2010 Ford F-150

2010 FORD F-150. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE APPROXIMATELY 28 DEGREES. STARTED VEHICLE AND TURNED ON REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER. DROVE ABOUT 1 MILE AND WAS WAITING ALONE STOPPED AT A LIGHT. HEARD VERY LOUD BANG NOISE CONSISTENT TO A CRASH OR MUFFLED SMALL CALIBER BULLET BEING FIRED. STEPPED OUT OF MY VEHICLE TO CONFIRM I WAS ALONE ON ROAD AND WASN'T IN AN ACCIDENT. (I WAS COMPLETELY ALONE AT 6AM WITH NO OTHER CARS IN SITE). I NOTICED THE RIGHT (PASSENGER) SIDE REAR WINDOW HAD SPIDER WEBBED AND COMPLETED SHATTERED. REAR WINDOW IS 3 PANES, RIGHT MIDDLE, LEFT. RIGHT SIDE WINDOW THAT SHATTERED WAS EXTREMELY HOT TO THE TOUCH COMPARED TO MIDDLE AND LEFT (DRIVER) SIDE. CONTACTING FORD AS I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A MANUFACTURES DEFECT AS IT HAS HAPPENED TO MANY 2010 F150S WITH TRI REAR WINDOWS. *TR

RIGHT PANEL (PASSENGER SIDE) REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. WINDOW IS TINTED (FACTORY) WITH POWER SLIDER AND REAR DEFROSTER. 03/25/2013 ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE (REAR DEFROSTER IN USE). 03/26/2013 TRUCK WAS PARKED AND NOT RUNNING, WENT TO GET IN TRUCK AND DISCOVERED RIGHT PANEL REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED, BUT STILL IN THE FRAME. *TR

ISSUES BEGAN ON FRIDAY MORNING. HAD A WARNING ON DASH INDICATING LEFT REAR DOOR AJAR, WHEN IN FACT THE DOOR WAS CLOSED. TOOK TO DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS PROBABLY A BAD SENSOR AND FOR $400 THEY COULD FIX IT. FAULTY WARNING WILL NOT LET AUTO LOCKS ENGAGE OR ALARM TO SET AS IT IS READING THE DOOR AS OPEN. HUGE SAFETY CONCERN IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING WITH A CHILD, THE DOORS WILL NOT LOCK AND YOU HAPPEN TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. POSSIBLE EJECTION OF PASSENGERS. THEN CAME OUT TO THE TRUCK ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NOTICED THE REAR SEATS WERE WET. UNABLE TO FIND OUT WHY. FURTHER INVESTIGATION TODAY REVEALS THAT THE HEADLINER IS DAMAGED FROM WATER DAMAGE. READING SEVERAL PLACES ONLINE, IT APPEARS THAT THE F-150 HAS A BAD LEAKING PROBLEM FROM THE 3RD BRAKE LIGHT ON THE REAR OF THE CAB. THIS WILL NOW HAVE TO BE FIXED AND REPLACED AND THE TRUCK IS HARDLY 3 YEARS OLD. DISAPPOINTED IN THE QUALITY "FORD BUILT" PRODUCTS. *TR

2010 FORD F-150. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND GROSS NEGLECT OF CUSTOMER SERVICE AT DEALERSHIPS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, FOR TRANSMISSION AND FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE ISSUES, WHICH HAS YET TO BE REMEDIED. THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THERE WAS A PROBLEM, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 25-30 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE MADE A TERRIBLE SOUND AND WHEN HE PUT THE VEHICLE IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A ROAD FORCE BALANCE. THE ROAD FORCE SEEMED TO HELP SLIGHTLY, BUT ONLY FOR A BRIEF TIME. WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE DEALER, HE WAS THEN TOLD THE DRIVE LINE NEEDED TO BE ALIGNED. AFTER HAVING THAT DONE, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO OPERATE IN THE SAME MANNER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING A RECURRING FAILURE WITH THE REAR DOORS. THE WARNING LIGHT INDICATING THAT THE REAR DOORS WERE AJAR WAS CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATING WITHOUT THE CONTACT ENGAGING THE DOORS. THE REAR DOORS WERE OFF TRACK AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE DOORS FOUR TIMES IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. IN ADDITION, THE POWER STEERING FLUID LINE WAS CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE BATTERY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. ALL OF THE FAILURES OCCURRED WITHIN THE FIRST 20,000 MILES DRIVEN ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE REAR SEAT BELT FAILED TO UNBUCKLE, TRAPPING THE PASSENGER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO CUT THE SEAT BELT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NO DEFECT ON THEIR PART. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,500.

SINCE PURCHASE IN 2010, THE TRANSMISSION CONTINUALLY SEARCHES FOR THE RIGHT GEAR, NEVER SEEMS TO FIND IT, AND WILL "BANG" INTO WHATEVER GEAR IT CHOOSES. GALPIN AND SIMI VALLEY FORD HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO RE-CREATE CONDITION AND SIMPLY SAY IT IS DUE TO THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO, SIMI VALLEY FORD STATED THE "SPLINE SHAFT" WAS NEVER LUBRICATED AND CLAIMED TO HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM BY LUBRICATING THE AREA. THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED, PAST THE BASIC 3/36 WARRANTY, AND NOW HAVE BEEN TOLD THE ISSUE IS NOT A "POWERTRAIN" ISSUE AND THEREFORE NOT UNDER THE 5/60 POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. HOWEVER, THEY OFFERED TO INSTALL A FORD RECOMMENDED CLAMP AND MORE LUBRICATION FOR A NOMINAL CHARGE. OTHER THAN THE POWERTRAIN ISSUE, THE VEHICLE HAS "STALLED" SEVERAL OCCASIONS. USUALLY THIS OCCURS WHILE COMING TO A STOP. VEHICLE IS THEN RESTARTED AND GOOD FOR AWHILE. GALPIN FORD HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REPRODUCE, THEREFORE, NO PROBLEM. *TR