NHTSA Complaint #10000546 — 2001 FORD F-150

PURCHASED 2001 FORD F150 LARIETSUPER CREW CAB PU ON 4/01/2000, 26 MILES ON ODOMETER, AT TIME OF PURCHASE ALSO PURCHASED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PKG AND EXTENDED WARRANTY, ESP, FROM FORD , HAVE HAD SERIOUS BRAKING PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE, VEHICLE WAS REPEATEDLY SERVICED AT FORD DEALERSHIP FOR THESE REPAIRS, NONE OF WHICH WERE COVERED, IN MAY 2002 ENTIRE ENGINE FAILED AND HAD TO BE REP[LACED, WAS INFORMED BY DEALERSHIP THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THAT ONE OF THE ELEECTRONIC BRAINS THAT CONTROL /OPERATE THIS COMPONENT FAILED, ON DEC 27, 2002 THE TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT ENTIRELY, LUCKILY THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ON THE FREEWAY AT THE TIME, WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE IT STILL SITS, HAVE CALLED, E-MAILED AND MAILED INFO TO FORD CUSTOMER CARE WITHOUT ANY RESULTS OTHER THEN FROM PHONE REP SAYING THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT FORD WILL DO...THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN VERY COSTLY TO MAINTAIN AND FOR A FORD IS DEFINATLY NOT BULIT "FORD TOUGH"...I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE ATTITUDE OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY REGARDING MY DISAPPOINTMNENT WITH THIS VEHICLE