLE SURFACE CRACKING.ALTHOUGH THE TOPSEAL VALVES SUPPLIED TO FORD ALSO APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE ANTI-OZONANT SUPPLY ISSUES IN MID TO LATE-2006, FORD INDICATED THAT ITS VALVES WERE MADE AT A DIFFERENT TOPSEAL PRODUCTION LINE AND WERE COMPOUNDED WITH A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF EPDM RUBBER TO MEET MORE STRINGENT SPECIFICATIONS FROM FORD.ODI'S ANALYSIS OF COMPLAINT AND WARRANTY DATA PROVIDED BY FORD SHOWED THAT PROBLEMS WITH CRACKED TIRE VALVES WERE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER FOR MY 2007 VEHICLES PRODUCED FROM DECEMBER 2006 THROUGH MARCH 2007.FORD RESPONDED BY IMPLEMENTING CHANGES IN ITS MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR SNAP-IN RUBBER TIRE VALVES AND ALSO INCREASING THE QUALITY AND ACCEPTANCE STANDARDS FOR VALVES IMPORTED FOR USE IN ITS VEHICLES.WHILE THE COMPLAINT AND WARRANTY CLAIM RATES ARE ELEVATED FOR SUBJECT VEHICLES PRODUCED FROM DECEMBER 2006 THROUGH MARCH 2007, THE RATES OF LEAKING VALVES ARE WELL BELOW ONE PERCENT OF PRODUCTION FOR EACH OF THE PEAK MONTHS FOR ALL OF THE AFFECTED MODELS.A SUBSTANTIAL MAJORITY OF THE SUBJECT VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS (TPMS) WHICH WARN THE DRIVER WHEN ANY TIRE PRESSURES DROPS BELOW 25 PERCENT OF RECOMMENDED INFLATION PRESSURE. AS OUTLINED IN A LETTER TO ODI DATED APRIL 6, 2009, FORD HAS AGREED TO SEND LETTERS TO OWNERS OF CERTAIN MY 2007 AND 2008 FORD, LINCOLN AND MERCURY VEHICLES TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CRACKING CONCERN. LETTERS WILL BE SENT TO OWNERS OF VEHICLES BUILT FROM NOVEMBER 2006 THROUGH MAY 2007.OWNERS CAN OPT FOR A FREE DEALER INSPECTION.VALVES EXHIBITING SURFACE CRACKS OR AIR LEAKAGE RELATED TO OZONE ATTACK WILL BE REPLACED BY FORD UNDER ITS NORMAL WARRANTY TERMS.FORD EXPECTS TO SEND THE LETTER BY APPROXIMATELY MID-MAY 2009. BASED ON THE USE OF TPMS IN THE MAJORITY OF SUBJECT VEHICLES AND THE RELATIVELY LOW RATES OF REPAIRS ASSOCIATED WITH LEAKING VALVES AND RESULTANT TIRE DAMAGE, ODI BELIEVES THAT THE ACTIONS FORD HAS AGREED TO TAKE WILL PROVIDE EFFECTIVE AND EXPEDITIOUS RESOLUTION FOR VEHICLES THAT WERE BUILT DURING THE PERIOD WHEN VALVES WITH INADEQUATE RESISTANCE TO OZONE CRACKING WERE MOST LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN USED IN VEHICLE PRODUCTION.FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THIS MATTER WOULD NOT BE AN EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF AGENCY RESOURCES.ACCORDINGLY, THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.THE CLOSING OF THIS INVESTIGATION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A FINDING BY NHTSA THAT A SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT DOES NOT EXIST.THE AGENCY WILL CONTINUE TO